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

An On Patrol: Live recap including NYC studio host/executive producer Dan Abrams’ puns, analysis, and banter with co-anchor Curtis Wilson (a Richland County, S.C., deputy sheriff), and analyst Captain Tom Rizzo (Howell Township, N.J., PD), along with the often-provocative or playful social media reaction, follows.

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On Patrol: Live on Reelz tonight: For #OPNation, Clayton County was prominent in this episode for the warrant execution that opened the show as well as for an officer-involved shooting in a pre-recorded segment. In addition to the other intriguing police incidents detailed below, host Dan Abrams’ #StubbleTrouble also attracted a lot of attention from #OPL fans.

Agency update: The Humboldt County, Calif., Sheriff’s Office has exited On Patrol: Live although it may return in the fall, the Lost Post Outpost reported. According to Humboldt Sheriff Wlliam Honsal, “I feel like it was, overall, a great experience.” He left open the possibility of returning to the show “at the end of 2025” when there is more activity going on the county, such as the “active marijuana season.” Also, some online influencers claim that “big news” is coming from On Patrol: Live. Could it be following U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on raids, expanded broadcast or streaming content, or something else?

How to Watch or Stream On Patrol: Live/Where to Watch On Patrol: Live

In addition to each On Patrol: Live recap, for background information about the documentary series On Patrol: Live (i.e., Live PD 2.0), that airs on the Reelz channel (which is available, e.g., on the Peacock, FreeCast, Philo, and Sling streaming services, and on some satellite and cable systems such as DirectTV, DISH Network, AT&T U-verse, and Verizon FIOS TV), click on this link. Note: On Patrol: Live in each first-run episode is really live, subject to a delay ranging from about five to 20 minutes, and apart from any pre-recorded packages.

On Patrol: Live Recap for March 7, 2025 (#OPL Episode 03-61)

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  • Clayton County, Ga. — Deputy Malik Clark is among a large group of cops, including SWAT, who serve a search warrant on a convenience store that appears to be allegedly running gambling operation. Several men detained on scene. The location is cleared. [The incident is somewhat reminiscent of a raid conducted by Pomona, Calif., PD on Live PD back on February 21, 2020.] Clayton cops serve a second warrant at a residence. Abrams: “So it seems that this was a gambling operation there behind that Lucky Food Mart…unlucky Food Mart today for the people there…”

In the studio, analyst Captain Tom Rizzo answers Abrams’ question about on why cops brought “so much firepower” to the scene to execute the warrant: “So every warrant’s going to be different, so they’ll base it on the intel leading up to it: criminal histories, potential threats of violence. It’s almost like — it looks like — a matrix, and there’s a potential score. And when that score is reached, it almost takes the discretion out. You would incorporate all these other tools and tactics for safety of all people on scene.” On Patrol: Live co-host Deputy Curtis Wilson: “…everyone in that area is gonna be contained for now until they can slow down and see who actually is involved and who wasn’t. So everybody gets locked up.” Abrams later mentions that “as Captain Tom Rizzo was pointing out before, the determination of how much force, how many officers, et cetera, often determined by factors such as the background, who may be involved, previous criminal records, et cetera.”

Listen to a masked officer provide some further details:

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Corporal Carli Carr responds to an alleged boyfriend-girlfriend dispute and makes contact with a male party to try to find out what happened. Corporal Carr: “So how did we get to the point with the chicken?” On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of chucked chicken.” A decorative ceramic chicken may be involved. Apparently the man does not want to press charges. As she is leaving the scene Corporal Carr give treats to two dogs. Abrams: “So it was a glass chicken…some sort of — it was a decorative chicken.” Wilson: “A gamecock there in South Carolina.” Abrams: “…good point.”

As the call ends amicably, Corporal Carr quips that “had to police the couples and had to police the dogs, too, because they ain’t got no behavior, no manners. You need to learn yourself some manners sir, okay?…well, actually both of y’all need to learn yourself some manners and the whole house…no more tonight, okay?” Subject: “I’m done.” Carr: “Good deal.”

“So how did we get to the point with the chicken?”

