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On Patrol: Live Season 3: A recap of the May 31, 2025, On Patrol: Live episode (#OPL 03-84), 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.

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On Patrol: Live tonight: In this fast-paced episode of the successor reality show to Live PD, incidents including a flurry of traffic stops in Clayton County (one of which became contentious) and the discovery of a concealed pipe in Moore, Okla., were noteworthy in this On Patrol: Live episode guide. The studio tech who operates the bleep button also got another workout. See below for details on the 26 law enforcement incidents across eight On Patrol: Live police departments during this new episode of On Patrol: Live on Reelz.

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On Patrol: Live Recap for May 31, 2025 (#OPL Episode 03-84)

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  • Clayton County, Tenn. — Lieutenant Jonathan Carey initiates a traffic stop on the highway for allegedly going 98 mph in a 65-mph zone. The driver, who initially stopped on the road rather than on the shoulder, is “just trying to get home.” Citation issued for speeding. Lieutenant Carey: “…little education about pulling over onto the shoulder, and she got kids in the car, too. She got a ticket, she got a court date, she’s good to go.”

Moore, Okla. — Officer Ethan Holmes conducts a friendly traffic stop for allegedly failing to signal a lane change. The motorist indicates that she hasn’t had a driver’s license since 1981. On Patrol: Live host Dan Abrams humorously suggests that “my guess is the insurer who’s insuring that car is not that happy right now at all. They’re like, ‘wait a second. We’re insuring someone who hasn’t had a license for 44 years?'” On Patrol: Live studio analyst Tom Rizzo: “Just hasn’t had time to get to the motor vehicle department.” Officer Holmes implies that a licensed driver will have to come to the scene to drive the car to its destination.

Dan Abrams; “My guess is the insurer who’s insuring that car is not that happy right now at all…”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officer Thomas Goble and Lieutenant Richie Maher, among other cops, respond to an incident in which an uncooperative patient being transported in an ambulance allegedly assaulted a paramedic. The suspect, who apparently had fled on foot, is quickly located and taken into custody. Lieutenant Maher quips to the victim that “I was gonna ask you if you wanted me to call you an ambulance, but I can’t call an ambulance — you’re an ambulance.”

Lieutenant Maher asserts that “the firefighter’s go some redness to his face, a little bit of swelling. He’s gonna be okay. He was driving down the street, and this dude ripped off the belts and just went to town, swinging on him…that guy’s gonna go to jail on a felony charge; hitting a firefighter is like hitting a cop. It’s like hitting somebody else. I don’t know what caused the guy to do this. I don’t know whether he was drinking or what’s going on with him, but he was obviously not acting normal when they got him. But everybody in the family looked pretty upset, so we don’t know the backstory. We just know what happened, and now he’s got to be held accountable for it.”

Tom Rizzo: “So what’ll happen in a case like this because he assaulted the first-aid personnel, the fire personnel in this case, is a police officer will ride in the back of that ambulance now while they continue on for their medical treatment first, and then deal with the criminality.”

Officer Goble summary: “So a little bit more information we received, I think, from some family members that were on scene. I guess he’s heavily intoxicated…so it may have been a contributing factor, but this is all gonna be South Daytona’s investigation. We just came down to assist. They got it all wrapped up, so we’re gonna go back in service.”

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lieutenant Carey on another speeding traffic stop (allegedly going 91 mph in a 65-mph zone). On Patrol: Live co-host Curtis Wilson asserts that generally speaking, cops will issue a ticket when it’s 25-plus mph over the speed limit. Lieutenant Carey subsequently releases the driver with a warning. Rizzo: “What would happen if that was [Deputy Zemarion] Meeks?” Abrams: If that was Meeks, it might have been a different story.”
  • Berkeley County, S. C. — Corporals Carli and Devonte Carr conduct a traffic stop outside a motel for reasons that aren’t entirely evident but may involve a license plate issue.. Irate Driver: “I didn’t do anything…” Corporal Carli Carr: “Can you pat him down because he had a bulge in front of his pants.” Driver: “I got no bulge in the front of my pants.” Abrams: “When someone is asked about a bulge in their pants, sometimes they’ll proudly admit it, and other times…always different kinds of reactions to that situation.” The driver is subsequently released, and the stop ends amicably after cops and the motorist engage in dialogue. Corporal Devonte Carr: “I think he’s in a better mood since we talked to him.”

