This Weekend’s On Patrol: Live Highlights, Quotes, Social Media Activity, and Puns
The docuseries On Patrol: Live — i.e., Live PD 2.0 — premiered on the Reelz channel on July 22, 2022, and generally follows the same basic format as its A&E network predecessor in which show producers and videographers accompany cops on night patrol in real time.
About 50 On Patrol: Live cameras go into the field with the law enforcement officers usually from eight or nine different U.S. departments during the ride-along on Friday and Saturday evenings. For legal and other reasons, the show broadcasts live incidents reportedly on an approximately five-to-20 minute tape delay.
OPL does not always update what happened after airing the initial contact/ investigation in each incident; sometimes, however, it provides further information during the On Patrol: First Shift pre-show.
Pre-recorded segments are also typically included in show content.
An On Patrol: Live recap, including NYC studio host Dan Abrams’ puns, analysis, and banter with co-anchor Curtis Wilson (Richland County, S.C., deputy sheriff) , along with the often-snarky or playful social media reaction, follows.
As the third man in, national police trainer Capt. Tom Rizzo from the Howell Township, N.J., PD, returns to the studio to provide commentary alongside Abrams and Dep. Wilson
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On Patrol: Live Summary for January 19, 2024 (#OPL Episode 02-45)
- Coweta County, Ga. — Dep. Shawn Searels and units respond to a report of a stabbing at a residence. They detain an animated male in the driveway who was bitten in the nose and who insists he didn’t stab the other party. Heavy bleeping. “My nipples are hard as sh*t.” Dep Wilson: “You definitely have to check out what’s happening — his story compared to the other person’s story. Then you have the witnesses as well. Hopefully the truth is in there somewhere, and it will come out.”
Dep. Searles: “So we got dispatched to a call where a male was attacking the caller’s husband with a knife. We get here, seems like the story is this gentleman, who was very intoxicated, started fighting the homeowner’s husband. And he pulled out a knife, stabbed him, and the husband, or the caller’s husband, ended up biting the tip of this guy’s nose, and it’s just barely hanging on. This guy, I’m not sure what his charges are, but it looks like it’s going to be aggravated assault with a knife. The victim’s on the way to the hospital in an ambulance, and we’re taking this gentleman to the hospital to get checked out. Probably needs a few stitches, and we’ll get out of here.”
- Toledo, Ohio — Ofrs. Heather Smith, Austin Bly, and other units are dispatched to a shots fired call at a motel or apartment building. Cops detain a male who appears to be in distress. His family tells officers that he shot in the air; a witness says the man allegedly pointed a gun at someone. Bleeping. Ofr. Smith: “Originally we got called to a shots-fired call. Someone was calling in, saying that there is a man in the parking lot with a rifle, that he was shooting rounds at a gray or green Toyota Camry, and ended up leaving the location. When we got on scene, crews were able to locate the person with the firearm. He dropped the firearm; they were able to get him into custody. It sounds like he’s got some issues going on with some alcohol abuse, so we’re just trying to figure out right now. The other person that they were saying — there’s someone hiding in the parking lot with possibly another firearm, having to just be his mother… trying to check on his safety…well, mom is saying that her son shot up into the air, and then other family members in the area were trying to get him calmed down when police arrived. So still a very active incident right now, but we’re still trying to piece everything together…” Officer Bly mentions that cops allegedly located an AR, a magazine, and a few shell casings. “No one has made themselves known that anyone was shot at yet…For sure, it’s gonna be confiscated. We’ll call in the detectives to figure out what they’re gonna do from there.” Dan Abrams: “So remember that an eyewitness says that he saw the guy pointing the weapon at a vehicle. Big difference, but they’re gonna continue this investigation.” The suspect appears to tell Smith that he allegedly consumed “three shots of Fireball.”
Ofr. Bly adds that “…he’s obviously a little frantic right now. Multiple witnesses are stating…he…shot in the air. He admitted to drinking, so we’re still gonna contact our detectives right now because he’s using weapons while he’s intoxicated. So we’ll process the crime scene here, contact our detectives, and then he’ll probably go down to County tonight, and we’ll book all the evidence.”
- Lee County, Fla. — Dep. Ryan Linebarger and other units, plus the fire department, respond to a car accident at an intersection. Dep. Linebarger and a K9 officer pursue a driver a who allegedly fled on foot from the scene. The subject is detained in the woods about a mile away from the crash scene, with the K9 Koa tracking him and biting him in the leg in the process. “Why you running, man? That was dumb.”
