This Weekend’s On Patrol: Live Highlights, Commentary, and Social Media Activity
A recap of the May 11, 2024, On Patrol: Live episode (OPL #02-74) appears below.
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On Patrol: Live Summary for May 11, 2024 (#OPL Episode 02-74)
- Toledo, Ohio — Ofrs. Brooke Janowiecki and Lindsey Erhart are in the lead car in an approximately 20-minute pursuit on city streets and on the highway of an alleged stolen vehicle that opens the show. During the chase, Ofr. Janowiecki is heard lamenting a “piece of sh*t car,” and Ofr. Erhart chuckles that the fleeing driver is nonetheless “using his turn signals.” She also alerts her partner that “your good” when racing through intersections. Guest studio analyst Cpt. Tom Rizzo: “There’s two officers in their vehicle so that’s gonna definitely lead to who would be a primary…two for one.” OPL host Dan Abrams: “When you’re in a residential neighborhood like this, the stakes become a little bit higher.” Guest studio analyst Ofr. Ryan Tillman: “Always gonna become higher just because you don’t know if there’s kids outside playing in the street. The speed limit in this neighborhood is probably 25 miles an hour, and they’re looking like they’re going well over 70-80 miles an hour in these streets, so you definitely have to operate a little bit more carefully.”
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Abrams: “They are now back on the highway. How does that change the strategy from the police perspective?” Rizzo: “Well, it opens the field on how the tactics are gonna be played. You can now — if you’re gonna use spike strips, tire deflation devices, if you’re gonna now recruit other vehicles so that we can start to corner in, cutting off the exits so that there’s no on-ramp or off-ramp that you have to worry about. And then we go ahead and then formulate a different approach on ow we’re gonna get the vehicle to stop. But we don’t have to have the same concerns as a residential neighborhood now.” Tillman: “Back in a residential neighborhood. You still got to start thinking about what do you do if they stop. High-risk traffic stop: You’re gonna go up and get them, so these are what their minds should be going.” Abrams: “Or if they crash out or…” Tillman: “Yeah; exactly.”
The driver finally pulls over and is taken into custody by multiple officers. One cop at the scene asks him “why did you put the whole city in danger?” According to Abrams, the driver allegedly has warrants for fleeing and alluding. Ofr. TIllman quips, “say it ain’t so.” Abrams mentions that “Still, for the officers involved, the adrenaline’s still got to be going, right?, after that kind of pursuit.” Cpt. Rizzo: “Yeah; it’s critical just to give a debrief moment, circle up, discuss what you did, but also just to get everything down to your base levels again, your heart rate, your cortisol levels, everything. It’s just good for you.”
“He does have warrants for the exact same thing from last winter.”
Ofr. Erhart synopsis (after first asking the driver “do you know how many kids you almost hit?”): “So this gentleman had just recently stolen this vehicle. It was fresh stolen. Crews got behind it. We ended up becoming primary. It was a lengthy pursuit. He stopped. He’s complying . So now he is going to probably be charged with theft of a motor vehicle. He will be talking to detectives, and they’re gonna be the ones that charge him with everything tonight.” Ofr. Janowiecki update: “He does have warrants for the exact same thing from last winter. When we were rolling up, I recognized him from the last time he did this. So he is gonna be going to jail for the warrants for the felonies from fleeing and eluding last winter, as well as today’s pursuit…so he’s gonna go with another crew down to the county while we verify all of his warrants and get the tow started along with his citations and things like that.”
- Fontana, Calif. — Ofr. Brian Zozaya detains a bicyclist in connection with a possible shoplifting allegation. “Relax, dude.” The subject, who is wearing a Chucky T-shirt, is subsequently released with a ticket for “for your pipe and your dope,” according to the officer. Zozaya also seems to indicate or imply that alleged stolen merchandise will be returned to the store.
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — Cops pursue a fleeting vehicle that turns into a bail out and a foot pursuit. The older man is detained after a giving up quickly. Lt. Richie Maher introduces himself to the subject, “nice to meet you,” and tells him to “take your time catching your breath.” Vehicle search; multiple pills bottles allegedly found. A substance is field tested.
“Take your time catching your breath.”
