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On Patrol: Live Season 4: A recap of the August 16, 2025, On Patrol: Live episode (#OPL 04-12) on Reelz, anchored in the NYC studio by attorney and host/executive producer Dan Abrams along with studio analyst Tom Rizzo and guest analyst Dan Rengering, follows below. 

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On Patrol: Live Tonight

Callbacks to Jimmy Buffett and the iconic 1960s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies captured the attention of #OPNation on Twitter/X during this all-new episode of On Patrol: Live on Reelz. Several pursuits and a not-my-pants scenario also figured prominently. For this On Patrol: Live episode guide, see below for details on all 27 law enforcement incidents across nine On Patrol: Live scheduled police departments

Program Notes

Sean “Sticks” Larkin will be back at the anchor desk with Curtis Wilson and Tom Rizzo for the August 22 and 23 episodes, which suggests that Dan Abrams might be taking that weekend off. Also, Abrams, Wilson, and Rizzo, along with Ashley Banfield as moderator, will participate in an “Inside On Patrol: Live” panel discussion at CrimeCon Denver on September 6.

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On Patrol: Live Recap for August 16, 2025 (#OPL Episode 04-12)

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  • Lee County, Fla. — Just prior to air, Deputy Ryan Lineberger and other units respond to an alleged disturbance at a hotel. The couple is issued a a trespass warning.

Abrams: “Start to wonder whether this guy should take the advice of a great writer who said ‘some people claim there’s a woman to blame, and I know it’s my own damn fault.'”

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Captain Jason Barrett backs up other units on a traffic stop. Alleged odor of weed from the vehicle, and some weed allegedly found. Officer on scene: “My sniffer’s pretty good.” An officer on scene: “Contrary to what people may think, weed is not legal in Georgia.” The driver is detained. In the end, the driver stomps out the weed by hand with a shoe and is released. Abrams; “Al right, so this guy’s gonna be going on his way.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Introducing the segment, in part, as a “dustup,” Officer Robert Mowery responds to a some kind of disturbance at a storage facility. The subject allegedly got into a verbal altercation with an employee over the valuation of property damage in his storage unit. “All my stuff is damaged, and they won’t even talk to me.” Officer Mowery explains that “Understandably so, you’re upset because you feel like some things got damaged due to their negligence, right? But that’s gonna be up for you to file some type of civil suit or an insurance claim.” He also Officer Mowery also informs the man that he is trespassed form the front office there.

Abrams reacts to the subject detailing all the various items in the storage unit: “This was a civil matter from moment one, right? And so you have to wonder, like, why is he spending so much time. I’m guessing it’s because he wanted to see what was in the storage unit.” Rengering: “…I had to Google what a geotracker was…” Rizzo: “…you say you have to wonder. I don’t wonder. I will bet you anything that the only reason why a police officer would continue that call is for sheer — ‘I can not believe what’s happening.’ Such a cool story…”

  • Baton Rouge, La. –Officer Joshua Dennis, with backup from other officers, makes a traffic stop after spotting alleged reckless driving. “The car just went around four other cars in the oncoming lane, and then took a right turn at the light.” Consensual car search apparently for potential weed. Corporal Wendy George affably explains to the driver that’s it’s just routine: “…we just have to check to make sure you don’t have an exorbitant amount like you’re selling it…we just have to make sure you’re not the king in Cheech & Chong…”
  • Richland County, S.C. — On what he describes as an educational stop, Master Deputy Collins Harper initiates a traffic stop for alleged illegal red or blue lights and for a license plate cover issue. Deputy Harper releases the driver with a warning.

Listen to Deputy Harper interact with the motorist and then recap the incident:

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Captain Barrett heads to a scene on a report of an armed man allegedly a homeowner’s doorbell and then walked off and started pointing the gun at passing cars. Cops search the area for the suspect.

In the audio update below, listen as Captain Barrett explains that cops haven’t as yet found the suspect:

  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Lineberger responds to two disabled vehicles in the middle lane of a road. A good Samaritan in a pickup truck had tried to help, but then his vehicle became disabled, too. To obtain instructions about how to get the first vehicle in neutral, the deputy suggests the man “pull it up on YouTube, and we’ll figure it out real quick. That way we can get it off the road…” Deputy Lineberger to the On Patrol: Live audience: “We’re gonna put it on a jump box. I guess he was trying to jump her because she broke down in the middle of the intersection. And then he ran his truck out of juice, and now he’s broke down…let’s see what we can do.”

Listen as Tom Rizzo explains what the deputy is trying to do:

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Abrams intro: “Officers encountered a suspect who offered an excuse that longtime viewers of this show will definitely find familiar.” Officer Michael Siena makes a traffic stop on a bicycle “with no lights on, cutting through traffic, not stopping for stop signs.” A baggie is allegedly found after the officer thinks he saw the subject allegedly take something out of pocket. Officer Siena: “So a clear bag with most likely cocaine in it. So we’ll get it tested out here, but right now he’s detained.” Officer Siena in dialogue with the subject; “So those aren’t your jeans?” Subject: “A friend of mine.” Siena: “A friend of yours?”

