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 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 usually from eight different U.S. departments during the ride-along on Friday and Saturday evenings. Pre-recorded segments are usually part of the show as well.
An On Patrol: Live recap, including studio host Dan Abrams’ puns, analysis, and banter with co-anchors Sean Larkin and Curtis Wilson (retired Tulsa, Okla., cop and Richland County, S.C., deputy sheriff, respectively), along with the often-snarky or playful social media reaction, follows.
Note: Larkin is taking a temporary hiatus from OPL, which may have something to with his new show on Fox Nation. See below for a source that purports to reveal what’s actually going on behind the scenes.
Greensboro, N.C. PD Capt. Cory Flowers is sitting in for Larkin on this weekend’s shows.
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On Patrol: Live Summary for July 7, 2023 (#OPL Episode 01-93 )
- Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Officers respond to dispute purportedly between older man and stepson at a residence. Ofr. Bill Wilk explains that the former needs to initiate an eviction in civil court.
- Volusia County, Fla. — Dep. Royce James and colleagues investigate a report regarding a woman who claims her ex-boyfriend allegedly slashed her car tires. The male denies any wrongdoing, and he and James engage in a semantic discussion over the definition of detained. Caption: “Searching for dictionary.” There is also a back and forth as to whether he knew the vehicle was the ex-girlfriend’s car. James: “I’m rarely speechless; you don’t seem to be comprehending what’s going on here…my brain is hurting talking to you…”
A property owner nearby provides security footage to the cops, which is also aired on OPL.
Capt. Flowers points out that cops have to wait “for the guy or gal who can run the footage. They have to get there. And then almost always you’ll see a lot of businesses won’t keep it properly — time and the calendar correct. So you’re sorting through the right date to find the right hour which doesn’t match the current clock. And then when they finally find it, and turn over the evidence to law enforcement, a lot of the times we don’t have the compatible software to play it. A lot of challenges.” Wilson: “Sometimes…you have to bring in our techs to either transport it or convert it over so that we can use it.”
The footage is apparently inconclusive; the subject is released with a warning.
Dep. James to subject: “…You spend more time over here than you were even thinking about tacos. Let me make something very clear to you, because you’re a little slow….you and this woman are done. She wants nothing else to do with you…you don’t want nothing to do with her, but yet you’re banging on her door today. Should you come back here and bother her again, instead of eating tacos, we’re gonna get you a nice bologna-and-cheese sandwich and a carton of milk out of the Volusia County branch jail. Do I make myself clear? You can go…if I tell you you can go again, you’re going to the Volusia County branch jail.”
James update: “So after reviewing the video, his story is complete lies. He told us earlier he was over here because there was no parking. Looking at the video, there was two cars maximum in that parking lot earlier, so he had ample parking over here. He mentioned to us that he did not know that was her car, that she lived here. That’s another lie because he was obviously beating on the door. So we don’t have any criminal charges today. We’re gonna document this, give him a trespass warning. Should he come back here again, he could potential face stalking and/or trespassing charges.”
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — Det. Noah Galbreath makes contact with a pedestrian and pats him down and releases him.
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — Galbreath and other officers canvas area after hearing what could be five or six gunshots apart from fireworks.
- Richland County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — A traffic stop for a motorist who ran a red light turned into a wild pursuit. Cpl. Kenny Fitzsimmons and colleagues detain occupants who allegedly tossed contraband out of the car during the chase. Cops find those items.
Cpt. Flowers: “At the end of that chase, when the suspect bails, it’s an instinct to also want to jump out and foot bail. But the veteran there, the veteran move, the corporal stayed in his car, pursued that suspect while the suspect ran another maybe 300 yards on foot. And then when he was nearly gassed out, the corporal was able to get out an apprehend him. Saving his energy.” Wilson: “He stayed cool, he stayed calm, in this whole thing. He was able to communicate exactly what was taking place — when the bag was thrown out, when the gun was thrown…and they know exactly where to get it, which was a great thing that he did.”
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Mike Bryant makes contact with a bicyclist with no running lights in the middle of the road.
- Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputies stake out apartment complex for a man, allegedly a.k.a. Bologna, in one of the units who allegedly fled from police, supposedly has a warrant, and is hiding in the attic/crawl space.
Capt. Flowers: “A lot of times, when you’re, if you’re dealing with a suspect in the top floor of an apartment building, if the suspect can get into his attic, a lot of times there’s no firewalls between the different units, and so he could hypothetically crawl and drop down into another apartment and escape and flee. So that’s something they’re considering here.”
In an update, Abrams explains that “they do not have a warrant yet for him. That is why they have not gone in yet. They may seek to get a warrant there. We will stay on top of it, but they have moved on as a result.”
- Volusia County, Fla. — Dep. Jared Gourley and other first responders arrive at the scene at an apparent single-car accident in which a car ran off the road and with hit or came to a stop adjacent to a tree. The driver and occupants were able to get out of the vehicle without assistance. No injuries.
- Berkeley County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Cpl. Devante Smith and colleagues make traffic stop on slow roller for expired tag, mismatched tag, and defective equipment. Two occupants. Cops allegedly find drugs. Driver insists that it’s “not my sh*t.”
