This Weekend’s On Patrol: Live Highlights, Quotes, Social Media Activity, and Puns

A recap of the August 12, 2023, OPL episode (OPL #02-08) follows below.

About 50 On Patrol: Live cameras go into the field with the law enforcement officers usually from eight different U.S. departments during the ride-along on Friday and Saturday evenings. 

[Click here for the OPL #02-07 recap]

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  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Ofr. Christopher Indahl investigates a dog bite incident in a downtown area. Indahl: “So it started out with a fight in the street. We got one version of it from the guy that got bit by the dog. And now we get a second version from — I don’t know if he works at the bar or if he just witnessed it — but he’s saying that the subject we’re about to interview punched a female, and then the boyfriend of the female stepped in, and they two got into it. And then this guy in the blue shirt with the dog shows up, and then…the Karaoke guy, he steps in to try and break it up. And then [he] ends up getting bit by the dog. The guy in the blue shirt with the dog takes off. And the girl and the boyfriend takes off. So we’re left with…the Karaoke guy bit by the dog, and the initial subject that punched the girl. So now I’m gonna try to piece it all together.” Abrams: “It is quite a puzzle.”

Ofr. Indahl update: “At this point, I think our investigation has concluded. Nobody wants any law enforcement involvement…we’re just gonna do a quick information report on it to document what happened…[the Karaoke guy] will be provided with a case number that if he does change his mind or if he needs medical treatment or things like that….maybe we’ll slide down the road here to see if we can catch up with the guy with the dog. As of right now, we don’t have any criminal charges on anybody.”

  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Bradley Taylor and other officers conduct a traffic stop for following too close. K9 deployed; K9 alert. Car search. Cops allegedly find what turns out to be 148 pounds of bagged weed in trunk. Female driver, who says “it’s not mine,” is detained. Car towed to police station where officers unload trunk and weigh the contents. Caption: “Blazing a trail back to impound.” Abrams: “This is obviously a massive find in the trunk of this car. The amount of what sure seems to be drugs in there is astonishing…this is one of the largest, it sure looks like, busts we’ve seen on this show…and now they’re figuring out what her route was. There’s some documents in the…vehicle as well. This may be assisting them in this… We’re all sort of sitting here kind of stunned as to how much they found there.”

According to the chief, the charge is likely to be possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.

Sgt. Bryant: “There’s a lot of skunk in the trunk there.” Of the three studio hosts, Dep. Wilson’ s estimate of the poundage is most accurate: “Got the eye for the weed. Not the nose.” Abrams: “By the way, I’m impressed with both of you in how close you were and just spotting it and making a guess.”

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Sgt. Steve Zubkoff and other units respond to noise complaint in what appears to be a wooded area and ask a group birthday partiers to call it a night and wrap things up. Abrams quips that “this is Berkeley County, South Carolina, not Daytona Beach, Florida.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Master Deputy Addy Perez and colleagues respond to a homeowner who says someone is knocking on her door. Caption : “Report of a prowler.” No one is found outside the house.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Det. Chance Palm responds to report of a domestic incident at apartment complex. Palm tries to counsel a 10-year-old boy who allegedly brandished a knife at his mom. Palm: “He admitted to grabbing a knife when his mom was disciplining him, which obviously is not okay…Given the circumstances, it’s domestic, the child shouldn’t be doing that. So it looks like we might have to take him somewhere for the evening..”

Abrams: “Obviously, a very said situation there…they are not taking him to jail; they are taking him to a family resource center, which is obviously some form of juvenile detention center.”

  • Toledo, Ohio — Officers respond to a drive-by shooting; a woman was shot in the leg. Medics summoned to the scene, and she is transported to a local hospital. Det. Mike Mugler: “They were saying that they’re closing up their food truck, and group of people walking by, and someone lit off a firework. And after the firework got lit off, that group just started shooting a bunch in this direction, and she got hit while she was closing her food truck up. She looks like she’s gonna be all right though…”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Sgt. Zubkoff makes contact with a young man who is walking in the middle of the road and who Abrams describes as “sort of talking nonsensically.” Family members walk up and take the man home. Zubcoff asks the family to “keep him away from whatever he was doing” so he doesn’t keep wandering and get hit by a car.
  • Nye County, Nev. (pre-recorded segment) — Abrams: “Deputy Hannon Daigler encountered a man who couldn’t remember much of what happened to him until it became ‘crystal clear.'” Deputies make contact with a bicyclist who a reporting party called in to say was laying on the side of the road. Paramedics summoned to the scene. Daigler: “He’s super erratic, walking right down the middle of the street as we were pulling up. Nothing made sense the entire time he was talking. He’s gonna be transported to the hospital. As soon as he gets out, he’s gonna be going to jail for possession of meth amphetamine “

Abrams: “This was really a welfare check.” Wilson: “A welfare check is basically when somebody’s concerned about someone else’s well-being. They haven’t heard from them, they haven’t seen them. Tried to contact them — no response. So they want to make sure they’re okay. So they’ll send law enforcement out to check on that person to make sure they’re good.” Abrams: “Well here, there was a specific report about a guy who was on the side of the street, so a little different here…”

