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A recap of the December 20, 2025, On Patrol: Live episode (#OPL 04-42) on Reelz, which also streams on Peacock, as anchored in the New York City studio by attorney/executive producer Dan Abrams along with studio analysts Curtis Wilson, Tom Rizzo, and Chief Bradley Taylor, follows below.

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.

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Update from Last Night

On Patrol: Live Tonight

The intense Daytona Beach felony stop that opened the show formed the foundation of this all-new episode of On Patrol: Live on Reelz. Traffic stops in Knox County, Tenn., and Wheeling, W.Va., among other incidents, also attracted a lot of attention from #OPNation.

In this On Patrol: Live episode guide, see below for details on all 23 law enforcement encounters across nine On Patrol: Live scheduled police departments on the current roster.

Programming notes: On Patrol: Live, with the keyword being live, is on holiday hiatus until new episodes return on January 9-10, 2026. And Hazen, Ark., PD returns to the OPL roster in January.

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On Patrol: Live Recap for December 20, 2025 (#OPL Episode 04-42)

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  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Lieutenant Richie Mayer, brother Sergeant Chris Maher, and other units respond to an alleged disturbance at an apartment complex. On Patrol: Live caption: “Searching for gun threat suspect.” Lt. Maher shortly thereafter make a traffic stop at gunpoint and detains a male who appeared to get out of the car prematurely (see video below). Gun found in the vehicle. On Patrol: Live caption: “Suspect in custody.” Heavy bleeping of the distraught suspect. Numerous officers on scene. The suspect gives his side of the story to cops.

Lt. Maher recap: “So this initial call came out super weird. The initial call was someone heard fighting downstairs at an apartment complex. They heard a possible round fired out of a firearm, and then observed this male get into this black Mercedes and flee the area. When the cops showed up, there’s three children under the age of six years old in the house, and those children said he threatened to kill them with the rifle. So the call came in out here about a hit and run involving a vehicle that matched the description. As we were coming through here, saw it. I had been reviewing pictures of his tag and his vehicle, identified it as his car….went to do a felony stop, and he jumped out real fast. And he’s lucky he didn’t get shot, but I couldn’t give him the time to get back in that SUV…I’m just glad we got him before he got to those kids.” Sgt. Maher: “…he went to the place of employment of the mother and ran into a vehicle. We’re looking on that end for now to make sure the person he rammed into was not hurt…seventeen years, very little gets my blood boiling, but threatening to kill a bunch of babies…in car seats when you have an AR — that gets my blood boiling…”

Lt. Maher: “I might have used the “F word’ a couple of times, maybe twice or thrice…but like I said, threatening to kill small children will get your blood boiling no matter who the hell you are…”

On Patrol: Live studio commentary — OPL host Dan Abrams: “So obviously, we’re hearing there from the officers on that scene a possible worst-case scenario about what might have happened, could have happened, et cetera. We’ll see if he’s got any sort of explanation about what he actually was doing and what actually happened, but there was a moment when got out of the car…where that’s a nerve-wracking moment for an officer.” Tom Rizzo: “Jumping out quickly like that — the whole purpose of a felony stop is for control, overwhelming control of the vehicle, and I’ve always said, one of the best tools a police officer has is their voice. So we want to overwhelm it. That’s why you’ll hear shouting, you might even hear profanity, whatever, because have to overwhelm the person. When a person jumps out without being prompted to and hasty like that, we’re immediately thinking, ‘okay, there’s a threat now. There’s a safety threat,’ so we have to be prepared, unfortunately, maybe, if we have to engage.” Chief Taylor: “And he was trying to separate himself from the evidence from the gun, whatever…”

Listen below to the studio panel further discuss how Lt. Maher handled the stop (Rizzo: “…so this is that last-resort mentality…the only thing that stands between freedom for this guy is Richard Maher.” Abrams: “…we don’t see Lieutenant Maher behave like that very often. You can that tell that he was concerned, had the adrenaline going, and was very nervous, but understandably so.” Rizzo: “…come across as a nice guy, smiles all the time. He’s one of the nicest guys ever want to meet. We all have to have that ability, though, to hit that switch…”):