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Corporal Devonte Carr (Carli’s husband) makes contact with a man in a wooded area on a possible trespass call. The corporal intends to try to contact the property owner to see if the subject has permission, which the latter says he has. Abrams: “We’ll see what that paperwork that he was supplying to Corporal Carr does or doesn’t.”
  • Monroe La. — The High Enforcement Apprehension Team (HEAT), including Officers Serenity Smith, Trey Goins, and Jonathon Daniel,  investigate a shooting at a restaurant. The victim, a car passenger, apparently had already been transported to the hospital when cops arrived. Cops make contact with a female, age 18, at the scene who apparently was the driver. Car search; blood drops noted on the front passenger seat and on the ground. Cops determine that the wound was allegedly self inflicted.

Abrams: “We still don’t know exactly what happened, but again, it’s yet another example where you get the call, right?, two people shot, and now as the police officers are able to piece it together, you realize ‘well, it’s not exactly what we thought when we arrived on the scene.’ And it happens all the time.” Wilson: “And it does. You get a call that the information that comes in with multiple witnesses like this, you’re gonna get a little bit of the store here, a little bit of the story there, but you got to piece it all together once you’re there.” Rizzo: “And the weapon is still on scene, right? So an innocent bystander — ‘oh, here it is.’ Now they’re holding up a firearm and not understanding why we would then want to control that scenario with applicable use of force, or taking people into custody, and all that, because we don’t know.”

Officer Daniel recap: “We got an initial call that was, that I heard patrol get– said somebody showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound…shot himself. Immediately after that, they said our ambulance provider got a call, said that there was a second victim over here. So we were right down the road. We went ahead and came down here and come to find out she was just having a panic attack. She was the driver. The person that shot himself, he was the passenger, and apparently was messing with a gun, but didn’t have it holstered properly or anything like that. And it went off, shot him in what looks like the left leg, and it looks like that bullet may have bounced around in the car somewhere. Found the bullet, found the case, and found the gun. We’re gonna take all that for safekeeping for right now. And when they get done with their investigation on the patrol side, if he’s able to get it back, he can always go to the PD and get it back. For right now, we’re done on our part. Sounds like he’s gonna be okay from what we’ve heard so far.” Abrams: “Now that makes sense. Now we understand what happened.”

  • Clayton County, Ga. (pre-recorded segment) — In an intense incident, Lieutenant Brandon Warren and other cops pursue a fleeing car in a residential neighborhood after an alleged shooting. The driver foot bails from the vehicle. Foot pursuit; K9 deployed. Police set up a perimeter around a house; SWAT deployed. An officer is shot and wounded at the scene as is the subject, age 21, when deputies returned fire. Officer Kenyon Ford has been released from the hospital and is recovering at home and he and his fiancée “are thankful for all the support they’ve been getting from the community.” The suspect is still hospitalized

Listen below to Lieutenant Warren and Captain Jason Barrett recap the incident and detail the preliminary or potential charges for the suspect after which Abrams back in the studio mentions “that’s one of the first times we’ve seen on this show that’s actually been there when there’s been an officer-involved shooting.” Rizzo adds that when a fellow officer is shot, “it’s very difficult to stay on task…” During the same commentary, Wilson notes that when law enforcement agencies come together following an officer-involved shooting, they will “pool those resources together, the manpower, the perimeter, the drones, the choppers, everything that’s available, they’re all gonna use it for a common goal to catch the suspect.”

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Cooper Bagwell initiates a traffic stop for mismatched plates.
  • Las Vegas, Nev. — Officers Cameron Jenkins and Cristian Petruic investigate an alleged domestic incident and makes contact with three parties who might be allegedly involved. Paramedics summoned for a man sitting outside who appears to have lacerations. “They hit me; they beat me…I feel abused…” Abrams notes that the subject on the sidewalk also refers to a Suzanne Vega song and adds that “the officer there is trying to just elicit the information to figure out is there a crime. Who may have committed it…it’s just not been that easy…they’re still trying to figure out exactly what happened there, and we’ll see. They’re getting both sides of the story.” A female in the apartment unit initially is allegedly unwilling to identify herself: “I’m trying to understand what my rights are as an American citizen.” After an investigation, Abrams explains that “the son was arrested for domestic battery. The mother was released with no charges.”

