On Patrol: Live Season 3: A recap of the May 24, 2025, On Patrol: Live episode (#OPL 03-82), usually anchored in the NYC studio by attorney and host/executive producer Dan Abrams along with fellow On Patrol: Live studio cast members/co-hosts, Curtis Wilson and Tom Rizzo, follows.

For tonight’s episode, substitute host Matt Iseman sits in for Abrams. During the show, Iseman announced that Monroe, La., cops Serenity Smith and Scotty Sadler will make a studio appearance on On Patrol: Live in the near future.

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On Patrol: Live tonight: A car that crashed into a home and an apparently related shooting incident formed the crux of this On Patrol: Live episode hosted by Matt Iseman. On a far less serious note, a unique warrant revelation, an “amphibious stop,” and an encounter with a parrot were among the incidents aired during the Saturday evening broadcast. See below for details on the 32 law enforcement incidents across eight-plus On Patrol: Live departments during this new episode of On Patrol: Live on Reelz.

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On Patrol: Live Recap for May 24, 2025 (#OPL Episode 03-82)

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  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (just before air) — Sergeant Christopher Maher and other units respond to a residence upon a report of someone allegedly threatening with a baseball bat. Sergeant Maher makes contact with the male complainant and a female. Police detain and subdue the female. Subject: “Get off of me.”

Sgt. Maher: “Stop yelling and causing a disturbance…”

Listen to some of Sergeant Maher’s interaction with the subject:

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Deputy Rob Fleming is on scene at a car-drifting event to “make sure nothing crazy goes on” and that “traffic laws gonna be obeyed” after it’s over. “Other than that, man, we’re gonna have a good time…let’s have fun.” Iseman quips “that is amazing to me that that is legal. That looks like my wife dealing with L.A. traffic…uncomfortable to watch. That looks so risky, right there. Curtis, as a law enforcement official, that has to make your hair stand on end.” On Patrol: Live co-host Deputy Curtis Wilson: “Either it’s gonna make you a better driver or a worse driver. You’re getting out there doing all this fast spinning, and what are you going when you drift it.” On Patrol: Live studio analyst Tom Rizzo: “I’d rather seem them do that in a controlled environment than in a middle of an intersection.” Iseman: “I love it; the voice of reason, and also tire salesman have to be excited.” Iseman later quips that “just for the sake of the environment, I hope some of those are hybrids.”
  • Richland County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Police including Deputies Sloan Simpson and Bryson Rhodes pursue a possible stolen car after it allegedly fled from a traffic stop. The occupants bailed after wrecking out. One man, possibly a DoorDash driver, is taken into custody who seems unwilling to identify himself and repeatedly asks “can I get my phone?” The phone in question is apparently in a creek. “Right now, you’re gonna be booked into the jail as a John Doe, and John Doe can not get bond…” According to Deputy Wilson, the subject is allegedly known to local law enforcement as “a habitual traffic offender.” As far as the reluctance to identify, Captain Rizzo asserts that “it’s always eventual that it becomes known to us…so go ahead, don’t give the name. You just add to your own list of charges.”

Listen to some of the deputies’ interaction with the subject as well as a list of potential charges — including failure to stop for blue lights, reckless driving, malicious injury to property and resisting — followed by some studio panel commentary:

  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Jill Falcon responds to two-car accident and gathers information from those involved. Paramedics summoned to the scene for a 10-year-old girl who was a passenger.
  • Monroe, La. — Sergeant Scotty Sadler and other units on a traffic stop for no tail lights and illegal window tint. The female driver seems argumentative. Sergeant Sadler to the motorist: “No matter how nice I am, you’re gonna be ugly…God still loves you even though you’re being mean…”

Listen to Sergeant Sadler’s interaction with the driver followed by some studio panel reaction:

  • Las Vegas, Nev. (pre-recorded segment) — In introducing the footage, Iseman facetiously says that “a young man apparently had a bad reaction to some tobacky that made him a bit wacky.” Officer Michael Chatterton and other units respond to an alleged family disturbance. They detain a man on scene who is screaming. Bleeping. Paramedics summoned; the subject is hospitalized. “This ended up just being more of a medical call, even though he was a little bit violent, a little bit resistant…ultimately, he just probably took some bad drugs and needed some help, so that’s what he’s getting tonight is he’s gonna get that extra help down at the hospital. And thankfully, it didn’t ended in anybody getting hurt from his use.”