Listen below to an incident update from Sgt. Chris Maher (“…we’re just trying to make sure this case is wrapped up really tightly and make sure he’s held accountable for the things he did today”) :

  • Baton Rouge, La. — Officers Anthony Nguyen and Christopher Coleman pursue a stolen vehicle that allegedly fled from Corporal Brett Usey’s attempted traffic stop. They locate the suspect car in a ditch and search the nearby woods for a suspect. Perimeter established. Car towed. Abrams: “So they found the car. Now they got to try and find the suspect. Confirmed that it was stolen.”

Listen below to Cpl. Usey’s recap:

  • Wheeling, W.Va. — Corporal Ryan Moore initiates a traffic stop on a pickup truck. The vocal driver claims he’s going to file “another” complaint: “You’re pulling me over for no reason.” Cpl. Moore: “We can fight it in court.” Sergeant Jason Hupp as backup on scene seems to calm down the situation. Driver: “…stop the games, bro.” Sgt. Hupp: “I don’t know the game you’re talking about…if you ever have an issue, you file a complaint, but don’t do it here. It’s not an accomplishment. You don’t like arguing with people as much as we don’t, but you might like arguing with people…” Ticket issued.

Abrams: “Clearly, an effort to take it down a notch here…reminding this guy that the complaint that he can file doesn’t come when he gets pulled over.”

Abrams: “This is a ‘career decision defense’ we are hearing once again. This is somewhat analogous to the ‘I pay your salary’ [defense]….an example of someone who talked his way right into a ticket.”

Cpl. Moore recap: “Issued him a citation…my intention from the beginning really was just to address that he made an improper turn, because if he hit somebody there, obviously he’s at fault. But he was very argumentative. He likes attention. So we’ll give him the attention that he wants, and we’ll see him in court. He’ll waste my time, and I’ll waste his.”

  • Knox County, Tenn. — K9 Officer Zachary Doss and other units on a traffic stop on an alleged slow roller. The driver’s mother drives to the scene apparently to validate the car insurance coverage. Officer Doss to the mom: “Do you have weed in here? Why does it small like weed in here?…do you not smell that skunky smell in here?” On Patrol: Live caption: “Marijuana found.” Officer Doss: “Wow; that’s a lot of weed.” Open container allegedly spotted. The mom is detained. The daughter is released with a warning. “It looks like she’s a a relatively new driver, so we might give her the benefit of the doubt.” Officer Doss reminds the apologetic daughter in the future to pull over promptly when she she sees blue lights.

Abrams: “Well, when you come to pick up your daughter from a traffic stop, probably shouldn’t do it with any…smell of marijuana in the car. Sounds like she’s saying it isn’t there but…he says it smells funky…if it does, and finds something there, that would be a major error…”

Chief Taylor: “You can’t make it up.” Abrams: “C’mon: Come to a traffic stop, mom, and come with an open container and weed in the car. It’s not the end of the world. It’s just so ridiculous.” Chief Taylor: “People wouldn’t believe it…” Rizzo: “…park like way up yonder…” Curtis Wilson: “And walk over there.” Abrams than recalls an incident from a previous On Patrol: Live episode where a motorcycle operator had a warrant, and two separate relatives who came to the scene to pick up the bike so it wouldn’t be towed also had warrants. Abrams: “That was worse.” Rizzo: “What comes first, though? Like, when you’re going to the scene, right, your daughter calls you. ‘You know what; let me pack my drugs.” Abrams: “No; she probably didn’t unpack…”

Listen below to some of Officer’s Doss’s interaction with the mom in which she seems to suggest that the weed belongs to a friend (Abrams: “…mom just appears to be digging a bigger hole for herself…”):

