This Weekend’s On Patrol: Live Highlights

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 during the ride-along on Friday and Saturday evenings.

According to a report published by IndieWire on February 7, Reelz viewership has increased nearly 300 percent year over year with On Patrol: Live on its schedule.

Perhaps for this reason, Reelz has now renewed On Patrol: Live for an additional 90 episodes.

For those who previously were unable to access Reelz on their cable or satellite provider, On Patrol: Live is now available on NBC’s Peacock video streaming service.

This should significantly increase the show’s reach and presumably at the expense of other streaming services to which many consumers subscribed specifically for getting OPL.

An On Patrol: Live recap, including the often-snarky or playful social media reaction, follows. NOTE: See Disclaimer below

On Patrol: Live Summary for March 17, 2023 (#OPL Episode 01-65)

  • Volusia County, Fla. — Deputy Jake Bissonnette takes man into custody outside store in connection with an alleged paycheck dispute between boss and employee. Bissonnette: “So the gentleman from the disturbance we were just at was seen .coming out of her matches the exact description…Upon trying to contact him, identify him as the other party involved in the disturbance, he didn’t want to identify himself, tried walking away. Plus, we grabbed a hold of him; he resisted. Unfortunately, had to take him to the ground. He’s not hurt; I’m not hurt. He had some paraphernalia on him which is probably why he didn’t want to cooperate in the beginning. He’s gonna be going to jail tonight for resisting, and we’ll go from there.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Sgt. Paul Yacobozzi assists at scene of a car accident involving another deputy. EMS summoned. Those involved in the accident appear to be okay. Yacobozzi: “It looks like the gentleman was trying to make a U-turn as the deputy’s passing. The deputy is established in that lane…The citizen is gonna be found at fault for making an improper turn and striking the deputy.” Studio host Dan Abrams: “Not good to get into an accident with a police car in terms of how it’s gonna turn out.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Capt. Danny Brown and Deputy Isaac Page pat down man outside closed business where drug activity allegedly occurs; meth allegedly found. Man arrested. Talkative girlfriend shows up and is repeatedly told to leave the area. Caption: “Suspected trespassing.” Abrams: “The ‘my uncle is a state senator’ routine is not generally pretty effective with police officers.”
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Traffic stop on older man who is initially slow to comply with officers’ orders and supposedly had “a little accident in your pants” according to Officer Linsay Zarick.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. – Deputies pursue speeding vehicle that they lost in chase. Based on a tip from a pizza delivery guy, Cpl. Cameron Blackmon locates suspected vehicle abandoned in woods. Purse with ID found. Deputies and highway patrol separately take alleged female driver into custody who denies she was driving and ownership of purse. Car search. Cash allegedly found in green bag. Sgt. Yacobozzi: “Good lord; she got a lot of money.” Caption: “Bag o’ green found.” White substance allegedly found in purse. Abrams: “So two scenes there, but they’re interconnected.” Co-host Sean Larkin: “So basically, highway patrol is involved in a pursuit. Blackmon was just in right place, right time…gets involved in it. They loose the suspect vehicle, ends up in a collision at some point, down into the woods. Blackmon, just doing good police work, stops a car matching a description of the suspect, a silver sedan — happens to be the pizza guy. Pizza guy says. ‘hey, this lady called’ or mentions something about someone in her yard. Blackmon goes to the scene. Finds the car in the woods; finds the suspect’s purse that she threw with her ID still in it. You don’t catch the smart ones. And they are able to find her wandering in the area because she doesn’t live in that area.” Co-host Curtis Wilson: “You talk about highway patrol being involved in the collision, so therefore, now Berkeley County is gonna have to investigate this one because of the fact that agencies [in South Carolina] can not investigate their own accidents. So that’s why another agency has to come in and do it.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Traffic stop; no lights. Officer Robert Mowery is flagged down at the scene by a witness in connection with an unrelated matter involving a pedestrian who is carrying garbage bags. The latter is allegedly wanted on misdemeanors. Another officer arrives to investigate that subject. Report to filed; subject may be arrested in the coming weeks or months.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Capt. Brown investigates report of shoplifting at Walmart. He reviews security footage in loss prevention office. Two suspects.
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Traffic stop; no headlights. Driver has no license. Car search. Meth allegedly found. Driver detained.