Ofr. Thomas Goble summary: “As you can see, pretty good little foot chase there. We just happened to be close to the area in reference to a suspicious vehicle. We went to stop the vehicle because it was on property when we got there. It fled. He tried to bail. We went a couple of blocks…But he got tired in the backyard over here when I was able to get around the corner and get to the backyard. He was too tired to keep going, so he gave up at that point, but we verified he doesn’t have any injuries. We’re gonna confirm his identify. We’ll let him know what his charges are gonna be tonight. But nobody’s hurt, which is great. Caught the bad guy, which is also great, which is what we love. So we’ll keep it going. Do an inventory of the vehicle before we tow it. Make sure there’s nothing in there. And then we’ll get the paperwork going.” Lt. Maher tells the man “you tried, and we can give you props for that, but you just ran from the wrong guys. Too fast.” Abrams comments that “and remember, it sounded like this started with a call from a pastor at church about something. That was the initial call. We don’t know exactly what it was.” Ofr. Goble and Lt. Maher allude to potential charges which possibly might include alleged “fleeing and eluding, trespassing, resisting arrest without violence,” pending a car search. Ofr. Goble mentions that “he was on the property of a closed church.” The suspect is Mirandized and will be medically checked out at a Fire station.
- Coweta County, Ga. — Dep. Terry Daniel investigates a domestic-related incident of some kind, possibly also involving a vehicle dispute.
- Berkeley County, S.C. — Sgt. Paul Yacobozzi initiates a friendly traffic stop on a car for alleged erratic driving. “You were all over the road.” The driver had a bunch of food on the passenger seat which becomes a subject of conversation. He quips that “you coming from a party? You didn’t call us — you didn’t share…you all partied out, though. Good night.” After making sure her license is valid, the sergeant releases the driver with a warning. “Be safe, dear.”
Sgt. Yacobozzi summary: “So we conducted a traffic stop on this car for failure to maintain lane. She’s got a large crock pot full of…taco dip, tacos, and beans, taco meet, jalapenos, cheese. She’s got a whole bunch of stuff from a party. She’s obviously not impaired. We’re gonna run her. If everything’s clear, just give her a warning, let her be on her way, and get back to the house. But I’m a little disappointed she didn’t call us to invite us for some food. It looked really good. It smells good…” Abrams: “By the way, it’s awfully similar to what we had for dinner here tonight…” To Rizzo, Abrams mentions that “you were just telling us cops love talking about about food.” Rizzo: “Oh my God….like stray dogs, man.”
- Toledo, Ohio — Ofr. Erhart makes contact with a man whose unleashed dog seems reluctant to go into the house, which prompts much social media speculation. “Just try not to let him run around the neighborhood, okay?” Owner: “I’m trying my best…just don’t shoot my dog.” Ofr. Ehrhart: “I’m not going to…” Ofr. Erhart: “So we just seen this dog by the street. It’s in front of its owner’s house. The owner had just gotten it from the pound. So the owner said that he’s gonna contact the pound and see what else he can do with this dog. Doesn’t seem like they are very compatible together right now.”
“Doesn’t seem like they are very compatible together right now.”
Abrams: “I guess this might be a different kind of domestic incident.” Rizzo. “That’s probably the most laziest dog owner I’ve ever seen. He just got the dog. Help us out a little bit, man.” Tillman: “His leg hurts.” Abrams: “And we were just talking about the fact that these two [officers] were just on an intense pursuit for 20-something minutes. Now they get to…” Tillman: “…Police officers will go from death investigations, pursuits, all the way to the barking dog. He wasn’t barking in this case; he was growling, but still it just shows the dynamic and paradigm shift in one call for service.”
- Fontana, Calif. — Ofr. Nolan Falconieri initiates a traffic stop; two occupants. The passenger allegedly indicates that there might be a pipe in the car.
- Triple Play #3 — Hollywood, Fla. high-speed highway pursuit.
- Lee County, Fla. — Dep. Ryan Lineberger and other units make contact with two bicyclists in a bank parking lot in connection with a report of alleged indecent exposure. The call may allegedly involve urinating in public. The deputy apparently has had previous interactions with the older man, who claims he is being stalked. Abrams refers to the subject as a frequent flyer. Dep. Lineberger says “I feel like every time we run into each other, it’s somebody calling and saying that you or somebody you’re associated with is doing something stupid. Would I be correct in saying that?” He also implies that the stalking allegation might be unfounded. “Every time we come out here, and I try to locate those people, we can’t find them….so I understand your frustration…but I can’t find any evidence to support those claims, okay? So are we cool?” As he has apparently done previously, Lineberger suggests going somewhere else as a possible remedy that the man should consider.
Dep. Lineberger summary: “So it sounds like [the deputy] had spoken to the complainant. They were just calling as a person conducting an indecent exposure request. So, whether they were enjoying some happy time or taking a leak on the side of the building –it sounds like he had spoken to the complainant and said that they were taking a leak on the side of the building. So obviously a nice establishment; you can’t have people peeing out on the outside. So they’re gonna collect their belongings and kind of get on their way. I know one of our guys…over here…he’s always a pleasure to work with and deal with. He’s quite the interesting fellow. So he’s gonna get on his way, and we’ll probably see him again here in the next four hours.” Abrams: “One of those rare times where having happy time not happening…it’s a good thing.” The subject denies taking a leak outside the building.
