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

An On Patrol: Live recap, including NYC studio host Dan Abrams’ puns, analysis, and banter with co-anchor Curtis Wilson (a Richland County, S.C., deputy sheriff), along with the often-snarky or playful social media reaction, follows.

OPL fan favorite Bradley Taylor, the Hazen, Ark., police chief, is this weekend’s guest analyst in the studio.

For background information about On Patrol: Live (i.e., Live PD 2.0), that airs on the Reelz channel (which is available on the Peacock and FreeCast streaming services), click here.

Agency updates: The Lee County Sheriff’s Office (the home of the Marceno Motel) is out; Everett, Wash., PD is in. Hazen, PD itself has not yet returned. During Friday night’s broadcast, the chief did not mention when his department will actually return to the show.

Some updates from last weekend’s episodes:

On Patrol: Live Summary for June 14, 2024 (#OPL Episode 02-83)

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  • Richland County, S.C. (prior to air) — Cpl. Rebekah Smith and Sgt. Garo Brown assist in a pursuit of a subject who ran from a car in connection with an alleged stolen plate. They detain a suspect after Smith’s repeated commands to “get on the ground.”. A Batman mask, among other things, is found during a car search. OPL caption: “The Dark Knight returns?”

Cpl. Smith summary: “…The tags coming back stolen…a few types of tools that are consistent with burglaries that we’ve been having in our area, like the bolt cutters, the Sawzall blade. One actually hasn’t been opened. They’re using these to cut the locks on storage units and chain-link fences and stuff. We’ll just make sure no stolen property is inside the vehicle. I believe the subject that ran from us, he had some white powder and some rock light, consistent with meth and crack on it…”
OPL host Dan Abrams: “Based on what we just saw them get in that car, the other possibility is they just arrested Bruce Wayne. I’m just saying, you never know, right?”

“Based on what we just saw them get in that car, the other possibility is they just arrested Bruce Wayne.”

  • Toledo, Ohio (pre-recorded segment) — Abrams: “It was all hand on a deck…” as multiple officers converge on a home to serve warrants. The subject is on the roof (“I didn’t do anything”) and seems reluctant to come down. Ofr. Janowiecki: “When [officers] went to make contact with him, he decided to go out to a balcony, and then from the balcony, he decided to climb onto the roof, and now he’s refusing to come down.” A police negotiator comes to the scene as well as the Fire Department with a bucket for officers to get on the roof. The subject eventually comes down from the porch where he winds up being tased after allegedly resisting. Bleeping.

Listen to Ofr. Mike Gee’s recap as well as a discussion about the incident by the studio panelists:

  • Robeson County, N.C. — Numerous deputies and a K9 including First Sergeant Garrett Hunt as well as the highway patrol Hunt search for a subject in a corn field who apparently fled from a vehicle.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Devonte Carr responds to an alleged disturbance at a dollar store where an angry customer may have brandished a weapon and searches the area on foot for same. The subject had already left on foot, and it might have been just a water gun. Cpl. Carr (who is a K9 handler): “Sounds like a trespassing call…it just sounds like we’re dealing with a trespasser. They don’t want him there probably, and they thought he had a gun on him. So we don’t have enough to track him, because we don’t have any, like, actual criminal charges enough to track for him. But definitely a trespasser, and we’re gonna try to locate him and then we’ll put him on the trespass notice and go from there.”

Cpl. Carr follow up: “I got stopped by one of the business owners. They’re saying he’s a frequent flyer over here, and he’s known to carry a water gun, presented as an actual firearm. I made contact with one of the local business owners over at the laundromat, and she stated that he’s, like I said before, he’s a frequent flyer for this area, and he attempted to rob her with a water gun .So, he may have a gun on him, but what she’s saying is not a real gun. It’s a water gun. She has a real gun, and I have a real gun. He doesn’t. We’re gonna try to attempt to locate him. If not, then we’ll clear from here, and hopefully we locate him and see what his deal is.” Abrams: “And she was having none of it.”