Cpl. Smith: “When I adjusted his cuffs, a baggie dropped out of his lap onto the floor; two baggies actually. One baggie looks like to be heroin and the other one like some pills, like some crack rocks in it looks like. He definitely had it in his butt; he was digging in his butt the whole time. I was watching him in my in-car camera taking it out of his butt. I knew ‘what time it was.’ He put up a little fight; tried to bite the bag out of my hand when I grabbed it, and then tried to kick the bag of heroin under my car. He’s gonna get charged with this, and another charge added to his roster.”
Abrams: “We’ll, it looked like he was trying to ‘kick’ heroin, literally…at first, I thought he was maybe telling the truth…” Flowers: “That’s a desperate measure, going to bite…out of somebody’s hand. But honestly, folks get to this point, even that small amount of heroin on the ground, that grayer, browner substance, is more than four ounces in my opinion, which in most states is a trafficking amount of heroin, so getting rid of that evidence represents maybe 10 years in this guy’s life. So they’re gonna be desperate a lot of times to try to destroy evidence like that .” Wilson: “And even in the beginning, in the initial stages, with the slow roll and the moving inside, that always makes law enforcement ‘spider-tinglings,’ because of the fact they don’t know what they’re doing, could be trying to go for a gun, or like I say, ditch some drugs, something to that effect, so you always have to be careful, and do a felony traffic stop when that happens because you don’t know what you’re dealing with.”
- Richland County, S.C. — Deputies respond to a report of a home invasion in an apartment, but it turns out to be a false alarm. Master Deputy Jamal Christian: “The individual that called this in might have some mental health issues. It sounds like he called in that somebody was shot earlier today which didn’t prove to be true. And It sounds like this time he’s now calling in that four people have broken in to his house…he’s not responding to the door…he’s…not responding to 911 anymore. So we think this is gonna be probably very similar: Him calling in a call that’s not actually true…”
- Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Officers arrest 70-year-old man on a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in connection with an alleged fight with something to do with cheese and a stolen tricycle. The victim claims he was stabbed. The suspect claims it was self defense and that he only “poked him in a couple of places.”
- Toledo, Ohio –– Officers investigate a drive-by, shots fired call. A vehicle appears to have a bullet hole in its back window.
- Toledo, Ohio –– Officers pursue but lose sight of a fleeing vehicle. Flowers: “It’s frustrating. The guys are doing all they can, you get good communication in the car.. The ‘shotgun’ officer is calling ‘clear right,’ he’s calling the cross streets. The driver can drive. But still, the suspect doesn’t have to stop for red lights. And we have to stop, or at least clear every single red ball, and so we’re always up against that. It’s frustrating.”
- Wanted update (man who allegedly shot a Pa. tow-truck driver at point-blank range is finally apprehended, and New Wanted segment (Pa. jail escapee). Wilson: “And we’re still getting details about how [the latter] escaped, but apparently he made a rope out of bedsheets, and lowered himself from the roof, just like in the movies.” Flowers: “Sounds like a Loony Tunes cartoon. We haven’t heard about that kind of escape, but again, these folks are desperate.”
- Fullerton, Calif. — Cpl. Michael Halverson and colleagues make contact with bicyclist and pat him down with consent.
- Berkeley County, S.C. — Dep. Brandon Williams investigates a complaint from a tow-truck driver who claims a man vandalized his truck. Williams also makes contact with the alleged vandal and attempts to gather information from witnesses to purportedly saw the vandalism. Abrams: “Tow truck drivers can be heroes of villains depending on what’s happening.”
- Toledo, Ohio — Traffic stop for alleged speeding. Two occupants who are asked to step out after passenger’s alleged furtive movements involving allegedly trying to hide a bottle of beer in a bag. Driver indicates that his license may be suspended. . Car search. Abrams: “Sounds like some citations are coming there, but that’s about it.”
- Nye County, Nev. — Dep. Nicholas Huggins and Sgt. Joe Marshall respond to report of a man allegedly shoving a woman. After an investigation, it seems like the woman allegedly wouldn’t leave the man’s property. Cops make contact with the woman at her home and formally gives her a trespass notice. During the course of the interaction, she implies that he is an aggressor and also claims that the man has a warrant. The latter, who is initially not cooperative, winds up getting arrested at his home for the purported warrant after deputies hop his fence. Much of the dialogue from the man, who says he’s “not resisting sh*t,” is bleeped. He also tells deputies during the pat-down that he has nothing in his pockets except a food-stamp card.
Huggins: “So we finally found [her]. Apparently, she was over on someone else’s property, just being a problem, and they’d like to have her trespassed from there. She’s putting her less-than-friendly puppies away at the moment. We are getting the address that we need to trespass her from, and then we will do that. They’re is also some concerns whether or not she might be intoxicated at the moment. I only briefly spoke with her to this point, but I didn’t see any glaring signs of intoxication. Obviously, as we speak with her more here, we’ll try and figure that out a little bit more. But apparently, according to other residents of this street, she likes to just walk through people’s property and just be a general nuisance in the area, so we’re gonna go ahead and try and effect this trespass order…” Marshall jokes that “I hope she comes back out, because I’m very sure that a dog will bite Huggins if he goes in.”
