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

On Patrol: Live Season 4, All-New Episode, Tonight

On Patrol: Live new tonight: An On Patrol: Live recap, featuring New York City-based studio host/executive producer Dan Abrams’ puns, analysis, and witty/sarcastic banter with co-anchor Curtis Wilson (a Richland County, S.C., deputy sheriff) and analyst Tom Rizzo (a captain with Howell Township, N.J., PD) a as they comment on the live police ride-alongs, plus the often-provocative or playful social media reaction to the incidents in the field, follows below.

Fan favorite Bradley Taylor, the Hazen, Ark., police chief, joins the in-studio trio this weekend.

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As #OPNation (i.e., the show’s fandom) is well aware, and for those viewers and/or social media users new to the show, On Patrol Live is more or less a reboot or rebrand of Live PD.

Update from Last Weekend

On Patrol: Live Tonight

Police pursuits dominated this all-new episode of On Patrol: Live on Reelz (which also airs on Peacock, among other linear and streaming platforms).

In this On Patrol: Live episode guide, see below for details on all 25 law enforcement encounters across nine On Patrol: Live scheduled police departments on the current roster (although Berkeley County, S.C., Lee County, Fla., and Wheeling, W.Va. did not appear). And check back for updates.

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On Patrol: Live Recap for December 19, 2025 (#OPL Episode 04-41)

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  • Baton Rouge, La. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Searching for men wielding guns.” Corporal Blake Welborn, Officer Anthony Nguyen, and other units conduct a foot search in a residential area for suspects. One male, who is apparently a teen, is detained; another male is still at large.

Listen below to Cpl. Welborn’s recap:

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lieutenant Joseph Toombs backs up Lieutenant Jonathan Carey on a pursuit of a fleeing pickup truck that was allegedly speeding. Lt. Carey executes a PIT maneuver; the driver is taken into custody. “I wasn’t running…I was trying to get back to my wife…I was just trying to get back to the house…” Lt. Carey: “So another person, like last weekend, running for no reason. License good, no warrants, no drugs, nothing. So if they want to keep on messing around in Clayton County, they’re gonna find out.” Paramedics summoned to the scene to check out the driver. On Patrol: Live host Dan Abrams: “77 in a 35 and driving the wrong way.” Sergeant Iesha Johnson is also on scene.

Lt. Toombs: “Good job, Carey. That’s what I’m talking about…where is dumb-dumb at?”

Lt. Toombs recap: “Clocked the guy on radar. He was driving almost 80 miles per hour in a 35-mile-per-hour zone. And we tried to initiate a traffic stop on the guy. The vehicle fled eastbound…he came into Henry County. Lieutenant Carey was able to PIT the vehicle and, of course, stop it right here. The driver — we suspect that he’s under the influence of alcohol. I smell a strong presence of, odor of, alcohol…coming from his mouth. So we’re gonna take him over to Piedmont Henry [hospital] to get medically cleared, and then from there, he’s going to Clayton County Jail. One thing I can say is this: Even if you run into another county, we are gonna come and pursue you down into that county, and bring you back to our county. So I want people to now that. Don’t run from Clayton, all right?”

Listen below to a panel discussion about this incident:

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officers Joseph Morrell and Kirsten Yule-Zaagman investigate an possible shoplifting incident. They interact with a male who is in the back of a police car. Officer Yule-Zaagman: “So I got down here because this gentleman allegedly stole from one of our retailers, and I have come across him before in our community, and we’re just trying to determine exactly which retailer it is, how it all happened. So that’s kind of where we’re at.”
  • Knox County, Tenn. (pre-recorded incident) — Officers Luis Sanchez and John Longendorf initiate a traffic stop in connection with alleged shoplifting at Walmart. During the interaction, A passenger is dragged out of the car. Officer: “You keep reaching.” Subject: “I’m not reaching.” He ends up getting arrested on several charges. Officer Sanchez: “It looks like the driver is gonna be released. He really didn’t have anything to do with this. The passenger, on the other hand, is getting charged with resisting from the very initial onset. He’s also getting charged for the dope…so he’s being charged for possession of marijuana. He’s also being charged with the fentanyl that we also found in there. These are the two items that they tried to return. Supposedly, the passenger is saying that he got this from a Walmart employee who’s his friend at a discount.”