- Toledo, Ohio — Ofrs. Mike Gee and Chris Mulinix among other officers respond to a report of a fight at a pool hall and conduct an investigation. A victim on scene allegedly struck in the eye area with a bottle. One witness separately claims that “one of the guys grabbed someone’s ass.” Ofr. Mulinix: “Looks like he’s got a laceration of the right eye from a beer bottle he was struck with. I guess they had a little miscommunication at one of pool tables. He asked to move. The guy continued to proceed. Ended up socking him with the beer bottle. Then he fled the location. We’re gonna get him checked out by Fire. He doesn’t know who he is. We can document the incident tonight and put a report in the system. If we ever find out who he is, then charges can be filed. Right now, it’s just gonna be a report.”
“I guess they had a little miscommunication at one of pool tables…”
- Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Ofr. Gabriel Marquez initiates a traffic stop for window tint. According to Abrams, “it started out as a traffic stop, took an unexpected turn, as well as several shakes and shimmies.” It turns out that the driver apparently has a suspended license. Marquez tries to find a sober driver among a group of friends to safely drive the vehicle. One woman twerks for the OPL camera. Ofr. Marquez: “He advised that he did not know his license was not valid. So I just gave him a citation for that and had somebody that was legally not intoxicated and valid — so they just move their car into a private lot there where’s it’s gonna be there for the rest of the night, and they’re gonna carry on their way and keep having a great night.”
Abrams: “As we were watching that earlier in the piece a guy kind of walked up on the scene there, and you were talking about how that’s always something that offers are concerned about.” Tillman: “Yeah; more recently, it’s been very, very prevalent that people like to walk up while officers are doing their job. As a matter of act, in Florida, I believe the governor just signed a bill that now will prevent them from getting within 15 feet of a stop while officers are doing their investigation for very reasons like that because it’s a safety issue. Rizzo: “It’s a distraction, right? You’re supposed to be dealing with the occupants of the car, safety, but also doing your job. It prolongs the stop…”
- Berkeley County, S.C. — Sgt. Paul Yacobozzi assists other officers in a pursuit of a n allegedly fleeing car. Stop sticks successfully deployed. The driver stops and is detained. The sergeant makes contact with the driver.
- BOLO segment — Pierce County, Wash., puppy poachers.
- Berkeley County, S.C. — Dep. Rachel Salka clears out a group of alleged street racers from a gas station. “Everybody got to leave…I don’t want to write tickets.” This call changes into a pursuit of one of the vehicles for according to Salka, “reckless driving at a gas station parking lot, marijuana, and no lights.”
Abrams: “This is the same guy who we just saw in the gas station with the long hair, who she said, ‘yeah, go ahead, go on your way,’ and then he just he gunned it.” Rizzo: “This is another one of these scenarios we talk about — people walking themselves into criminal charges. You were free to go, go, but what do you do, you entice it, and then you black out and run, while you’re clear as day in an illuminated parking lot when you are behind the wheel.” Abrams: “This is a very high-speed pursuit at this point, too.”
The vehicle in question finally pulls over; traffic stop at gunpoint. The apologetic driver claims that he was trying to “get the heat off” of the other drivers. Dep. Salka tries to calm down the agitated female passenger. The deputy asserts that “I know it’s a scary situation, but your boyfriend put you in this situation…we’re not the bad guys here.” Car search; what perhaps looks like a wand of some kind is apparently found, which prompts Abrams to make a callback to the Harry Potter series when he quips that “it seems this guy is realizing he’s a Muggle. He can’t do that kind of stuff, right?…”
Dep. Salka summary: “We just pursued this vehicle. They started driving right up to us through the parking lot yelling they had marijuana in the car out of the windows as they were leaving. I…tried a traffic stop on it. The vehicle then took off at speeds of upwards of 100. He did end up stopping right here at this exit and giving up, so we’re gonna search the vehicle, figure out what his purpose behind running was, and go from there.” Sgt. Yacobozzi additional summary: “It sounds like everybody did a good job. There’s no damage to cars. No one crashed, so that’s good. Bad guys are in custody. But I, just maybe talk to her, and see why she was being uncooperative, and if we have no charges, we’ll cut her loose. But the driver for a fact will be going for the failure to stop for blue lights and probably reckless driving. But there were some prescription in the car, but we’re gonna do some investigating on that as well.” Abrams update: “It turns out the owner of the car was the woman passenger. She was released with no charges. The vehicle was towed because it did not have insurance.” Rizzo: “And now gonna be maybe forfeiture, too.” Abrams: “We’ll see.”
