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

A recap of the March 29, 2025, On Patrol: Live episode (#OPL 03-68), anchored in the NYC studio by attorney and host/executive producer Dan Abrams along with fellow On Patrol: Live studio cast members/hosts, Curtis Wilson and Tom Rizzo, follows.

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On Patrol: Live on Reelz tonight: The incidents prompting the most social media reaction included the beer cartons apparently substituting for traffic cones in Berkeley County, an extensive police pursuit of eight individuals in Knox County, and another appearance by inflatable tube guy in Daytona Beach. See below for details on all 24 law enforcement incidents on this episode

In the context of the On Patrol: Live Season 3 schedule so far, the show will air reruns on April and 5.

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On Patrol: Live Recap for March 29, 2025 (#OPL Episode 03-68)

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  • Las Vegas, Nev. — Officers Russell Booze and Hunter Beal respond to a call about a robbery and stabbing at a gas station and interact with the victim. Paramedics summoned to the scene. The victim provides a description of the assailants.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Master Deputy Nathan Rowley responds to a report of a fight in progress at a restaurant. According to witnesses, the suspects had, however, already left the scene.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Corporal Andy Gonzalez responds to a residential area where a shirtless man has various items on the road. Corporal Gonzalez: “Those aren’t cones; those are beer cases.” The subject complies with the corporal’s request to get the stuff out of the road. Corporal Rachel Salka and other units are also on scene.

“Those aren’t cones; those are beer cases.”

“He definitely has a unique personality.”

Corporal Gonzalez summary: “It’s a couch. Looks like some parts of a stove. Lots of empty beer cases. Mostly it’s just cardboard. Well, this gentleman seems like he’s having a little bit of a crisis. He lives farther down the street…all these beer cases were lined up like cones in the road. And this couch and all the trash we’re out here. It’s not making a lot of sense. We’re just concerned that like the caller said that he wouldn’t get hit by a car. So we’re just kind of giving him some light to get all the stuff out of here.” Abrams: “This race course presented by Budweiser.” Rizzo: “I betcha he would do a tire rotation in less than two minutes.”

Corporal Gonzalez adds that “this gentleman’s very familiar with Corporal Salka. She’s been out here with him before. He definitely has a unique personality. He lives in the house just over here and doesn’t really have a good reason for why he had sliced all this stuff up in the middle of the road, but we’re getting the desired result. We’re getting it out of the road.”

  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Ryan Lineberger makes a traffic stop on a tailgating truck for following the car in front too closely. The driver is ultimately released with a warning. Deputy Lineberger to driver: “Any reason why you were like riding that guy’s butt.” Driver: “He was being very suspicious. He was driving erratically…he was flicking you off….” Lineberger: “It looked like he was flipping you off. I couldn’t tell if he was flipping me off or giving you the American salute or what…I can’t stop him for just giving you the bird…” The driver is ultimately released with a warning. Listen to some of the interaction the audio clip embedded below:
  • Monroe. La. — Corporal Jason Hendrix and members of the High Enforcement Apprehension Team (HEAT) make a traffic stop on a car that allegedly fled initially. Car search. “Marijuana and Ecstasy found.” The driver is detained.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Corporal Gonzalez and other units plus paramedics respond to the scene where a driver with a foot on the brake in a running car is passed out in a hotel parking lot. Deputies block the car on either side with their police cruisers just in case. Deputies wake and remove the driver who initially starts fighting and is taken to the ground.

Corporal Gonzalez explains that “So this gentleman is definitely experiencing either a medical emergency or he’s coming down off of some sort of illegal narcotics. We quickly got him out of the car, and he came out from whatever funk he was in. And he wasn’t actively fighting us. He was paranoid and freaking out. So the EMS folks got us the control we needed. We’re gonna talk to them, and we’ll see if we can figure out what was going on with him. So most likely he’s gonna be on some sort of narcotic. The medics are treating him right now. They’re gonna treat it as if it’s a fentanyl or heroin overdose. He is still in and out. But overall, it’s good teamwork between Berkeley and Monck’s Corner, getting that vehicle safely stopped and getting him out, getting him the medical attention he needed.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officer Roger Carlin and other cops make a friendly traffic stop for allegedly running a red light, plus a possible tint violation. Three occupants. Consensual car search. Nothing found. The occupants, who Officer Carlin describe as “super cool,” give a shout-out to “Live PD.” The driver is released with a warning about the “California roll.” Listen below:
  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Jill Falcon and a colleague on scene at a convenience store looking for subject with warrants. A couple there say that the subject is already in jail.
  • Las Vegas, Nev. — Deputy Beal and other units detain an argumentative man upon a report of alleged shoplifting. On Patrol: Live caption: “Investigating beer theft.” “I’m sorry about that. I can’t help it; I’m an alcoholic…” Heavy bleeping. “I got a little irritated because the man was going through my bag, and my food was in there…how do I know he washed his hands before he decided to dig through my bag?…”