“…It’s a water gun. She has a real gun, and I have a real gun. He doesn’t….”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Dets. Noah Galbreath and Maycon MacDowel conducts a bicycle stop. The subject (“Hi Ma”) advises the officers that he has a gun. Det. Galbreath: “We just stopped this gentleman for a bike violation. There’s no lights on his bike; it’s after sunset. Gave him a stop. Get a handgun on him. Super cooperative; let me take it off at the stop. So we’re just gonna make sure the handgun’s not stolen, doesn’t have any warrants…” Abrams update: “Turns out the gun was legal; the guy was released with no charges.”
  • Toledo, Ohio — Ofrs. Lindsey Erhart and Brooke Janowiecki, among others, respond to the scene, a downtown park, upon a report of a man allegedly threatening children with a knife. Ofr. Janowiecki summary: “This man was just enjoying his time at the splash pad in the park , and two teenage boys came up and were harassing him. He asked them to leave him alone and they refused and things escalated. He called 911 himself and basically threatened the boys while he was on the phone with the 911 operator that if they didn’t leave him alone, he was going to harm them. So we’re gonna to try to find the boys and see if we can get their side of the story, and then see if we can get this gentleman some help.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Marcus Booth, assisted by Sgt. Mike Bryant, conduct a traffic stop on a pick-up truck for one of the occupants (“a knucklehead”) hanging out of the vehicle.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Sgt. Chris Maher successfully deploys stop sticks during a fleeing vehicle pursuit. The car subsequently crashes out; two subjects detained. Sgt. Maher summary: “The driver of the stolen vehicle noticed the police officers and tried to use their vehicle as a weapon against them, driving straight at them. I was able to deploy stop sticks on the vehicle, and about a mile later, unfortunately, they sideswiped the vehicle, spun out, and landed right here. They’re claiming there was an actual male driver, despite them saying that he bailed when the vehicle was going probably over 60 miles an hour. Someone would be still on the side of the road if that was true. Her shoes are also right at the floor pedals, right where the driver was sitting. That’s probably gonna be our driver right here, and she’s gonna be going to jail for fleeing and eluding, grand theft auto, and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. We’re probably gonna let that passenger go.”

Abrams: “Chief, as we were watching that and watching the stop sticks being thrown out, you were saying it always makes you nervous.” Guest studio analyst Chief Bradley Taylor: “Oh yeah, the stop stick stuff is just — I mean, when we have to get ready to do it, it’s even more anxiety goes up on that than even just chasing the guys. because they’re trying to get away from you, so they’re gonna to try and do whatever they can. No hard cover; you might…get run over.” Co-host Dep. Curtis Wilson: “It’s great, too, when you have radio, and you’re able to know when this vehicle is coming in to set up those stop sticks .But as he said, got cover, use that cover.”

  • Everett, Wash. – Ofr. Jenny Fuentes searches the area upon a report of a “suspicious zombie-looking guy with a bright pink backpack” wandering around allegedly flipping people off (no follow-up during the show).
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Dets. Galbreath and MacDowel, among others, detain a pedestrian who allegedly ran from police. A weapon is allegedly found. Det. MacDowel: “Sergeant got out with a male across the street. He literally took flight on foot, He dumped, he ditched, his bag over here in the corner. As you guys can see, there’s a rifle, .22, was loaded. That’s why it’s just wild out here nowadays. So we got to be careful of juveniles. It’s not like back in the day; juveniles had no guns — young men, everybody, a lot of people carrying, selling dope at the corner store down there. So we got to be careful. As cops, you got to be careful, got to be on the alert, can’t get complacent at any time, because if they get complacent…Thank God they have the gun on him. Just speechless right now, but it is what it is.”

Det. Galbreath additional commentary: “We got this gentleman under arrest right now. I’m gonna run his name and see if he’s got any warrants or anything. if there’s an additional reason why he ran. Obviously, there’s plenty of reasons. Unlawful possession of the marijuana, hanging out with a group of people that are obviously associated with rifles, probably handguns, a lot of firearms. Homicides in this area, especially a couple weeks ago we’ve had a homicide. A lot of gun violence lately in the city, so trying to crack down on it…”

“As cops, you got to be careful, got to be on the alert, can’t get complacent at any time,..”

