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

A recap of the March 2, 2024, On Patrol: Live episode (OPL #02-56) appears below.

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On Patrol: Live Summary for March 2, 2024 (#OPL Episode 02-56)

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgts. Mike Bryant and Marcus Booth respond to a report to someone allegedly trying to break in to cars. The alleged suspect is described as a man wearing a pink dress. A suspect is detained at the lobby of a motel at taser point. He is Mirandized and arrested for loitering and prowling.
  • Lee County, Fla. — Dep. Ryan LIneberger and other units respond to a 911 hang-up call in which a woman was allegedly heard screaming for help. Two men detained outside a residence who may be victims. Paramedics also respond. A piece of wood was allegedly used in a possible assault. Dep. Lineberger: “We responded for a call for service in reference to a 9-1-1 hang-up…Two of the victims have…injuries, however, they are not cooperating with us, and they are not willing to press charges at this time. So we’re still trying to figure out if we can get some sort of level of cooperation and make contact with our suspect who’s possibly inside the residence right now.” Studio host Dan Abrams: “So the investigation now begins here. This could end up being some serious charges here.”

Dep. Lineberger update: “Now, again, we have an aggravated battery incident with two victims that are wiling to proceed with charges. We are trying to secure two separate residences. It’s a large duplex. Upon securing the house for a search warrant, we located an individual that was hiding inside of the bathroom with his pants down below his ankles. We were able to detain him quickly with no use of force or anything like that. So he’s in custody right now. We have a second individual that’s in custody that’s a person of interest. And we’re gonna be having our violent crimes detectives coming out to do a search warrant on the home and collect any items of evidentiary value and bring justice to the wrongdoing that was done here today.” Dan Abrams: “So as we expected, some serious charges potentially coming here. But what was interesting to me was the fact that initially it seemed that the victims didn’t want to cooperate. That’s what we heard at the beginning of this. Now they can move forward and will move forward with charges in particular because they do have cooperative victims now.” Guest analyst Ofr. Ryan Tillman: “It sounds like somebody knew that they were going to jail tonight. So usually when that happens, a lot of times people will start to cooperate more than they typically would because they’re nervous now, like, ‘hey, I might get found out.'” Abrams: “And they also want to do the best police work they can in trying to convince people to cooperate. And that’s what we see a lot of the time with officers who are on these scenes.”

  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Bradley Taylor and Sgt. Clayton Dillion initiate a traffic stop for no tail lights and subsequently release the driver, who has a cute dog with her, with a warning.
  • Coweta County, Ga. (pre-recorded segment)– Dep. Shawn Searels conduct a traffic stop for speeding. Probable cause vehicle search. The motorist appears to be say she’s a sovereign citizen; she appears unwilling to exit the car and winds up being forcibly removed from the vehicle.

Dep. Searels summary: “Upon initial approach of the vehicle, I smelled the odor of marijuana. We got her out. She’s in custody for obstruction, not getting out of the car when I told her to. Searching the car, I did find a little bit of marijuana…it’s a shame she has to got to jail when she could have just gotten her citations and got on her way. The driver is under arrest for possession of marijuana, obstruction, and the traffic violations.”

Abrams: “Officer Ryan Tillman, as we were watching that, you were talking about how dangerous it is for someone to be that uncooperative on the side of the road.” Ofr. Tillman: “A hundred percent. Anytime you’re dealing with an uncooperative suspect on the side of the road, not only do you have to worry about the oncoming traffic, but they still haven’t searched her out. We just saw recently in Tennessee where a deputy was killed on the side of the road because he was able to pull a gun out. That’s because we have so many things going on around them. So every time I see videos like that, it freaks me out because there’s so many unknown factors.” OPL co-host Dep. Curtis Wilson on sovereign citizens: “…sovereign citizens, anti-government…they feel that they don’t have to follow the law. But…driving is a privilege…so basically, you have to follow the law. If we’re asking for an ID or a license or checking those things out, you have to follow through…”