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Richland County, S.C. — Corporal TJ Norton responds to a serious accident involving a possible drunk and unruly driver and who allegedly left the scene. Another deputy detains the alleged suspect nearby. Corporal Norton makes contact with the man who is in the back of a police car: “You know you can’t leave the scene of an accident bro.” The state highway patrol is set to take over the investigation. Corporal Norton mentions that “so we’ve got one patient is being transported to the hospital now. These people here seem to be okay, and the drunk driver we have detained down the road with one of our other deputies. So we’re gonna check and make sure everybody’s okay.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officer Carlin makes a friendly traffic stop for some minor infractions. Car search. On Patrol: Live caption: “Chips and jockstrap found.” The driver addresses the On Patrol: Live camera about his “spicy bowls” business. The driver is released.
  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Patrick Canino backs up Officer Zachary Doss in detaining some pedestrians who were allegedly jaywalking and “almost hit them because you couldn’t see them.” The individuals may have warrants. A vintage flip phone is found in a bag. Abrams: “Looks like an archaeological dig. They found a flip phone in 2005 covered in dust. They found it somewhere, like ‘oh, look what we found, what they use to use back in the day.'” Wilson: “Probably worth a lot of money.”
  • Triple Play #3 — A South Haven, Mich., stolen car chase.
  • Monroe, La. — Corporal Jonathan Daniel, Officer Nathanael Chapman, and HEAT make a traffic stop on a truck outside a motel for a headlights infraction. On Patrol: Live caption: “Crack cocaine and Valium found.” Cops detain the driver. In the audio clip embedded below, listen to cops on scene discuss the stop:
  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer John Longendorf and another unit make a traffic stop for alleged erratic driving. “So this vehicle, every time we get behind her, she’s pulling off, doing weird stuff, so we’re gonna make contact with her to see what her deal is, and why she’s trying to avoid me.” Three occupants. Temporary tag issue. The driver says she made a wrong turn. The officer gives instructions to the two females to self-determine if they have any contraband on their person “without exposing yourself.” Officer Longendorf asks the driver “what’s up with the back passenger” in terms of her “attitude.” ” According to the driver, the female passenger allegedly experienced trouble with police before. Officer Longendorf to the driver: “When you do dope, you’re gonna have trouble with the cops every once in a while. I don’t think we’ve given her a reason to have an attitude.”
  • Monroe, La. (pre-recorded segment) — The HEAT squad including Officer Serenity Smith converge on a residence to detain a shooting suspect who exits the house voluntarily. Both the suspect and the victim allegedly have warrants. In the audio clip embedded below, listen to an incident summary, including a list of the pending charges:
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Corporal Hunter Rogers responds to a noise complaint which turns out to apparently involve the same man from the earlier encounter about trash on the road. Another man is also at the residence. Paramedics summoned to the scene. Bleeping.
  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Longendorf provides backup for a traffic stop on a lawnmower traveling on a roadway apparently at 10 mph with no lights. On Patrol: Live caption: “Lawnmower stop.” Abrams: “Sounds like maybe they’re gonna just have this guy go on his way and give him a little warning — remind him about where you can and can’t drive a lawnmower.”
  • Lee County, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputy Lukas Kontinos responds to a report of alleged squatters living in trucks. The deputy makes contact with several persons on scene, including a man who is sleeping in the back one of the vehicles. In the incident summary embedded below, the deputy tells the man to leave. Should he return, a trespass charge may apply. “Sleeping is not a crime…”

On Patrol: Live Hour 3

  • Knox County, Tenn. — In an incident that consumed a lot of On Patrol: Live airtime, police, including Officers Canino and Longendorf, pursue a pickup truck that was allegedly traveling at around 100 mph on the highway and fled from cops. Successful stop sticks hit. The occupants flee on foot into the woods which prompts an extensive search by numerous officers, K9s, and a drone. In the end, and in separate installments, cops detain eight juveniles or young adults, including three females, with the alleged driver located last by himself and taken into custody. In detaining four the vehicle occupants on a residential road (rather than the tracking area), an officer announces “put your hand behind your back, everyone…and if you move, I will tase your ass!”

“…if you move, I will tase your ass!”

Captain Rizzo comments on the K9 deployment: Abrams: “You were talking about the K9. The minute the K9 comes into play, you often, juveniles or not, hear people say, ‘okay, okay.'” Rizzo: “That’s it…when they hear the dog barking, right? But what’s important to show there is the K9’s obviously the lead, right?, the dog itself. Then there’s the K9 handler that has to only pay attention to the dog. The eyes and the ears for the K9 and the safety of the canine officers incumbent upon the officers around…” Rizzo also takes about the LEO use of reflective vests: “Some of these agencies in these rural areas will have cat-eyes or like reflective materials into their vests so they can easily be seen from above for the drones. Some of them even have flashing lights that they’ll be able to activate on their vest carriers as well.”

Listen to a wrap-up from an officer on scene:

  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputy Rowley and other units search the backyard of a house upon a call from neighbors about people walking around with flashlights at a residence. They make contact with two males who are doing ductwork there.
  • Clayton County, Ga. — Deputy Rob Fleming and other units respond to a shots-fired call at or outside a motel. A male is detained on scene. Separately, one of the guests appears excited to be on On Patrol: Live. Deputy Fleming: “She’s a fan.”

Listen to a brief incident recap from Deputy Fleming:

  • Monroe, La. — Corporal Jason Hendrix and HEAT make a traffic stop. Open container is poured out. The driver is released upon a determination of no signs of impairment. Listen to Corporal Kelsie Wilson’s incident summary:
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — With an inflatable tube man in the background in yet another encore appearance that has become an On Patrol: Live meme, Sergeant Christopher Maher and another unit make a traffic stop. Abrams: “For those of you who watch the show regularly, you know why I’m laughing about that.”