This Weekend’s On Patrol: Live Highlights, Quotes, Social Media Activity, and Puns
The docuseries On Patrol: Live — i.e., Live PD 2.0 — premiered on the Reelz channel on July 22, 2022 and generally follows the same basic format as its A&E network predecessor in which videographers accompany cops on night patrol in real time.
About 50 On Patrol: Live cameras go into the field with the law enforcement officers usually from eight or nine different U.S. departments during the ride-along on Friday and Saturday evenings. Pre-recorded segments are typically part of the show content as well.
An On Patrol: Live recap, including studio host Dan Abrams’ puns, analysis, and banter with co-anchors Sean Larkin and Curtis Wilson (retired Tulsa, Okla., cop and Richland County, S.C., deputy sheriff, respectively), along with the often-snarky or playful social media reaction, follows.
“Sticks” Larkin is gradually phasing out of the show. As one of the rotating analysts, Will Armstrong, the police chief in Brookford, N.C., is in Larkin’s chair or former chair this weekend.
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On Patrol: Live Summary for August 18, 2023 (#OPL Episode 02-09)
- Berkeley County, S.C. — In a long chase, Cpl. Devonte Smith and other units pursue a fleeing vehicle weaving in and out of traffic allegedly driven by a suspect in a shooting. Dep. Wilson points out that given the serious of the alleged charges, this is the type of chase that won’t be called off. Stop sticks deployed. With a tire deflated, the car eventually pulls over, and the driver is detained at gunpoint. Cpl. Smith notes that it was a 15-20 mile high-speed chase. ” Everybody’s safe. We got him in custody. He’s going to jail.”
Abrams: “Wow, that was over 15 minutes…eventually, his tires deflated. Seems he had little choice.” Chief Armstrong: “I think it was absolutely amazing how the officer was able to utilize his radio, use his intercom, also grab his firearm, and all that while still trying to maintain focus on his driving and watching the suspect. It was just amazing utilization of officer skills.” Abrams: “And that’s the point that people don’t think about sometimes is, yes, it’s slowing down, but he’s got to be thinking about his weapon and the possibility that it may not end immediately.” Wilson: “…You talk about a long pursuit like this, you heard it on dispatch, they were trying to contact somebody that he knew to call him, to try to get him to turn himself in, to stop…thankfully, nobody was hurt.”
Abrams: “It turns out there were two juveniles who were shot…both have been transported to a local hospital. The driver, who they caught, has been charged with attempted murder, two counts of it, obviously also for failure to stop for blue lights, possession of weapon, et cetera. Cpl. Smith…did not actually search the car, during, being, an active crime scene. He did observe from the outside of the vehicle some spent shell casings, and this is a suspect they had to catch, and they did.”
- Fullerton, Calif. — Cpl. Brandon Ramek alleges that as officers walked up, they spotted a subject injecting heroin with the car running. Heavy bleeping. Ramek asks the subject if he wants to sit on the curb or sit on the police car bumper. “It’s not up for discussion; just pick one…it’s not my problem that you’re doing drugs while operating a motor vehicle.” Driver arrested.
Ofr. Josh Walker : “So basically what happens is they put the drugs inside the spoon, they heat up the spoon, and then they dilute it with water. They inject into their skin, they pull it back so that it mixes with their blood,, and then they put it back in. So this whole kit that he has, with the spoon, the cotton swabs, the syringes, the dope — it’s called a hype kit. He has all this stuff right here…The heroin is typically kept in tiny little balloons like this…And he’s got quite a few different balloons, and this is really easy for distribution, and heroin is expensive, so $80 for a gram of heroin times 30 balloons…plus whatever those pills are. I’m sure they’re some sort of narcotic as well. And you can smell the heroin too; it smells like vinegar. So that’s how you know it’s heroin.”
Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Marcus Booth conducts traffic stop on car that almost backed into his patrol car. Booth admonishes the driver never to jump out of a car during a traffic stop. At one point in the investigation, when the driver doesn’t seem to respond, Booth quips “all right, I’ll talk to myself; no big deal.”
- Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Smith makes a traffic stop on a vehicle for failure to maintain lane. As he is speaking with the driver, a car coming from the opposite direction nearly hits him. He immediately leaves the original stop to pursue the other vehicle, which he pulls over. The apologetic driver says she just her license. Abrams: “This is one of these things that isn’t talk about that much, which is just the day-to-day dangers for police officers on the street making traffic stops, right?” Armstrong: “That’s right. You have got to constantly monitor your surroundings at all times. And really good thing that the officer was looking ahead of him. If he wouldn’t have been, it could have ended much differently. So, it’s important. And a lot of states that got laws for things like that as far as slowing down and moving over…if you can’t move over, you need to slow down.”
Cpl. Smith releases the driver with a written warning: “A traffic stop doesn’t have to be a citation. Sometimes it can be a lecture moment. Telling her what she did wrong; hopefully she fixes her behaviors later on down the line. She’s a new driver; she just got her license like two months ago…she’s got a new car. like I said, it could have turned out bad. I already go hit before on a traffic stop. A car hit me….Luckily, I was wearing my vest. That could have been the same incident tonight. She’s a little upset, but I’m upset too, but I’m not mad or anything. I’m more shakey than mad. So hopefully, she pays attention and drives safe.” Abrams: “He’s already had a rough night, right? I mean, he had this 20-minute pursuit, and he almost gets hit by a car.” Wilson: “It’s still early.”
- Toledo, Ohio — Sgt. Geoff McLendon and other officers respond to a drunk and disorderly call. One man is detained at a residence who is subsequently released. McClendon advises the man “to grab some stuff” and leave the home. Heavy bleeping.
- Volusia County, S.C. — Dep. Royce James investigates a possible break-in at a residence. He gathers information from the complainant and the subject (the latter who seems to be talking in circles). The subject formerly lived at the location months ago. James: “How did you get inside the home?” Subject: “Technically, a door.” Abrams quips that “we were getting a master class on the difference between a window and a door.” James tells the subject to go on his way otherwise he’s going to get arrested. “You walked here, right? Okay; walk back in the opposite direction you came from.” The parties will make arrangements so that the subject can retrieve his remaining belongings at some future date. Abrams: “It seems this has at least been resolved for now.”
- Hazen, Ark. — Chief Bradley Taylor pulls over a vehicle for no headlights. The car is loaded with his belongings. The driver says he is traveling cross country for a new job as a television news producer for a New Orleans station and also says he’s nervous because he’s never been pulled over by an Arkansas cop before. Taylor: “What’s that got to do with anything? I’m just like any other cop.” Driver: “Yeah; you’re right.” He is released with a warning. Chief Taylor: “You never know what kind of people you’ll run into out here on the road…He originally said he never got stopped by Arkansas law enforcement. And we’re no different than anybody else. We put on our britches one leg at a time…” Abrams: “All right; he’s on his way to his new gig. As Curtis said, he’s got a story to tell. “
Little Rock, Ark. — Triple Play #3.
- Richland County, S.C. — Master Dep. Braylyn Salmond pulls over a vehicle with two female occupants. Some bleeping. Car search. Salmond: “Conducted a traffic stop on this vehicle…an odor of marijuana coming from the interior of the vehicle. Traffic stop was conducted. Got some marijuana and also a clear package with some unknown substance in it. We’re gonna try to figure out what it is. Right now, we’re just running the driver’s information and see if she’s good to go, but they wondered why I stopped them. The car smells like weed; they got weed in the car. So two plus two is four right now.”
- Toledo, Ohio — Officers respond to report of an assault at a residence. A woman at the scene tells the cops that there is no problem there. Ofr. Shade Keeney: “We responded here. A kid caller…said that his mom was being assaulted. We checked her; she didn’t have any injuries on her, so we can’t prove that anything was going on. She says everything’s fine…They could have just had an argument, and the kid kind of flipped out ..”