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Triple Play #2 — a Fayette County, Ga., pursuit. Abrams prologue: “A rookie cop, second week on the job, turned into his first pursuit.” Abrams epilogue: “That’s one way to break in a rookie.” Chief Taylor: “Perfect. Day One. Let’s get it.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of fight.” Master Deputy Tyler Perry makes contact with a female and then two males outside a convenience store. Abrams; “A little unclear exactly what is going on there, but he’s gonna try to figure it out.” On Patrol: Live caption: “Investigating tire slashing.” Abrams: “A classic example of wanting to hear both sides of the story before making any decisions about what what you do or don’t do.” After apparently reviewing store cameras, he has a conversation with one of the males.

Listen below as Deputy Perry admonishes the male: “Stop doing that stupid stuff…you don’t think that’s a female move, bro?…”:

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Abrams: “…the video doesn’t lie because he went back and looked at the surveillance footage. He came out, knowing exactly what had happened, and didn’t get much pushback. So we’ll see what ends up happening there.”

  • Christian County, Mo. (pre-recorded segment) — Abrams prologue: “Deputies Jacob Woodcock and Trevor Guinn pulled over a driver who wasn’t drinking, but definitely was well oiled.” Friendly traffic stop for no front plate. Consensual car search. “What do you have the lube for? The vibrator?” The cooperative driver is released.

Deputy Woodcock: “This guy’s got some interesting things in his pocket…”

  • Christian County, Mo. — Corporal Ryan Bradshaw’s K9 alerts on a vehicle during a traffic stop. Car search. On Patrol: Live caption: “Drug paraphernalia found.” The driver and passenger were released with a warning.
  • Triple Play #3 — An Arkansas state police pursuit in Chicot County.
  • Wheeling, W.Va. — Sergeant Hupp and Corporal Moore on a traffic stop. K9 Virgil alerts. Probable cause car search. The female passenger allegedly admits to Sgt. Hupp in private conversation about allegedly having a little bit of meth in her purse. Cops issue the woman a ticket. The driver is released. Abrams: “So it seems he’s gonna be on his way there, and seems he didn’t know, and she is going to be getting in a little bit of trouble.”
  • Baton Rouge, La. — Corporal Usey and Officer Coleman on a traffic stop. The driver allegedly swallowed a blunt. “C’mon bro…you can’t swallow evidence….” The motorist is subsequently released with no charges.

Listen below to the corporal’s brief summary:

  • Clayton County, Ga. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputy Shamari Davis on a traffic stop for alleged speeding and failure to maintain lane. Lieutenant Jonathan Carey and Deputy Devon Brown also on scene. Abrams prologue: “Deputy…Davis tried to conduct some field sobriety exercises, which the driver may have taken a bit too literally.” Deputy Davis: “I can tell you’re having a good time because, right now, I’m getting drunk just smelling you, right? How many drinks have you had?” Driver: “I had three shots, but I’m not drunk.” Car search; some weed allegedly found. Field sobriety testing (Driver: “…I don’t exercise…it’s about energy. It’s about stamina. It’s about working out. I don’t have that stamina…”) followed by a PBT. The driver allegedly recorded a .198 on the device. The driver is arrested for alleged suspicion of DUI.

Listen below to a brief recap from Deputies Davis and Brown:

Abrams: “The ‘I don’t work out’ defense probably not quite good enough to get by when it comes to those sorts of exercises that you have to do in a field sobriety test.”

On Patrol: Live Hour 3

  • Christian County, Mo. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Christmas tree Cadillac.” Sheriff Brad Cole conducts a friendly traffic stop for a car decked out with Christmas lights. Abrams: “Looks like there’s some holiday cheer going on that he may be ‘Scrooging’ on there. Let’s see.” Sheriff Cole to the cooperative driver: “I stopped you because you got all these lights on the car. I know you’re probably in the Christmas mood and festive, but unfortunately, this is illegal. Can’t be driving down the road like this with all these lights on here.”