  • Toledo, Ohio –– Ofrs. Heather Smith and Austin Bly respond to a report of someone allegedly breaking a car window outside a residence. Broken glass visible on the road. Ofr. Smith: “We got called here by a person that owned [the vehicle]. They said that someone was breaking out their windows. There’s a lot of glass and debris around this location. She’s not on scene right now. We’re trying to call back to that person. We’re speaking to the person that supposedly broke out the windows, so we’re trying to get the other half of the story right now.” Ofr. Bly: “A little more to the story. Apparently, she’s dealing with two relationships at once, apparently upsetting the victim, or excuse me, the suspect that broke out the window. She doesn’t want to be a victim on the report, so without a victim there’s no crime…” Ofr. Smith implies that the victim can follow-up with the police if she changes her mind. Abrams: “And so the plot thickens.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Sgt. Kenny Fitzsimmons conducts a traffic stop and detains a previously suspended driver. Sgt. Fitzsimmons: “You’re gonna be going to jail for driving under suspension, third offense. You got two prior convictions within the last five years…which means you do not have a valid driver’s license…you paid your fine, but you still have your conviction…you need to call somebody to come get the car that has a valid license…”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Cameron Blackmon responds to an alleged domestic incident. The subject had fled the location where he allegedly had assaulted his wife but then returned to the same address to supposedly try to get into the home. Cpl. Blackmon interviews the victim. and subsequently detains at another house and arrested on suspicion of domestic violence.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Cops pursue a car that fled from a traffic stop. Lt. Richie Maher successfully deploys stops sticks. A K9 is also deployed to track the suspects. Two males subsequently detained. Lt. Maher: “All in all, really good job by everybody involved. Really proud of the VCAT guys and the patrol guys. They did a phenomenal job.” Abrams: “And it is amazing that there is nothing that is scarier to a lot of these suspects than the K9.” Ofr. Tillman: “It just shows the psychological effects of K9…you hear that dog, I give up right away.” Dep. Wilson: “Absolutely. The thing is, too, on this show, we’ve seen a it a lot, where if you don’t even have a K9, and the deputy is out there running after a person, they’ll fake like a K9…”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Marcus Booth patrols the downtown area during the 83rd annual Bike Week.
  • Lee County, Fla. — Dep. Dylan Hults makes a traffic stop.

Triple Play #2 — La Crosse, Wisc. Abrams: “A shoplifting that somehow turned into a hijacking.” Wilson: “A young man allegedly stole several cartons of cigarettes and then to tried to take off, literally.”

  • Toledo, Ohio — Ofrs. Smith and Bly investigate a possible burglary.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Sgt. Paul Yacobozzi conducts a traffic stop for speeding. The driver and the passenger detained. Possible language barrier. The passenger allegedly has drugs in a bible that he is holding. Before he examines the bible, Sgt. Yacobozzi quips that “the way he’s driving, you’re gonna need [the bible].”

Sgt. Yacobozzi summary: “Inside the bible, in Ezekiel chapter 16,17, it’s an off-white powder substance and also a clear off-white, crystal-like substance. We’re gonna field test it, but I’m pretty sure it’s gonna be meth and cocaine. So the driver’s looked at a DUI charge, driving without a license, and the possession of the methamphetamine. Passenger is looking at the possession of meth amphetamine. We’re gonna weight it; it’s probably gonna be under a gram. And the driver’s also gonna get an open container, because he admitted the open containers were all his.” Abrams: “Ezekiel 33:16: ‘None of the sins that person has committed will be remembered against them.'”

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Ofr. Tillman on body language: “Oftentimes, without people even realizing it, if they were possessing contraband or whatever it is, they’ll actually ‘tell’ you exactly what it is without telling you. So a lot of times, if your contraband is in the center console, they’ll be looking at the center console. In this situation, he’s actually carrying it without even realizing that ‘I’m telling the officer exactly where the drugs [are].’ If he would have probably left that thing in there, it probably would have been hard for those officers to find.”

  • Toledo, Ohio — Ofrs. Smith and Bly respond to a shots-fired call but are subsequently called off.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Daniel Lambert responds to a noise complaint at a residence and makes contact with the homeowner.
  • Coweta County, Ga. — Dep. Searels stops a motorcycle for allegedly speeding and issues a ticket.
  • Toledo, Ohio (pre-recorded segment) — After a vehicle and foot pursuit, cops detain a teen who ran from Ofr. Smith when she tried to make contact with him. Ofr. Smith summary: “An anonymous witness said he went inside this house. And upon making contact with the residents, he was found in his bed, pretending to be asleep. He ran because he had previous firearms charges before and didn’t want to get in trouble with the police…he’s gonna be charged with obstructing and then he’ll get a firearms charge for being underage with a firearm.”

Abrams: “One of the interesting things there was that Officer Smith immediately doesn’t chase him, but immediately gets back in her car, so then she can follow him as she did. But at that point…she arrives at that sort of moment when he makes the turn behind the house.” Tillman: “A hundred percent. And one of the things you have to be aware of as an officer is anytime somebody’s running from you so fast, and they turn a corner quickly, natural reaction wants to be, ‘I’m gonna chase him right away,’ but you actually have to slow down, because suspects can be lying in wait and ready to ambush you. So anytime you come up on a corner, it’s good to always slow down, make sure that they’re not lying in wait, and then continue the chase after them.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Booth initiates a traffic stop on a motorcycle. He describes as a operator as a “super cool guy.” Booth adds that “he has all his documentation here…we’re gonna make sure everything’s valid and hopefully get him out of here…”
  • Coweta County, Ga. — Dep. Searels and another unit conduct a traffic stop and detain a man who may have a warrant from another Georgia county subject to confirmation.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Bryant responds to a report of a dog in distress. The canine is chained up. The owner subsequently shows up and releases the animal.