Officer Siena: “It was in the pants that he’s saying are not his, but he’s currently wearing, so he’s gonna take a ride for narcotics and get a citation for his bicycle stop as well.”

Abrams: “We were talking about the fact this is one of those rare cases where maybe he has a defense. The pants did seem to be falling off.” Rizzo: “They weren’t his size. The shirt, like he borrowed from the Jackson 5..that didn’t fit…” Rengering: “I didn’t know we were here making defenses for people. This is a new twist tonight.”

  • Gainesville, Fla. — #AskTheOtherDan studio Q&A for Officer Rengering:
  • Baton Rouge, La. — Corporal Blake Welborn makes a routine, friendly traffic stop for alleged non-use of a blinker during a lane change and another potential infraction. “Making small stops like this is how they caught the Oklahoma City bomber.” The driver, who says she’s a healthcare professional, is not entirely cordial: “…you’re making me feel like crap…” The driver is promptly released with a warning. Abrams: “‘Feel like crap?’ Just be yourself and be happy…”

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Triple Play #3 — An Arkansas State Police highway pursuit.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sergeant Keme Okoya responds to a disturbance at a motel. Sergeant Okoya summary: “So made contact with the employee of [the hotel]. She say she tried to make contact with the female, but there’s no one inside the hotel room. I was just looking around now to see if I can [find] a possible victim…” Abrams: “Are we not gonna make reference to the fact that there’s, like, huge fireworks going on behind them? I don’t know what exactly to say, but just there’s massive fireworks going on.” Rizzo: “Not even skipping a beat.” Rengering: “It’s just a normal day in Daytona.”

Sgt. Okoya update: “Looked like she was choking on some steak. She wasn’t being strangled, so I guess that was a good piece of steak that didn’t go down too well. Just a medical emergency, not really anything crazy. All right; we’re good to go.”

  • Richland County, S.C. — Lieutenant Chris Blanding responds to a disturbance outside an apartment complex. He makes contact with several individuals on scene. He repeatedly asks a female to go inside. Two males agree to get in their car and leave.

Lt. Blanding recap: “A little bit of drama there… should be able to handle on their own, but here we are. Kind of resolved that for the night looks like, I think. They said someone came out here earlier, so there’s probably been an ongoing feud all night. Looks like they’re separated for the night. Should be settled for now.”

  • Lee County, Fla. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Investigating battery on boat.” Deputy Lineberger makes contact with the victim who seems to not be inclined to press charges. At least one other witness is on scene. Deputy Lineberer takes some pictures of the victim as potential evidence. Abrams: “It sounds like the guy who’s responsible, 6’4″ and jacked. Dan Rengering: What’s that like?” Rengering: “It’s great to be that.”

Listen to Deputy Lineberger’s recap in which he explains, in part, that “they’re gonna finish up their statements. We’ll type the report up and see if we can catch this guy at the local boat ramp…”

  • Moore, Okla. — Officer Koalton Keller conducts a traffic stop on a vehicle with three mattresses on the roof and items practically hanging out of the back. Abrams: “It’s like a European vacation.” Officer Keller: “There’s marijuana in here. We have probable cause to search it. Obviously, probably not gonna be able to search the entire thing…”

Abrams: “So we got a little bit of audio issues, although I think we can probably guess…what the sort of stuff that’s being said. ‘What’s going on here’…we can probably lay out the conversation even if we can’t hear it.”

Abrams update: “He was let go with no charges.”

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer David Calhoun and other units respond to a possible burglary by juveniles at a school. Foot search for four suspects. One individual is taken into custody. “Where are the rest of them? Hey, if you tell me where they are right now, I swear to God, you life is gonna be way better.” The other suspects are apparently still at large.

Listen to Officer Calhoun’s interim recap:

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Captain Barrett and Lieutenant Joseph Toombs participate in a highway pursuit as backup to Lieutenant Brandon Warren. Other units had taken a suspect into custody. Car search. A trucker alerts cops to a bag that the suspect allegedly threw on the road. Gun allegedly found. The suspect car is towed and impounded. Abrams: “Think about that. They did a PIT maneuver potentially at 130 miles an hour

Lt. Tombs: “That was some terrible ass radio traffic, guy…y’all traffic was terrible, man.”

Abrams: “Tom Rizzo, you got to love the trucker there.” Rizzo: “I’m telling you: Legitimate truck drives are pros, and they are some of our biggest advocates. They help with corralling vehicles for us. And this guy pulled over a semi, picked up the evidence, and it was just wild. I love it.” Abrams: “And Dan, we heard a moment ago, Lieutenant Toombs complaining about the radio traffic.” Dan Rengering: “Yeah; it’s such a dangerous situation when you’re driving…towards somebody pursuing a car. You’re already behind the eight ball. But to give the guy who was in the pursuit a little bit of credit, like, you’re adrenaline’s jacked through the roof, and sometimes it’s hard to get that out and articulate.” Abrams later observes that “the vehicle’s also not in particularly good shape at this point either.”