Listen below as Curtis Wilson discusses furtive movements that, according to Abrams, “make police officers very, very nervous”:

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sergeant Marcus Booth and another officer respond to a report of a couple arguing very loudly. In a friendly interaction that includes a cooking discussion, cops interact with a male on scene who mentions Live PD several times. On Patrol: Live caption: “Relationship not going over easy.” Sgt. Booth: “We’re gonna see if we can just kind of stroll around here, see if we can find her, and get her side of the story, see if there was any domestic allegations on her behalf. Other than that, looks like we don’t have much out here.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Captain Danny Brown views a singing penguin Christmas display in front of a residence. Abrams: “…examining some holiday cheer.”
  • Clayton County, Ga. — Deputy Daniel Woods tracks a vehicle who owner has warrants: “Of course, that doesn’t mean the person’s in the vehicle.”
  • Christian County, Mo. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputies Trevor Guinn and Jacob Woodcock track down and take a “very uncooperative” man into custody outside a residence who had allegedly fled from a traffic stop

Listen below to Deputy Guinn’s recap plus some studio panel commentary (Abrams: “The engine doesn’t lie, or so I hear.” On Patrol: Live co-host Curtis Wilson: “It’s that home-base syndrome…”):

  • Richland County, S.C. — After briefly interacting with ‘the Grinch’ outside a convenience store (On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of stolen Christmas’), Corporal Avery Arrington is dispatched to pursue an allegedly speeding car. Traffic stop; alleged suspended New Jersey tags. Car search. Vehicle towed. The very cooperative driver was about to propose to his girlfriend. “Congratulations; good luck, dude.”

Abrams: “Tom, you’re from Jersey. Do you know him?” Rizzo: “He’s my cousin.”

Abrams: “That’s a rough go for this guy. And remember, Corporal Avery Arrington’s on that scene, proposed to his fiancee. We saw it on this show. He’s got some sympathy, no doubt about it, for the guy sitting there holding the ring, but 2022 — suspended for while.” On Patrol: Live studio analyst Tom Rizzo: “…just what we were saying off camera right now — it’s not just about suspended, but not registered, not insured, both. And the issue is, the officers have to look out for both people, meaning if that guy were to have an accident with somebody…” Abrams: “They’re not insured…and he’ll have a great story to tell…’hon, remember when I asked you to marry me? I lost the car that night…I kept going, I made sure I made it. I got a police escort. It was awesome…'”

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Sanchez is one of many first responders on scene of an alleged hit-and-run accident. A male is detained: “I didn’t hit nobody. They hit me. No, I’m not drunk.” On Patrol: Live caption: “Cocaine and marijuana found.” While at the location, cops detain two females across the street who were allegedly fighting.

Officer Sanchez recap: “So what happened was we were dealing with this wreck, and they started fighting..one girl was choking out the other girl, and apparently there’s a gun in the car, so we’ll figure out…where to go from there.” Abrams; “If you’re trying to follow along at home, yes, an incident just happened, which was a road rage, followed by, it sounds, like a fight, right in front of…10 cop cars right next to an accident. At least on this show, I’ve never seen anything like that happen, where you’re literally are talking about committing a crime right in front of all these police officers…” Police subsequently determine that the gun is not stolen and they release both women. Officer Sanchez indicates that neither female wants to prosecute. “We’re gonna call it a day, and let them go, so we can focus on this other thing.” Abrams: “They’re gonna be on their way, assuming nothing else shows up as they do a search.”

Listen below to some additional studio commentary about this incident:

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lieutenant Tombs conducts a traffic stop outside a gas station/convenience store for allegedly running a red light. Tickets issued.

