This Weekend’s On Patrol: Live Highlights

On Patrol: Live — i.e., Live PD 2.0 — premiered on the Reelz channel in July 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 during the ride-along on Friday and Saturday evenings.

According to a report published by IndieWire on February 7, Reelz viewership has increased nearly 300 percent year over year with On Patrol: Live on its schedule.

Perhaps for this reason, Reelz has now renewed On Patrol: Live for an additional 90 episodes.

An On Patrol: Live recap, including the often-snarky or playful social media reaction, follows. NOTE: See Disclaimer below.

On Patrol: Live Summary for February 24, 2023 (#OPL Episode 01-59)

  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputies assist Capt. Danny Brown on a traffic stop in connection with a shots fired call. One of the occupants fled vehicle. Deputies with K9 find suspect in woods. Guns allegedly found in car. Capt. Brown: “I saw this car constantly doing laps around the block. When they saw me, they took off at a high rate of speed, going down another side road. I put a stop on them…the doors popped open. Two guys bailed out. I went after one that had a rifle and a handgun…I was able to track and apprehend that guy. So he’s going to jail on multiple charges…the two other gentlemen that were still in the car…their was a gun in the backseat within arms reach of them. That puts them in custody of that weapon, so they’re all going to jail for unlawful carrying of a weapon at this point….their guns will be seized, taken into evidence…got a bunch of weapons charges going, a couple of drug charges going. A lot of paperwork to do.” Investigation ongoing, including whether this was allegedly a vengeance drive-by.