Listen to Corporal Devonte Carr’s brief recap:

  • Triple Play #2 — a Sharonville, Ohio, police pursuit.
  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lieutenant Carey conducts a traffic top for the alleged odor of weed. Cops have to pull the driver who seems reluctant to produce his license out of the car and detain him. “What did I do?…I didn’t do nothing.” Lieutenant Carey: “This ain’t California; you’re in Georgia.” Probable cause car search. Several blunts allegedly found. The driver is arrested for weed. Abrams: “Another one of these situations where maybe if he’d been more cooperative, he’d have a better outcome.”

“This ain’t California; you’re in Georgia.”

In the audio clip embedded below, listen to some of the lieutenant’s interaction with the motorist followed by some commentary from Deputy Malik Clark:

Lt. Carey: “He got weed; that’s why he’s acting a fool.”

Lieutenant Carey initial summary: “So he obviously — he didn’t want to get out of the car. But while I was driving behind him, I could smell weed coming from his car. Originally, he was behind me, or I was behind him. He turned off into a neighborhood; parked outside some random house. I blacked out down the street, and saw him of out the neighborhood, and came towards me. I could smell weed again. So conducted a traffic stop on it, and Deputy Clark searching it for me. So we’re gonna find out what he got going on…”

Abrams: “Another one of these situations where maybe if he’d been more cooperative, he’d have a better outcome.”

Listen as Lieutenant Carey informs the motorist that he’s being arrested (“weed is illegal in Georgia”) after which Abrams notes that “the reason this guy may be sitting in the back of a police right now isn’t just as much about the marijuana as all the other things that happened…the answer was, ‘well, you ducked me, and you were not giving me your license., et cetera.” Wilson: “He escalated the situation. Sometimes you just got to comply.” Abrams: “Why sometimes?…all the time you got to comply.”

  • Las Vegas, Nev. — Officer Nicholas Null makes contact with a motorist with a disabled vehicle and offers to help. “It’s a nice car, dude.” Motorist: “Is that Live PD?” Officer Null: “It’s something like that; shooting a documentary.” Abrams points that it’s 105 degrees in Las Vegas.
  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Christian Greene is flagged down for some reason by a loquacious woman standing next to a car. A long conversation/monologue ensues before the deputy moves on. Deputy Greene: “It’s impressive the amount of stories you’ve told us in the last two minutes.” Abrams: “I see a book on the horizon: ‘Words of Wisdom from Wanda.'”
  • Moore, Okla. — Officer Ethan Holmes makes routine contact with two pedestrians for an unspecified reason. A reference made to filming a documentary. Subject: “Are we on TV?” Officer Holmes: “Maybe; it’s possible.”

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputy Toddson Catoe makes a traffic stop on a car outside a BBQ restaurant for an alleged lane violation. The deputy indicates that he allegedly smells weed coming for the car. A worker promotes the restaurant’s cuisine for the On Patrol: Live cameras: “First Class is first class. You want some good food, come down here and eat…”Abrams: “The line’s gonna be out the door pretty soon.” The man also gives a shout-out to Curtis Wilson. The driver is subsequently released with no charges after a car search.
  • Knox County, Tenn. (pre-recorded segment) — Officer Zachary Doss makes a traffic stop that goes from routine to intense when the rear passenger allegedly starts reaching around. Car search. No contraband found. Cops do confiscated brass knuckles, which are illegal in Tennessee. The occupants end up being released with no charges.