Sgt. Bryant summary: “We’re trying to do our due diligence out here and protect life and property. That includes animals in our city. So luckily for us, this is a very responsive neighborhood. It looks out for their neighbors and animals and things like that. So a neighbor came over, told us, ‘hey, we know whose dog this is’…Now here’s the caveat to this entire thing. We’re not trying to settle any scores with these people. It’s not personal to us. But what we will do is document this type of care for an animal, or lack thereof, if I’m being honest. We’re gonna do a report, send that information over to our animal control people. If we couldn’t find the owner, then, yes, we would have taken the dog, put the dog in our kennels, But that’s not great treatment…I would never wrap my dog’s chain around a rim of a tire and let it run free in the neighborhood. So she may not get any sanctions tonight. We’re gonna identify her, do a report, but she may have some sanctions coming down the road for neglect of an animal possibly, to go show us where they keep the dog and all that. If it’s sanitary and safe and good, we’re talking about that as well.”

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Lambert assists at the scene of a multi-car accident.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Sgts. Garo Brown and Fitzsimmons respond to call about a vehicle parked on a homeowner’s front lawn that doesn’t belong there and makes contact with the driver. Sgt. Brown: “He’s highly intoxicated. He doesn’t even know where he is. Apparently, he pulled into these people’s lawn. I don’t know if he passed out or he’s lost, but he’s so intoxicated he shouldn’t be anywhere near a vehicle. So, at the moment, I got to do a little investigating. We’re having a little bit of a language barrier. So, I’m gonna get another officer to help us understand each other a little bit better. But he’s definitely not gonna get back in that vehicle. So, we got a little bit of investigation and a few more things we got going on, but we’re working on it.”

Sgt. Brown: “He gonna go to jail for some alcohol violations. Luckily, he didn’t kill anybody, because at some point he was driving this vehicle…” Abrams: “That’s interesting. He’s only getting a public intoxication [charge] there.” Wilson: “Because they hadn’t seem him driving.” Abrams: “I guess when he was on the lawn, the car wasn’t on.” Wilson: “Well, it was running.” Abrams: “It was running? That’s not enough?” Wilson: “It cold have been, but they have discretion.” Tillman: “You can still, I know, technically, you can still put them in control of the vehicle…” Abrams: “And maybe they’re still gonna do more of an investigation…so maybe that’s just the current charge.”

  • Triple Play #2 — Hazen, Ark.
  • Hazen, Ark — Officers conduct a traffic stop on the highway for speeding.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Lambert issues a warning to the operator of a pick-up truck for wrong-way driving.
  • Lee County, Fla. — Dep. Hults responds to a party bus with apparent engine trouble stopped in the middle of the road. The bus driver apparently gets the vehicle running again, however, and continues the trip. Abrams: “That’s not just a party party bus, that’s a magic bus. How did they get that thing going so quickly? Apparently, he said he saw flames coming out of it a minute ago, and now they’re turning it around and the back of the road.” Tillman: “The magic school bus has been found.” Abrams: “Exactly….well, good for them.”
  • Fullerton, Calif. — Cp. Brandon Ramek leaves the scene where cops had detained a male and female to assist at a nearby traffic collision that he heard. Field sobriety test conducted on driver.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Lambert makes a traffic stop on another wrong-way driver operating a pick-up truck. Cops used a translate app owing to an apparent language barrier. According to Abrams, the motorist is arrested for reckless driving.
  • Missing segment — Houston, Tex.
  • Coweta County, Ga. — Cpl. Searels detains an initially non-compliant man in the parking lot of a Waffle House who allegedly may have gotten into a fight with some teens. The man, who delivers something along the lines of politically themed monologue to the OPL camera, is subsequently released when the interaction calms down.
  • Toledo, Ohio — A large group of officers detain a man who allegedly was involved in a fight at a local bar. Ofr. Smith: “Do you have an ID on you?” Subject: “I’m fine.” Ofr. Smith: “Right now, we got called here for a bar fight. It sounded like this gentleman over here is extremely intoxicated. He ended up fighting some patrons inside. I’m not sure if we were able to make contact with the victim yet. He’s got a head wound. He’s got a bloody paw. It looks like he might have fallen at some point. And then when officers made contact with him, he was uncooperative, wouldn’t listen to commands. Eventually, we attempted to take him into custody. He started to resist and ended up getting tased. So he’s going to be checked out by Fire. But right now, we’re gonna keep him in a kind of recovery position so he can breathe, but he’s not gonna get in the vehicle right now. He resisting too much to go inside our car, and he’s gonna have to go and get checked out at the hospital anyway.”