On Patrol: Live Summary for June 24, 2023 (#OPL Episode 01-92 )

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.

An On Patrol: Live recap, including studio host Dan Abrams’ puns, analysis, and banter with co-hosts 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. 

Daytona Beach PD Sgt. Marcus Booth joined the panel for this weekend’s episodes.

[Click here for the OPL 01-92 recap]

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  • Fullerton, Calif. — Ofr. NIcole Kaprielian responds to report of someone at the FedEx store wielding a baseball bat. The subject had already left the store, however.
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — A citizen flags down Ofr. Mike Dennis about something to do with a cover or a plate over a pothole being too loud.
  • Toledo, Ohio — Traffic stop; K9 alert. Car search. Driver is subsequently released with no charges.
  • Fullerton, Calif. — Officers respond to perhaps some sort of landlord-tenant dispute, which is otherwise a civil matter. With cops mediating, the apparent tenant is able to get his belongings and leave the location.
  • Nye County, Nev. (pre-recorded segment) — Traffic stop for alleged reckless driving. The driver appears noncompliant with deputies, and much of the dialogue is bleeped. Driver is arrested after field sobriety testing. Sgt. Joe Marshall: “He’s gonna go to jail for DUI. Based on his walk and turn, it’ s clear that he’s refusing to cooperate and refusing to listen. He is not watching any of the commands. He’s starting when he’s not supposed to. Whatever, I guess, walk and turn he tried to do was clearly not what was demonstrated to him, so we’re just going to consider him as being uncooperative…he started getting amp up, started trying to fight a little bit. We had to him on the truck of the car….looks like maybe, he possibly tried to kick the lieutenant: We’re not sure, he may have just been struggling. I don’t think he’s gonna get any charges for that. The jail is gonna have fun with him tonight.”

Abrams: “Sgt. Booth, this is the sort of situation where the officers have to make a decision at some point as to whether they’re just gonna just shut this thing down, right?” Booth: “Yeah; when you’re in these situations, and you’re dealing with someone who is a little bit impaired or just quite a bit impaired, at some point you have to say ‘hey, this is gonna be a refusal or not.’ Especially with this fellow’s demeanor. He’s getting agitated as officers were dealing with him. And…it can tend to sometimes elevate from there. So at some point, you’re gonna have to say this is enough and put him in as a refusal.” Abrams: “And Curtis, they had some information on him coming into this.” Wilson: “As you see the deputy going in, and they get information about this individual, he’s one of them that could be a ‘frequent flyer’ that’s known to be aggressive with law enforcement.”

  • Nye County, Nev. — Traffic stop on truck operated by a Dallas Cowboys fan for speeding. The driver is apparently released with just a warning.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Ofr. Brandon Ramirez spots dog on the loose that almost got hit by passing cars. Ramirez: “I was just given word from my sergeant that our animal shelter isn’t accepting any dogs. Don’t know what the reason for that is for, but you saw it yourself…We were out here, and the cars were coming. This dog almost got hit a couple of times which maybe can cause an accident. It can cause a car to swerve into a house, maybe into a person. It can definitely injure somebody else.” Later in the show, Abrams says that the dog was not struck by any vehicles. It apparently was still running loose.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Capt. Danny Brown and colleagues make contact and detain a man at gas station/convenience store named after Barack Obama on an assault allegation. The subject denies hitting a woman. He is subsequently released with no charges.
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Ofr. Dennis makes contact with the same man from the earlier encounter on a noise complaint. The subject agrees to turn down the bass on the music from his home. Captions: “Potholes in my lawn,” “Doubting decibels.” Abrams: “So this is the guy who was flagging him down, complaining about the noise that was being made by the metal plates over potholes, and now someone called in a noise complaint on him.”
  • Fullerton, Calif. — Ofr. Kaprielian and colleagues investigate a report of someone waring a purple shirt allegedly pulling on car door handles. Cops make contact with a male pedestrian; pat down. The subject is released with a warning.
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Ofr. Dennis responds to another noise complaint. Homeowner agrees to turn down the volume.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Mike Bryant and colleagues respond to alleged child endangerment call. Bryant also brings out stop sticks just in case. Officers enter an apartment or motel unit and take the mom into custody. Abrams: “Two ‘pieces’ here in the story. You’ve got the child-neglect piece and you got the piece that this is someone who’s fled from them before.” Sgt. Booth: “It sounds like we have a few detectives on scene too. So it sound pretty serious just listening to the call here…as this develops, we’ll probably hear a little bit more of what they have.”