  • Indian River County, Fla. –– Cpl. Brandon McKenzie conducts a traffic stop on an alleged wrong-way driver who appears to stumble as he exits the vehicle (“I’m fine”). McKenzie: “You’re about an hour way from where you think you’re at.” The drive is subdued after he tries to walk away. Abram claims at one point in the interaction, Abrams claims that “You really don’t need to do a field sobriety test at that point..it sort of speaks for itself.”
  • Indian River County, Fla. — Sgt. Dwayne Hoilett and another unit respond to a call about an alleged neighbor dispute which turns out to be just some friends joking around and who subsequently engage in a brief foot race. Heavy bleeping. Sgt. Hoilett synopsis: “These two individuals actually were not in a physical fight at all. They’re just buddies drinking in front of the house. Just having fun, I guess, or just kind of being a little loud. But now they want to race each other, so we’re gonna enjoy to see who wins the this race, because there’s a lot of talking going on.”

Abrams: “And they have a former college football player right there who’s gonna be apparently judging this, in Sergeant Dwayne Hoilett.” The sergeant subsequently adds that “Not sure who won because this guy stopped early and this guy kept on going, but it is what it is.” Abrams quips that “a little beer Olympics going on here.”

  • Fontana, Calif. — Ofr. Victor Reyes and other units conduct a traffic stop at gunpoint in connection with an alleged or possible carjacking that apparently turns out not to be a carjacking at all. Ofr. Reyes: “The information that came into our dispatch that this subject here was carjacked by someone in a White Chrysler 300. So we were under the assumption that this car was stolen from this subject. Upon doing a felony t-stop, he’s now telling us that they tried to take his car, but they never got away with his car. Still trying to figure out a little bit more, see what’s going on with his white Chrysler 300. But as of now, we do have these two detained as a precaution, but they’re saying they’re the ones that called, and their car didn’t get stolen.”

Ofr. Reyes follow-up: “So we’re getting conflicting stories here. He’s given some story about some people that might be after him because of the female he’s got in his car. He seems extremely paranoid. He’s showing signs and symptoms of being under the use of a…stimulant similar to crystal meth. So I don’t know if it’s something like that that’s making him paranoid, but the female in his car is explaining that he’s making everything up and that none of this stuff happens. I’m not one hundred percent on what the actual story is, but it sounds like there was no carjacking. If anything, it was maybe an attempted, but even that, he might just be super paranoid about people trying to take what he’s got because of some cash that he’s got sitting at home, apparently. We’ll see. We’ll probably clear from here and go look for a white Chrysler to see if there’s anything further. But as of now, we don’t know if there was really a white Chrysler. We don’t know if a carjacking or attempted carjacking really occurred. We’ll take a look and see if we get anything further.”

  • Triple Play #1 — Little Rock, Ark., pursuit on a car that fled from an attempted traffic stop by a state trooper. Chief Taylor, whose son is a state trooper, asserts that “you don’t fool them guys…them boys don’t play.”
  • Everett, Wash. — Ofr. Tad Halbert initiates a traffic stop on a car with an alleged altered temporary tag. The driver doesn’t have a license; she apparently has no paperwork for the car either.
  • Q&A with Chief Taylor (listen):

Earlier in the show, the chief talk about a Kardashian sighting:

  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputies conduct a traffic stop for alleged reckless driving in connection with possible group of drag racers. Car search allegedly reveals a Bud Light can. OPL caption: “Open container found.” The driver is released with a warning.
  • Missing segment –– The Wilson sisters, co-founders of the Black and Missing Foundation, are in the studio and present two updates plus a new missing person case (Joliet, Ill.). In alluding that organization as well as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Abrams explains that “And thanks to all of your tips, the OP Nation has helped bring home 32 missing children and adults featured on this program. That is just an incredible number.”
  • Toledo, Ohio — Ofrs. Erhart and Janowiecki respond to a report of males allegedly with guns outside homes possibly kicking in doors. Two men are detained outside at the scene who deny having any weapons. Ofr. Janowiecki summary: “When we pulled up, both of the males were coming from the rear of the house where the caller had initially said that they were at when she had last seen them. The one suspect was carrying a grill. We’re gonna try to make contact with the caller and see what’s going on and run both suspects and get the full side of the story.” The duo is released with no charges.

Everett, Wash. — Ofr. Fuentes responds to a trespass call and makes contact with a male pedestrian who flees. Foot pursuit for the male. BolaWrap (a hand-held, remote restraint device) deployed. She and other officers finally locate the subject in the woods (“I didn’t do nothing”) and who initially won’t come out. The man eventually comes out and is detained. He allegedly has warrants. Officer: “I just told you what you did; you didn’t stop.”