“This ended up just being more of a medical call…”

Listen to Captain Rizzo and Deputy Wilson comment on now cops deal with theses kinds of intense, unpredictable situations involving taking someone into protective custody for medical care:

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Deputy Fleming, with Lieutenant Joseph Toombs as backup, conduct a traffic stop for alleged failure to maintain lane. Deputy Fleming: “He’s not impaired — just trying to use his phone to find somewhere to go.” Cops will likely release the man with a warning as long as his license is valid and no warrants. Deputy Fleming adds “nice car, man. I wish I had one.”
  • Las Vegas, Nev. — Officer Jonah Singer, with Officer Tyler Hauger as backup for a traffic stop, makes friendly contact with a motorist who has a parrot on her left arm. On Patrol: Live caption: “Polly wants a cracker.” Officer Hauger: “That’s an interesting passenger to have. Officer Singer here decided to feed the bird, but I’ll pass on that.” Iseman jokes that “I think she was feeding that parrot so it wouldn’t turn ‘rat,’ and then throw her under the bus.” Wilson: “That would have been funny if the bird just started to tell on her.”

“Officer Singer here decided to feed the bird, but I’ll pass on that.”

  • Richland County, S.C. — Master Deputy Justin Jeffcoat and other units respond to an alleged fight in progress at an apartment complex possibly involving firearms and make contact with several residents at the location. It turns out that no physical assault occurred. Deputy Jeffcoat: “Some kind of neighbor dispute; they were arguing and someone apparently threatened to go inside and get a gun…” Iseman: “Sounds like tensions are high in the neighborhood.” Deputy Jeffcoat: “Got the situation resolved it looks like…both parties are gonna go in their apartments and hopefully be done with it…no assault took place. Nothing on video…we’re gonna document it and be on to the next one.” Iseman: “Well, Master Deputy Jeffcoat truly embodying peace officer right there.”

“Master Deputy Jeffcoat truly embodying peace officer right there.”

  • Triple Play #3 — a North Little Rock, Ark., pursuit.
  • Monroe, La. — Officer Serenity Smith and the High Enforcement Apprehension Team (HEAT) initiate a traffic stop.

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Las Vegas, Nev. — Officer Hauger makes a motorcycle stop. The vehicle is allegedly unregistered and is transporting a female passenger without an actual passenger seat or rear foot pegs. The driver is released with a warning. Iseman: “Safety first on a motorcycle.”

Officer Hauger recap: “So unfortunately, our systems are down right now, so I can’t get a confirmation on his warrant, if he has one or not. All I see is a Y next to his name, so I’m assuming it’s a yes. Super unsafe, for not wearing the proper clothing to be operating the motorcycle. She does have to walk because it’s unsafe the way that they are traveling here. So, no citation for him today. I’m thankful that he stopped the motorcycle first off, and that he had valid insurance. And that should be it; he’s off with the warning.”

  • Monroe, La. — Officer Smith and colleagues interact with a pedestrian with an open container. Cops are apparently familiar with the subject who pours out the liquid as he heads on his way. Iseman: “Well, it sounds like he’s a fan of cartoons and crack. You deal with a lot of repeat customers, though, in this job.” Wilson: “You patrol enough, you’re gonna run into people that you had run-ins with before, whether it was for this guy with drugs, and now, of course with open containers, so it happens.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Officer Roger Carlin makes a well-being check on an older male who is stumbling on the side of the road. According to Iseman, the man “was hard to understand, but definitely sounded like he had one too many. Cops invoke the Marchman Act for the subject’s safety.