On Patrol: Live studio host Dan Abrams: “They got some drugs, they got some weapons, and it sound like everyone there is going to be under arrest.” Co-host Curtis Wilson: “There’s a lot of paperwork that they have to take care of with this one…It’s just a lot of paperwork that goes into the police work behind the scenes that people just don’t know.” Co-host Sean Larkin: “Hours and hours and hours of it afterwards, and then court testimony. It’s a very long process to hopefully get people where they need to be.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Traffic stop on car leaving alleged known drug house. Suspended license. Driver allegedly rolled past stop bar, according to Sgt. Mike Bryant. Visibly upset, she allegedly admits to drug paraphernalia in car. She apparently was visiting boyfriend while her husband was home at their residence. Driver has warrant.
  • Volusia County, Fla. — Deputies attempt to serve felony warrants on residence but no one is home. Later, they make a traffic stop at the residence’s driveway and take subject into custody.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Traffic stop outside motel. K9 deployed and alerts; probable cause car search. Meth and drug paraphernalia allegedly found. One occupant arrested on drug-related charges.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers respond to issue at convenience store. Sgt. Bryant interacts with a fast-talking woman outside and then goes inside where manager claims the woman stole food. Bryant: “Basically, we’re talking about a hamburglar.” Woman receives trespass notice from store. Abrams: “Trying to connect the Dippin’ Dots.” Unrelated to incident, viewers notice pedestrian pushing shopping cart in the background.
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  • Richland County, S.C. — Sgt. Garo Brown and colleagues responds to disturbance at gas station. Deputies tell man, who says he lives nearby, to go home. Deputies watch as he crosses the road and goes on his way. Brown: “He was out here, kind of hanging out, annoying customers…I don’t know if he’s intoxicated or what his issue might be. But he says he lives right across the street, so we got him across the road carefully. Hopefully, he gets home safely, and we let the business know if he comes back, to call us back. We’re gonna let him go on and get home…and we’re gonna leave it at that for now.”
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Officers respond to a report of two men arguing in a McDonald’s restaurant. The two men are escorted outside the store. Officer: “One of our frequent flyers…he goes around businesses, gets a little in trouble, gets a little disorderly, and sometimes refuses to leave. He seems pretty cool and cooperative.. Hopefully, nobody has warrants.”
  • Brookford, N.C. — Officers serve warrant at residence and arrest man there. Abrams explains that Chief Will Armstrong is the only cop employed by the town, and the other officers, who work full time for neighboring departments, work in Brookford as a side gig.
  • Nye County, Nev. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputies respond to an active shooter who barricaded himself in trailer. Upon arrival, they find one victim on the ground with a bullet wound who is transported to a local hospital by EMTs. SWAT arrives; subject surrenders without resistance. Officers allegedly find deceased elderly man in trailer. Suspect if charged with murder. Larkin: “Statistically, these type of things, according to the NTOA, which is the National Tactical Officers Association, the majority of these things are always resolved through negotiations. Sometimes they can go on for hours, they can go on to the next day. You communicate with these guys, get them to come out to us peacefully, and they did so behind their Bearcat, which is their armored vehicle.” Wilson: “Time is always on law enforcement’s side, so there’s no rush. Just work this thing out, get it out, and end it peacefully.”
  • Nye County, Nev. — Lt. Eric Murphy responds to report of a disturbance outside store. Murphy calls for backup when the initially compliant man grabs his thumb when Murphy tries to detain him. Subject placed in handcuffs and arrested for battery on a peace officer and resisting arrest.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Foot chase of an initially calm woman who who begins screaming and crying upon being taken into custody. She is charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest. Larkin: “You just don’t know who is going to resist law enforcement.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Traffic stop; dark window tint. No license; no registration. Abrams: “Not a good start.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Cops respond to report between two males at apartment complex. Complainant, who is not that cooperative with officers, may possibly have been pretending or exaggerating. He is given the opportunity to file a sworn, written statement for review by the local prosecutor to determine if there is probable cause to issue a warrant for the other person.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers pursue fleeing vehicle; driver may have warrant. Sgt. Bryant deploys stop sticks, but driver of vehicle being pursued changes direction. Chase abandoned. Bryant: “He got reckless, so per department policy, we had to let it go. Maybe catch him another day.”
  • Nye County, Nev. — Deputy Jonathan Justice assists on traffic stop for vehicle that was slow to pull over. Vehicle stopped; motorist tries to explain to Deputy Justice why he didn’t pull over right away. K9 deployed on vehicle.
  • Nye County, Nev. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputy Nicholas Huggins makes traffic stop on a so-called sovereign citizen, sometimes referred to as a “traveler,” using a fictitious license plate. No license, no registration, no insurance. Vehicle towed; citations issued to driver. Plate seized. Huggins: “Typically the argument, and I believe the one he was trying to make if I would have let him, is that he’s not driving a motor vehicle. He is operating a vessel is technically what the wording is that they go with it. And usually it’s something to do with this commercial vehicle code, and driver’s licenses only apply to commercial vehicles…which is false. If you want to operate a motor vehicle on a public highway, you have to have a driver’s license, and that vehicle has to be registered and insured through the state, which this is not.”
  • Wanted segment — Armed robbery suspect at large in Auburn, Wash.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Traffic stop outside vape shop. A small amount of marijuana allegedly found which is seized for destruction. Deputy Bryson Fowler advises driver to “stay in school, get your degree, and do something else but smoking weed.” Released with warning. “Good kid, bad decision,” Fowler added. Abrams: “So we’re all rooting for that young man.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Master Deputy Shannon Tolman assists K9 officer who got into an accident on the highway. EMS summoned to the scene. Abrams: “The good news is that the K9 and the officer are both okay in that accident.” Deputies locate the other vehicle allegedly involved in the accident.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Sgt. Brown assists motorist by pushing disabled car that was stuck out in the middle of the road into parking lot. Motorist tells Brown her nephew is coming to drive her home. Abrams: “We were all joking here that ‘why didn’t he just lift up the car from the back.’ Wilson: “He didn’t want to show off.” Abrams: “For a minute there, you could see the muscles bulging as he was pushing it.”
  • Richland County S.C. (pre-recorded segment)– Traffic stop for no running lights, failure to use turn signals. Deputies playfully joke with motorist that he murdered a frog on the road.
  • Beech Grove, Ind. — Traffic stop; apparently no license. Driver apparently informs officer of weapon in car.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Traffic stop; expired tag, no license. Criminal citation issued. Sgt. Bryant: “Her driving pattern just didn’t make sense.” Car searched, inventoried ,and towed. He finds sex toy in trunk. “This is why you wear the gloves.”
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    • Crime of the Night — Wild car chase in Whitefish Bay, Wisc. Driver faces a long list of charges.
    • Berkeley County, S.C. — Traffic stop; failure to maintain lane. Driver informs deputies that there is a gun in the car. Car search. Deputies allegedly find two guns in glove compartment. Weed and a wad of cash also allegedly found. Passenger is arrested on a warrant. Driver and other passenger released with no charges.
    • Missing segment — Bronson, Fla.
    • Brookford, N.C. — Chief Armstrong assists other agencies in traffic stop on fleeing pick-up truck. Multiple passengers who appear to be minors. Driver detained. Abrams: “Those seem like some frightened passengers who were in that vehicle.”
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    On Patrol: Live Summary for February 25, 2023 (#OPL Episode 01-60)

    Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers respond to apartment complex where a man has allegedly threatened “suicide by cop” purportedly according to a roommate. The subject allegedly has a shotgun and a handgun in the apartment. Caption: “Report of suicide threat.” Cops evacuate neighbors.

    Wilson: They are “making sure that there are no other individuals that could get caught in a crossfire…if, in fact, this goes on. But they have time on their side, gonna wait this thing out, and also make some calls, probably gonna try to call this apartment and talk to this individual and try to talk him down, so they can get him to come out peacefully without any violence.” Larkin: “The officers that are outside, that’s what we call an arrest team. You’ve got the guy with the ballistic shield, or somebody with a long rifle because we don’t need to be at the point of entry, the entry into that apartment. We just need to be able to see it…and just as Curtis mentioned, they’re want to try to talk to him through the door, through a telephone, and get him to come out to them.” Subject comes out peacefully with no weapons in his hands.