Listen below to Lt. Toombs admonish the driver: (“…lie to me again, you go to jail tonight…”)

  • Triple Play #1 — a Culpeper County, police pursuit.
  • Clayton County, Ga. — Deputy Woods and Lt. Toombs leave the above traffic stop to head to a possible burglary in progress. On Patrol: Live caption: “Searching for burglary suspect.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — In a long chase, Corporal Arrington and other cops pursue a fleeing car in a high-speed chase. The suspect vehicle ends up flipping over and crashing into a power pole (On Patrol: Live guest studio analyst Chief Bradley Taylor: “The Christmas lights just went out”). On Patrol: Live caption: “Suspect in custody.” The fire department and paramedics are also on scene. The driver allegedly is unwilling to identify himself. Abrams: “You could say they’re searching the car, but they’re really salvaging the car as they look inside. This car fled, took them on a long pursuit, flipped, driver’s in custody.” According to Curtis Wilson, the car was not stolen, and “he was trying to get home.”

Cpl. Arrington: “We got EMS, check him out…and make sure he’s all right, but yeah, he’s going to jail tonight.”

Listen below to of Cpl. Arrington’s pursuit play by play along with some studio commentary:

Listen below to Master Deputy Sloan Simpson provide a further recap:

On Patrol: Live Hour 3

  • Christian County, Mo. — Corporal Ryan Bradshaw make a traffic stop on a pickup truck for allegedly not using a signal and has a discussion with an argumentative motorist in an attempt to reach common ground. On Patrol: Live caption: “Fajitas no longer on the menu.” Consensual car search; nothing found. Cpl. Bradshaw: “He clearly isn’t very happy. Apparently, his excuse for not using his signal is because when he tries to get off this road onto the highway every day, they don’t let him over. I don’t know. You can’t talk logic into some people, I guess.” The driver is released with warning.

Listen below Cpl. Bradshaw’s summary (“he made my head hurt.”):

  • Baton Rouge, La. (pre-recorded segment) — Corporal Welborn and other police officers respond to the scene where a car crashed into a ditch. “Y’all just Dukes of Hazard at a canal.” Two occupants. Weed allegedly found. Summonses issued. Tow truck summoned.

Listen below to Cpl. Welborn’s recap:

  • Richland County, S.C. — Captain Danny Brown and other deputies converge on scene at a Walmart in response to a report of a man with a gun. It turns out to be a false alarm, possibly a swatting incident.

Captain Brown recap: “So they just confirmed it appears to be a swatting call, so we’re gonna clear out..it causes us to be taken away from other actual crimes in progress, which is, it’s not good. There’s other stuff going on we can probably handle than sending 10 cars down here for this…it seems like a lot of misinformation, calling us for something that was perceived, that really wasn’t here. We’ll move on. We got some other stuff going on we can go handle.” Abrams: “It may have been just an exaggeration, but regardless, a waste of time for the officers.”

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lt. Toombs backs up Sheriff Levon Allen on a traffic stop for a window tint violation as well as apparently an issue with lights. On Patrol: Live caption: “Tints and tinsel.” The driver is apparently released with a warning:

Listen below to Sheriff Allen’s summary:

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Sanchez provides backup on a traffic stop. Car search. “So it’s just interesting that he has a screwdriver and a brick in the car…so we’ll make sure the car’s not stolen here in a second. He has the keys for this car, so I doubt it’s stolen.” Abrams: “Could also be a mason, you never know…”
  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Sanchez leaves the above stop to assist in a pursuit, which is called off when the subject is detained. Revoked license. Officer Sanchez than returns to the previous stop. Watch Officer Sanchez’s recap below:
  • Richland County, S.C. — Captain Brown makes contact with a woman sitting in a parked car outside several closed businesses and explains his reasoning for the interaction. “It is very odd that you’re sitting in the dark out here in a car.” The driver say she is waiting for her daughter to finish getting her hair cut. Cpt. Brown makes contact with the hair salon owner to verify that. On Patrol: Live captions; “Hairy situation,” “Wigging out.”

Captain Brown summary: “Businesses [are] all locked up and closed…the lights are all on, so her story is probably correct, but she’s sitting outside a closed business in an area that we have narcotic sales. Sitting in the dark where she can easily get robbed. Why not go inside and be safe?”

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lieutenant Toombs initiates a traffic stop for a window tint violation.
  • Baton Rouge, La. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of workplace dispute.” Officer Nguyen and other units make contact with the complainant and the other involved party. Cops on scene also change a flat tire.
  • Christian County, Mo. — As the episode concludes, Corporal Bradshaw conducts a traffic stop for an allegedly obscured plate.
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