“I didn’t do nothing.”

Ofr. Fuentes recap: “The guy that ran from me earlier, I was just trying to contact him for trespassing, and then he started to walk away. Not listen to my instructions to stop, so that’s obstruction. I used a little tool called the BolaWrap. It’s a Kevlar line, basically to stop them, right? It’s not gonna injure them or anything, but it’ll stop them, hopefully, in their tracks, and it makes a loud noise to kind of, it’s hopefully, to de-escalate the situation. Now that we have him in custody, it kind of worked. We were able to track him down to the woods. So, yeah, we’re here…we already know who he is. He has warrants — typically why they start running away….” She later mentions to a colleague that “it wraps and it bounces…he was like doing Jack Sparrow type stuff in his arms and running.”

Abrams: “We’re all sitting here talking about this BolaWrap. Really interesting device.” Taylor: “It is. When he was running, and we were talking, I didn’t realize what was going on. But at that point…I did hear that like a gunshot and a pop… ” Abrams: “Apparently that’s part of the effect of it, right? It’s both to use it from a noise perspective, but obviously also as a restraint device as well. It may have come off a little bit since he didn’t have it on him.” Wilson: “The thing is, she gave him a lawful order to stop. And it was a detention; just an investigative stop. Kept running, so this is what happens when you escalate it.” Abrams:” It turns out that he may have had a warrant as well.” He also mentions that “this is a relatively new tool being used in law enforcement.” Wilson: “It’s one of those things where it’s to restrict, to stop the movement. If you’re gonna run, hit you, lock you up. Now we got you.” Abrams:…what’s interesting, of course, is that now we know that the device is on the jacket. He thought he’d gotten tased because he said, ‘you tried to tase me’ before. And instead, it turns out it’s this BolaWrap.” Taylor: “We heard it there. We didn’t realize what it was going off until she explained it.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Cops search for a subject who allegedly ran from a bicycle stop. The subject is detained in a backyard. He allegedly ran because he has warrants. Sgt. Bryant to subject; “You had a crack pipe but no crack?”
  • Fontana, Calif. — Ofr. Reyes makes contact again with the man from the previous stop in a well-being check upon a report of purported fentanyl abuse. Ofr. Reyes: “We had a carjacking call earlier which was unfounded. Our male subject involved was showing some signs and symptoms of being under the influence of possibly meth or another drug. Regarding that same call, the female involved, his girlfriend or ex-girlfriend, just called us saying that that same male just took 10 fentanyl pills. Unknown if it’s intentional or if he’s trying to overdose or what’s going on, but we’re going to go check him out. We’re pulling up right now to see what’s going on with him.” Abrams: “As you heard there, they were both released earlier, with no charges, in connection with that report of a carjacking, and now this is really just a welfare check.”
  • Toledo, Ohio — Cops detain a mean on a weapons call. The man denies allegedly brandishing a gun (“I ain’t do nothing…I didn’t point nothing”.) OPL caption: “Brass knuckles found.” Abrams: “Old-school weaponry.” The subject is released.

Ofr. Janowiecki recap: “So our crew spoke to the victim who said that this gentleman, when he was walking, spooked his dog, and apparently when he confirmed to him about it, he pulled out the brass knuckles and like pointed them towards him, and he took it as that he had a gun. When the crew asked him if it could have been brass knuckles, he admitted that it possibly could have been that, so we just to let him know what was going on and released this gentleman for the night. Abrams quips that “I guess the other option is it would have been kind of a James Bond kind of gun, but like a ‘golden gun,’ I don’t know.”

  • Robeson County, N.C. — Dep. McCallum and Dep. Derrick Buffkin conduct a traffic stop in a parking lot. OPL caption: “Suspected drug transaction.” K9 alert on a vehicle at the scene. Gun allegedly found in the car. Cops also search a truck at the scene and allegedly find drugs. McCallum claims that “I could smell weed when I pulled up” and mentions that “weed’s illegal” in North Carolina.
  • Fontana, Calif. — Ofr. Joe Richard initiates a traffic stop for expired tags.
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