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

An On Patrol: Live recap including NYC studio host/executive producer Dan Abrams’ puns, analysis, and banter 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

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On Patrol: Live tonight: In the context of #OPNation social media activity, i.e., for On Patrol: Live Twitter (the platform now known as X), the centers of attention for this otherwise traffic-stop-heavy episode of On Patrol: Live on Reelz include the Daytona alleged dope bust that opened the show and the Knox County pursuit that resulted in a truck crashing out. See below for details.

Agency update: Brookford, N.C. Police Chief Will Armstrong, an On Patrol: Live fan favorite and Bill Clinton soundalike, has announced that he is running for sheriff of Catawba County, where Brookford is located. The election is in 2026.

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On Patrol: Live Recap for February 28, 2025 (#OPL Episode 03-59)

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  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officer Thomas Goble provides backup after cops pull over a vehicle that fled. Cops subdue the driver (“I’m not resisting, sir?). Shake and a scale allegedly spotted in car. Detective Noah Galbreath: “Dude, you’re getting on my last nerve.” Baggies allegedly fall out of the driver’s pants. Car towed.

Officer Goble initial summary: “All right, so Detective Galbraith’s talking to him. Apparently, when he originally tried to stop him, it appeared that he was trying to flee from him. He’s pulled over here. He’s been asked to step out of the vehicle for obvious reasons, but right now we’ve got plain view in the vehicle. We’ve got a digital scale on the driver floorboard that’s got some — what looks like some white powdery residue on it, as well as some sandwich baggies in the door panel, which is statistically indicative of narcotics packaging or narcotics sales. So we’re gonna probably swap that digital scale real quick and test that to see if it shows a presumptive reaction for anything, and then we’ll go from there. It’s not illegal to have a digital scale, but it does have a white powdery substance on it, which through our training and experience, leads us to believe that it may be narcotics residue. So we’re gonna test that first before we go any further. If it does test, that will give us a probable cause to search him and the vehicle. And then we’ll go from there.”

Detective Galbreath asserts that “…he probably tried to tuck it in his person, thinking I wouldn’t be able to search him. And his scale tested presumptive positive for cocaine. So after we detained him, he started tensing up. He tried to get his drugs off him real quick, but that obviously didn’t work. The party [is] going to jail for probably resisting now…” Officer Goble adds that “Detectives pulled the car over, obviously. We found the scale in the car. They did a field test on it. They got a presumptive reaction for the presence of narcotics, so we went to detain him to further the investigation in reference to that. He started to resist to the point where we had to actually put him on the ground. As we were detaining him, two large baggies of narcotics fell out of his pants around his testicle area, so he started to fight after we found the narcotics that were on him that fell onto the ground. We had to put him on the ground. He’s been acting like he’s been acting, just complaining about the handcuffs. We’ve checked them numerous times. He doesn’t want to listen to commands. He wants to sit down. He wants to stand up. He doesn’t want to get in the car. With the amount of narcotics and cash that he’s got in the vehicle right now, we’re not gonna take any chances with him trying to run or fight again, so he’s gonna go into the vehicle. So we’re gonna go over there and see what else they need to help with and take a look at what’s going on over here.”

“As we were detaining him, two large baggies of narcotics fell out of his pants around his testicle area…”

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Sergeant Iesha Johnson plus other officers and the fire department respond to a rollover accident. One of the vehicles flipped over on its side. No injuries. One motorist is in custody for allegedly driving without a valid license. Traffic video allegedly shows both cars running a red light at the same time. As a result, Sergeant Johnson explains that Riverdale, Ga., PD, the primary agency on scene, will have to decide “which way they want to go with that.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Corporal Hunter Rogers backs up Corporal Rachel Salka on a traffic stop at a gas station for moving violations. Two occupants plus four dogs. The passenger is detained on a warrant. Car search.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Police patrol the downtown area during Bike Week. On Patrol: Live returns to scene several times during the show. On Patrol: Live caption: “Mounting up for Bike Week.” On Patrol: Live host Dan Abrams: “…I’ll admit it: I wish I was there.” He later mentions that “some people are just so happy about it, I’d say, right? It just gets you in the mood…”

On Patrol: Live host Dan Abrams: “…I’ll admit it: I wish I was there…”

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Assisting another agency, Deputy Bradley Brown and Corporal Rogers respond to report of a large fight. It turns out it’s just a soccer game in progress. On Patrol: Live caption: “No red cards received.” Abrams jokes that “sounds like someone called that has never watched soccer…a lot of people yelling at each other.” On Patrol: Live analyst Tom Rizzo: “And kicking.”
  • Monroe, La. — Corporal Guy Smith makes a friendly traffic stop and gives the motorist a warning for a window tint violation.
  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Bradley Taylor and Sergeant Clayton Dillion make a traffic stop outside a convenience store. According to Abrams, “the guy was having trouble parking.” Subject: “I’m calm, but I’m not.” Paramedics called to the scene to evaluate the subject.