Listen to Officer Carlin summarize the incident followed by a studio panel discussion:

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lieutenant Tombs and Deputy Fleming, plus other cops, return to the car-drifting event after an accident occurs there with a vehicle crashing into a pole. Lieutenant Toombs: “At that event, somebody struck a pole. Somebody flew off the car. This is the stuff that happens, though, at these types of events…somebody was doing their little drifting. Struck a pole. Someone was probably hanging out at the side of one of those cars, and they flew off the car, and they’re injured…I don’t know what the injuries are on this person yet, but we’re still trying to determine what we have with this.” Paramedics summoned. Cops on scene engage in crowd control.

Listen to Deputy Fleming and the studio panel (Iseman: “…a ton of fun until something goes wrong, and clearly it did in this situation”) describe the scene:

  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Falcon and a colleague attempt to serve a warrant at a trailer park area for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon but are unable to locate the subject. With reference to the neighbors, Iseman asserts that “it sounds like not everyone is pleased with how this manhunt is proceeding.”
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  • Richland County, S.C. — Captain Danny Brown makes a traffic stop on a slow roller for no headlights on and allegedly running a stop sign. Expired permit. Before the car pulls over, Iseman describes it as a “moderate speed pursuit.”

Listen as Captain Brown as he offers to rescind the ticket in court if the driver, age 18, gets his license issue straightened out and also reminds the driver about some rules of the road:

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer John Longendorf and other units converged on a residence and take a female into custody on felony warrants. Iseman: “That was Officer John Longendorf giving the Miranda Rights to Miranda.” Officer Longendorf: “They’re filming a documentary.” Subject: I don’t want to be on the documentary.”

Officer Longendorf recap: “So coming up to the house, look in the big picture window right there. TV’s on. I see her in the kitchen sitting at the table with, I assume, who’s the male that she was with the other night. She’s easily identifiable with her face tattoos and the one that’s on top of her forehead. So I immediately recognized her and gave her commands to come to the door, which she did comply. Put her under Miranda, and she did confess to being in a crash a couple of nights ago in Sevier County. So we’ll notify Sevier County. She’s in custody so they can go and take out their warrants out on her. She’s going to jail tonight for at least the two VOPs* for aggravated burglary, felony theft, and then she has an outstanding warrant for felony theft as well, so she’s going downtown for those.” *[violation of probation warrants]

Subject: “This is crazy.” Officer Longendorf: “The world is crazy that we live in.”

  • Monroe, La. — Police converge at a location where a car smashed into a home and investigate a shooting that may be connected with the incident. Paramedics summoned to the scene. On Patrol: Live provides numerous updates — see below — on this incident through the course of the episode.

Sergeant Sadler: “There’s still a lot unknown right now. Officer Daniel was the first one on scene. He extricated the guy out of the car, the car which you can’t see is inside the house. It’s pretty mangled. You can tell they were coming at a pretty high rate of speed, jumped the curb, and drove in there, and was still inside the vehicle. JJ pulled him out, saw a single gunshot wound to his side, immediately started CPR until the fire department got here to take over to do CPR, and they immediately rushed him to the hospital. A side note: Our sheriff’s office, local sister agency, at the same time this come out, they advised a radio operator that they’re working a shooting, and they believe this could possibly be either the victim, one of the victims, or a suspect, because it looks like a gunshot wound, or gunshot holes, in the car. Either this guy was a complete victim just trying to get home, or he was a suspect in their deal, and they were returning fire. A lot to be sorted out for right now.” Iseman: “…sounds like the driver may have been shot, then crashed the car…”