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — Ofr. Robert Mowery and other units respond to a report of from a neighbor about an alleged domestic incident involving a verbal altercation at an apartment complex. They detain a male who insists who didn’t do anything untoward. The male allegedly has four protection orders against him. Abrams update: “It turns out that the woman involved there said she was the instigator. She was then arrested for domestic battery. He was released.”
- Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Smith and other units respond to an active shooting situation in a residential neighborhood. They converge on a house and detain a female who comes out of the house at the deputies’ direction. A male subsequently exits the same house upon the deputies’ direction and is also detained. According to Abrams, the woman originally claimed she lived in the house by herself with a dog. The home is cleared. Cpl. Smith: “They were definitely shooting back and forth at each other. This house has…gunfire damage to the residence as well. Thank God, no one was hurt. We’re gonna check the surrounding houses to make sure that nobody else has bullet holes in their residence and go from there.” Cpl. Smith indicates that female is going to be taken to jail for obstruction and possibly other charges, while the male is being arrested for allegedly discharging a firearm into a dwelling, probably disorderly conduct, possibly attempted murder, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Detectives to assume control of the investigation. Abrams: “Wow; so some serious charges coming down in connection with that incident there.”
- Toledo, Ohio — Officers respond to a domestic call and detain a male. Heavy bleeping. The alleged victim is on the ground with apparent injuries. Paramedics summoned.
- Fullerton, Calif. — Traffic stop. Cops allegedly find what appears to be a knife and brass knuckles in the pat down. The subject tries to run but officers immediately wrestled him to the ground. Cpl. Ramek: “Silly, silly goose…You’re already in cuffs, bro. Where do you think you’re gonna go?”
- Fullerton, Calif. — Det. Dillan Cazares and other units search in a residential area for a fleeing-on-foot probation suspect who allegedly has a warrant. He is located and detained on the sidewalk after a neighbor points him out. Probation check at the subject’s residence to follow.
- Volusia County, S.C. — Dep. Jared Gourley responds to an armed robbery (with an AR-style rifle) that occurred outside a pizza parlor. He interviews the victim and searches the area for the suspect. Investigation ongoing.
BOLO segment — Richmond, Va.
- Nye County, Nev. — Traffic stop on truck. The driver reluctantly gets out of the vehicle when ordered. Sgt. Joe Marshall explains to him the protocol for traffic stops. K9 deployed to sniff vehicle.
- Hazen, Ark. — Traffic stop for speeding. Chief Taylor: “We’ll go up and visit with him to see what the hurry is.”
- Brookford, N.C. — Chief Armstrong viewer Q&A. Abrams: “This man has a great, fascinating, and inspiring life story.”
- Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Ofr. Chris Benson responds to an alleged domestic male-female domestic dispute possibly involving a gun and the male supposedly trying to kick open a door at the residence. Abrams: “So obviously a potentially dangerous situation there.” Officers make contact with the female who is outside the house and advise her to obtain a protection from abuse (PFA) order from the court and institute eviction proceedings unless he wants to leave willingly. Another cop explains that “I can’t come here and just kick him out the same as I can’t come here and kick you out…once you get that piece of paperwork…that gives us the authority to make arrests in these situations and to get him out of the house. We can’t do anything without it.”
- Richland County, S.C. — Dep. Salmond provides backup on a traffic stop at a gas station. The driver is released with a warning for speeding.
- Richland County, S.C. — Respond to a call about a fight in progress, Master Dep. Tim Riley makes a contact with a group in a residential area who say they were not fighting. Bleeping. Abrams: “Just a lot of love here. No fighting.”
- Richland County, S.C. — Traffic stop for speeding. Probable cause search. A small amount of weed and an open container allegedly spotted in vehicle.
On Patrol: Live Summary for August 19, 2023 (#OPL Episode 02-10)
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