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

A recap of the January 20, 2024, OPL episode (OPL #02-46) appears below.

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 as aired on the Reelz channel. 

An On Patrol Live recap, including NYC studio host Dan Abrams’ one liners, analysis, and banter with co-host Curtis Wilson, the Richland County, S.C., deputy sheriff, and guest analyst Capt. Tom Rizzo of the Howell Township, N.J., PD.

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On Patrol: Live Summary for January 20, 2024 (#OPL Episode 02-46)

  • Richland County, S.C. — While making a routine traffic stop in parking lot, Mas. Dep. Braylyn Salmond and Sgt. Bryce Hughes are re-dispatched pursue a motorcycle that allegedly fled from Capt. Danny Brown. The speeds get as a high as 124 MPH during the long chase. The motorcyclist gets away, however, at least for now.

While the case was ongoing, Capt. Rizzo explains that pursuing a motorcycle is “a lot harder” as compared to a ordinary vehicle. “Rapid acceleration, and just there’s no way to match up with the patrol vehicle, whether it’s a car, SUV, regardless. But the communication’s key, and calling it out the way that he is to coordinate with other units will increase your likelihood of success.” Dan Abrams: “And you can’t use stop sticks either.”

Rizzo later surmises about the motorcyclist that “obviously the familiarity that he has with the area. He’s going and making basically a perimeter himself. He’s probably local to the area; he’s familiar with those roads…”

Dep. Wilson responds to an Abrams question about whether. from the police perspective, if it’s better or worse that the motorcycle is on the highway: “With this traffic, it could be worse, because he can zip in and move around quicker than Salmond’s been able to. But, of course, going in this direction, you have an opportunity to have other deputies join in and serve the areas of this interstate.”

  • Indian River County, Fla. — Deputies including Det. Jon Lozada respond to a panic alarm at a Panera restaurant. The situation turns out to involve a disgruntled customer who apparently claimed that she presented a a 50 dollar bill rather than a 20 in payment for her sandwich. She is detained. Abrams explains that the officers have to figure out what happened because she claims she was shortchanged and the restaurant allegedly activated the alarm because “she was causing a ruckus.” Familiar OPL refrain from the subject: “I didn’t do nothing.” Caption: “Money dispute.” In the end, the restaurant agrees to remake the woman’s sandwich, and she is released and leaves with a trespass notice. Cops also suggest she takes up her dispute about the money with the company’s corporate office.

Det. Lozada summary: “Responded to Panera initially for a hold-up alarm. While en route, dispatcher was able to call the Panera and try to confirm whether or not they were being held up or a crime was occurring. Panera staff basically told them that there was a female refusing to leave. We arrived on scene. Female was initially uncooperative. She’s extremely irate. Basically says that Panera owes her money which we could not prove on scene. She’s since been trespassed. The Panera doesn’t want here there anymore due to her causing these issues, so she’ll be on her way. She got her food, and we temporarily solved the problem.” Abrams: “We were commenting here that she may open the bag and say ‘where’s the mayo?!'”

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  • Toledo, Ohio — Officers converge on a home to execute felony warrants. The first man they interact with apparently claims the subject is not in the house, but subsequently the subject is taken into custody there. Ofr. Heather Smith: “Right now, we had a warrant service at this location. We had officers identify the suspect visually through the windows, saw that he was wearing a black shirt. He’s known to be wanted for three felony warrants. When we made contact with the people inside the house, only two of them came to the door. They were telling us that the other person wasn’t inside the location. Officers did locate the subject upstairs, so he’ll go for his three warrants, possibly obstructing. And then these other two can be charged for a felony for harboring a fugitive and not letting us go in.”
  • Lee County, Fla. — Dep. Ryan Linebarger and other units conduct a traffic stop and take the male half of the couple into custody on a failure-to-appear warrant from a neighboring county which the cops are attempting to confirm. The warrant is subsequently confirmed. Dep. Linebarger to the girlfriend: “You lied about a charge to the sheriff’s office, and you guys are back together, and he got arrested? Okay — I’m not here to judge, I’m a little flabbergasted…” She also explains to the woman the process if the warrant is confirmed.
  • Fullerton, Calif. — Ofr. Ashley Soto makes a traffic stop on a car for still displaying paper plates long after the vehicle was purchased and after the issuance of permanent plates. Soto: “There’s absolutely no reason why you should have the same paper plates for seven months. They’re typically two-to-three weeks. So are you just gonna drive around with the paper plates forever and not put the real plates on?”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputies respond to a report of allegedly drunk patron at a bar. Abrams introduces the segment by saying that “bartenders needed help getting a drunk customer to leave the premises, and then asked deputies to make it a ‘double.'” A couple there is trespassed and end up getting taken into custody.

Cpl. BJ Nelson: “We showed up, gave them multiple opportunities to leave the premise, even attempted to call a ride to come pick them up. Again, being intoxicated, popping off…doesn’t work well, so definitely cursed in public after we told you multiple times to leave the premise…So they basically talked to both of them into the handcuffs and she started to become combative and even kick one of our deputies in the face with a boot. So tonight, they’re both taking a ride for public intox, I believe trespass after notice, and she has a resisting and assaulting police officer.”

