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On Patrol: Live Season 4: A recap of the August 2, 2025, On Patrol: Live episode (#OPL 04-08) on Reelz, anchored in the NYC studio by attorney and host/executive producer Dan Abrams along with On Patrol: Live co-host Curtis Wilson and studio analyst Tom Rizzo, follows below. For those new to the show, On Patrol Live is more or less a reboot or rebrand of Live PD.

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On Patrol: Live Tonight

In real time during this episode of On Patrol: Live on Reelz, #OPNation reacted emphatically to a motorcycle stop and separately provided clarity for the the terms doobie and blunt.

In this On Patrol: Live episode guide, read on for details of each law enforcement incident on On Patrol: Live that covered nine scheduled agencies (although fan-favorite Richland County did not appear in this edition).

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On Patrol: Live Recap for August 2, 2025 (#OPL Episode 04-08)

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  • Knox County, Tenn. — K9 Officer Brad Yearout and other units conduct a traffic stop. Two occupants. Consensual car search. On Patrol: Live caption: “methamphetamine found.” The duo are detained. Officer Yearout: “You understand this is not my first day…so if you want to be honest with me, I’m very open to listen to you, but if you’re just gonna keep blowing smoke, I don’t want to hear it no more, okay?”
  • Baton Rouge, La. — Corporal Scott Hinson and Officer Caruntal Harrell respond to the scene where someone allegedly trashed a motel room. Hinson to a female subject: “So what made you show your t*tties to a constable?” In the audio clip embedded below, Cpl. Hinson explains that cops intend to arrest the subject on several charges. On Patrol: Live host Dan Abrams: “Well, she gave that room the rockstar treatment except she’s not a rockstar…you never know…don’t judge.”
  • Christian County, Mo. — Deputy Trevor Guinn and Sheriff Brad Cole on a traffic stoop. Consensual car search. Deputy Guinn: “There’s a lot of drugs that move up and down this highway.” The driver admits to having some weed but denies using any while driving (recreational marijuana is legal in Missouri). Weed in a bottle allegedly found in the vehicle supposedly amounting to about an ounce. On Patrol: Live caption: “Can we be buds?” Listen to the audio clip embedded below as Deputy Guinn releases the cooperative motorist with some friendly advice about the inadvisability of driving around with weed that is not properly packaged or transported — “what I suggest doing is if you’re going up to just doing a casual drive to O’Reilly’s, probably shouldn’t have an ounce of just marijuana in your vehicle because, one, you can’t smoke while you’re driving, so why have it?…):

Abrams: “Don’t underestimate how much marijuana he could smoke in one session. That’s basically what he’s saying….”

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lieutenant Joseph Toombs and Sergeant Iesha Johnson initiate a a traffic stop. Two occupants detained. Car search. On Patrol: Live caption: “Remote control cars found.” Abrams update: “The driver was cited for marijuana; the passenger was released.”
  • Triple Play #2 — a Trousdale County, Tenn., police pursuit.
  • Christian County, Missouri — Deputy Guinn conducts a traffic stop on a motorcycle when he observes items flying out of a backpack. #OPNation is not impressed with the driver’s attitude. Deputy Guinn: “You just lost half your backpack. That’s why I’m stopped you…” Driver: “Why was I pulled over?” Deputy Guinn: “You just had stuff falling out of your backpack….that’s the reason for the stop…you’re shaking your head that I’m enforcing the law. It’s crazy…” The deputy issues a ticket for an unsecure load. Abrams: “…because I don’t think he would have gotten a ticket.” On Patrol: Live Tom Rizzo: “Or maybe just a thank you for letting me know I lost half my backpack.”

“…definitely could have been a little bit more respectful, and [the] outcome might have been different, but he wanted to be smart with me. ..

