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

On Patrol: Live Season 4: An On Patrol: Live recap, including NYC studio host/executive producer Dan Abrams’ puns, analysis, and witty/sarcastic banter usually with co-anchor Curtis Wilson (a Richland County, S.C., deputy sheriff), and analyst Captain Tom Rizzo (Howell Township, N.J., PD), along with the often-provocative or playful social media reaction, follows.

For those new to the show, On Patrol Live on the Reelz channel is more or less a reboot or rebrand of Live PD.

With Deputy Curtis Wilson taking another weekend off, former Sacramento, Calif., police chief Daniel Hahn and former DeKalb County, Ga., police officer Nathan Daley join Abams and Rizzo at the anchor desk as guest analysts.

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On Patrol: Live Tonight

Traffic stops, high- and low-speed pursuits, a tire change, and a fake gun all captured the attention of #OPNation on this all-new episode of On Patrol: Live on Reelz. For this On Patrol: Live episode guide, see below for details on all 24 law enforcement incidents across the nine On Patrol: Live scheduled police departments. And check back for updates.

Agency Update

According the Baton Rouge news outlet The Advocate, local police officers were carefully screened for On Patrol: Live:

“After a contract between the department and the show was approved by the Metro Council in June, [Police Chief Thomas] Morse put a call out to his officers to see who was interested in representing the department before a national audience. Interviews were conducted, similar to the process for promoting uniform patrol officers to a specialized division. Then, Morse and his senior officers made their selections. ‘What I look for is really just somebody that will represent Baton Rouge Police Department well, and bring that law enforcement professional spirit,’ Morse said.”

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On Patrol: Live Recap for August 8, 2025 (#OPL Episode 04-09)

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  • Moore, Okla. — Sergeant Spenser Sloan, Officer Koalton Keller, and other units investigate a possible break-in or squatting at a vacant home. Cops make contact with a male and female on scene. “You’re not supposed to be here.” The female seems to claim that they paid $2,000 rent, but they end up being arrested. The property owner apparently told police that no one is supposed to be on the premises. On Patrol: Live host Dan Abrams: “So it appears they were not authorized to be in that home.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Lieutenant Richie Maher and Officer Thomas Goble respond to an alleged brother vs. brother assault. A male pedestrian who allegedly matches the description is detained. “He’s covered in blood…” The subject has a laceration to the wrist. Paramedics summoned to the scene.

Lt. Maher summary: “So at this point, we’re gonna try and interview as best we can until a fluent Spanish speaker gets here, but I’m pretty sure this is the male we’re looking far. They said there were some windows broken out. He’s got some pretty decent lacerations to his wrist. He’s got some blood on him. Clothing description matches to…who’s answering to the named provided…so we’re gonna get to the bottom of it. If he goes to jail tonight, he’ll probably [go] for some kind of domestic battery. But we’re still making our way through this language barrier…get some medics down here, clean up his wrist, and then we’ll go from there.”

  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Bradley Taylor and Sergeant Clayton Dillion respond to a call about truck drivers allegedly fighting. The subjects are apparently co-owners of the same truck. Chief Taylor tries to mediate the situation. “I don’t think this relationship’s gonna work out if you’re fighting within two months…y’all have to hug and make up, and get back in the truck…” On Patrol: Live caption: “Truck stop truce,” “Semi-tough love.” Abrams: “We found out actually the truck drivers own this truck together, so there’s no separating them, and there’s no calling the truck company and saying, ‘hey, give me a new partner.'”

Listen below to Chief Taylor patiently ask the duo to “chill out” and then summarizes the incident (“These two got into an argument, maybe a little pushing and shoving…they’re cooped up in an eight-by-eight square box together for hours on end…we didn’t seem them fighting…they’re grown men acting like kids right now over just stopping here to get some rest…sometimes you got to take a break, and start all over in the morning…” On Patrol: Live studio analyst Tom Rizzo: “It’s a bumpy ride.”