    Sgt. Marcus Booth: “We’re gonna get him some help. Obviously, he needs a little bit of help, and we’re gonna get him that help…he’s not hurt. A job well done by these guys.” Abrams: “You can tell they’re now treating him just as much as a victim as they are as a suspect here.” Larkin: “If somebody is potentially suicidal, if they’re not injured, if there’s not a criminal nature, they’re gonna get them the type of help that they need.”

    • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Cops respond to residential area on a report of man stabbed in the neck. Officer Jimmy Verdekal and colleagues canvas area on foot to try to locate victim. Officer Linsay Zarick: “As of right now, we can’t find anyone or anything, and the caller who reported it isn’t answering our phone calls back.” Investigating ongoing.
    • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers respond to serious rollover accident. Occupants appears to appear to be okay.
    • Beech Grove, Ind. — Officer respond to domestic incident at residence between husband and wife. Sgt. Zach Horgan claims that both parties are “self-medicating.” Male party says the female stomped on his ribs. EMS summoned to the scene to check out male. Cops also interview wife about what allegedly happened. According to Abrams, wife is staying elsewhere for the night. No charges.
    • Brookford, N.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Traffic stop on motorcycle; no tag, unregistered vehicle. Motorcyclist says he he lost his wallet. He was allegedly lying about his name. Subject attempts to flee, and he and Chief Armstrong get into a tussle. Back-up officers arrive, and man is placed in handcuffs. He allegedly faces charges including felony ID theft, resisting and obstructing, and for using a fictitious plate. Outstanding warrants may be involved as well.
    • Berkeley County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Traffic stop on for expired plate. Driver, who says she is a YouTuber, and drank one shot. Mini-bottles found in car. Field sobriety testing. Driver arrested for alleged DUI and receives warning for expired tag. Vehicle towed.
    • Richland County, S.C. — Deputies respond to report of loud party in hotel room. They advise occupants that management wants them to leave. They also allegedly violated the no-smoking policy. Deputies escort them off the premises. Caption: “Turn out the lights.”
    • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputies have friendly interaction during traffic stop for failure to maintain lane. Occupants were turning from baby shower.
    • Volusia County, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputies try to mediate an ongoing sprinkler “water fight” between two neighbors, which Abrams described as a “fluid situation.” Larkin: “It rains a lot in Florida, so I’m surprised how much water they’re spraying out in their yard…so many of these types of calls…people could just get along, ignore one another, the police could be out doing better things that they need to be doing.”
    • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputies pull over bicyclists for lack of sufficient lights. Cpl. Carli Drayton: “I’m trying to to keep you all safe, and you’re giving me attitude.”
    • Nye County, Nev. (pre-recorded segment): Abrams: “…not your normal stickup.” Deputies respond to domestic dispute between grandmother and grandson that involves who was using up the butter. Parties agree to stay in their rooms. Studio hosts then banter about butter.
    • Richland County, S.C. — Capt. Brown spots man passed out in driving lane of motel. Pat-down. Driver says he lost his ID. Man appears to be okay, told to park the car, and is released with no charges.
    • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Det. Chris Maher races to scene to assist other officers in search for driver who fled car on foot. K9 deployed. Subject is found in woods and is taken into custody.
    • Volusia County, Fla. — Sgt. Anthony Zimmerer makes contact with homeowner whose car trunk was left open. Apparently the homeowner forgot to close it.
    • Volusia County, Fla. — Sgt. Zimmerer leaves the above location to provide backup in the Daytona Beach incident referenced above. Abrams: “Same guy, same situation; two different crews following two different officers.” Abandoned car search. Cash and powdery substance allegedly found; the latter will bet tested. Commercial driver’s license manual also spotted in car. EMS called to the scene as suspect begins vomiting. Zimmerer speculates that the suspect may have possibly ingested an illicit substance.
    • Brookford, N.C. — Traffic stop for speeding. Driver may have been going at least 80 mph in a 45-mph zone. Chief Armstrong strongly admonishes young driver for putting her life, and the lives of other motorists, at risk. Armstrong: “Speeds were ridiculously insane…that’s just unacceptable.” Reckless driving citation issued.
    • Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl,. Devonte Carr spots man in woods apparently cutting or chopping wood. No law enforcement issue. Abrams wonders if “that’s the same guy who was pulled over by Cpl. Carli Drayton like 20 minutes ago?”
    • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Booth interacts with older woman standing in front of bank.
    • Berkeley County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputy Wilson Bishop spots two occupants “hot boxing” in car behind school. Bong, weed, and “Boner Bears” gummy package allegedly found in vehicle. Bishop: “This is not a place to get high; this is a place to come learn.” Abrams: They “appeared to be pursuing some sort of ‘higher’ education.” Subjects released with no charges. Weed confiscated for destruction. Studio hosts banter about Boner Bears.
    • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Traffic stop on truck for running stop sign outside store. Suspended license. Voluntary car search. Crack allegedly found in pack of cigarettes. Driver arrested for alleged possession of cocaine.
    • Brookford, N.C. — Chief Armstrong pursues speeding motorcycle with no tag. Motorcyclist eventually wipes out at curb outside of a church and is detained. He asks if this incident is going to be on YouTube. Armstrong notes that the vehicle committed various traffic infractions during the chase — “just really crazy stuff.” Also because he was wearing several layers of clothes “so he really wasn’t hurt at all.” No license, no registration.