Deputy Guinn recap: “so wasn’t too happy about me writing a citation for the items falling out of his backpack. So… probably if he wasn’t doing the fancy stuff he was doing while he was on his motorcycle, items probably wouldn’t have fallen out. So definitely could have been a little bit more respectful, and outcome might have been different, but he wanted to be smart with me. And so he got a citation for fail to secure a load.” Abrams: “Just as we had discussed that if he had just said ‘thank you for letting me know,’ he probably would have been going on his way despite a technical violation of the law.” Abrams also makes reference to Deputy Guinn alerting by radio another unit that motorcyclist sped away: “I’d be very curious to see if he gets pulled over again, in which case we will certainly let you know, and if we are there, we’ll certainly go there.” Rizzo: “Can’t outrun Motorola.”

  • Baton Rouge, La. — Corporal Hinson and Officer Harrell, plus paramedics, respond for a man who has a spider in his ear. Subject: “It’s something in my ear for real. I’m not doing no tripping…” On Patrol: Live caption: “Spider Man,” “Arachnid earache.”

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Knox County, Tenn. (pre-recorded segment) — Officer Luis Sanchez pursues a speeding car (allegedly at about 100 mph) that allegedly did not pull over. Other units conduct a traffic stop. Officer Sanchez: “You don’t have a license, and you freaked out, and that’s why you decided to turn all your lights off?…obviously, you’re going to jail….” Officer Sanchez adds that the driver, age 18, “ran because he was scared. He says he has no history. He has no driver’s license is the only reason he ran…he actually ended up here because he ran out of gas. I explained to him that he would have just gotten a warning and been on his way, but he was just scared of the police.”
  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Bradley Taylor and Sergeant Clayton Dillion initiate a traffic stop on the highway. The chief detains the male passenger. “What I do?” Chief Taylor: “You get a meth pipe laying right there on your feet, brother.” On Patrol: Live caption: “Drug paraphernalia found.” During the investigation, cops administer a PBT to the driver. She allegedly records a .13. Driver: “Am I in trouble, too?” Sgt. Dillion: “Yes, ma’am.” Abrams: “Now they’re both in trouble. Point one three; well over the legal limit there.” During the stop, the chief and the driver have a friendly conversation about BBQ techniques.

Listen to some of interaction at the stop:

Abrams update: “The woman was arrested for DUI. The guy was cited for misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia. He was released, but he didn’t have a license, so the car was towed.”

  • Triple Play #3 — a Greenfield, Wisc., police pursuit
  • Moore, Okla. — After a call from security, Officers Ryan Hebrink and Christopher Muter detain an alleged shoplifter next to his car outside a store. “I didn’t do nothing.” Bleeping. On Patrol: Live caption: “Drug paraphernalia found.” Car search. Officer Hebrink: “On the search of him, we find all of their merchandise, so done deal.” Cops also allegedly find checkbooks, bank statements, and pay stubs in the car. Investigation ongoing.

Listen to Officer Hebrink’s initial summary of the incident:

  • Missing segment — Oceanside, Calif.
  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lieutenant Toombs and Sergeant Johnson conduct a traffic stop for alleged swerving. Lt. Toombs to the driver: “You’re acting real strange.” Lt. Toombs to the OPL camera: “So this is the thing. When you got somebody that’s a little bit too animated — as soon as we stopped him, he immediately threw it in park, music blasting, and just threw his arms out the window. Like, what’s going on right now? It’s kind of odd. So were still trying to figure out what’s going on with this guy, and then we’ll go from there, but something just seems kind of strange.” Sgt. Johnson conducts field sobriety testing after which the driver is arrested on suspicion of alleged DUI. Driver: “I promise you I wasn’t under influence of nothing.”

Abrams on the FST: “Seems to be doing pretty well. And the key, of course, is following the directions, right? It’s not just how well you do…I find myself testing myself in my head every time, and I’ve watched hundreds of these tests at this point, right? I still find myself going through my head — ‘okay, would I able be able to do this…?’ As a sober person, of course. Assuming that I’m sober, which I am sober.”