Listen to this encounter:

  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Greene makes a bicycle stop. The argumentative bicyclist insists she’s not detained despite Deputy Greene telling her otherwise. Bleeping. In response to question, the deputy says “they’re filming a documentary.” Bicyclist: “For what? How to be an…a**hole 101?” Ticket issued which she appears to drop in a trash bin.

Deputy Greene summary: “I’ve been out with her probably four or five times in the past few months. Every single time I stop her, she has this attitude. I’m not too sure what the reasoning is for that. At the end of the day, she is blatantly just going across a busy lane of traffic without using the crosswalk…every time she has multiple violations she’s committing, yet she decides to just blatantly get this attitude with us, which is fine. Enjoy it. No hard feelings. I worked in the jail, so I know how it goes.”

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — The Carrs and Corporal Andy Gonzalez assist Corporal Dylan Lee and other officers on a traffic stop for an alleged wrong-way driver who purportedly had fled. The driver, who seems withdrawn, claims that he is not under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Corporal Carli Carr to the motorist: “…you were driving in oncoming traffic…literally, like, your vehicle is on the wrong side of the road. You could have killed someone tonight.” Paramedics summoned to the scene. Car search; drugs allegedly found.

Corporal Lee recap: “So we got a call about a possible drunk driver in the median, driving down the median. I came up to him, observed him driving through the median, and then obviously failing to maintain his lane. Lit him up; he didn’t stop. We kept traveling; he would go into oncoming lane of travel, almost caused a wreck several times. Thankfully, he got back on the right side of the road. He finally stopped right here. We did a felony traffic stop, got him detained. While looking through the car, we found that baggy in the driver’s seat. Looks like heroin, but it’s probably fentanyl. We’re about to test it right now. But we got EMS coming to check him out, but he’s definitely going to jail for failure to stop, also the drugs, and we’ll see what else we got.”

Corporal Devonte Carr adds that “he’s detained right now. We still think he’s under the influence of narcotics and he’s going in and out of consciousness. Probably, like I said, he’s still under the influence. So, we got to Fire/Rescue to pull up, and we’re gonna get some Narcan on standby for him. And then he’ll probably end up being transported to the hospital…they’ll let us know when he’s released, and then we’ll pick him up and then we’ll take him to the jail, or depending on what [Corporal] Lee wants to do…but they’re on scene now, so he’ll get…medical attention.” Abrams: “He is going to need that medical attention.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officer Goble responds to a report of a fight and makes contact with a subject and the subject’s friends/family members. “Is this Cops? Is this Live PD?” Officer Goble: “A the end of the day, hanging out at bars all night probably ain’t helping him out…” The friends agree to take the man home.

Officer Goble recap: “He’s been provided with a sequence number that initially he requested. He’s just advised several times now he’s not gonna follow up on anything. He doesn’t need it, so I’m not sure why he requested it. But hopefully his brother and his brother’s girlfriend or wife, whoever she is, can get him out of here, because if he doesn’t leave soon, he’s most likely gonna be going to jail for disorderly intoxication. But they’ve got it all figured out for now. Hopefully, he goes home, and we’re gonna move on to the next call.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Sgt. James Maher and other cops make a traffic stop on an alleged hit-and-run driver. It turns out she is a “habitual traffic violator,” and she is arrested for that the habitual violation. The car is released to her sister to that the vehicle doesn’t get towed.

Listen to Sergeant Maher discuss the incident:

  • Triple Play #3 — An Ocala, Fla., pursuit.
  • Las Vegas, Nev. — Officer Null and a colleague respond to a disturbance at a gas station/convenience store. They advise the older male who is sitting outside to leave the premises.

On Patrol: Live Hour 3

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Lieutenant Maher responds to a trespass call at a convenience store and detains the subject for the latter’s own well-being after the man apparently doesn’t leave the premises. Bleeping.

