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

On Patrol: Live Season 4: A recap of the August 9, 2025, On Patrol: Live episode (#OPL 04-10) on Reelz, anchored in the NYC studio by attorney and host/executive producer Dan Abrams along with On Patrol: Live studio analyst Tom Rizzo, and guest analysts Daniel Hahn and Nathan Daley, follows below. Curtis Wilson is off this weekend. 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

An officer in a fight with two adversaries, another officer dragged by a vehicle, and traffic stops and pursuits 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 potential updates.

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On Patrol: Live Recap for August 9, 2025 (#OPL Episode 04-10)

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  • Richland County, S.C. –Just before air, Deputy Andreona Sanders was on scene at a trailer park. On Patrol: Live caption: “Investigating dispute.” A neighbor gives a shout-out to Live PD. Deputy Sanders: “The female is saying that what’s now her ex-boyfriend came and smashed the windshield with his fist, apparently. Car is registered to her, so just gonna see and find out if she wants to press charges, and then I’ll try to make contact with that gentleman at the other address she provided.”

Deputy Sanders update: “The female is not wanting to press charges…getting her a report done that she can potentially get a restraining order…”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Lieutenant Richie Maher and Officer Thomas Goble respond to a holdup alarm at a bar/restaurant. They encounter someone, possibly a manager, who seems hardly police friendly. They exchanged words (Lt Maher: “Golly; this guy’s a a nutter”). Cops enter the establishment to make sure everything is okay inside.

Listen to Lt. Maher’s interaction with the man after which Tom Rizzo observes, in part, that “I guess [they] won’t be getting a thank-you card…I get it. For business, do you want to see uniform police officers walk into your place?…they have a duty and responsibility to make sure that everybody’s okay…it comes down to a community care-taking function. They absolutely have the authority and the ability to do exactly what they do…”

“…if you’re being held against your will during a robbery, I’m gonna come aggressive, because if I come soft, I’m not gonna be able to save your life…”

Lt. Maher recap: “We made contact with management and employees. We were able to check both of the freezers. Nobody’s being held against their will. The manager seems to have a little bit of a problem understanding that the way we respond to a potential robbery in progress in an occupied bar is not how he wants it handled. It’s how we’re gonna handle it, but me and him had a bit of a coming together at the end where I explained to him this is our procedure, this is how we’re gonna do it. And he said, ‘you came at me aggressive.’ Yes, because if you’re being held against your will during a robbery, I’m gonna come aggressive, because if I come soft, I’m not gonna be able to save your life…”

  • Christian County, Mo. — Corporal Ryan Bradshaw makes a traffic stop for no plate. When asked about any warrants, the driver says “not that I’m aware of.” Cpl. Bradshaw: “While we were talking, she gave me the short story…she might have a warrant…for unlawful use of a weapon, but she’s not sure…” The corporal checks the database and verifies that there are no warrants or pending charges, and the driver is released. “They’re filming a documentary.”
  • Moore, Okla. — After calls from neighbors Sergeant Spenser Sloan, Officer Koalton Keller, and other units return to the same alleged squatting location from Friday night’s episode. Abrams: “People who were not supposed to come back, and it would appear they’re back.” It turns out that the owner, who arrives on scene, gave the subject permission to be there to get her belongings. Abrams: “So this time, it seems to be on the up and up. The owner’s there; the owner can allow them to do what the owner wants to do. Remember, last night, though, it’s a different situation where they were arrested because people called in and said that they were not authorized to be there..”
  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Bradley Taylor and Sergeant Clayton Dillion make a traffic stop on the highway for no insurance. Chief Taylor claims he smells weed “and your foo-foo spray.” During the course of the conversation, he asks, “you high?… Scale of 1-10, how high are you right now?…if you lie to me, you’re going to jail.. This is not my first day on the job…” Driver: “I would say, for real, a three.” There is apparently a database crash (“it’s your lucky day; my computer is locked up like Fort Knox right now…that means I don’t get to write you a ticket…”), however, and after stomping out a roach, the driver is released with a stern warning from the chief.

Listen to some of Chief’s Taylor’s interaction with the motorist:

Listen to Chief Taylor admonish the driver (“…so I don’t get to write you ticket, but I get to talk to you real good…if the computer worked, you’s getting a possession of controlled substance ticket, and that goes on you record…so look at this as a wake-up call…”) followed by some studio commentary (“That’s community policing at its best…old-school policing…that’s why they have discretion…”):

“Sometimes, some traffic stops pull at your heartstrings…sometimes, some things feel right, sometimes things don’t, so she’s on her way without a ticket. Maybe she’ll learn.”