Sgt. Bryant: “Just like we said, very tense situation. We know she’s in the room. We know she abandoned her child in the parking lot. We had custody of the child. We knew what vehicle she had. She’s known to flee from law enforcement. We had felony charges, so we had enough to grab her up…all over the country, you see law enforcement doing their thing. Teamwork at its finest. You have patrol, you have supervision, you have investigations, all working together…and you get a good quality arrest out of it…but the most important thing is the child wasn’t injured. The child is fed, and clean, and out of the rain — all that good stuff. We’re doing our civic duty, and we’re happy about it tonight. Abrams: “That it is good news.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers respond to a burglary in progress; a previously evicted female allegedly tried break-in to the residence. She is detained. Ofr. Ramirez: “She said she had to use the bathroom. She admitted that she was over there. I haven’t seen the damage over there yet, but I guess whenever my sergeant had come up here and spotted her, she tried to get into this female’s house as well. Right now, it doesn’t seem like they want to press charges, so the officers over there are gonna get with the reporting party and see if they do. If they do, then she’s probably gonna be going for burglary tonight.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — At gunpoint, deputies detain occupants of alleged stolen car after a pursuit. The vehicle allegedly hit another vehicle and crashed into a power pole. Deputies also canvas the crime scene for any contraband. Bag of weed allegedly found. Abrams: “And we’ve all been talking here in studio about the potential danger here of the electricity.” Booth: “It’s a bad situation all the way around…as soon as they get that power cut off to those lines, the safer it will be.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Devante Smith and other deputies respond to a domestic incident in which one brother allegedly cut a sibling’s finger. Cops detain a man at the apartment unit. Cpl. Smith: “EMS is pulling up right now just to check him out just to make sure his hand [isn’t] gonna fall off or anything — just to cover our bases so he can get some medical attention. He doesn’t want to press charges, so our protocol [is] he has to sign a ‘refusal to prosecute’… against his brother, and his brother is gonna be free. But it’s gonna be documented just because it was an assault.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Dep. Brandon Williams provides back up on a vehicle pursuit after the car allegedly fled from a traffic stop. The car wound up off road in the woods after an accident. The driver is taken into custody. Car search.
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Cops respond to a possible OD call in a restaurant/wedding venue, a 25-year-old unresponsive but breathing female. Ofr. Linsay Zarick: “From the looks of it, it’s just gonna be a medical call. Seems like they were enjoying themselves at a wedding a little bit too much, had a little bit too much to drink. So the medics will take care of her; they’re gonna take her to the hospital for further evaluation and treatment.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Cops investigate report of gun shots in a neighborhood. They canvas the area on foot for shell casings, and make contact with a group of teens.
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (pre-recorded segment) — Cops make contact with man who appear asleep in his car at an intersection with the vehicle apparently still in gear. The vehicle also bumps a police cruiser that was purposely blocking it when the driver woke up. The driver initially appears reluctant to open the car door. Describing the general, banged-up condition of the car, Ofr. Jim Fisher described it as “whiskey blisters.” The driver is arrested on suspicion of DUI after a breathalyzer test.

Abrams: “This is jut a guy totally passed out in a car, but there were some tactical issues here.” Larkin: “Yeah…if you’ve got the time, and you can plan ahead for something…here, they’ve got the guy passed out behind the wheel, a car still in drive. So they were able to do what we call vehicle containment. They got cars front and back to prevent him from taking off which would be at risk to him, the offices, and to the public.”