Abrams: “And at the beginning there, they were talking about this as if it’s a constitutional right, and then you think of that Beastie Boys song, ‘you gotta fight for your right to party.’ Wilson: “No such thing as far as us having to give somebody our phone to make a call.” Abrams; “Yeah, and you were making the point that they just talked themselves into this.” Rizzo: “You talked to the point of no return, and again, you talk yourself into an arrest. I never understood that.”

  • Toledo, Ohio — Ofr. Smith and Austin Bly along with other units respond to a shots-fired call that supposedly occurred in an apartment complex lobby. It turns out to be a false alarm. Ofr. Smith: “We got a call that two people were shooting into the apartment complexes. They gave this location, but there are two other buildings in this area. We’re gonna go check those ones.” Ofr. Bly subsequently explains that “it doesn’t appear that any shots were fired. No one heard anything…we’ve had a bunch of false calls here…”

Abrams: “Those kind of false calls…incredibly frustrating for law enforcement.” Rizzo: “Beyond frustrating, but to separate the human cynicism from the professional responsibility of a police officer on that one-off chance that it’s legit — what are you supposed to do? So you have to check in and treated it as if it’s legit despite your previous knowledge that it’s got a sequence of having false calls.”

  • Berkeley County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputies respond to a report of an alleged armed robbery at a residence. After interviewing the mother-daughter complainants, they locate the alleged subject vehicle and detain at least six or seven subjects who appear to be in their teens. A gun is allegedly found in a vehicle. One person who allegedly matches a description is arrested. An investigation is ongoing.

Abrams: “He was charged with pointing and presenting a firearm. The victim already knew the suspect, described him over the phone, so no need for an in-person ID. As we were talking about this, we were talking about where the gun was found and why that’s significant.” Capt. Rizzo: “Sure, within the wingspan and the proximity that can the person have care and control over it. So people in seats can swap in a vehicle, right? But proximity is important. So it’s right behind the driver’s seat — both the ski mask and the firearm. And like I was discussing with Curtis, now we have forensics to also further prove that. So you have witness, the statements, identification, plus close proximity, and then we go to forensics. Dep. Wilson: “Only one arrest at this time. So what’s gonna happen is investigators get involved. They’ll question this guy. They’ll also question any of the witnesses, and then possibly some future arrests could also be possible coming forward.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Cops conduct a traffic stop; three occupants detained. Car search. Ofr. Robert Mowery (or another officer at the scene): “Essentially this is where were at right now with the investigation…they were very evasive. It took them a while to pull over. Sporadic moving in the car…you could see the Brillo pads and the rolled up pieces of aluminum foil which are normally used to conceal narcotics. That being said, they all have a history of narcotic usage. She’s gonna be going to jail for her driving with the suspended license. That being said, she’s liable for everything inside the car, so she knows there’s narcotics in there. We’re gonna find out exactly what’s in there, and go from there.” Abrams: “So there are able to use the suspended license to basically say the car is now fair game.” Rizzo: “Yeah, so state to state it varies, but if they have search [unintelligible] to an arrest, a lawful arrest, and whether it’s driving while suspended or not, it’s prediction of events. So if he’s predicting the event to come, that’s fine. He’s just telling her, ‘look, we’re gonna inevitably do this.’ So now if she offers some type of utterance, or any type of commentary, that’s all fair game, yeah, for sure.” Caption: “Crack cocaine found.” Ofr. Mowery claims that “I’m 90 percent sure I just found a little crack rock on the driver’s seat, so she’s likely gonna get a possession charge.” The driver denies the drugs are hers. He intends to field test the rock to see if it “pops.” Abrams: “So it sounds like unless someone else in that car owns up to that crack rock, she’s gonna be taking the charge on that too.”

According Abrams, “that crack rock did test positive for cocaine,” and the other vehicle occupants were released. Noting that cops also allegedly found broken pieces of a crack pipe “scattered throughout” the vehicle, Ofr. Mowery mentions to the driver that “my word of advice if it’s truly not yours, you probably stop letting your boyfriend drive your car, right?, because he just let you get arrested for it….you’re gonna spend the night in jail, at least, for the possession of narcotics, driving without a license, and possession of drug paraphernalia..”