Officer Nathanel Chapman: “The lady who was in here; she was in the bedroom with her daughter. Her two little ones were in the living room. Heard the boom, came running out, found her two little ones. They’re fine. They just had a little bit of rubble on them. No scratches, nor bruises, or anything like that. But while she was getting them, she doesn’t know how many, but other males jumped out of the car, and ran off. We don’t know how many…obviously she was freaking out…” Iseman: “It sounds like it is a crazy situation. And just remarkable: two kids in the living room. A miracle that they weren’t injured. Curtis, you were already talking about something as you saw that scene unfolding.” Wilson: “You got to talk about where this first incident started at, where the shots were fired. So that’s one scene there. Now you have this scene here with the car went through a house. So they have to work both of those.” Iseman: “And it sounds like there are multiple people in that car…”

Sergeant Sadler: “So one of the witnesses said that there were three other people in the car. They took off, and then one of the victims said something about the window being open. So I don’t know if they ran out the window or not. We’re gonna see if there’s any blood trails…I don’t expect to find a person, but if they were injured as well in another shooting, because one of the witnesses that looked like one of were hurt. Obviously, if you were in that car, you’re probably hurt…

“And just remarkable: two kids in the living room. A miracle that they weren’t injured.”

Sergeant Sadler update: “I heard a juvenile making a comment about a victim was shot in the side. That was knowledge that the police barely had. So, how did he know that knowledge? So, we pulled him aside. He was reluctant to talk. Thank goodness his grandma was around because grandma encouraged him to talk. So, he gave a little, not a lot, but basically said he heard about it through somebody’s Instagram story, which he showed us who that was. And so, now the question is how did this person know that they were shot because basically they were giving out information before anybody even knew it happened. So, that will help the detectives kind of pinpoint who knows what, any possible witnesses, stuff like that. Right now, the detectives on scene, crime scene guys, just showed up, so they’re gonna actually have to process the car before they move it out in case the roof falls, and get…DNA evidence or fingerprints, stuff like that. So once they pull the car out, then they’ll do a search warrant on the car, and search it and see what they find inside. So there’s a lot of waiting game, a lot of evidence processing right now.”

Sergeant Sadler further update on this ongoing investigation: “We kind of give a little update, a little bit more information, than revealed. So the whole alleged shooting that the sheriff’s office was working — our detectives doing what detectives do, they contacted the detective that’s working that shooting. That vehicle in that house is the vehicle that was at the scene of their shooting. So this looks like the victim from their homicide that occurred in another jurisdiction. So rather than us writing warrants and all that stuff, we’re just simply holding it, gonna compile all witness information and statements, just hold it, and hand it to them and then supplement them and help them any way they need to possibly get the shooting that took place. But it was so confusing when you hear information. You just kind of read between the lines. They kept saying one of the guys was paralyzed. We thought it was one of the victims was paralyzed. Turns out one of the occupants, the passenger, was paralyzed. and has been paralyzed for years. He’s just friends with these guys. So the two guys that took off running out the back window looked around, got a car, come back, walked inside, and carried their paralyzed friend, put him in the car, and took off, and then left their other friend that was shot. So we’re trying to get those three identified to obviously fill in a lot of blanks that need to be filled in. But we’re just gonna stand by and assist sheriff’s office in any way they need.”

“That vehicle in that house is the vehicle that was at the scene of their shooting…”

Iseman: “So an insane situation, and Curtis, this is just what you were talking about — that second scene. it sounds like there was a homicide there. This just got even more serious.” Wilson: “And, of course, as he just talked about, they’re gonna take everything that they have, give it to the sheriff’s department so that therefore they could piece this thing together and figure out exactly who’s responsible.” Rizzo: “But let’s not forget about an innocent family that’s gonna be displaced now. So they’ll have — they have sometimes local groups all the way up to even Red Cross that’ll come for a disaster situation like that to help with temporary housing and everything and to deal with the house which slash now a crime scene.” Iseman: “But let’s just look on the bright side. Those kids who were in the living room — they are okay. Just amazing.”