  • Volusia County, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputies search for alleged car thieves who bailed from vehicle. K9 and helicopter deployed. Multiple suspects taken into custody.
  • Toledo, Ohio — Traffic stop; passenger has warrants. One of the occupants talking on the cell phone with a relative, possibly the grandma of the driver, according to Abrams. Sgt. Geoff McLendon: “So basically the passenger of the vehicle had two warrants for arrest. So instead of taking her to jail, we issued her a summons to make sure that she’ll appear in court. She got two summons; one from us and then one from a local agency.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Traffic stop. Three occupants indicate that there is nothing illegal in the vehicle. Car search.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Cops investigate report of fight at convenience store that was allegedly prompted by a pursuit of a fleeing driver who ran a red light. Suspect arrest on several charges.
  • Toledo, Ohio— Officers investigate report of four women fighting and make traffic stop on car in the middle of the intersection containing occupants who were allegedly involved. One subject had already walked away before cops arrived. Subjects released.
  • Nye County, Nev. (pre-recorded segment) — Traffic stop for failure to yield. Driver says he had just phoned in a report of reckless driving by motorcyclist. Deputy also interacts with motorcyclist who is very upset. Deputy determines the entire situation is based on miscommunication. Released with warning. Abrams: “That’s a rare situation where both parties had good motives, right? They weren’t trying to do something wrong. They both got a little concerned about the other.” Larkin: “That’s part of the role of being a police officer here in America is you’re a mediator. You’re gonna sit and get both sides of the [story] and get them to each understand one another, which they did, and everybody goes about their way peacefully. Wilson: “The female thought that this car was after her, so she calls. But then the other one calls because they’re thinking that this female is driving erratically. But the main thing is you got to watch this stuff because road rage could also play a role when something like that goes down.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers investigate report of man allegedly waving knife. They interact with a talkative man who appears angry. Lt. Richie Maher seems to defuse the situation. Subject agrees to walk home. Abrams: Officers “successfully taking the temperature down.”
  • Volusia County, Fla. — Deputies respond to report of man who allegedly returned to a residence where he was already trespassed. Tenant, who is apologetic, may have invited the subject back to the property as a guest. Deputy Brady Bergeron speaks with tenant who says the subject is in the process of gather his stuff and leaving. Property owner not happy with the situation. Eviction is apparently in process.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputies respond to report of driver asleep in car on the road. EMS summoned. Driver arrested for unlawful carry. At one point, he briefly tried to pull away from Deputy Page.
  • Toledo, Ohio — Officers respond to domestic incident at residence. Sgt. McLendon speaks with male party about the situation (female party is interviewed off camera by another officer). Couple is apparently in the process of breaking up.
  • Nye County, Nev. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputies investigate report of homeless man allegedly behaving erratically and engaging in threatening behavior at a gas station. He initially runs/walks away when a deputy tries to speak with him. Released with warning.
  • Toledo, Ohio — Traffic stop in Lowe’s parking lot; no turn signal and other infractions. Driver says she just bought car. Released with warning.
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Traffic stop on truck. Officer Zarick: “Stop driving like a jerk; stop putting so much cologne on.” Caption: “Shootin’ the Febreeze.” Abrams: “Everything in moderation; you can not wear too much cologne…too much is always a problem.” Wilson: “Women don’t like a lot of it.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Traffic stop at gas station for improper left turn that allegedly may have nearly caused an accident. Lt. Maher: “How’s your night going besides getting stopped by the law?” Cooperative driver has no license; also has warrant. He is detained while officers confirm warrant
  • Volusia County, Fla. — Deputy Bergeron assists at serious car accident.
  • Toledo, Ohio — Officers respond to report of fight at bar in downtown area and make contact with witness and man who was allegedly involved.
  • Crime of the Night — “Pants-off stand-off” in Ball, La. Abrams: “It is a wild, bare-knuckle pursuit…emphasis on the bare.” Driver, 67, arrested on suspected DUI as well as nearly 12 other charges.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputies respond to report of domestic incident at residence and interact with a woman who provides a long-winded, confusing history about various parties. After listening, Yacobuzzi finally asks “Why am I here?” Abrams: “Well, if there is anything worth updating on this, we will update it tomorrow…”