Listen to the audio clip embedded below as Lt. Toombs explains that Sgt. Johnson is a trained drug recognition expert and that “based on her tests, she is stating that she is getting indications that this young man here has something in his system right now that’s some kind of narcotic…”:

On Patrol: Live Hour 3

  • Christian County, Mo. (pre-recorded segment) — Abrams intro: “Deputy Trevor Guinn…responded to a fight between a couple involved in a real ‘pissing match.'” Deputy Guinn recap: “Discovered that the male threw a bottle of urine on her. So, because of that, he’s the primary aggressor. He’ll be going to the jail tonight. She did say that she didn’t want to press charges, but in the state of Missouri, no parties have to…press charges; the state will charge them with it.”
  • BOLO segment — Indianapolis, Ind., laundromat larcenists.
  • Baton Rouge, La. — Officers Charleston Armstrong and Ben D’Armond on a traffic stop for no plate and a possible window tint violation.. Two loud-talking or shouting female occupants. Alleged weed odor coming form the vehicle. Officer Armstrong: “Y’all been smoking in here?…I believe that’s a marijuana cigarette…” Car search. Pills also allegedly found. The incident also prompts a discussion in the studio about the doobie vs. blunt terminology, and #OPNation weighs in. Abrams: “…you guys tells us if I’m wrong…I’m going out on a limb here, and I’m gonna say blunt and a doobie mean the same thing, and it doesn’t have to be giant…”

Abrams update: “The driver was arrested for possession of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 narcotics. The passenger was just issued a summons for simple possession and released.”

Listen to Officer Armstrong’s initial recap:

Listen to some additional banter from the studio panel about this subject:

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Yearout responds to a truck on its side in a ditch. With some coaching the driver manages to straighten the vehicle out and tries to get it back on the road. Abrams: “And it looks like he’ll be going on his way.”
  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Joseph Vossler is among the units responding to a shooting at a residence. The victim appears to be sitting in the garage. Paramedics en route. On Patrol: Live caption: “Self-inflicted gunshot.” Abrams: “So this become a bit more of a medical issue than a police issue.” Rizzo: “…they just want to make sure that it was, in fact, an accidental discharge, if not a crisis, or if it was negligent.” Abrams: “And, as we’ve talked about before, police officers are very often the first responder to arrive at a scene before medical can arrive.” On Patrol: Live co-host Curtis Wilson: “That’s why a lot of officers nowadays being trained as medics as well to go along with the law enforcement duties so that they can give that first aid.”

Officer Vossler summary: “The lady I talked to stated that she was in bed. While she was sleeping, and her husband was cleaning his gun, or something along that lines, and he shot himself in the leg. We did apply a tourniquet…and we got the bleeding to stop. So that’s good. Hoping to get to the hospital.”

  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Austin Crothers and another unit try to serve a warrant. They make contact with two individuals in a storage container, but the subject himself is not at that location. Abrams: “So the search continues.”
  • Baton Rouge, La. — Corporal Hinson and Officer Harrell respond to an alleged dispute between fast-food workers.
  • Moore, Okla. — Sergeant Spenser Sloan makes contact with a fast-food employee who was allegedly assaulted.
  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Jill Falcon is among the cops who race to the scene to back up an officer who was fighting with a subject. Deputy Falcon: “It came out as a medical assist, but he called out 5246, which means ‘I need extra right now…send me another unit, like, immediately,’ that they’re fighting…” Abrams: “…so this may be an officer-in-distress call.” Rizzo: “There’s different ways to call for backup. If it’s an officer in distress, some of us also have a panic button that we can press without even having to vocalize that we need that immediate backup, so that’s no doubt why she’s responding the way she is.”

On scene with numerous other officers, Deputy Falcon provides this update: “So they went to go Baker Act this kid, and upon trying to place him into protective custody to transport him, he became combative…started refusing to be taken into custody. Apparently, he bit one of our deputies, and they started fighting.” Abrams: “The good news is the officer’s okay.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — As the episode concludes, Officer Jonathan Munz pursues a fleeing vehicle.
CLICK ON THIS LINK for the On Patrol: Live recap of #OPL episode 04-07, August 1, 2025.

On Patrol: Live Streaming Channels

On Patrol: Live streaming: Reelz, the home of On Patrol: Live, has implemented a standalone streaming app, Reelz+, for subscribers to access all the channel’s content, including On Patrol Live episodes.

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