  • Baton Rouge, La. — Corporal Blake Welborn and Officer Caruntal Harrell respond to a disturbance at a convenience store. On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of brandishing firearm.” Officer Harrell makes contact with the store manager who is rude. Officer Harrell: “You got eight officers out here trying to help him.” Cops search the area for a suspect. Chief Hahn: “He had somewhat of an attitude but she’s still looking for him because he does — walking around with a gun, threatening people, supposedly.” Officer Harrell to a colleague: “I talked to him. He’s pissed because he said we’re not gonna do nothing, But like I sad, I told him y’all was trying to find find him…”
  • Clayton County, Ga. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputy Devon Brown pursues a fleeing Dodge Charger. Abrams: “And if you’ve been wondering why the deputy has the word ‘trackstar’ on his back, you’re about to find out.” Deputy Brown detains the driver after a foot pursuit. The driver apparently ran over no insurance. Deputy Brown: “Bro, do you know that’s a simple ticket?…you just made this situation a whole lot worse, bro.” Deputy Brown: “I tried to initiate a traffic stop on this driver out here because he went in the turn lane to make a left turn and decided to cut a vehicle off instead…he decided to take off on me. Didn’t get too far…”

Deputy Brown: “He’s being transported to the Clayton County Jail, and he’s gonna have a nice amount of citations when I go with him before he appears before the judge. This is just 10 of them. He’s got six more after this. Rough day for him…I’m out of paper, I think. I got more rolls; don’t worry.”

Clayton County, Ga. — Lieutenant Jonathan Carey and Deputy Malik Clark respond to a “really bad” car accident with injuries. The fire department and an ambulance also respond to the scene. “A baby was unresponsive — they were able to get the baby back breathing again,” Deputy Clark explains. A driver who “possibly caused the accident” allegedly fled on foot from the scene. K9 and drone resources deployed to assist officers on the ground in the search for a suspect. Abrams: “So they now know who this person is, and the search will focus now on everything they know about that person…a gun in the car as well there.”

Chief Hahn: “The computers are a great tool. They looked up the registered downer, found out it matched the description, so now they know who was driving and who ran.” Officer Daley: “And something like this, normally the suspect…usually its warrants, suspended license, or the fact that he had a weapon that’s probably unlawful to carry, potential DUI…” Chief Hahn: “Now they can go to his house, they can go to all the places that he’s associated with, and try to find him. Abrams: “The dog and the drone — a powerful combo. Chief Hahn: “Dogs have been around for ever, but drones — a lot of departments have them now. They can see in the dark. It’s much safer for the officers, the suspects, and quicker. They can search a whole yard pretty fast.”

Listen to Deputy Clark’s interim update (“…the witnesses on scene said after the accident, driver hopped out, kind of seeing what happened, didn’t like his chances, so he took off on foot…):

Lt. Carey update: “We got a tip that the suspect was actually at the hospital, and PD made contact with him, but come to find out that…there was a totally separate accident, so totally something different. The suspect on that accident is still outstanding, so hopefully we can find him. We know who he is, so hopefully we can do something and try to find him.” Investigation ongoing.

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Rachel Greene and other units pursue a fleeing car that wrecks out. Prior to arrival on scene, police apparently detained the driver at gunpoint.
  • Triple Play #2 — A Seagoville, Texas, police pursuit of a stolen pickup truck (Note: On Patrol: Live deleted the embeddable version of the video from X). Officer Daley: “…as officers, we train for the unknown, but when you’re put into a situation like this, where you just kind of at the mercy of just the outcome, it’s a scary feeling. I can only imagine what the officer was going through. I know the feeling.”
  • Moore, Okla. — Sgt. Sloan, Officer Keller, and other units respond to an alleged shoplifting in progress. On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of retail theft.” They detain a suspect.
  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lt. Carey and Deputy Clark are re-dispatched to a street takeover involving a purported 100-plus cars, footage which On Patrol: Live airs from city cameras. Chief Hahn: “Those are always dangerous. They happen all over our country. People get hit all the time and killed…” Officer Daley: “And oftentimes, when the police respond, they get surrounded now.” Chief Hahn: “It looks like they heard the officers coming now, so they’re fleeing.” Deputy Clark pulls over a vehicle with an alleged blacked out tag and detains the motorist. Driver: “I’m just trying to get home to my kid.” Deputy Clark in response: “Why are you out here doing sideshows and setting off fireworks?…” Driver: “I’m not.” Deputy Clark: “But your participating in it, though…”

Deputy Clark recap: “So he’s gonna be released on a citation. He’ll have a court date at a later time. And nine cases out of ten, when they do stuff like this, they tend to hang around in the area. So they’re probably gonna find another major intersection and try to do it at, so we’re gonna listen out for it and see if we can try to catch some more people doing it.”

Abrams: “We were just talking about the fact that bad luck for this dude, of all the people involved…hopefully, they’ll have caught some of the others.”