On Patrol: Live Summary for March 18, 2023 (#OPL Episode 01-66)

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Initially CPL. BJ Nelson and subsequently Cpl. Blackmon and other cops respond to shots fired report in residential area. Uncooperative woman is detained outside. Deputies also look around for shell casings. Larkin: “Unknown if we are actually gonna have a victim of a crime, but one of the things — and Curtis can maybe elaborate on this — she said she had a permit for having the gun. Okay, that’s great. But I know there are laws in place [that] you can’t possess a firearm while intoxicated. A lot of places you can’t fire a gun off in city limits. So there’s potential still [for] arrestable offenses for things she’s done even though there is no victim.” Wilson: “She’s gonna be charged right now, the way it looks, for resisting arrest one, and two, for discharging that firearm as well. Again, when they got there, he saw that firearm, which is why she had to go into custody, so he can actually ascertain what took place and happened. But until he got backup, she had to be contained.”
  • Volusia County, Fla. — Deputies respond to report of juveniles allegedly breaking into cars, one of which might be a stolen vehicle. Witnesses gives information to deputies about the incident. The subjects had already dispersed before cops arrived. Deputies conduct foot search of area, but her description of the suspects is apparently too vague to justify deploying a K9. Deputy Bergeron: “The people that originally called are across the street. This is probably the car that they saw some kids rummaging through. Turns out this is the stolen car out of Orange County. Who knows how long it’s been stolen or what the deal is with it…the original caller, she said she saw 5-10 kids maybe over here messing with this car, and then the alarm was going off, and they would run away. Alarm would stop, they’d come back, but eventually they all trickled out, went around the building and ran down this way. We actually may have gotten a call about this earlier…”
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Traffic stop for passenger’s apparent seat-belt violation. Passenger is unwilling to identify himself by last name and requests supervisor to mediate. After supervisor arrives, cops resolve the situation by issuing a seat-belt citation to driver for passenger’s infraction apparently without passenger having to disclose his full name. Caption: “Hello my name is.” Abrams explains there are two issues, i.e., the alleged seat-belt violation and “is he obligated to give his name.” Larkin: “Exactly. If there is a violation, even though he’s saying ‘I had my seat belt on,’ the officer believes that he did not, as [Officer Gregory] Perez stated, that can be handled in court. If there is a violation, even as a passenger, and he is going to cite, then you have to provide the identification, the things necessary to fill out the ticket. If you don’t do so, because that ticket is just a promise to appear in court, you can be arrested and taken to jail for strictly not wearing a seat belt.” Abrams adds that Perez is being “pretty cool” in dealing with the man, and Wilson agrees that the officer is being cordial. Abrams later observes that “each community and state will have different laws about what their requirements are, etcetera.”
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Officers respond to a fender-bender car accident which involves a DoorDash driver, whose car needs to be towed, and at least one other vehicle. Caption: “Food delivery delayed.” Officer Zarick offers to deliver food to the customer. Upon arrival, the appreciative customer also wonders if he is going to “be on the news.” Zarick responds that “you might be; you might be on TV.” Abrams quips that she is “moonlighting” for DoorDash. Caption: “Charged with delivery.” Abrams: “I will just say that I hope that the tip was online when the order was made because then there’s an issue.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers respond to one-car accident involving a motorist who allegedly drove into a gate; vehicle has damaged windshield. Driver admits that she “looked down for two seconds because my phone vibrated.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Traffic stop for nonfunctioning driver’s side headlight. Cpl. Nelson asks if driver’s dog bites. “I think he might,” driver responds. Abrams points out that as a K9 officer, Nelson is accustomed to large dogs. Driver receives written warning.
  • Volusia County, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Traffic stop; driver allegedly has no license. Car search after paraphernalia spotted. Driver indicates that there is a small amount of weed in car. Deputies allegedly find oxy and hydrocodone pills, along with a roach infestation, in car. Driver and passenger arrested.
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Officers respond to report of an overdose by a 38-year-old woman. Officer Zarick apparently administers Narcan to woman on front steps of residence. EMTs transport woman to hospital. Officer Perez and colleagues search area for man who allegedly threw the woman out of the house, although he notified 911 of the emergency, and ran off out of the back door. Wilson explains that many departments use Narcan because of the prevalence of overdoses. Officers probably try to revive subjects with a sternum rub if they don’t use Narcan. “That Narcan…and they come up, they got to be careful because they’re ready to fight.” Larkin adds that Zarick notified the 911 dispatcher that she deployed Narcan “that way it’s log in there for a time, and if she was to do a second dose, that would also be logged, and that way, it’s kept for medical purposes in case the situation gets worse — they can document the times they did something to try to turn it around.” Abrams: “Good news is she seems to be okay.”