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lieutenant Jonathan Carey and other units in a high-speed pursuit on the highway. On Patrol: Live caption: “Searching for fleeing suspect.” The driver foot bails; cops subsequently take him into custody. The car is abandoned in a ditch. Lieutenant Joseph Toombs: “…Fayette had a pursuit with somebody who was foolish enough to try to run from them. Fayette is just like Clayton County. You run, and they gonna chase. So welcome to Fayette; welcome to Clayton. That’s all I can say to this guy. He’s gonna find out fast, and I’m quite sure the judge is gonna give him no bond. It’s the wrong county to run from.” Paramedics summoned to check out the driver although it appears nobody is hurt. Abrams: “This is happening in real time, so we’re still trying to figure out exactly what is going on here.” A passenger is also on scene as discussed by the studio panel in the audio clip below.

Lt. Toombs recap: “So the original reason for the stop was no headlights. They lit him up. He took off; they pursued him. He came northbound on 85 at 120-plus miles per hour, very reckless, going through red lights. And when he got up a little bit closer toward the county line, they spiked him, they slowed him down a bit, and he ended up trying to make a U-turn on this massive ditch right here, which, of course, didn’t work out for him too well. But as a minimum, he’s gonna be looking at fleeing and eluding, reckless driving, reckless conduct, possibly kidnapping, and probably at least 10 to 15 other traffic charges. So he’s gonna be looking at a lot of time for this stuff that he did. I don’t think he’s gonna be driving this car anymore. On top of that, they’re gonna impound this car, put a hold on it. I’m sure if he ran from city and county, he probably ran from other jurisdictions, so they have to check to verify whether this vehicle was used to flee from other jurisdictions…it’s part of their investigation. That’s pretty standard across the board. I think the majority of us do that once we take somebody in custody, and we take their vehicle.”

“Fayette is just like Clayton County. You run, and they gonna chase. So welcome to Fayette; welcome to Clayton…”

  • Christian County, Mo. — Corporal Ryan Bradshaw initiates a traffic stop. “Why are you sweating so much, man?” Driver: “I just gone done working on my kids’ bedroom. I was building this thing under their bunk beds.” Abrams update: “The guy was issued a citation for driving while revoked, and he was released.”
  • Baton Rouge, La. — Corporal Blake Welborn pursues a slow-rolling car. On Patrol: Live caption: “Fleeing vehicle.” The vehicle finally stops; traffic stop at gunpoint. The driver is detained: “I got one leg…I was just scared.” Cops search for any contraband that might have been allegedly tossed.

Cpl. Welborn recap: “I tried to pull this car over a few blocks back because when we were driving westbound…he hit the center lines. When I lit him up, he initially looked like he’d stopped and then just decided to keep going. Through the pursuit, he started throwing stuff outside of his driver’s side window, and right now that’s all we got. We just have to search the car and go from there.” Abrams: “And go back and try and find those items that were thrown.”

Listen as Tom Rizzo and Nathan Daley explain that slow pursuits can be unpredictable:

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officers Cooper Bagwell, Jill Herman, and Rachel Greene respond to call about some teens (or “hooligans,” according to Abrams) allegedly mooning outside a hotel and then search the area for suspects. Abrams jokes that “there is a full moon out tonight…a different full moon.” After cops gather information from the complainant about the suspects allegedly “showing all their bits,” Abrams quips that “I’m not sure that that is a moon, actually, at this point. If it’s the front, is it a moon? It’s not, right? It’s no longer called a moon…” Rizzo: “That’s a shooting star…” Chief Hahn: “Wild things happen on a full moon every time.”

Officer Herman: “If he shows me his naughty bits, he’s getting tased.” Abrams: “That would be a rough tase.”

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. –With backup from Officer Goble, Lt. Maher initiates a cordial traffic stop on a slow-rolling van for an expired tag. The driver allegedly has “two big-ass knives” in the center console.” Lt. Maher: “We’ll make an agreement that you don’t reach for yours, I don’t reach for mine…sound good?…we’ll come to a gentleman’s agreement. You don’t reach for your knife, I won’t reach for my gun.” Abrams: “Now we came hear what’s he’s saying as they turned off that vehicle, and we shall see what happens there.” Suspended license. Car search/inventory. The driver possibly ends up getting arrested.

Listen to Lt. Maher’s “pretty straightforward” recap of this stop:

  • Triple Play #1 — A Pleasant Prairie, Wisc., police pursuit (Note: On Patrol: Live deleted the embeddable version of the video from X).