Listen to Officer Smith provide a wrap-up as of now:

  • Las Vegas, Nev. (pre-recorded segment) — Cops respond so someone allegedly causing a disturbance at a convenience store or some other shop. Iseman previews the footage by asserted that cops “responded to a report of breaking and entering at a liquor store –actually more like entering and then breaking.” They detain a female on scene who resists and has to be carried into a police car. She faces several charges.

Listen to Officer Cristian Petruic describe the scene and the outcome:

  • Las Vegas, Nev. — Officer Hauger responds to a disturbance at an apartment complex, which turns out seemingly to be a false alarm. Possibly just an argument. A bystander on scene tells Officer Hauger that “I seen you in a movie before.” Iseman: “So it sounds like our movie-star-looking Officer Tyler Hauger has things under control there.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Captain Brown makes a friendly traffic stop on a jet ski/moped operating on the road for an alleged lights violation. Iseman: “[Captain Brown is] not on the water, folks. He’s on the road.” On Patrol: Live caption: “Amphibious stop.” The driver is released with a warning.

Listen to Captain Brown’s conversation, in an “educational stop,” with the driver, who among things says “It’ll go in the water, but straight to the bottom,” after which Iseman quips that “this would be amazing if they ever had that long-awaited sequel for Waterworld, the movie.”

  • Richland County, S.C. — After a foot chase, deputies take a man in custody in connection with an alleged car break-in. The suspect may have tossed a gun. Captain Brown provides backup.

Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sergeant Marcus Booth conducts a traffic stop and engages in some edgy dialog with the motorist.

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputy Samuel Jasper is dispatched to an alleged disturbance at a big party at a church where someone possibly brandished a weapon, possibly a knife. The call is subsequently called off.
  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Falcon and another unit on a bicycle stop which results in a warning for an open container. “Dump it out; you can get a DUI on a bike.”
  • Las Vegas, Nev. — Officer Hauger and another unit respond to an alleged dispute between a man and a woman. The male appears to be moving out of the residence and carrying out his belongings. He seems to casually asks police on scene to check if he has warrants or if if any are connected to the car. It turns out, however, that the female has warrants, and cops take her to jail. Officer Hauger tells the woman that “the other day when you took off from the police, those officers had positively identified you as a suspect. So there’s probable cause to arrest you for felony evading.”

Iseman: “I’ve seen some bad breakups before, but getting your ex sent to jail. Captain Rizzo, as soon as he was starting to talking to the cops, you thought something was up. Rizzo: “Oh yeah. It’s that famous Chris Rock skit. ‘he got weed, he got weed’ Use us to clean up shop.” Iseman: “Ever happen to you, Curtis? You ever had someone throw a significant other under the bus?” Wilson: “No, but it does happen. Usually it’s like when a cop is taking one away, then the person who called the cop on him is now going after the cops because they’re arresting somebody they love. In this situation, it happened a different way.” Iseman: “Well, my wife is watching this, and I know we’re on good terms.”

“I’ve seen some bad breakups before, but getting your ex sent to jail…”

  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Falcon conducts a traffic stop for allegedly running a red light. “Just because you can turn on right on red doesn’t mean you don’t have to come to a stop before turning. He just fully sent himself into oncoming traffic without even stopping to look to make sure it was safe to go. It could have caused a really bad crash for himself or somebody else.”
  • Missing segment — Orlando, Fla.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputy Jeffcoat and other units investigate a shots-fired incident. In a search of a wooded area, they find a shell casing.
  • Clayton County, Ga. — Deputy Fleming makes a traffic stop for allegedly using high beams. “So you can’t blind everybody. I’d rather for you to drive with that one headlight out instead of blinding everybody on the roadway.” The driver is likely to be released with a warning as long as his license is valid.
  • Knox County, Tenn. — As the episode concludes, Officers Longendorf and Joseph Stainback head to a reported stabbing at a residence where people are allegedly intoxicated.
Click on this link for the On Patrol: Live recap of #OPL episode 03-81, May 23, 2025.