Officer Perez (or another officer at the scene) claims that the man “apparently…decided as she was overdosing in his living room, he decided to drag her and just throw her on the porch. She had a big bruise on her head from what I could see…officers are not too happy about that situation…hopefully she’s all right, hopefully she gets the help she needs. Abrams: “Sounds like they may want to find that guy now.” Officer Jimmy Verdekal adds that “the man chucked her on the front porch like yesterday’s garbage, he called 911, and left her out there…left her outside to freeze before Linsay [Zarick] showed up. Probably just a normal flop house for drug users.” Zarick speculates that the man may have thought had warrants “which is why he ran.”

  • Beech Grove, Ind. (pre-recorded segment) — Officers make traffic stop on bicyclist for a simple infraction for not traveling with the traffic. Subject tries to run but is quickly tackled and taken into custody. Officer “That was a bad idea.” Subject has warrants; drugs allegedly found on his person.
  • Volusia County, Fla. — Deputies respond to rollover accident. Fire Department smashes windshield to extricate one or more occupants from one of the vehicles who apparently are okay. Deputy Bissonnette quips that “That’s a heck of a cupholder.” Bissonnette asserts that “it doesn’t sound like there [are] any injuries. If there are, they’re minor. So that’s good, really good.”
  • Volusia County, Fla. — Deputy Bergeron races to the scene of a fight outside a movie theater but teens (and possibly one adult) involved had already left the area.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Traffic stop on truck; brake light out. Driver is not carrying his license. Deputies notice white powder on driver’s shirt, Driver says he did some “ice” (meth) — a bump. Pat-down and vehicle search. Driver is released with written warning; Cpl. Nelson implies the small amount of drugs is not worth prosecuting. Caption: “Boogie on outa here.”
  • Beech Grove, Ind. — Traffic stop; registered owner has suspended license. Drugs found during vehicle search. Passenger has an active warrant. Both occupants arrested on alleged possession-related charges. Sgt. Zach Horgan: “They’re both gonna end up in jail tonight.”
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Officers respond to report of burglary at business and go office to office to make sure that no intruders are on the premises.
  • Volusia County, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Abrams: “A couple got into a serious squabble after a night on the town.” Deputies investigate in what allegedly is a dispute between boyfriend and girlfriend and boyfriend and girlfriend’s parents. Male arrested for alleged domestic violence. Abrams: “I didn’t know until the very end what was gonna happen there, who they were gonna arrest, if anyone.” Wilson: “You have to get both sides — they’ll separate them; he was outside, she was inside. One goes in to talk, the other stays out with the other one. Stories don’t match up; there’s a problem. Plus, the physical injuries that you see on one, which happened to be the female, so, therefore, he’s the one that’s gonna get locked up.”
  • Toledo, Ohio — Officers respond to report of someone with a knife in front yard of residence. Male is detained; cops allegedly find a hatchet on his person which the subject says is for self protection, particularly since he is homeless. Officers go into the home to get the complainants’ side of the story. According to cops, the female inside purportedly has a protection order against the male and may result in an arrest after an investigation.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputies investigate a possible hit-and-run accident. Deputy Emily Ricci speaks on the phone with someone possibly involved in the incident. Abrams: “That vehicle was apparently involved in a hit and run. The people inside it apparently were not driving it at the time of the hit and run. The person on the phone may have been.” Investigation ongoing.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers respond to report of an alleged trespasser at convenience store. Subject, whose dialogue with cops is heavily bleeped, is searched. Lt. Maher: “Gregory, I need you to get less-tighter pants, man.” Maher finds what he describes as “wet, gooey underwear” in pants leg, which he is required to discard before the man is taken to jail.