Dep. Linebarger who describes the outcome as including a “successful” dog bite: “Originally, we had a crash with injuries. Driver fled the traffic stop. After a successful track with K9 Koa over there, we located him in the bushes. So he’s gonna get checked by EMS for the dog bite…” The investigation is ongoing. Abrams: “A ‘successful’ K9 bite. It wasn’t successful for the other guy.” Rizzo: “Probably regretful.” Abrams: “But K9 Koa certainly was able to sniff him out there.”
Daytona Beach, Fla. — Lt. Richie Maher responds to a multi-car traffic accident possibly caused by distracted driving. He advises those whose cars were hit to get checked out the next day by a doctor even if they feel okay at the moment. Investigation ongoing.
Toledo, Ohio — Cops and the fire department respond to a residential house fire that also possibly included an oxygen tank exploding in the home during the blaze. Cops determine that all the residents are out of the house, fortunately.
Abrams: “Let’s talk about the role of the police here. They got there before Fire, and their goal was clear out the area so that fire trucks would have space. Capt. Rizzo: “That’s always the first one. Let the fire professionals do what they do. And that’s frustrating a lot of the times because people expect us to do certain type of activities and certain type of measures, but it’s not for us.”
Later in the show, when Abrams alludes to that police, upon arriving at the scene first, “just can’t go in.” Rizzo explains that “there’s policies, and Curtis and I were saying before, you want to save lives, right? That’s just who we are as human beings, forget what type of job you’re doing. But we’re not equipped. Our uniforms might as well be added matchsticks because they burn very easily, and you don’t want to create more problems, more casualties as well. So we don’t want with our life-saving efforts to become life-risking efforts for other first responders. So as frustrating as it may be, they have to clear the area, make sure that the water supply lines, everything is clear for them to do their jobs, which is the toughest part.”
Ofr. Smith: “When we got on scene, there was an active fire still going on. There was an explosion once we got on scene. The neighbors called it in. It sounds like everybody has gotten out of the way, or gotten out the house, and they’re all in this vehicle right here, safe. It sounds like the explosion could have been from one of the occupants that’s in this car now. He’s normally on oxygen. They’re not sure how this fire started at the moment, but they’re trying to figure it out. Fire is gonna do their job. We’re just gonna try and stay out of the way, block the roads for them, and then they’re gonna have their medical team come out and evaluate the residents that were inside of this house where the fire started.”
Richland County, S.C. — Sgts. Garo Brown and Josh Robinson locate and detain a man who allegedly stole a pack of Bush Ice from a convenience store and fled from a deputy who was flagged down by the business. Capt. Danny Brown claims the man tried to throw a trash can at him during the foot pursuit. The suspect is Mirandized. Sgt. Robinson returns the beer to the convenience and asks the clerk to scan the item and print out a receipt for evidence. Caption: “Actual retail price?” Given the small dollar amount involved, Abrams notes that any potential charged is going to a misdemeanor.
Indian River County, Fla. — Det. Jon Lozada and other units investigate a possible car accident in which a vehicle allegedly crashed into a tree in the woods. After a preliminary investigation, they arrest a vocal man on suspicion of alleged DUI. The man insists he wasn’t driving and also implies that he is “too drunk” to complete the field sobriety testing. Bleeping. Reacting to a car sticker reading “I love hot moms,” Abrams quips that “I don’t know if the moms love him back.”
Abrams: “The only question here is gonna be was he driving. And he has denied that he was driving They still have to put him in the driver’s seat, right?, as a practical matter.” Rizzo: “Yes, operation, right?, proof of operation. But there’s many ways to prove operation over witnessing it yourself, right? And that’s what they’re doing right now, so they’ve got enough. Now they’re gonna go ahead and prove the impairment of it part with field sobriety tests, no doubt about it.
Richland County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputies pursue and arrest a woman in a driveway (not hers) after she drives off from a traffic stop at a strip mall. Abrams introduces the segment by observing that Dep. Tony Jong was originally dispatched because “a customer was staggering outside a hardware store, which kind of made sense, since she was apparently ‘hammered.'” Cops have to break her car window to take her out of the vehicle. According to Dep. Jong, “upon running her driver’s license, we found that she was driving under suspension, she had multiple open liquor bottles in her vehicle, so we’re gonna charge her with failure to stop for blue lights and siren, open liquor bottle violation, and driving under suspension.” Abrams: “She refused a breathalzyer, so her license was automatically suspected for six months. That ankle monitor was for a violation for a protection order due to harassment.”