Listen below to Sheriff Cole’s incident summary:

Abrams: “Well, there are things in this world that are both pretty and illegal, and this apparently is one of them.” Rizzo: “Pretty illegal?” Abrams: “It’s also pretty illegal, yeah.”

  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputy Perry makes a traffic stop on a driver who is “either passed out or asleep.” Deputy Perry: “You been drinking?” Driver: “No; I don’t drink.” The motorist is apparently a DoorDash driver. On Patrol: Live does not provide an update on this stop.
  • Baton Rouge, La. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Tracking possible stolen vehicle.” Corporal Usey and Officer Nguyen make a traffic stop at gunpoint. On Patrol: Live captions: “Felony stop,” “Suspect in custody.” Officer Nguyen: “Usey was able to spot the stolen vehicle and got behind it, performed a felony stop. Able to get him apprehended without any incident, so good stuff.”

Listen below to Corporal Usey’s recap followed by some studio commentary:

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Patrick Canino make a traffic stop for alleged speeding (68 mph in a 45-mph zone).
  • Berkeley County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputy Bradly Brown responds to a domestic shooting. As he arrives, a man appears down on the porch of a house. “The round is bulging through his other side of his abdomen.” Paramedics transport the victim to the hospital. Police detain a female.

Listen below to Deputy Brown’s recap followed by studio commentary:

  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputy Perry and other units respond to a shooting at a gated apartment complex. The victim was allegedly shot numerous times and is transported to the hospital. Police search for a suspect vehicle. Detectives en route to the scene. Abrams: “These are situations where the first people to arrive, if it is police officers, they both serve first to try to provide any medical care that they can.” Chief Taylor: “Exactly. We’re normally first, because we got to secure the scene anyway before medical even will come. So they’re gonna be that, and then they don’t right now if the shooter’s even still in the area.” Deputy Perry: “We got a lot of witnesses, so it won’t be long before we catch him.” Abrams: “So obviously, the fact there are a lot of witnesses there will make this investigation easier. Sounds like they may have some information about the vehicle as well, because it sounds like there’s a particular kind of car they’re looking for.” Chief Taylor: “Sounds like they already know; he’s just not gonna say right now.”
  • Wheeling, W.Va. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of theft at casino.” Sgt. Hupp and other units make a traffic stop on a pickup truck with items in the truck bed that might allegedly be from a casino’s maintenance shed (watch the video below). On Patrol: Live caption: “Investigating theft.” One of the subjects tells cops that he was previously arrested in another state for “trespass of humanity.” Cpl. Moore: “We’re trying to make sure everything’s right as rain, right, brother?” Abrams: “Well, this is the right car, and these are the right people. The question is just did they have permission to take this stuff? Was this a mistake? We shall see.”
  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lieutenant Joseph Toombs and colleagues on a traffic stop. Lt. Toombs searches a backpack and allegedly finds weed. Two occupants. Deputy Desmond Whitson (see video below): “You’re both going to jail.”

Lt. Toombs: “…we get the load…my man…you ready for it? Yay — drugs!…basically, these two fine gentlemen here conducted a traffic stop on these guys. Deputy Davis said when they detained them and had them in the back of the car…whispering to each other, talking, acting real nervous. So these guys have multiple…individually packaged marijuana containers here…I would assume multiple different strains. Something sticky on this bag, so they probably have wax and other things as well. But it’s clear to see that these guys are distributing marijuana right here…they probably got it broken down by about four grams each, something like that.”

  • Missing segment — Queens, New York City.
  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Doss assists on a highway pursuit that ends up being discontinued.
  • Lee County, Fla. –– As the episode concludes, Deputy Brandon Perez initiates a traffic stop on a truck that allegedly ran a stop sign. “…it’s not a speed-up sign. I’ve never seen someone hit the gas through a stop sign…”
CLICK ON THIS LINK for the On Patrol: Live recap of #OPL episode 04-41, December 19, 2025.