The woman vows to deputies that “I will never go back there again as long as I live.” Deputies agree to tell the man, who as mentioned above subsequently is arrested, not to come back to her place, too.
Abrams: “This is where neighbor sees guy he thinks pushing woman. Turns out the people in the house say there was a woman trespassing. They go talk to the woman. She says the guy is wanted. Turns out that the guy from that house does have a warrant…this is quite a twist in this story that initially started as a guy pushing a woman. Then there was the belief was that it was the woman who was actually trespassing. They go talk to the woman. She says he’s got a warrant, and it appears that’s the case.”
Marshall: “He’s refuses to identify properly. He’s gonna be charged with obstruction. We also do believe that this is, in fact, the wanted individual we’re looking for. He says he might be [the subject], but he refused to give a date of birth. He’s required by law when under reasonable suspicion of committing a crime like failure to appear for a felony charge at a bare minimum…He refused to do so. He also decided to tense up and give us problems on the way back to the vehicles, so he’s probably gonna be hit with resisting arrest as well. He did not make the situation easier on himself, but at the end of the day, he’s gonna be in custody. If he continues to refuse to identify, he will be fingerprinted. And I do believe, that based on previous booking photos and the information he did give to us, he’s gonna be our wanted individual. So this is one of those calls where one thing turns into another thing, turns into a third thing, and now we have a wanted felon in custody. So it’s a good day.”
Abrams: “Turns out he had a burglary warrant out of Oklahoma we are told. But this is another example of a situation where police arrive on a scene. They don’t know exactly what’s going on…they just got to keep an open mind.” Wilson: “And that’s what it is. But with this guy doing all the extra that he was doing — what they could have done was check to see whether or not that warrant was extraditable. And then, if that wasn’t the case, then they probably would have just given him some warnings and let him go. But now they have to charge him with all these other additional charges because of the way he reacted to them.”
- Crime of the Night — High-speed pursuit by highway patrol troopers of fleeing truck in Pinellas County, Fla., that is allegedly connected to pending charges in another Florida county.
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Bryant an colleagues investigate a possible stolen car parked outside of residence and apparently detain a man who was on the porch. They keys were spotted on a table on the porch. Bryant talks about putting “the pieces to this puzzle together.” He goes on to say that “This gentleman came out of the house. When he came out of the house, the lights to the vehicle flashed, which indicated somebody locked the doors. And he tells us that the keys are up here on the stoop, which is where he was standing. The guy he said dropped the car off started walking way — he can’t describe him. And that guy was long gone when this situation happened. So I’m not a rocket scientist, but it doesn’t take one to figure out he may be involved with this in more ways than one. We’re gonna read him his Miranda rights, and then what we’re gonna do is go ahead and question him about it. Check the cameras at the house right next door, talk to some of these neighbors here…so we have options…the most important thing is that nobody got hurt, and these people’s car will be returned to them at some point in the near future.”
Bryant update: “So we’re sorting through this. There’s video right above the apartment. There’s video next door to the apartment…there’s a lot going on in this residence.”
Bryant also interacts with an uninvolved bystander in LSU Tigers T-shirt but stands on the sidewalk with his hands raised. Abrams: “That guy is more interesting to me almost than the investigation of the stolen vehicle.” Wilson: “If he’s still there like that tomorrow…that’s respect for the law.”
- Fullerton, Calif. — Officers respond to a purported domestic incident at a motel between an older man — who admits to being a “little buzzed” and drinks “as often as I can” — and an older woman who apparently are 20-year acquaintances. No violence was involved. Cops advise them to leave each other alone.
- Richland County, S.C. — Capt. Danny Brown and other officers make contact with motorist outside a motel over a vehicle with a window-tint issue and other possible infractions. The driver, who apparently is a welder, says no when Brown asks him, “You use that torch to smoke cigarettes?” Vehicle search. Abrams: “But he also had a blowtorch, and seemed to have a perfectly understandable story for why he had it, which is maybe the most interesting part of this story.”
- Berkeley County, S.C. — Traffic stop. Driver initially is reluctant to step out of the car but eventually complies. Dep. Williams: “[Cpl.] Smith was able to uncover some form of narcotics that tested positive for cocaine base. Right now, he’s probably gonna submit it, get it tested, and go from there. The driver is gonna be cut loose with a warning, but if anything comes up out of it…we can easily get a warrant…”
- Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Ofr. Jimmy Verdekal investigates a domestic incident in which a man allegedly hit a female and vandalized her car.
- Toledo, Ohio — Officers respond to report of a robbery at a Subway sandwich shop. After gathering info from employees at the store, they search the area for a suspect who left on foot.
Below is an interesting thread discussing Larkin’s future with the show posted by @OnPatrolLEOS. Whether the info is accurate or not, the chemistry between he and Wilson does seem to be lackluster.