Lieutenant Maher recap: “So, he’s not going to jail, but he needs to sober up. He’s obviously gonna be a harm to himself or someone else. He’s out here stumbling around. I don’t know if it’s alcohol or drugs, but keeps telling us to lock him up. But he’s really, really, really intoxicated to the point where I’m in fear for his safety if I were to leave him not in protected custody with the state. So, we’re gonna grab him, take him over to somewhere to sober up for us, and then we’ll be done with it. Just want to make sure I grab gloves first because he’s absolutely covered in Salisbury steak…so he’s just a little too ‘sauced’ up for his own good. I didn’t mean that pun, but a little too sauced up for his own good…”

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputy Austin Longieliere responds to a motor vehicle crash; a car is in a ditch. The fire department is on scene. Abrams: “Obviously, a serious accident there, and potentially serious injuries.”
  • Moore, Okla. — Officer Holmes and another cop conduct a traffic stop for allegedly crossing over the center line and the lane line. Officer Holmes to driver: “Why are we all over the road, though? I understand driving fast if our stomach’s hurting…” On Patrol: Live caption: “Possible DUI.” The driver denies drinking. Field sobriety testing. Officer Holmes spots what he thinks is a meth pipe in the driver’s bra, which she denies. “It’s not a meth pipe; I don’t have a meth pipe.” Officer Holmes: “You don’t have to lie about it. I saw it. I know what it is. I’ve seen a lot of them.” Driver: “It’s not mine.” Officer Holmes: “It’s not yours? It’s in your bra.” A female officer is called to the scene to retrieve the pipe. Car search. On Patrol: Live caption: “Drug paraphernalia found.” The driver is Mirandized.

Dan Abrams: “We’ve never heard ‘not my bra’ on this show. We’ve heard ‘not my pants.’ In this case, she’s not saying ‘not my bra.’ She’s saying it’s not her pipe that was apparently in her bra.”

  • BOLO update (authorities have captured all but two of the New Orleans jailbreakers) and new BOLO segment (the Arkansas fugitive that made national headlines)
  • Moore, Okla. — Along with other cops, Officer Christopher Muter responds to a disturbance about a woman allegedly yelling and screaming. He makes contact with an elderly woman sitting outside a motel next to her husband and tries to calm her down. Abrams: “Seems Mrs. Claus may have had a little too much mulled wine or hot toddies.”

Listen to Officer Muter create equilibrium in this situation:

  • Lee County, Fla. — Deputy Austin Crothers responds to a call about an alleged fight between brothers at a residence. On scene, he gathers information from a female witness. One of the males appears to have a bloody face and seems unsteady on his feet. Abrams: “Obviously, this guy needs medical treatment, and they’re on the way…they got to get this guy medical attention first and foremost.” Paramedics arrive on scene to render care to the victim. Abrams: “This guy got really beaten up badly…that was the thing we were most concerned about is this guy needs treatment fast..”

Listen to Deputy Crothers’ initial recap as of now:

  • Lee County, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputy Kevin Jordan and colleagues respond to a disturbance call; a neighbor heard someone screaming. Police make contact with a sobbing female and a male on scene.

Deputy Jordan recap: “Synopsis — it’s a disturbance between a couple, and it escalated. They came outside. He broke, like, a picture frame, hit her in the head, and he’s going to jail.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — As the episode concludes, Lieutenant Maher and another unit make a traffic stop for allegedly running a stop sign. The driver apparently has no license, registration, or insurance in the car. Heavy bleeping. Lieutenant Maher puts stop sticks under the subject vehicle’s tires just in case.

Lieutenant Maher as On Patrol: Live signs off: “…he keeps telling me that his passenger is the owner of the car, not him, and saying his ID, not his license, is at the house. He’s really, really nervous, and I’m about to tell him to turn the car off, but I’m gonna place a little bit of insurance under one of his tires in case he decides he wants to do something different.”

Click on this link for the On Patrol: Live recap of #OPL episode #03-83, May 30, 2025.