  • Fullerton, Calif. — Officers respond to parking lot dispute in an entertainment district. A venue manager agrees to make sure no cars are blocking the road or alleyway. The OPL camera spots a red Volkswagen with a mannequin in the passenger seat. Abrams: “So police question for you: The guy with the ‘homie’ in his vehicle there — does that get him through the carpool lane?”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Dep. Williams makes contact with a woman who allegedly claims that the father of her child is tampering with her car. Caption: “Is the check engine light on?” He subsequently makes contact with a relative of the woman who does not appear to corroborate the allegation. Abrams notes that if true, the allegation involves “elaborate engine work in a short period of time.” He adds that Williams “is trying to figure what’s going on there.”

Dep. Williams: “This is a very confusing one…she stated that she’s out of Texas. She’s down here visiting. She allowed her child to stay with her baby father family. The baby father lives in a different state, so she decided to say there. She says her car broke down. She sounds a little bit all over the place, so I’m trying to figure out what exactly does she want. But after being to the nitty gritty, she just wants her child, so we’re gonna go see if we can retriever her child, or at least talk to other family members to get their side of the story. She stated that her car was vandalized. Her car doesn’t look vandalized. She stated that people possibly took some wires and stuff out, but the car runs. A little overheating problem — she probably just needs a new…radiator…”

  • Fullerton, Calif. –– Cops make contact with a person on the sidewalk who apparently is wearing an LAPD jacket and is allegedly carrying some drugs.
  • Volusia County, Fla. — Dep. Royce James, other officers, and the fire department eventually rescue a cat stuck in a car muffler or some other car engine part. After first responders initially release the kitty, it runs under three other cars before it is finally caught and placed in a box.

Abrams: “This is a tricky situation. You got to really use some tactics here. Block that cat off, surround it, right? Typical police tactics used in a different way.” Booth: “You got to improvise every now and again.”

The driver or other occupant volunteered to adopt the cat.

OPL captions: “Muffled meow?,” “Cat-alytic converter,” “Feline in a fix?,” “Paws of life,” “Pur-suit in progress,” “Furr-getaboutit!,” “Cat in the back?,” “The whole kitten-kaboodle,” “Purr-suit continues,” “Cat-astrophe averted,” “Happy Caturday.”

  • Crime of the Night — High-speed pursuit in Pensacola, Fla. Driver faces charges including felony fleeing and hit and run. Guns and weed allegedly found in the vehicle. Abrams: “I think they may have to retrain some of the K9s there.” Larkin: “That stuff happens more than you think. It really does, unfortunately.” Abrams: “But they got him; that’s the good news.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers respond to a trespassing report at a hotel, “someone messing with cars.”

Wanted segment — Lake City, Il.

  • Fullerton, Calif. — Cops respond to a residential alarm that turns out to just be accidental.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Traffic stop apparently for lights infraction. K9 allegedly alerted. Cpl. Smith tells the driver to put her dog in a carrying cage (presumably to allow cops to search the vehicle). The driver is subsequently released on a written warning with no charges. Cpl. Smith: “She’s cleared with a warning, her and her dog. The dog even ‘got a warning’ tonight because it started out aggressive. It ended up being a nice dog. They’re free to go. Hopefully, she gets herself together because she’s all over the place. like I told her, and hope they have a good night.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Ofr. Keith Foreman and colleagues investigate a stolen bike allegation that apparently turns out to be just a misunderstanding. Abrams: “Basically becomes a little bit of a waste of time for the officers there, but not a big surprise.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla./studio — Sgt. Booth responds to a brief Q&A which includes talk of his purported resemblance to ABC Good Morning America host Michael Strahan, who Abrams says is an OPL fan. “Hey Michael, I coming for your job,” Booth quipped.
  • Nye County, Nev. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputies investigate a report of a stolen phone and detain a male subject. Sgt. Richard Sherer: “What we had here was originally an anonymous complaint that someone committed a robbery by stealing a gentleman’s phone. Later on, we were able to get hold of the reporting party who did want to pursue charges. The suspect did meet the elements of the crime by admitting that he did take something by fear from the victim. We located the property, a victim, and a witness, so the suspect was taken into custody.”
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — As the show ends, Ofr. Zarick makes contact with a man who is pushing a shopping cart and advises him he is not allowed to take it away from the store.

Scheduling note: On Patrol: Live is dark for new episodes until July 7.