  • Volusia County, Fla. — Dep. Royce James responds to a report of a fight in progress at an apartment complex.
  • OPL Triple Play #1 — Dallas, Texas. Abrams: “And this is again why we also hear ‘show me your hands, right? Because you could see right at the beginning there, right, he’s got his hands down there, and the officer can’t see.” Wilson: “The hands are what’s gonna kill you…feet’s not gonna kill you, all that other stuff, but the hands definitely deadly.”
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa.— Ofr. Joe Benson makes contact with what appears to be a homeless couple camping out under a bridge.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Cops search for a suspect who allegedly struck a Volusia deputy with a motorcycle. They lose track of the motorcycle, but continue to look in the area for the suspect Sgt. Bryant notes that both law enforcement agencies “work very closely; we’re all brothers in blue.” About the chase, Bryant notes that “it’s gonna be tough. We saw last night, they can travel at excessive speeds, so if we can find it, great, but we can’t pursue it.” Abrams: “Obviously, this is gonna be something that will be a priority for them, but as Sergeant Bryant was explaining, it’s not gonna be easy, because you’re talking about a motorcycle here.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Cops respond to a domestic situation at an apartment complex that Abrams quips “turned into a, say, a ‘commando raid.'” Ofr. Matt Grosse indicated that it was “a disturbance between two boyfriends.” Grosse: “Ended up being domestic in nature. They live here together. It’s considered dating violence. The victim…stated that the suspect pulled out the gun, and we’re gonna use the [risk protection order] to take that firearm. That way…he gets out, he’s not able to use that firearm against him later on. Abrams: “And it’s always tricky for officers arriving at the scene of a domestic where they haven’t witnessed what happened, trying to piece together who’s at fault.” Bryant: “Of course. They want to separate the parties, establish the primary aggressor, then ‘what’s the story here?'” Wilson: “It one of those things, where like he says, you separate, you get that story, you get that story, officers come together, see exactly who said what. And then, also, too, if you see any markings on anybody…”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — In-studio viewer Q&A for Sgt. Bryant, who mentioned that his late father, who was also police officer, advised him to “be respectful. Treat everyone like your family member. Respect the street, and the street will respect you.”
  • Hazen, Ark. — Traffic stop on van for erratic driving.
  • Toledo, Ohio — Officers investigate upon a report of a gun threat allegedly in connection with a debt owed to a drug dealer. Abrams: “Interesting that the cops were even called in this situation, but as Sergeant Bryant just pointing out, it actually happens quite a bit.” Det. Tyler Miller: “Sounds like there’s some dispute over a previous purchase of drugs, or money supposedly sent for the drugs, between the people that are here and, I guess, a drug dealer that already left. Took a little bit of time for them to finally tell us the truth, which is a lot easier just to tell us. Unfortunately, people use drugs; it’s not that uncommon, but when you try to lie about it, the story doesn’t really make sense. So luckily, they became a little bit truthful, so we’re trying to figure out if we can find any info on the drug dealer, see if there’s actually a firearm involved or if there was some sort argument that was in the street. So we’re still trying to assist field operations in that, figure that out….”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Cpl. Anthony Morrow and other officer make contact with an older man who goes on a rambling discourse, some of which is bleeped, about various topics including that “he’s quicker than a dog, faster than a cat” and that he’s “a rebel with a cause.”
  • Hazen, Ark. — Traffic stop; no tail lights on boat trailer. After breathalyzer testing on both, Chief Taylor apparently allows the driver’s girlfriend (or someone else who hasn’t been drinking) to drive the vehicle home. The original driver allegedly tested just under the legal limit. Chief Taylor: “He’s not gonna drive, we’re not gonna do that. One more beer, and he’s probably DWI…I’m not being mean, guys; I’m just being like a dad…”

Taylor adds that “A lot of them kids, they like to go to the river, drink beer on the sandbar and have a good time, but they don’t think of the consequences when they get out here on the road…I know the kids…I kind of preach to them more than I would anybody that I don’t know. So hopefully it gets through their head, and they don’t pull that no more.” Abrams: “But to be clear, no crime committed there.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. –After a car accident, Ofr. Indahl arrests a quarrelsome woman, who declined to participate in field sobriety testing, for alleged DUI. Some bleeping.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputies arrest an argumentative, screaming female at a motel. Heavy bleeping. The subject is uncooperative during her interactions with Dep. Perez, who tries to find out which relative to call to watch the subject’s son and the selection of the subject’s pants to wear to jail. According to Perez, the subject is being arrested for alleged domestic violence: “She did attack partner upstairs. And she also threw a hot pan of oil at him as well, so that’s why the room is so messy. She finally gave us the answer that the child needs to go with the child’s father. Hopefully, he’s available so that he can pick up the child…”

Further from Dep. Perez : “She’s extremely upset. She’s extremely angry. I’m the bad person. We brought her pants. She can put them on. She doesn’t want them. She wants to go over there the way she is. She’ll get dressed when she’s over there.” Perez also explains that the grandfather, who apparently has partial custody, of the child is on the way to pick up the child “which probably explains why she didn’t want us to know about the grandfather….she may lose the custody with this situation that’s been going on.”

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputies arrest a motorist on several charges at a gas station after responding to a report of a disturbance involving his dogs. The driver, who has a suspended license, allegedly has a warrant; gun and drugs allegedly found. Abrams: “And they are gonna have to figure out what to do with his dogs. I know that many of you probably asking that question. It was a question he was asking — trying to call his relative.”
  • BOLO segment — Thornhurst, Pa.
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Ofr. Benson and other first responders assist at a motor vehicle accident scene in which two vehicles appear to have sustained significant front-end damage in what might have been a head-on collision. One of the motorists has a head injury. Benson renders first aid in advance of medics arriving at the scene. Abrams: “First things first: Take care of the people who were injured on that scene, and that’s what he’s doing.”

Benson update: “So right now, we determined that he was coming straight here, she was turning left. They probably both had the green lights here…and what happened is, they collided, causing major damage to both vehicles. Both vehicles are gonna be towed here, and both patients are gonna be going to the hospital for this.”

  • Hazen, Ark. — Traffic stop on pick-up truck. Abrams: “Apparently, they’ve smelled some marijuana and some nachos.” A passenger voluntarily hands over some weed to officers which is stomped out on the ground.