Listen to some of the interaction between the chief and the subject:

  • Berkeley County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputy Katelyn Ridenour responds to a car accident in a residential neighborhood in which a vehicle crashed into a tree. Deputy Ridenour investigates the circumstances of the incident and deals with the commotion that follows: “I got a question for you. Do you want to go to jail? Quit yelling.” The state highway patrol is also responding. Deputy Ridenour: “This is why you don’t drink and drive because it turns into a whole ordeal, you get a DUI charge, you get assault charges. Like, just be a grown up, please.” Abrams: “Field sobriety test was conducted on the scene, and — shocker — he was arrested for DUI.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officer Goble responds to an alleged disturbance at a residence. Cops interact with two men, one of whom is on the floor on the porch. Officer Goble recap: “So family members, I guess they’re cousins, they live together, the male that’s on the ground right here in the front door is apparently intoxicated, has an issue with his alcohol. And he was arguing with a female friend of his who’s since left, and apparently he fell while he was out there, and he’s just been laying there since he fell. He doesn’t want medical attention, doesn’t have any obvious signs of injury. They’ve got another family member coming to pick him up that’s gonna take care of him through the night, so we’re gonna get out of here and let them get back to their night.” Abrams: “You don’t get to pick your cousins; you get to pick your friends, sometimes they can be both, or sometimes they can be neither…” Rizzo: “… he’s just taking a timeout on the porch, on the floor…” On Patrol: Live co-host Curtis Wilson: “He’s comfy.”
  • Triple Play #1 — a St. Johns County, Fla., pursuit.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Detective Bryan Quinones responds to a report of a fire at an apartment complex. Sgt. Mike Bryant is also on scene. The call apparently turns out to be a false alarm.

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Richland County, S.C. — Master Deputy Collins Harper initiates a traffic stop possibly for window tint. Two occupants. He claims there is an odor of weed emanating from the vehicle. Open container allegedly spotted. The occupants say there is no contraband in the car. Probable cause car search. The occupants are subsequently released with no charges. Sergeant Bryce Hughes, who is also present, helps an uninvolved motorist navigate out the parking area around police cars on scene.
  • Knox County, Tenn. (pre-recorded segment) — Multiple cops including Officer Zachary Doss subdue a man allegedly armed with a metal pole in a store. after subduing him, cops administer two doses of Narcan to the subject (“I haven’t taken nothing”) who is then transported to the hospital.

Listen to the Officer Doss recap followed by a brief studio panel discussion about Narcan:

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer John Longendorf assists in a pursuit of a fleeing truck. His deployment of stop sticks is a miss. In the process of fleeing, the truck wrecks out and catches fire underneath. Cops deploy a fire extinguisher, and Officer Longendorf and others try to pry the driver’s side door open to get the motorist out. The fire department arrives on scene. On Patrol: Live caption: “Extrication in progress.”

Officer Longendorf initial summary: “They kicked this pursuit off over in the east side. They came down to there towards us. I attempted to spike it which was unsuccessful. We continued going to Chapman Highway into Sevier County. He obviously doesn’t know the road because it’s a T- intersection. He’s unable to stop and wrecked into this tree right here. One of our cruisers that was lead car had a hard time stopping as well, but he’s in shock right now. We got Fire on scene to kind of cut him out. There was a fire under the cab which was concerning because he’s entrapped and injured. So we got the fire extinguisher and put that out. So we’re just waiting on Fire right now to try to extract him, and we’ll go from there.”

Abrams: “Captain Tom Rizzo, very difficult situation for those officers when they first saw exactly what had happened there because they both have to protect themselves and try to rescue.” Rizzo: “Yeah. Imagine trying to regulate all those emotions. You’re just involved in a high-speed pursuit of somebody trying to get away from you, flee. They themselves caused this crash now. We have to tactically make sure that nobody is gonna get hurt because you don’t know why he was fleeing. So it’s all these balancing acts.”

Officer Longendorf also observes that “…immediately we noticed there was a meth pipe in his pocket hanging out. He’s got a pretty big wad of cash, and a couple of hundreds, in there as well. Once we get him out, we’ll do a thorough search of his person before we get him to the hospital and get him checked out before he goes to jail.” He later adds that “so right now, it’s a wait game. They’re waiting for a bed so we can extract him out of here and put him on a gurney so at least he’s stabilized, and we’re not risking any further injuries to him. We don’t know the extent of his injuries, he is complaining about extensive hip pain, but obviously he has some head trauma, he’s bleeding from the mouth, and he’s got a couple abrasions on his arms and scrapes from all the glass. Once we get him out here, we’ll do a thorough search of his person before he heads out to the hospital.”