  • Volusia County, Fla. — Deputy Bergeron and colleagues mingle at Big Daddy’s Block Party. Lots of OPL bleeping of enthusiastic revelers and the music. Abrams: “Big Daddy’s Block Party; apparently it’s a big deal.”
  • Nye County, Nev. — Deputies search area upon report of a wild pig or a pet pig on the loose. Caption: “Search for swine,” “Sausage search party.” Deputy Cory Buendicho: “Hopefully it’s not a wild pig because I feel like that’s gonna be an issue. But if it’s someone else’s actual pet pig, we’ll return it to the owner.” Deputy Jonathan Justice advises nearby homeowner that it is okay to kill a dangerous animal in self-defense if he feels threatened. Abrams: “Next Friday on First Shift, we’ll let you know if they brought home the bacon.”
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Traffic stop outside of store. Occupants who were getting snacks reveal that they had just been watching On Patrol Live at home. Officer Zarick indicates they will be quickly released after getting driver information. Abrams: “Everything comes full circle.”
  • Missing update and new Missing segment (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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  • Crime of the Night — Speeding car going backwards in Piqua, Ohio. Driver, age 63, faces multiple charges after being taken into custody. Abrams: “How does a transmission problem lead to a car having to go backwards?” Larkin jokes in response that “Obviously, he couldn’t pop it in gear to go forward into drive, so get it home, get it reversed, get it in neutral, get someone to push you.”
  • Volusia County, Fla. — Traffic stop and friendly written warnings by Deputy Bissonnette for multiple infractions such as no license carried by driver, no tag lights, tag cover issue, and dark tint.
  • Beech Grove, Ind. — Cops respond to rollover accident. Incident under investigation, including who was the driver. Sgt. Horgan (or another officer on the scene) says investigation could be a challenge because of lack of witnesses and that “people that were inside the vehicle don’t speak English.” EMS is contacting a translator. Investigation is ongoing.
  • Wanted segment — Valrico, Fla., murder suspect wanted by U.S. Marshals Service.
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Officers respond to report of domestic incident involving subject returning to location after previous call. He had already left when cops arrived, however. Officers advise female resident to keep doors locked an call police if he shows up again.

Disclaimer

The On Patrol: Live disclaimer that airs several times during each episode is embedded above.

Moreover, as the the Live PD disclaimer appropriately indicated during its run, and that still applies to the successor show, not all outcomes are known or final.

Criminal charges, if any, may have been reduced, dismissed, or never filed.

When alleged criminal activities are depicted on On Patrol: Live, all suspects are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law, as the current disclaimer reaffirms.

Further, please understand that the incidents aired on the show, and/or a description of same as briefly summarized in this blog, including but not limited to any arrests, constitute mere allegations. The content presented herein is for entertainment purposes only.

Initial assessments, commentary, opinions, or observations, which are sometimes irreverent, about the incidents made by the studio hosts or cops featured on On Patrol: Live — or anyone on Twitter or on another social media platform for that matter — may be incomplete and/or inaccurate. No endorsement of that content is intended or implied.

Pending Lawsuit

Parenthetically, A&E and the production company for On Patrol: Live, along with the Reelz channel, have lawyered up. Check back for updates on this pending case.

Note: This blog was offline during #OPL episodes 63 and 64 (March 10 and 11, 2023), so no recap was compiled.