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

A recap of the March 9, 2024, On Patrol: Live episode (OPL #02-58) appears below.

[NOTE: Click here for the OPL #02-57, March 8, 2024, recap.]

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On Patrol: Live Summary for March 9, 2024 (#OPL Episode 02-58)

  • Indian River County, Fla. — Dep. Brandon McKenzie and other units conduct a traffic stop at gunpoint on a motorist who allegedly strangled his girlfriend. The man is detained after somewhat not initially following officer commands and is argumentative afterwards. “I didn’t do nothing.” Caption: “Suspect in custody.”

Dep. Tony Le: “So this is the male we’re looking for with the felony strangulation charges. You can tell he’s pretty noncompliant…he’s putting himself and others in danger. We’re gonna get him in a car and let him clam down a little bit, Mirandize him and question him about his side of the disturbance, but according to the unit on scene at the disturbance, the female’s got lacerations, bruisings, and evident injuries to the crime that she’s alleging.”

Dep. Le shortly thereafter adds that “even when he was handcuffed, trying to talk to him calmly, ‘just get in the car, we’ll figure everything out,’ he became combative again…obviously, he’s a very big gentleman. He’s close to 300 pounds and over six feet tall…we have the manpower to get him on the ground, get him where he’s not moving, hobble his legs, and just carry him and throw him in the car. Right now, he’s finally calmed down…somebody has to come talk to him and try to figure out what happened back on the original scene. And hopefully, he’s complying with us, and we’ll probably have a little bit to help figure out the problem. But as of right now, we’ve got resisting, felony DV strangulation, and some other charges as well. We’ll find out here in a little bit.” Dan Abrams: “DV, of course, [is] domestic violence.”

  • Coweta County, Ga. — Cpl. Chris Teare and other units pursue a vehicle whose registered owner allegedly has a warrant. The subject subsequently foot bails from the car. Cops find the car and search the nearby woods for the driver. The subject is subsequently taken into custody. Abrams: “She’s got a number of outstanding warrants including intimidation, including stalking, an assault charge, shoplifting, but it’s always interesting the way that people try and turn the tables, right? They say ‘the reason I ran because I’m afraid of you guys. I’ve been told I should be afraid.'” Sean Larkin: “We do have a problem with grown adults admitting, ‘hey, I was wrong. You got me. This is why I ran.’ They always turn around and point at somebody else, oftentimes us.” Dep. Wilson: “But was she afraid when she went in there to intimidate people or shoplift and things of that nature?”

Cpl. Teare summary: “A police officer conducted a traffic stop. I’m unsure of the reason for the stop. He requested an additional unit. I was going to back him up, and then he called, a pursuit ensued. It appears from what we’ve gathered that she came off the off ramp, crossed the median, and collided with a hill, crashed. And then there were several civilians on scene that actually stopped and were able to give us some very good information on where she ran through the woods. She ran through the woods, cut across, and then two other, a sergeant and a deputy, were patrolling this area, preparing to set up a perimeter for a K9 deployment and a drone deployment They located the female, crossed the field, and she was wanted for several felony charges. They took her into custody without any other thing happening, so I believe she’s gonna be okay. She’ll got to the hospital to get checked out; then she’ll go to the Coweta County jail.

  • Indian River County, Fla. — Traffic stop by Dep. Le on a pick-up truck at trailer park. The driver is detained. Possible language barrier. The driver might not have a license. Dep. Le: “So we got the call — a reckless driver, a male was driving erratically in the road, brake-checking people. They gave us a description of the vehicle. We were following it. I located the vehicle stopped in traffic. The male didn’t have a seatbelt on. I turned on my emergency lights to pull him over, and he continued driving. Got out to the vehicle, and he tried jumping out of the vehicle. I smelled the odor of alcoholic beverage emitting from the vehicle. Got him out, could smell it from his breath. He appears heavily intoxicated. While we were doing that, a stolen vehicle just came out here a couple of blocks away, so we’re going to break away…and handle this call.”
  • Indian River County, Fla. — As alluded to above, Dep. Le is re-dispatched to a stolen vehicle call. A man allegedly grabbed a woman’s car keys from her hand and drove off. He interviews the victim and eyewitnesses for details on the incident. The victim tells Le she wants to prosecute the man who apparently was separately detained by other units.

Later in the show, Abrams explains, along with airing some footage, that Dep. Le did not run over a cat as he was driving to the location. “A lot of you online asking ‘did the cat get hit?‘ We checked in with our crew who’s riding with Deputy Le, and they told us that the answer is no. The cat did not actually get hit by the vehicle, so it must have been cat just went right under the car, because, as you saw there, it looked like it might’ve happened. You were asking; we’re answering.”

