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

On Patrol: Live Season 4, All-New Episode, Tonight

An On Patrol: Live recap, featuring studio host/executive producer Dan Abrams’ puns, analysis, and witty/sarcastic banter with studio analysts Tom Rizzo (a captain with Howell Township, N.J., PD) and Sean “Sticks” Larkin (a retired Tulsa, Okla., PD sergeant) as as they comment on the live police ride-alongs, plus the often-provocative or playful social media reaction to the incidents in the field, follows below.

For the first time, Sergeant Ron Elcock of the Tempe, Ariz., PD, joins the On Patrol: Live studio panel in Jersey City, N.J., this weekend.

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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 on Reelz is more or less a reboot or rebrand of Live PD.

On Patrol: Live co-host Curtis Wilson, whose appearances on the show are becoming more and more infrequent, is again taking the weekend off. For those viewers who might be newcomers, Abrams, Wilson, and Larkin were the original members of the #OPL studio triumvirate. Tom Rizzo essentially replaced Larkin, who — after a long hiatus — has been appearing on the show more often recently.

Updates from Last Weekend

Update on the December 6, 2025, Richland County Incident

On Patrol: Live Tonight

A Hazen, Ark., high-speed pursuit in the last half hour of On Patrol: Live provided the most compelling sequence in this traffic-stop-heavy episode. Separately, some portion of #OPNation (including what perhaps might include bots) seemed triggered because the Christian County Sheriff’s Office cooperates with ICE.

In this On Patrol: Live episode guide, see below for details on all 23 law enforcement encounters across 10 On Patrol: Live scheduled police departments on the current roster. And check back for updates.

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On Patrol: Live Recap for January 30, 2026 (#OPL Episode 04-49)

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  • Knox County, Tenn. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of stabbing.” Officer Nathan Kirk and other units set up a perimeter outside a residence where this incident allegedly occurred. On Patrol: Live caption: “Person barricaded in home.” A male subsequently comes out of the house and surrenders. On Patrol: Live caption: “Suspect in custody.” On Patrol: Live host Dan Abrams: “Good to see a potentially volatile situation like this ending so calmly.”
  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Bradley Taylor assists on a highway traffic stop. During the stop, the motorist, a new driver, accidentally backed into the other officer’s police car.
  • Christian County, Mo. — Corporal Ryan Bradshaw backs up another deputy on a traffic stop for alleged lane violations on a vehicle with seven or eight passenger. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer interviews the occupants by phone one at a time to verify their immigration status. At least four of the occupants are detained for ICE follow up. Abrams: “Could be a long night there in Christian County for Corporal Ryan Bradshaw as he coordinates with ICE.” Cpl. Bradshaw warns the driver not to leave the scene until the passengers are screened: “Driver’s a little argumentative…a little mouthy…”

Cpl. Bradshaw preliminary summary: “…they all presented IDs from other countries. So basically [the other deputy is] on the phone with an ICE agent trying to confirm their immigration status…at this point, [the other deputy] is talking on the phone with an ICE agent, who is translating for us on the phone. Basically, they’re gonna ask them a series of questions, and then they will, once they get their information and confirm their identity, they’ll basically confirm their immigration status, and they’ll tell us whether they’re here illegally, or if they are doing everything they’re supposed to doing, and we’ll cut them lose at that point…” Abrams: “Interesting…as local police coordinate with ICE to find out if the people in that van are here in the country legally or not.”

Cpl. Bradshaw follow-up: “So ICE was able to confirm that this gentleman is here in the country illegally…basically what will happen is we will take him to the Christian County jail. There’s some paperwork we have to fill out, and…the ICE agent will meet [the other deputy] at the jail to confirm that is who he says he is, and then they will take the case from there.”

  • Richland County, S.C. — Captain Danny Brown what turns out to be a friendly traffic stop on a “suspicious vehicle randomly driving through parking lots” in an areas where car break-ins have occurred. After Cpt. Brown makes contact, the driver says he is playing hide and seek with a friend who is on foot. The driver follows Captain Brown on TikTok.

Listen below to Captain Brown’s recap:

  • Knox County, Tenn. — After a driver (per Abrams) “apparently sideswiped another car and ended up with her Jeep on someone’s lawn,” police conduct conduct field sobriety testing. The motorist is arrested for alleged or suspected DUI.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Captain Brown conducts a car search on a truck outside a closed. Two occupants. Abrams: “So the issue here, obviously, is the age of the people who’ve got a lot of those items…” Open containers allegedly found. “You got alcohol in your car, and you’re under 21.” Captain Brown to one of the occupants: “…I’m not gonna talk down to you. You’re just being disrespectful ever since I started this stop…” Ticket issued for minor in possession.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sergeants Keme Okoya and Christopher Maher, and at least one other officer, conduct a traffic stop. Consensual car search. The occupants are subsequently released with no charges.
  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Ryan Lineberger assists in a investigation of an alleged fight between neighbors. Cops make contact with several parties, which at one point seems to border on too much information. Cops take pics of a victim’s possible injuries; the victim declines to press charges, though.

Abrams: “Allegation of a three on one. Took a while for us to get there in terms of getting some answers. A lot about paint colors, and dogs, and this and that, and you could tell that Deputy Lineberger was getting a little frustrated out there.” On Patrol: Live studio analyst Tom Rizzo: “It takes patience. That’s what we were saying.”