Officer Longendorf follow-up: “So we’re able to extract him out of the vehicle successfully. He’s gonna have to go to the hospital and get treated. Once he gets there, we’re gonna put a hold on him. We’ll have someone sit with him until he gets released from the hospital. We’re gonna search the vehicle. He did have some paraphernalia in his pocket, which is common. He’s known to us, runs from us every single time. He’s got a long list of warrants to include failure to appears on maintaining a dwelling for drug use and distribution, as well as a couple other ones. Unfortunately, he ran from us again today, and he paid a hard price for it. The officer who was in this car, he’s good to go. He’s not injured at all. Just a little bit of front-end damage, that’s all.” Abrams: “The fact that that is an old truck also means that there wasn’t any airbag.” Rizzo: “Wasn’t any airbags. The way suspension works, there’s no impact zones on the way it’s supposed to collapse. He felt every bit of that impact.”

“He’s known to us, runs from us every single time.”

Listen to a brief studio panel discussion of the incident (“this is a guy they recognized who they said had fled from them before”):

Listen below to further comments from the panel about how police handled the incident including “smart thinking” by Officer Longendorf in throwing off the propane tanks from the truck:

  • Monroe. La. — Police respond to a report of an allegedly naked female supposedly with a weapon outside the courthouse. Abrams: “Could be a different kind of lady justice…seems she dis-robed at the courthouse” The subject is detained; paramedics summoned to the scene.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Detective Quinones and Officer Goble head to the scene where another officer was reportedly fighting with a suspect from an earlier alleged violent crime. The suspect is subdued prior to the arrival of backup. Abrams: “That’s a relief because you get a call about a physical fight with an officer, and you’re gonna get a lot of police officers rushing to that scene. That’s good news that they have him in custody.”

On Patrol: Live Hour 3

  • Richland County, S.C. — Sergeant Hughes responds to an alleged fight between a couple at their residence and makes contact with both parties. Paramedics summoned to check out the male who appears to be bleeding from the ear. After an investigation, the couple is separated for the night; no arrests made.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputy Brown makes a traffic stop on a pickup truck that allegedly almost caused accidents and issues a related warning for “tucked in” side mirrors. “How about we pull them out so you can see?” Deputy Brown explains that “apparently he’s driving his buddy’s car because his buddy is drunk, but he [doesn’t] know how to operate it.” Abrams: “I’m not sure it’s unique to this vehicle that you use side mirrors when you’re driving.”
  • Las Vegas, Nev. — Officer Nicholas Null conducts a traffic stop on an allegedly unregistered truck that is carrying a motorcycle. A “realist looking: BB gun is spotted in the vehicle. Two occupants, one of whom allegedly is a convicted felon, are subsequently released.

Listen to the officer discuss some potential “red flags” with the subjects during the stop:

Listen to the culmination of this stop:

  • Triple Play #2 — A Mesa, Ariz., car accident (Note: As of this writing, On Patrol: Live deleted the video from X).

Abrams: “That is lucky! Cop’s on the way to work, firefighter’s off duty, and both just happened to be there.” Rizzo: “With their gear.” Abrams: “…amazing:

  • Richland County, S.C. — On a traffic stop, Deputy Harper issues a speeding ticket to a 17-year-old driver who was allegedly speeding at about 70 mph in a 45-mph zone. “What’s the rush?…that is wild.” Deputy Harper adds that “just getting off work, and she decided to go 25-plus over the speed limit. It’s just absolutely uncalled for — ridiculous.”
  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Taylor and colleagues investigate an alleged “report of gun threat” (per On Patrol: Live caption) on a bus. A subject denies the allegation but the bus driver asks police to advise the man that he must get off the bus. The subject was instead apparently talking on his phone about chili. Abrams quips that “Making chili at home may be a mistake but doesn’t mean it’s necessarily a crime.” Chief Taylor to the subject: “…I can’t control the bus, okay?, and I can’t make her let you get on the bus…no disrespect to you either…I told her that you didn’t threaten, and so let’s see if we can figure out what’s going on, but I’m just telling you what the bus driver just told me…”

Abrams mentions that “it sounds like a pretty frustrating situation for this guy” but Rizzo points that that police in general have to go with the business owner’s representative over a witness. Listen:

  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputy Harper tracks a possible stolen vehicle and makes a traffic stop on a car that appears to match the description. It turns out that this is not the stolen vehicle. During the contact, Deputy Harper claims, among other things, that the vehicle “reeks of weed.” The driver is somewhat argumentative. Deputy Harper: “Ma’am, your windows are so damn dark I can’t profile you by any means.” He apparently issues tickets for equipment infractions and releases the driver.

Listen to some of the interaction during the traffic stop:

With Sergeant Hughes also on scene, Deputy Harper further explains (listen below for the context) to the motorist why she’s been pulled over and why “you caught my eye real good.” In the studio, Abrams mentions that “to be clear, this is not the car that was stolen. So now we’re really talking about pretty minor potential violations. We’ll see.”

  • Knox County, Tenn. — As the episode concludes, police search for a fleeing subject who foot bailed from a vehicle. K9 and helicopter also deployed.
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