  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Bradley Taylor, Sgt. Clayton Dillion, and other units conduct a traffic stop. A passenger allegedly has a warrant and is Mirandized. Drugs allegedly found. The subject is very cooperative.
  • Lee County, Fla. — In the context of a no-contact order, Dep. Terry Fogarty is on scene at a residence in connection with enabling an older gentlemen to gather up some of his personal belongings from the location in a one-time visit. Fogarty: “He’s trying to find a broom right now. Where you’re gonna find a broom in this house is anybody’s guess.” Caption: “Recipe for disaster.” Abrams: “So apparently the no-contact order is not with the woman that you see there. We don’t know who it’s with, but it’s with somebody in that house. You heard Deputy Fogarty say that’s it’s a one-time visit, so he’s coming in to try and get his stuff.”
  • Fontana, Calif. — Ofr. Joe Richard pursues a speeding car and subsequently spots it parked on a street. He detains several males who may have been in the car, one of whom allegedly admits to being the driver. Ofr. Richard: “So we were driving around, and obviously, we see this two-door coupe…flying southbound, loud and modified exhaust and everything. We tried to get behind him. As soon as we turned our lights on, he made a quick turn down the side street. As soon as we got down the side street, he made another quick turn down this street. The car was so fast we did lose visual, but once we backtracked and looked for it, came down this street. I noticed it in this driveway. Came up to him, this guy standing out here. I’m like, ‘hey, whose car is this?’ I see four guys standing out here too, just walking away from this general direction. After asking him, he said ‘this isn’t my car. I don’t know whose it is.’ Came to talk to them. Finally, detained all of them for a second. Started really ‘pushing’ them, like ‘hey, whose car is this?’ Pressing that pressure on them. And then finally one of the guys admitted that it was his car and that was him driving it. So from there, they’re detained for our investigation. We’re gonna keep searching the car, see if we find anything, run them, see if they’re wanted…so that’s where we are right now.”

Ofr. Richard subsequently adds that “sounds like they were just test-driving the car. It’s a nice, fancy car which I get, but you just can’t sit here and put everyone’s life in jeopardy because you want to test drive a car. The driver is gonna be going to jail tonight for evading police, and then we’re gonna be towing this car, too, for parking in a random driveway…”

  • Richland County, S.C. — Cpl. Tim Riley makes contact with three females outside a nightclub in connection with an alleged stolen car or stolen tag report. The trio doesn’t seem enthusiastic about being filmed for “a documentary” at least until two of them begin twerking for the camera. Cpl. Riley: “It seems like this is kind of like a domestic issue that has now turned into something a little different. Apparently, she’s saying that he ex-boyfriend took her license plate kind of as revenge, I guess. And she was able to get it back, and it looks like it was never taken out as stolen and actually returned to her. So as long as everything checks out, she’s gonna be on her way and back out to her night. But we’ve got to make sure everything’s kosher before we let them go.”

Abrams: “Quickly we go from no cameras to a little twerking show.” Larkin: “A documentary.” Abrams: “It is. And I wonder if now the pants that she was wearing maybe were all in once piece at one time…”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. –– Sgts. Marcus Booth and Selina Puentes patrol the downtown area during Bike Week and meets Ladybird. Sgt. Booth: “This is her transportation right here, so this is what’s cool about [Bike Week]. You see all kinds of crazy stuff. He says Ladybird will give me a kiss, but I ain’t kissing Ladybird…”
  • Lee County, Fla. — Dep. Fogarty makes contact with the mom after a nine-year-old son allegedly calls 911 because the dad left without saying goodbye. Fogarty: “Apparently, he was in the room playing on his phone, and he’s upset because his dad’s upset, and his dad left. So probably better that dad left because dad was upset because probably mom and dad were fighting and separating them for a little bit, so she’ll take care of the problem. So we’re good to go.”
  • Hazen, Ark. — Sgt. Dillion issues a ticket to an 18-wheeler driver after the latter allegedly stopped to urinate. Sgt. Dillion: “You can not park in the middle of the freaking road.” Caption: “Roadside restroom break.” Abrams: “It’s not the same as if you just have a little car and you pull over to pee on the side of the road.”
  • Toledo, Ohio — Ofrs. Heather Smith and Austin Bly conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle with an alleged stolen plate. Abrams update: “Turns out the woman was arrested for a suspended license. The car with stolen plates was towed. Detectives from Toledo PD are taking over the investigation to see if the car was actually stolen.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputies detain a motorist at gunpoint in connection with an alleged stolen car report. Cpl. Riley: “…We actually saw this vehicle parked at the Family Dollar here. Immediately got out with it. Actually, when were pulling up, I actually saw the driver put his hands up; he already knew we’re about to detain him. He complied with our commands. He’s in handcuffs now. We’re gonna go ahead and confirm, make sure this is the stolen vehicle…so dot our Is and cross our Ts and move on.” Abrams: “A lot of reports of stolen cars out there tonight.” Larkin: “It’s nice to catch them like that, when they’re parked. You can get in behind them, block them, and prevent hot pursuit.”