Listen to Officer Jenkins’ initial incident summary:

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • #StubbleTrouble — Dan Adams asks #OPNation to vote on whether he should keep his beard or shave it off. “Some of you criticizing it; some of you liking it….you guys decide, I’ll do it…I will abide by your votes, at least in the short term..”
  • Triple Play #1 — A Ypsilanti, Mich., juice bar attempted robbery foiled by a Good Samaritan. Abrams: “Wish we all had neighbors like that.”
  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Mike Knapp and other cops on a traffic stop on a report of someone allegedly perhaps driving on the sidewalk. According to Abrams, a female allegedly refuses field sobriety testing and is arrested on suspicion of DUI. Car towed.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sergeant Marcus Booth and other officers investigate a very expensive vehicle with the lights on and the windows down in a car dealership parking lot. The owner will be notified secure the vehicle. Abrams: “Think you could get that car with a little bit of a discount now?…I’m just saying, maybe instead of 140, get it for 125, 120, with a negotiation.” Rizzo: “Only one previous driver.” Wilson: “Only on Sundays.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Corporal Carli Carr makes friendly contact with two men who are washing what appears to be makeshift golf carts or utility vehicles at a car wash. She mentions that the vehicles are allegedly illegal on a public road or a sidewalk. On Patrol: Live caption: “Golf carts stop.” Referring to a sticker in the back window of one of the vehicles, Abrams satirically wonders “is that how bacon is made?”

Listen to the some of the interaction on scene:

  • Berkeley County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputy Bradley Brown and colleagues detain a man at a residence in connection with the alleged theft of two cases of beer from a local business by a suspect who left the store on foot. Abrams introduces the segment by joking that Deputy Brown “investigated a case — well, actually it was two cases.” Deputy Brown recap: “The gentleman right there stole from the CVS, actually right across the street through the little patch of woods. He’s done it before, so he’s well known to several deputies. We were able to locate him inside and located the two packs of Twisted Teas. He also has a warrant with a neighboring department, so he’s gonna be book on our theft of shoplifting, and then he’ll be transported to another agency on his warrant.” Abrams: “Does it make me a bad person that I was thinking if you’re going to steal and so obviously get caught, at least maybe go for the good stuff?”
  • Richland County, S.C. — K9 Specialist John O’Shaughnessy makes a friendly traffic stop for allegedly running a red light. “I was like, disrespectful; you did it right in front of me.”
  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Bagwell and other units make contact with a woman on the ground who appears to be in distress, and according to Abrams “seemingly almost incoherent.” Officer Bagwell: “She’s bleeding pretty profusely from her head. We got an ambulance en route…” Police subsequently go to the home of her possible boyfriend to investigate further and make contact with a young woman there to obtain further information on what may or may not have happened. Officer Bagwell subsequently asserts that “we can’t find [the subject]. We don’t know where he went, but it does look like there was some sort of domestic that did occur here.”

Officer Bagwell asserts that “We can’t find [the male subject]. We don’t know where he went, but it does look like there was some sort of domestic that did occur here.” Abrams adds that “so now you can see that they are concerned that there may have been domestic violence involved. They want to assess; they want to find the boyfriend. So we’ll see what happens there.” The officer subsequently adds that “so the female that was inside when we got here and had knocked on the door, she was saying that [the subject] went back into the back of the trailer and then came back out, shut the lights off, and said ‘don’t tell the cops I’m here.’ We’ve cleared the house twice, and a lot of the structures that are here on the property. We don’t see him anywhere, but there is fresh blood that’s going outside the back door. So I’m assuming he’s around here somewhere, hunkered down. He’s not from the area, so I’m assuming he’s hunkered down somewhere and just waiting for us to leave. We’re trying to see if we have a drone that we can get up in the area or possibly a helicopter. But we are looking at possible ag assault charges. It doesn’t look like the domestic did occur here. When the female that was bleeding from the head had left, she had blood on her head prior to leaving here. And the male…had blood on his knuckles. So compiling all of the info that we got, it does seem like there was a domestic that occurred here.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Lieutenant Maher responds to an alleged roommate dispute that might involve someone who supposedly slept in cat pee. On Patrol: Live captions: “Cat urine conundrum,” “Piss purr situation.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sergeant Booth and other officers make contact with the the 17-year-old occupants of an apparent “hot-boxing” vehicle. On Patrol: Live caption: “Hot box.” Abrams: “Looks like a potentially ‘steamy’ situation.” Sergeant Booth: “…seems there’s a lot of smoke coming out of here. It seems almost like a car’s on fire…this is almost like a movie with all the smoke coming out of this thing…” Car search. Sergeant Booth tells the teens he’s calling their parents to come to the scene to get them because “especially after you guys ingested a little bit of marijuana, I don’t want you guys driving…that’s as bad as it’s gonna get…”

Listen to some of the sergeant’s dialogue with the teens:

“Looks like a potentially ‘steamy’ situation.”