Listen to Lt. Toombs discuss this incident:

  • Hazen, Ark. –– Chief Bradley Taylor and Sergeant Clayton Dillion provided backup on Officer Dillon Cook’s pursuit of a vehicle that allegedly fled from a traffic stop. The subject vehicle wrecked out in the woods after a PIT maneuver, a.k.a. Tactical Vehicle Intervention (TVI). No driver’s license. Chief Taylor to the driver, age 19: “You’re grown. We don’t call mama when we’re grown, okay? You made a big-boy choice, and you gonna go to jail…we’ll let you call when you get to the jail…you don’t run from the police, man.” Abrams: “That says it all.” The driver won’t identify despite the chief’s repeated requests for his name. Car search. On Patrol: Live caption: “Gun found.” Car towed.

Abrams: “That’s a PIT maneuver right there. Think about that. They did a PIT maneuver potentially at 130 miles an hour…the good news is all the cops and suspect, everyone’s okay, but this guy’s not really ingratiating himself with the chief.”

“You made a big-boy choice, and you gonna go to jail…

Listen to Officer Cook briefly discuss the stop:

Listen to a further update on the incident from Chief Taylor (“…we’re just trying to figure out who this driver is…he didn’t make it far…we didn’t do a big, long blue-light parade…nobody got hurt, and the bad guy goes to jail. So we got another gun office the street, and we’ll figure it out. He’s just delaying the inevitable,,,”):

On Patrol: Live Hour 3

  • Moore, Okla. — Officer Keller and a colleague respond to the scene where five people are trapped in a hotel elevator. The fire department is also on scene and opens the elevator doors for the individuals to get out.
  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Logan Vitatoe responds to a residential alarm call. In an encounter that could have gone wrong with devastating consequences, the homeowner comes out with a gun after the officer bangs on the door. Fortunately, the misunderstanding, when both men have guns drawn, only lasts a few seconds, and nothing untoward happens. The officer may have been at the wrong house.

Listen to the studio panel briefly discuss the miscue:

As he arrives at the location, and before making contact, Officer Vitatoe outlines the policy: “So this is one of those situations where we would drive up to the house, and put cruise lights on, which is just steady, burning blue lights, so the homeowners know that it’s law enforcement showing up to the residence, and not just somebody dressed in dark clothing walking up their driveway.

  • Richland County, S.C. — Lieutenant Blanding pursues a vehicle on the highway with alleged mismatched tags which is not stopping. The car stops in a residential area. A foot pursuit occurs, and Lt. Blanding quickly detains the suspect: “Stupid. You thought you were gonna get away. Look at you…you stupid.” Abrams: “Kudos to our camera person…out there, keeping up. And Lieutenant Blanding got him.” To a neighbor, Lt. Blanding says “I told I’d catch him, right?”

Lt. Blanding recap: “Just saw this car. Didn’t have the right tag, and he decided to flee. In a little ways, trying to take his corner a little bit too much. Saw him swipe this corner and took off on foot, so jumped a couple of fences and fell a little bit, but got him in the end, so that’s all that matters.”

In this audio clip, Dan Rengering praised Lt. Blanding for his poise in “handling the radio in the car, the driving, and the confidence that he had even jumping out of the car…”

  • Missing segment — Fort Worth, Texas.
  • Lee County, S.C. — Deputy Lineberger responds to a two-car accident and makes contact with the drivers and passenger(s) to make sure they are okay and to find out what happened. Paramedics summoned to the scene. At least one of the vehicles has serious front-end damage.
  • Clayton County, Ga. — Captain Barrett conducts a traffic stop allegedly for a tag light and brake light infraction. Abrams: “Sounds like that guy may be getting out with no tickets.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers Ashlyn Cooper and Tim Jackson conduct a traffic stop. Officer Cooper and the passenger have a friendly conversation about tattoos. According to Officer Jackson, the driver has a suspended license. “I’m not gonna jam you up over it…so if you get pulled over again, it’ll be a citation or jail…” If the passenger has a valid license, the duo will be good to go. The car may also have a window tint issue.
  • Christian County, Mo. — Deputy Michael Lewis initiates a traffic stop for a headlight out and expired tags. The deputy is checking the license status. “Nothing on the surface looks fishy, so we’ll go from there.”
  • Baton Rouge, La. — Corporal Wendy George makes a wellness check on a woman at a motel and gives the latter a bottle of water and a hug. She also tells the subject that she will come back and check on her on Sunday or Monday. As the episode concludes, Cpl. George claims that the subject allegedly has had addiction issues.
CLICK ON THIS LINK for the On Patrol: Live recap of #OPL episode 04-11, August 15, 2025.

On Patrol: Live Streaming Channels

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