    Larkin: “He had a helmet on, so give him kudos for that…when you’re chasing a motorcycle, there are so few things you can do to stop it. And it’s typically gonna be we either let them go, because we give up, or they crash as you saw there, and they finally just stop.”

    Armstrong: “A lot of times these guys think that they can take off on us just simply because they think that motorcycles can’t be chased, and so obviously he found out different tonight.” Subject arrested; bike towed and impounded. Armstrong: “He’s now told us he has shrooms on him. So that’s another charge he’s gonna get.”

    Abrams: “So they probably learned that because he was being taken to jail, and if he’s got drugs on him when he gets to the jail, he could be in more trouble.” Larkin: “It’s a felony every time you bring a controlled substance into the jail, and they find it there. So you try to give them this opportunity to tell us before they get there.” Abrams: “That guy has had a bad night.”

    • Nye County, Nev. — Sgt. Nick Augustine makes contact with pedestrian who is allegedly walking on the wrong side of the road. He is advised that he is supposed to be walking against traffic. Pat down.
    • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Traffic stop; driver has warrant from another county and it is confirmed as extraditable. Female passenger does not have a driver’s license. She is calling someone to come to the scene to get car.
    • Richland County, S.C. — Cpl. Anthony Morrow makes traffic stop in driveway after slow-speed pursuit for mismatched plates. Car search; gun allegedly found under driver’s seat. Driver, who also has warrant, arrested for alleged unlawful carry and other charges. Capt. Brown: “By law, you can pull off somewhere, and let us know. Put your emergency blinkers on, slow down, and pull off somewhere safe like a church, a parking lot, a school — something like that. You can’t drive all the way a couple of miles to get to your house and be safe…That’s not the way it works.”
    • Crime of the Night — Marion County, Fla.
    • Berkeley County, S.C. — Traffic stop; driver allegedly ran red light. He tells Deputy Fowler that he needs to get home to use the bathroom. Fowler: “Get in the back seat, Mr. Pooper.” Occupants switch drivers; Fowler verifies that the female has a good license and sends them on their way. Caption: “Deuce delayed,” “Call of dooty?”, “Still in a pinch.” Abrams: “He runs a red light because he has to poop. The response might be ‘tough.'” Abrams adds that “we’ve heard it before, too, as an excuse, many times. I’ve never seen it work though, ever.”
    • Nye County, Nev. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputies make traffic stop in connection with shoplifting call. Abrams: “Two alleged shoplifters left holding the bag, or in this case, bags.” Stolen high-end handbags allegedly found in vehicle. Occupants charges with burglary.
    • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Officer Verdekal responds to report of woman in distress at gas station. While he is interacting with her, a motorist drives up in truck and strikes sign/pole. Verdekal says he smells alcohol on the driver and runs his ID and tag as show ends. Abrams suggests that a breathalzyer test will be administered.

    Disclaimer

    The On Patrol: Live disclaimer that airs several times during each episode is embedded above.

    Moreover, as the the Live PD disclaimer appropriately indicated during its run, and that still applies to the successor show, not all outcomes are known or final.

    Criminal charges, if any, may have been reduced, dismissed, or never filed.

    When alleged criminal activities are depicted on On Patrol: Live, all suspects are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law, as the current disclaimer reaffirms.

    Further, please understand that the incidents aired on the show, and/or a description of same as briefly summarized in this blog, including but not limited to any arrests, constitute mere allegations. The content presented herein is for entertainment purposes only.

    Initial assessments, commentary, opinions, or observations about the incidents, which are sometimes irreverent, made by the studio hosts or cops on On Patrol: Live — or anyone on Twitter or on another social media platform for that matter — may be incomplete and/or inaccurate. No endorsement of that content is intended or implied.

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    Parenthetically, A&E and the production company for On Patrol: Live, along with the Reelz channel, have lawyered up.