Listen below to the On Patrol: Live studio panel discuss how police generally handle an investigation of this kind:

Listen below as Deputy Lineberger discusses the investigation to this point (“…we still have to figure out who the primary aggressor was…):

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Triple Play #1 — a West Memphis, Ark., police pursuit. State trooper to the driver: “You stupid…what is your freakin’ problem?”
  • Richland County, S.C. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Crowd dispersal.” Captain Brown disperses a “huge car meet” that is occurring on private property. “The owners and the business management does not want them here, so we’re gonna run them off.”

Listen below as On Patrol: Live guest studio analyst Sgt. Elcock describes how Tempe PD responds to this kind of situation with a special task force followed by banter from the other panelists:

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lieutenant Joseph Toombs make a low-key traffic stop on a truck and gives a friendly warning “that his license plate wasn’t illuminated properly” (“…I’m not making no big deal out of it…however, you need to get that fixed, okay?…”) Separately, an enthusiastic On Patrol: Live fan (see below) is on scene; he greets Lt. Toombs and take a picture with him. “You want to get a picture? Let’s do it?”
  • Christian County, Mo. (pre-recorded segment) — Watch the video clip below that depicts this traffic stop (A jovial Deputy Jacob Woodcock: “This guy is so freakin’ guilty; it’s crazy.”):

Listen below as Tom Rizzo recalls how he encountered a similar situation in his law enforcement career involving car keys at a traffic stop:

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of child abduction.” Sgts. Okoya and Maher, and Detective Noah Galbreath, among other officers, participate in a traffic stop on a possible subject vehicle. After an investigation, including making contact with the mom, police determine that the driver is indeed the father of the child in the car. The driver is released.

Listen below to the preliminary backstory from Sgt. Maher(“…seems like a misidentification…”):

Listen below as Sgt. Okoya provides an update followed by a brief panel discussion (Abrams: “So this guy’s gonna be going on his way. He is the dad. They’re just responding exactly how one would hope…”):

  • Baton Rouge, La. — Officer Christopher Coleman conducts a traffic stop in a driveway. The vocal motorist allegedly ran two stop signs; she is released with a warning.
  • Baton Rouge, La. (pre-recorded segment) — Abrams prologue: “What started as a DUI investigation involving a very expensive car got a bit ‘gout’ of control.” Sergeant Jordon Lear initiates a traffic stop. An officer who specializes in DUI conducts field sobriety testing on scene.

Listen below to some of Sgt. Lear’s interactions on scene followed by a studio panel discussion about the potential ramifications of the police not towing the car:

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Triple Play #2 — a Little Rock, Ar., police pursuit of a stolen ambulance.
  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Taylor backs up another officer on a traffic stop at a gas station. The driver allegedly has an extraditable warrant from another county, but is released so he can attend a family member’s funeral on Saturday. Chief Taylor asks the man to promise to turn himself in to that jurisdiction afterwards.

Listen below to Chief Taylor as he alludes to officer discretion (“…sometimes you do the right thing, sometimes you do the wrong thing…”) followed by some related studio commentary:

  • Christian County, Mo. (pre-recorded segment) — Abrams prologue: “”A driver found herself in trouble. When her husband arrived to help her out, let’s just say he found himself in trouble, too.” Deputy Michael Lewis and colleagues conduct a traffic stop on a minivan. Expired plates. No license. Deputy Lewis claims that “she almost sideswiped somebody.” It turns out that the driver allegedly has a warrant. The driver’s husband shows up on scene “doesn’t have a license, either,” and turns out that he allegedly has a warrant. Both subjects are transported to jail. Friends with valid licenses are coming to the scene to pick up the van.

Listen below to Deputy Lewis’ incident summary:

Immediately the above segment, Dan Abrams and the studio panel promote On Patrol: Live Valentine’s Day-related merchandise/swag available at OPLStore.com:

  • Toledo, Ohio — While on patrol in the police car, Officers Jack Oberthaler and Stone York encounter a fallen coaxial cable for TV or broadband in a residential neighborhood and try to get the cable out of the road. Officer Oberthaler: “The joys of policing.”
  • BOLO updates and new BOLO segment:
  • #AskTempe Q&A with Sergeant Elcock.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputy Alex Hernandez disperses a car meetup.
  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Taylor conducts a traffic stop on a highway allegedly for an obscured temporary tag. The motorist pulls over, but then drives off. On Patrol: Live caption: “In pursuit.” Chief Taylor deploys a PIT maneuver (a.k.a., a TVI), and the vehicle spins into a ditch. On Patrol: Live caption: “Felony stop.” The driver and two adult passengers are detained. The driver has “nationwide warrants,” which according to the chief, is why he fled. The driver is arrested on various charges plus the warrants. There is a baby in the car that can be heard crying; fortunately the baby is fine. Paramedics will check out the baby just in case. Cops try to contact the baby’s mom so she can come for the child at Hazen PD. The passengers are likely released.

Abrams: “We saw what happened there, which was obviously somewhat frightening, but when you think about the fact that there was a baby in the car, makes it that much more dangerous what that driver was doing there…this car just fled from Chief Bradley Taylor and ended up the way most cars do that flee from Chief Bradley Taylor: PITed on the side of the road. There was a baby in that car.”

Listen below to Chief Taylor’s initial recap of what happened and reaction (“…he’s got a bunch of warrants…he’s gonna go back to the penitentiary it looks like…baby’s in a car seat thank goodness…praise God they didn’t roll over.”):

Watch Chief Taylor and the studio panel provide additional information about this incident in the video clips below:

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — As the episode concludes, Deputy Hernandez disperses another car meetup while humorously riffing with a southern accent.
CLICK ON THIS LINK for the On Patrol: Live recap of #OPL episode 04-50, January 31, 2026.