Listen to the studio panel discuss this incident, particularly the stop-sticks deployment:

Christian County, Mo. — Cpl. Bradshaw is on scene as one or more officers change a tire for two young women on the way to a concert. Sheriff Brad Cole is among the cops on scene. Cpl. Bradshaw to the occupants: “They’re just filming a documentary…working as a ‘NASCAR crew’…” Deputies on scene: “Give us a five- star review…give us a good Google rating.” On Patrol: Live caption: “Slowest pit crew ever.” Deputy: “All right, ladies, remember. that’s just a spare doughnut tire, so don’t drive too fast on it, because it wouldn’t be safe at a higher speed. I probably wouldn’t go over 55 on it…” Abrams: “Tom Rizzo was just speculating about what happens if they drive away and immediately the wheel falls off.” Rizzo quips in response, “nobody was paying attention.”

Sheriff Cole: “As you can see, the Christian County NASCAR pit crew…changed that pretty quickly there. I think we have a couple of happy customers tonight. So luckily, we’re here to help them and get them off the road. So they’re gonna go have fun at a concert, it sounds like.”

  • Baton Rouge, La. — Officer Caruntal Harrell conducts a traffic for no brake lights. The driver manages to get the light back on. Abrams: “I can’t believe she actually solved it. When she said, ‘how we gonna fix it?,’ I thought it was sort of a rhetorical question. I didn’t know that she was actually gonna go back there and fix it.”
  • Richland County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Master Deputy Collins Harper pursues a motorcycle at night. The driver wrecks out near train tracks. Listen below as Deputy Harper consoles the “lucky to be alive” driver prior to the arrival of paramedics followed by a panel discussion of this incident, including how officers have to quickly switch “from being the pursuer to being the one to provide aid”:
  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputy Toddson Catoe makes a friendly traffic stop at a gas station on what appears to be a golf cart. Deputy Catoe: “You can’t be driving through town, man.” Another deputy on scene: “Especially at night.”
  • Moore, Okla. –– Cops investigate an alleged altercation at an apartment. Officer Keller: “It seems like…less of domestic, more of a drunken fight that happened.” No arrests after cops get both sides of the story and apparently advising the parties to stay away from each other.

Hazen, Ark. — Chief Taylor and Sgt. Dillion make a traffic stop on the highway after several calls about alleged erratic driving. Chief Taylor: “I smell alcohol, honey.” The driver denies drinking. On Patrol: Live caption: “Investigating DUI.” The driver eventually agrees to take a PBT and allegedly records a .16 (Chief Taylor: “You’re twice the legal limit”). Chief Taylor: “You lied to me.” Car search; alcohol containers and a gun allegedly found. A state trooper is also on scene.

Listen to Chief Taylor summarize this incident:

On Patrol: Live Hour 3

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Bagwell and colleagues respond to a call about a man with a gun at a gas station. They make contact with a motorcyclist who allegedly pulls out what appears to be a gun and tosses it. “Don’t reach for it…why did you reach for it?…that’s the dumbest thing you could do…” Subject: “I didn’t do nothing…it was already hanging out of my ass…” It turns out to be a lighter. He is detained and then is subsequently released. The subject consents to having the lighter confiscated, i.e., “donated,” and then discarded (and not in the gas station trash can).

Abrams: “The part about it looking like a gun is dumb, and the part about having a lighter like that at the gas station may not be the best idea.” Rizzo: “What could go wrong?”

  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputy Catoe and other units respond to a possible home invasion in progress. Deputy Catoe detains three cooperative subjects next to a vehicle. It turns out to be a misunderstanding; the subjects, who were allegedly knocking on the window of the residence, went to the wrong house. Abrams: “Let’s give credit, so to speak, to the possible suspects, right? They didn’t overreact. They didn’t freak out. The just abided by the officer’s directions…they don’t seem to really know what’s happening, right? Seems they were at the wrong address…” Chief Hahn: “If they really did go to the wrong address, then they’re probably wondering why the police are here.” The subjects are released after pouring out some beer cans (and initially littering with one can).