Abrams: “It was interesting, at the very end there, after they’d broken the glass, it’s not the officer who broke the glass who’s cleaning it up. Is there some sort of hierarchy there among officers…is it the most junior person who’s got to do that kind of thing, or is it just who’s on scene and who deals with that? Wilson: “It depends on the lowest-ranking officer who is there, and if he doesn’t have any responsibilities…” Abrams: “And it is a reminder, of course, on a more serious note, that police have to deal with all these little things people don’t realize, right?, which is they’ve now created this situation in this random person’s house. They’re not obligated to clean it up, but they just want to do the right thing.” Capt. Rizzo: “Well, sure, because there’s one person there that seriously had zero liability…it was the person that lives there…”
Daytona Beach, Fla. — Lt. Maher interacts with a motorist who says that Brad Pitt is filming a movie in the area.
Triple Play #1 — Akron, Ohio.
Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Daniel Lambert initiates a motorcycle stop at a gas station for no tag. The tag apparently fell off. The driver has a interesting backpack with reflective messaging including “Dad on the streets, daddy in the sheets,” and “I love MILFs.” He is released with a warning.
- Fullerton, Calif. — Cops give a warning to a man for a noise complaint at an apartment or motel.
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — The Maher brothers (the lieutenant, who is in an unmarked car, and Det. Chris Maher) and other units track an alleged hit-and-run vehicle that fled from an officer. Stop sticks deployed; all four tires became deflated. The suspect is taken into custody after a traffic stop. Bleeping. Car search. Caption: “Investigating hit and run.” Det. Maher update: “…We were able to get sticks on it before he fled again. And we just followed him until he stopped. He eventually did, and he started to run. It’s all over now. He’s in custody. There are some empty beers in the car, so I’m not sure that’s the reason he hit and ran or what, but they’ll figure it out, and it’s gonna be turned over to patrol at this point.”
- Fullerton, Calif. — After neighbors call police, Cpl. Brandon Ramek and Ofrs. George Peterson and Josh Walker interact with an older man at an apartment complex with no pants who is possibly intoxicated. “We want to make sure you’re okay, we want to make sure that you live here, and then we want try and help you get inside your apartment so you can go to sleep.” After an extensive back and forth in which they try to determine if he lives there, they lead him away to a holding cell for a few hours for his own safety such as being a potential robbery victim. It’s not clear if he ever produced an ID or house keys. Or if they asked the adjacent neighbor who briefly opened the door if he knew the older gentleman. Abrams: “And remember, of course, a number of people called in about this guy, concerned. That’s why the police are there.”
- Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputies make contact with a complainant at a trailer park who claims that four young females were trespassing. Cpl. Lambert: “So it’s apparently her daughter and some of her friends. It sounds like they were hiding under her daughter’s bed. I don’t know why. And sitting in her broken down car outside. One of the juveniles we’re pretty familiar with, we deal with all the time. And she lives three streets over, so we’re gonna go and try to see if she’s there. Pretty familiar with her parents as well.”
- Lee County, Fla. — Dep. Linebarger makes friendly contact with some young people at a car meet and asks them to just tone down the potential street racing. “We aren’t gonna give you guys a hard time as long as you guys behave. If nobody runs from us, we’re happy. Just be chill. That’s all we ask…as long as you respect the property owners…” He also chats with them about their cars.
- BOLO segment — Everett, Wash.
- Indian River County, Fla. — Dep. Lozada and other units track an alleged stolen car and subsequently detain the driver in a traffic stop. Truck search.
- Toledo, Ohio — Multiple officers respond to a weapons call at an apartment complex allegedly for someone brandishing a knife. They have difficulty trying to get into the building before someone opens the door. They detain a man in a stairwell but he may be univolved.
- Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Lambert makes a traffic stop on the highway. Lambert says that he spotted the driver tossing something out of the passenger side window. Cpl. Lambert locates a small bag of weed on the side of the The driver at first denies doing that but than allegedly admits to it. Lambert: “All that over weed, bro? Come on; be smart.”
- Indian River County, Fla. — As the episode concludes, and while deputies are investigating at the previous incident, a passing car allegedly almost hits them. Traffic stop on the latter vehicle. Dep. Lozada: “While we were at that other call, this car up here decided he wanted to drive by us really fast. We do have a move-over law in Florida that says you must slow down when you see emergency lights or move over. In a single lane road, he should have at least slowed down 20 miles hour below the speed limit, which he didn’t. So I’m gonna have chat with him about that.”
On Patrol: Live Summary for January 20, 2024 (#OPL Episode 02-46)
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The A&E vs. OPL Lawsuit Is Moving Forward
The pending litigation linked below might explain the revised OPL set design and the changes to the logo, music, and names of the recurring segments. That also may be why the clever incident captions have or had tapered off.