Listen to Deputy Clark’s update in which me mentions that “people think it’s cool, think it’s funny or whatever, but there’s actually been a lot of instances where people’s gotten seriously injured and killed doing these street takeovers or sideshows or whatever you want to call it…”

  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputy Sanders and other units initiate a traffic stop at gunpoint on a potentially stolen vehicle. Two occupants. Investigation follows. Abrams: “We’ll find out what happens here. The car was reported stolen, but as we know on this show, a lot of times there are other possibilities as to what has happened, so we’ll find out.” Abrams update: “It turns out that all parties there were released with no charges.”
  • Baton Rouge, La. — Cops respond to a hit-and-run accident. The victim seems unable to provide any plate information from the vehicle that fled. Officer Harrell assists the driver in pulling his damaged vehicle into a nearby parking lot. Abrams: “We saw Officer Harrell last night fix a tail light but this…will require ‘magic’ to be able to fix this. And now the search will begin for the person responsible for that… a search for a hit-and-run driver in Clayton County in Georgia. A search for a hit-and-run driver in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as well.”

On Patrol: Live Hour 3

  • Triple Play #3 — Pueblo, Colo., cops detain one of three motorcyclists who, based on multiple reports, allegedly were “causing several near wrecks.” (Note: On Patrol: Live deleted the embeddable version of the video from X).
  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Christian Greene responds to a report of an alleged verbal and physical disturbance. Deputy Greene stops a man in a pickup truck that allegedly matches the subject vehicle description. Driver: “Wait…wait..for what?…for what?…” Deputy Greene: “You’re detained right now…because there’s a complaint of a crime, okay? So we got to investigate what’s going on…when I tell you to get out of the car, you need to get out of the car…” Deputy Greene and another unit pull the man out of the truck and cuff him.

Listen to some of Deputy Greene’s interaction with the motorist and an explanation of the investigative stop (“…he’s in the driver’s seat, and I had no idea what was in the passenger seat or anything that he’s concealing. He’s refusing all commands, so I had to show some force to get him out of the car, because there’s a pending crime right now, so I got to investigate the crime…”:

  • DeKalb County, Ga. — Listen to the audio clip below as Officer Daley describes the harrowing dragging incident that happened to him on duty in what started as a routine traffic stop (“I am so blessed to be alive”):
  • Moore, Okla. — Sergeant Sloan conducts a traffic stop. “It would appear they have an OnlyFans.” Abrams: “Tom, what is that OnlyFans star known for?” Rizzo: “I think it’s just for aerobics.”
  • Baton Rouge, La. — Officer Harrell and other units respond to a report of a guy with an AR at a strip mall. On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of man with gun in store.” Officer on scene to the subject: “Typically, a rifle is not a conceal-carry type of weapon..to just stuff in your pants.” Harrell explains that cops will check for any warrants and “make sure he’s not a felon. So if the gun comes back not stolen or anything like that, then he’ll be good to go.” The weapon is put in the truck, and the man is released. Officer Harrell summary: “So, suspicious call. Like he said, he was just protecting himself, but they called, like, in reference to a preventative measure, and we appreciate that. But he was not a felon, record clean, and gun was clean, so he’s good to go.” Abrams: “So he will be on his way.”

Corporal Wendy George to the subject: “…what we’re trying to say is you can have something small, and you have it, and it’s not alarming people. But if you come out with this — and it’s obvious, people gonna run….so you just have to think about that. We’re all for protecting yourself, but you just got to do it in a way you’re not alarming the public. Well, this is the response that you get. You don’t want that.”

  • Knox County, Tenn. (pre-recorded segment) — Abrams intro: “A fisherman was found floundering in the bushes, and as officers soon discovered, the tide wasn’t the only thing that was high.” Officer Stone Collier backs up other cops on a report of a car stuck on the side of the road with a transmission that gave out. Paramedics summoned. Officer Collier: “…he just wanted to go fishing, but he got frustrated about his car, and he said he dove in the bushes to be one with nature…”statements…that he’s making — it’s more probable than not that he’s under the influence of something that’s impairing his ability to operate a motor vehicle and function just as a human…apparently he got into the ambulance and decided to make a scene and took all the restraints off…He’s no longer going to the hospital; he’s going to jail.” Subject: “I’m going to jail, y’all.” Consensual car search.

Las Vegas, Nev. (pre-recorded segment) — In an intense encounter, Officer Tyler Georgi makes contact with two pedestrians and ends up brawling with them. Taser deployed. Two good Samaritans help Officer Georgi until backup arrives on scene. Cops arrest the duo. Note: On Patrol: Live followed Las Vegas PD this year, but the agency is currently not on the show’s active roster.

Listen as Sergeant Brian Rich recaps this dangerous incident: “Officer Georgi sounded liked he survived a violent attack; two on one is never great…he ended up winning the day. He’s not injured…that the most important thing…” Studio panel commentary follows, during which Chief Hahn explains that “this is a good example of how just a routine stop situation can escalate quickly…”

  • Missing segment — Kannapolis, N.C.
  • Knox County, Tenn. — Corporal CooperBagwell responds to a report of a domestic incident. “The complainant said that her husband has lost his mind. He’s drunk and acting erratic, tearing things down in the house, throwing things, so we’re gonna try and get over there as fast as we can…”
  • Lee County, Fla. — As the episode concludes, Deputy Layne Reeves makes friendly contact with with a bicyclist and her pet pig. “You probably should carry a leash for Hubert, because sometimes he goes rogue.”
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On Patrol: Live Streaming Channels

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