Abrams: “Shows you how out of touch I am. I’m thinking Paradise by the Dashboard Light, and they’re hot-boxing…it just shows you how dated my thinking is.”

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lieutenant Jonathan Carey and numerous other officers converge on a home for a man with 13 arrest warrants. The lieutenant mentions that the subject had fled from officers on several previous occasions and go away. Cops enter the home, but the subject is not there. “We’ll keep looking for him.”

On Patrol: Live Hour 3

  • Triple Play #2 — An Atlanta, Ga., police pursuit.
  • Las Vegas, Nev. — Officer Petruic responds to a truck fire that allegedly might or might not be related to a stabbing incident a few days previous. Officer Petruic makes contact with the driver on scene and gathers information from him about the incident. “You’re a very ‘popular’ guy. Why is that?”

Abrams: “What a bizarre situation in Las Vegas. A guy who was stabbed earlier… and now his truck has been set on fire. And they’re trying to figure out exactly what’s going on.”

Officer Petruic recap: “We’ve gotten to this gentleman a few times throughout the week already. As you can see, he’s already been stabbed in the eye. He broke up with his ex-girlfriend. She seems to be really mad about that, so he keeps kind of getting messed with. He got stabbed in his eye a few days ago. Now his property is on fire. Unable to prove if someone actually lit it on fire or he accidentally left it on — like that so it caught on fire. So I just want to see if I can find a guy by the name of Three. He’s saying there’s a guy named Three who’s been threatening him.” Abrams: “…put into the system, looking for Three?” Wilson: “Could be that nickname that the guy goes by…” Abrams: “Actually, it could be that…good point.”

  • Richland County, S.C. — Specialist O’Shaughnessy conducts a traffic stop on a van apparently for an obstructed tag. No license. On Patrol: Live caption: “Open container found.” Three occupants detained. One of the occupants apparently complains that the deputy approached them on the passenger side. Car search. O’Shaughnessy: “Need gloves; this car’s nasty.”

Specialist O’Shaughnessy explains that “that snowballed. Apparently it’s their ‘right’ that I have to go to the driver’s side. This is exactly why I don’t go to the driver’s side. Catch them off guard; he was hiding an open container. Passenger side inside, open the door, falls out. Apparently that’s an ashtray, a liquid ashtray. They’re all pretty drunk, too.” Rizzo: “What you see here is a passenger, yes, just by themselves being a passenger, but if you commit a violation — just because you’re not in the driver’s seat, now you’re subject to the same rules. And passengers are seized on a car stop — they are not free to leave just as the same as the driver.”

“Apparently it’s their ‘right’ that I have to go to the driver’s side..”

Abrams: “We have to do this too many times, but real quick, remind us when they have to have their rights read.” Rizzo: “C plus I: Custody plus interrogation. So he didn’t ask him anything. He doesn’t have to read him his rights just because he’s been placed into custody. And again, any type of question that’s gonna elicit an incriminating response: ‘What’s your name. Where you coming [from]: Those aren’t incriminating questions.” Abrams update: “The driver of that vehicle was arrested for driving under suspension and open container. The passengers, though, were all released with no charges.”

  • Missing update and revisted Missing segment:
  • Monroe, La. (pre-recorded segment) — The Heat squad conducts a traffic stop for tinted windows, and as Abrams introduces the segment, “both the driver and passenger denied being in possession of drugs, and then things got a bit ‘testy’.” Car allegedly smells of weed. Car search. Cops arrest the driver and passenger after crack is allegedly found.

Listen to the Monroe officers on scene discuss the incident after which Abrams remarks that “That definitely falls into the category of a thorough search that was conducted there”:

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — The Carr corporals conduct a traffic stop. Consensual car search. A crack pipe is allegedly found. The driver is asked to stomp out the pipe. Abrams quips that “a crack pipe, and maybe a crack cleaner.” As the episode concludes, it appears that the occupants are likely to be let go with no charges. Listen below:
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