Cpl. Riley update: “That was probably one of the quicker apprehensions. Our friends with Columbia Police Department reported they were actually in the process of [unintelligible] out this vehicle. They received a report that it was around this area…they notified us. We just happened to all be leaving our previous stolen-plate encounter, heading back to the county, and we’re just able able to find it. It’s so freshly stolen that he hadn’t even finished his police report yet, so his story about making payments for six months is just not true. It’s just false. But I’ll you what: There’s one thing he did have enough time to get up — the Bluetooth in the car. So I guess that’s the first thing you do when you steal a car is you make sure the Bluetooth works.” Abrams: “And sometimes good police work involves some luck. Right place, right time.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Traffic stop. Car search. Drugs allegedly found. Abrams introduces the segment by mentioning that “Det. Noah Galbreath tried to take a bite out of crime, which in this case happened to be a bit of a smorgasbord.” One of the officers on scene jokes that the contraband is a “narcuterie board.”

Det. Galbreath summary: “They have a bunch of cocaine. The female had, I believe, a crack rock that she tried to stuff in her bra and then put it on the floorboard. Crystal meth, probably a few grams of that. And then some brown-like substance, it’s probably heroin, probably a gram or two of that as well. A little bit of everything.” Abrams: “The guy is now facing numerous drug charges as well as a charge for fleeing and eluding. The woman was charged with possession of fentanyl.”

  • Lee County, Fla. — Dep. Fogarty and other units investigate an alleged hit-and-run accident. He interviews the victim to gather details about what happened, and in the the course of which he advises her for future reference not to chase a fleeing vehicle. “You’re just asking for trouble.”
  • Triple Play #3 — Middletown, Ohio.
  • Coweta County, Ga. — In a traffic stop that includes a breathalzyer test, Cpl. Teare arrests a driver for alleged suspicion of DUI as well as allegedly providing a false name and date of birth, and driving on a suspended license. He also breathalyzes several passengers to see if they can drive the vehicle, but they are also over the limit. Caption: “Is anyone sober?” He stands by at the scene until a friend with a valid license who is sober arrives to drive the car home.
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  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Ofr. Robert Mowery and other units detain a man who allegedly has a warrant. He also explains to a female at the scene what is going on. “The warrant is for driving without a license, hit and run, and fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer, okay? His warrant’s for all three of those. He has to go to jail for that. That being said, if it’s something that he’s already taken care of, it’s something they’ll clear out of the system, and that’ll be it. If that’s the case, hopefully that’s it…call the bondsman; give it a couple of hours…he’ll be out by tomorrow…”
  • Indian River County, Fla. — Dep. McKenzie initiates a traffic stop on a van. Vehicle search. An older gentlemen is arrested for alleged meth possession.
  • Missing segment — Denver, Colo.
  • Fontana, Calif. — Ofr. Zachary Bloom makes contact with a male (“not my car”) and a female in connection with a car parked on a sidewalk. The duo may or may not be living in the car. Abrams: “May be no problem there; we shall see.”
  • BOLO segment — San Bernardino, Calif.
  • Hazen, Ark. — A tearful man is detained on an alleged warrant. Chief Taylor: “Chill out. Enough’s enough…you got a warrant; you’re going to jail, period. Quit getting upset. Quit crying about it; you’re grown. Suck it up, buttercup….you go get this taken care of, and you ain’t got to worry about it no more…”
  • Fontana, Calif. — Ofr. Richard initiates a traffic stop on a pick-up truck and searches the vehicle. The officer implies that the vehicle smells like meth. No contraband found, however. Ofr. Richard: “I appreciate the cooperation. You’ve been great. I was going to let you off with a warning. Please slow down. If you see a yellow, just stop…You’re all good, my man. You can take off. Just be careful on the roadway, okay, getting home.” Abrams: “It appears that sometimes just is smelly clothes.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — As the episode concludes, Cpl. Ronnie Russell is racing somewhere on a call.