- Lee County, Fla. — Dep. Lineberger and other units conduct a traffic stop at gunpoint on a possible stolen vehicle. Two occupants. One of them apparently doesn’t want to be on camera, but Lineberger explains that there is no expectation of privacy in public. The driver claims the vehicle is a rental but at least initially is unable to produce any paperwork that establishes that. Dep. Linberger: “We received [a license plate reader] hit…for a stolen vehicle. It came back as a black in color Audi sedan. We actually were coming off of A&W and saw the car pass us. So we were actually speaking about it, and he flew right in front of us. Passenger and driver are detained right now. We’re gonna work the stolen vehicle investigation on behalf of Miami-Dade police.”
Dep. Linberger further summation: “We’re attempting to locate a vehicle all night. It’s a black in color Audi that we have stopped. It was hitting our license plate readers as a stolen vehicle. Thankfully, with our technology that we have here in the county, we were able to identify the vehicle quickly. A real-time intelligence center was monitoring that vehicle. It had hit another LPR in [a nearby town]. Sgt. Marsh and I were able to get behind the vehicle, execute a traffic stop. Thankfully, both the occupants were complaint, didn’t flee on us, didn’t bail, anything like that. They’re both detained right now. Our teletype operator just confirmed that the vehicle is stolen, so we are now working the stolen vehicle investigation. And we’re probably gonna have some detectives that come out to work the investigation itself. Right now, somebody’s getting their car back. We got two people detained that might have charges pending. We’ll see what happens from here, but good work by a great team. We don’t tolerate [unintelligible] here in Lee County.” Abrams update: “Turns out they had proof that they had legally rented the vehicle. That was a surprise. The vehicle was towed away, but both guys were released with no charges.”
- Richland County, S.C. — Master Dep. Addy Perez and Sgt. Bryce Hughes participate in a pursuit of a vehicle that took off after another deputy initiated an attempted traffic stop apparently over a paper tag. Two subjects detained, one of whom has a T-shirt that reads “love is my religion.” Noisy bystanders at the scene of the traffic stop.
Sgt. Hughes summary: “We’ve been looking [a vehicle] for quite a while. I don’t know if this is the same one, but we’ve been chasing them for a couple of weeks straight — involved in shootings and whatnot. [The K9 deputy] tried to stop this car; the second that he turned his lights on, it took off. So he followed it all the way here. Someone bailed out the back, and this car kept going. So he had to stay with the car, as this vehicle still had the driver and the passenger. They’re both detained, probably both going to jail. But the driver ran; the passenger won’t shut up. So we’re gonna figure out what’s going on, and we’re gonna do some crowd control because it’s kind of wild out here right now.”
- Richland County, S.C. — Dep. Perez and Sgt. Hughes are re-dispatched from the above scene to pursue a fleeing vehicle that might be stolen. After a foot bail and foot chase, one subject is taken into custody. A K9 subdues another subject. Cpt. Rizzo: “I get pumped up seeing that.”
Sgt. Hughes recap: “…they got both of them, passenger and driver. Dog bit the driver, which he bought and paid for. So we’re gonna give the dog a break for a minute. And once he kind of chills out a little bit, we’re gonna go back to the wood line and do an article search with the dog for a gun because he was back there with a dog for a second. Three units got over there just to make sure he didn’t throw anything…a bunch of charges.” Dep. Perez further recap: “…so right now we’ve got the vehicle and a…search of the vehicle, see if there’s anything else in here that they left. They got, I believe, two suspects right now, and they put them in the vehicle. This is a stolen vehicle. It’s been reported.” Dep. Perez also suggests that the car was allegedly hot hired. Abrams: “There it is.”
“Dog bit the driver, which he bought and paid for.”
- Daytona Beach, Fla. — Lt. Maher (who pretends he has a K9 on scene with him) stands by at an apartment unit with his gun drawn awaiting backup after a group allegedly ran into the unit. One male comes out and is detained.
Lt. Maher synopsis: “I’m gonna give my groin a rest from that weird position. That was a weird thing to say. So [the subject] was Mirandized, and [another officer] offered him an opportunity to dispel his suspicion as far as this whole situation being kind of sketchy, and he was unable to do so. So he’s most likely going to jail tonight. He’s gonna be under arrest for loitering and prowling…that was honestly one of the weirdest angles I’ve ever had to hold in my career. But this whole job is just about learning new things and different ways to handle different things.” Abrams: “And then they cleared that house, and no one else was inside.”
- Indian River County, Fla. — As the episode ends, and after the two employees exit, Det. Christian Castano prepares to enter and search a store, possibly a restaurant, upon a report of a burglary in progress. Abrams: “This has been a crazy night.”
Another amazing job! Have gotten so used to these recaps,I missed not having one last week! We need to step up as fans and support this all the way!