  • Triple Play #2 — Kenosha, Wisc.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Mas. Dep. Addy Perez along with colleagues Salmond and Hughes conduct a traffic stop and allegedly find an unusual items in the trunk of the driver’s car. Dep. Salmond alludes to “all that commotion and carrying on, and explains that “this gentleman is gonna be taking a ride to [jail] tonight for driving under suspension…” Sgt. Hughes explains that the stop was because the car was allegedly sitting in the middle of the lane blocking a parking lot in an area known for narcotic activity. She mentions that the driver was “immediately unhappy” with the stop. “He called Danny [Brown] and Braylyn numerous names. In the search, cops also noticed “a bottle of pee — so not really sure what that’s for. He’s on parole, so you can make whatever deductions from that. He had a slew of toys inside the vehicle..” Abrams: “Again, a reminder why it is always good for officers to have gloves on hand.”
  • Indian River County, Fla. — Dep. Christian Castano makes a traffic stop on a van after the driver allegedly ran a stop sign. Dep. Castano claims that “the driver of this vehicle appears a little nervous…which is not consistent with just a mere traffic stop.” K9 Dingo alerts at the passenger door after a car sniff. Car search. Crack pipe allegedly found on the driver’s person. Under questioning from the seemingly skeptical detective, the driver implies that the pipe belongs to her daughter or her daughter’s friend. Cops seem to suspect that something might have allegedly been tossed out the car window.
  • Fullerton, Calif. — Ofr. Soto provides backup on a man detained outside a laundromat after a foot pursuit. Ofr. Soto: “So basically, these are my partners that I was on my there to backup anyways. I happened to be right around the corner when, I guess, this guy tried to run from my partners while detaining him. So luckily they safely got him detained, and I was right around the corner, so he’ll be going to visit the jail tonight in a nice, warm metal cell.”
  • Triple Play #3 –– Trotwood, Ohio.
  • Toledo, Ohio — Multiple officers and paramedics respond to a shots-fired call at a residence. A victim with a bloody foot is placed in an ambulance and taken to a local hospital. Ofr. Bly summary: “It sounds like two family members were arguing and then the argument escalated. It sounds like one of the family members shot the other family member in the foot. So we have Fire on scene right now treating her. She’ll be transported. We’ll have to protect the scene. We have one in custody, and detectives will come out and interview that suspect.” Detectives will also interview the victim at the hospital. According to Ofr. Mike Gee, a detective will will determine the charge or charges after he (the detective) interviews the alleged shooter. Ofr. Smith: “Right now, it looks like there’s two people who are family members that live together. An altercation occurred between the two of them, and they ended up getting into a physical fist fight, and then after the fist fight ended, they separated, and I guess the argument restarted. One of them ended up grabbing their 22-caliber handgun and shooting the other in the foot. The victim’s going to the hospital. My partner is riding in the ambulance with her, and right now we have the suspect in custody.”
  • Fullerton, Calif. — Ofr. Soto is among the officers conducting a traffic stop at gunpoint. The driver is slow to comply with police commands, but then eventually exits the vehicle and is detained. Ofr. Soto: “I was just in the area, and this car that I have stopped here almost caused a traffic collision. They were making a left-hand turn, and they failed to yield to the oncoming traffic, thus almost causing the traffic collision. I happened to be right by the intersection, and then they just took off. I was going almost 90 miles an hour trying to catch up to them on this street, which is 45 miles an hour. I lit them up; they continued on for a little bit. Once they finally pulled over, they were not complying. I told them to roll down the windows. They rolled them down, and then I told them to roll all of them down, and they ended up rolling all of them up. They wouldn’t comply with commands to keep their hands out of the window. So this is the type of response we get with people who are not complying to police…”

Abrams update: “The guy who refused to get out of the Mercedes after a traffic stop with Officer Ashley Soto was a Romanian national who spoke Spanish. He was taken back to the station to be questioned further, a question if there was a language barrier, et cetera.

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Ofr. Brandon Ramirez and other units pursue a fleeing vehicle that turns into a foot pursuit after a foot bail. Officers are convinced that the suspect ran into a house, but do not find him after they enter and search the location. Car search of abandoned vehicle. Ofr. Ramirez: “After searching the house, this actually happens to be one of the residences that he’s known to be at, and also watch him run inside the front door, it’s likely that he ran out the back when we came in, but it took a while for us to get somebody at the back door to have coverage. So he’s definitely not inside, but we know where he’s at right now. So we’re gonna canvas the area, see if we can find him…we’re gonna hop back in the patrol car, and we’re get back at it.” K9 deployed.

Abrams: “So the search is on there, but they know who they are looking for.” Rizzo: “Which is critical — a key piece of evidence there. But a classic case of hot pursuit, right? They know who it is. Obviously, he’s a suspect in an offense. Makes entry, which they were sure that he made entry, which would give them the authorization to go ahead and then continue their pursuit of him. But again, great situation of intelligence over ego; wait for your resources. Yeah, you may have gotten out the back, but they have everything all-location-out for a solid perimeter, K9. And I have a good feeling that they’ll locate him, that’s for sure.” Wilson: “Known offender, which is why they were able to identify him quickly…It’s a sad thing when you put your other family member, if they are family members, in that situation.”

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Sgt. Paul Yacobozzi and Cpl. Brandon Williams initiate an alleged traffic stop for speeding and have a jovial conversation with the animated driver, a hairdresser. A blunt allegedly found. She is released with a warning. Cpl. Williams to the driver: “Weed is illegal in the state of South Carolina, all right? You cannot have weed. Doesn’t matter how much it is…I’m cutting you a break…you were speeding…all you had to do is say “I got a blunt.’ I’m gonna tell you what would have happened…you would’ve been home probably 30 minutes ago…” The driver stomps out the blunt on the ground per Williams’ request.