Listen to Deputy Catoe’s recap (“..he thought he was at his homeboy’s house, but he wasn’t…”):

Listen to Chief Hahn and Officer Daley comment on this incident and others similar to it that may or may not end well:

  • Clayton County, Ga. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputy Mondre Rambo and other units respond to a stabbing call. Deputy Rambo: The dad “was supposedly determined to be the primary aggressor” in the incident, “and he’s gonna be looking at charges of aggravated assault in relation to the stabbing of his son.”
  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Christian Greene makes a friendly bicycle stop. The subject is wearing a light on her head. Deputy Greene: “That is so bright; you must be in a good mood tonight. He advises that the light should be attached to the bike itself. The subject complies. Abrams: “They’re old pals.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Lt. Maher and Officer Goble make a traffic stop on a vehicle that allegedly cut across four lanes. The apologetic out-of-state motorist, who is driving a rental, is released with a warning. Lt. Maher’s unserious rhetorical question: “Would you prefer a warning or a ticket?” Abrams: “It’s his way of saying, ‘I’m gonna give you a warning if you’re just chill with me…'” Office Goble: “No harm, no foul. Could have caused a crash, but he didn’t, so he’s been educated, and he’s gonna be released with a warning, so they can get back to their night.” Abrams: “I’m sure he’s appreciating that lesson.”

Listen to Lt. Maher provide the driver with an explanation for pulling him over:

  • BOLO segment — a Pierce County, Wash., ‘tow jam.'”

Rizzo: “We’ve seen a lot of smash and grabs here lately, but I think this is the first one where I can recall was completely accidental. I don’t know that you’d want to call them for, like, ‘roadside assistance.'”

  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Taylor makes a friendly traffic stop on the highway for alleged speeding. “They trying to get a picture of the moon, and mama wasn’t paying attention.” The driver, who apparently is an On Patrol: Live fan, is released with a warning. Abrams: “The woman was shooting for the moon or maybe just shooting the moon, taking a picture, and may have sped a little bit in the process.”

The vehicle nearly gets into an accident, however, as it drives off after being released. On Patrol: Live shows footage of the latter. Abrams: “Maybe it wasn’t quite as close as it looked at first, but still…” Rizzo: “The problem is that the truck was gonna change lanes to get back over, not seeing her slowly taking her time to get into that lane. You’re talking about an accident. And we were talking about that during the break, where we were saying that’s why they want you to actually accelerate in the shoulder before you re-enter the highway.” Abrams: “We actually hear Chief Taylor say that to her…the good news is that everyone was okay…nothing happened…”

  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Greene makes another friendly, conversational bicycle stop. Deputy Greene to the male driver: “When was the last time you showered?” Subject: “I’m gonna do that right now.”
  • Moore, Okla. — As the episode concludes, Officer Keller makes routine contact with a pedestrian who allegedly has a pill bottle on his person. Abrams: “I would say we’re gonna update you on what happens here tomorrow on First Shift. I don’t know if there’s gonna be much of an update. If there is, I promise you we will provide one…”
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On Patrol: Live Streaming Channels

On Patrol: Live new tonight: On Patrol: Live airs new, three-hour episodes on Friday and Saturday evening starting at 9 p.m. Eastern time (except for an occasional hiatus when the show is in reruns). So the answer to the question(s) “is On Patrol: Live new tonight” or “is On Patrol: Live on tonight” is almost always yes.

Where can I watch On Patrol: Live apart from Reelz+, what channel is On Patrol Live on? For background information about the police documentary ride-along series On Patrol: Live (i.e., Live PD 2.0), that airs on the Reelz channel (which is also available, e.g., on the Peacock, FreeCast, Philo, Sling,and Frndly TV streaming services, and on some satellite and cable systems such as DirectTV, DISH Network, AT&T U-verse, and Verizon FIOS TV), click on this link.

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On Patrol: Live episodes: Just about every incident covered on On Patrol: Live in each of its first-run shows is really live. Footnote: The real-time content is subject, however, to a delay ranging from about five to 20 minutes primarily for legal reasons, and obviously apart from any pre-recorded packages. Also, a given episode may leave behind some loose ends, i.e., incidents where On Patrol: Live does not provide an update or a definitive resolution. The On Patrol: First Shift pre-show provides occasional updates.

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