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

On Patrol: Live Season 3: 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.

Along with the regular trio, Hollywood, Fla., Detective Danielly De Andrade joins the studio panel this weekend as a guest analyst.

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Agency update: A grand jury has indicted On Patrol: live fan favorite Will Armstrong, the Brookford, N.C., police chief, on charges related to allegedly destroying evidence in connection with a cold case investigation, Charlotte’s WSOC-TV reported. Chief Armstrong’s lawyer has denied the allegations. Brookford has put Armstrong on paid administrative leave for now. Chief Armstrong had announced plans to run for Catawba County sheriff (where Brookford is located) and claims the charges are politically motivated. He also intends to continue as a candidate for the position. Read more about the situation at WSOC and at Queen City News.

On Patrol: Live tonight: In this traffic-stop heavy episode, the Clayton County “plethora of tickets” and Chewy the “meth raccoon” in Ohio by far drew the most social media attention. See below for details on all 22 law enforcement encounters on this new episode of On Patrol: Live on Reelz.

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On Patrol: Live episodes: Just about every incident covered on On Patrol: Live in each of its first-run, three-hour episodes on Reelz on Friday and Saturday evenings starting at 9 p.m. Eastern time is really live. The content is subject, however, to a delay ranging from about five to 20 minutes primarily for legal reasons, and obviously apart apart from any pre-recorded packages.

On Patrol: Live Recap for May 9, 2025 (#OPL Episode 03-77)

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  • Knox County, Tenn. — Just prior to air, K9 Officer Joshua Bowers makes contact with a motorist on a traffic stop who is an alleged road-rage victim and then searches for a suspect. Listen to Officer Bowers’ summary:
  • Monroe, La. — Cops respond to “a literal pissing match between neighbors” and try to mediate the situation. On Patrol: Live caption: “No stream of conscience.” Officer Wendel Torrey: “So we made contact with both the residents inside these locations, advised them to be conscious if they are urinating outside, and start using the bathroom. I think we have an agreement going with everybody now.” On Patrol: Live host Dan Abrams satirically makes reference to “the pissed-off neighbor.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Corporal TJ Norton conducts a traffic stop for no headlights. The driver, age 20, has no license. Ticket issued. The friendly corporal appears to give the driver a break otherwise. Abrams: “Yet another driver who seems to not have a license. We were just talking about the fact that it is sort of astonishing. When you watch this show as often as we do, the number of people who don’t have licenses — well registration, I can occasionally see, but driving without a license, the number of times we see it, continues to surprise.” On Patrol: Live studio analyst Tom Rizzo: “But can you travel without a license?” Abrams: “You can travel if you are a sovereign citizen, and you’ve gotten your degree from YouTube.”
  • Clayton County, Ga. (pre-recorded segment) — Abrams introduces the segment by asserting that “Deputy Zemarion Meeks tried to pull over a slow-rolling car with no registration or insurance, but that was just the ‘tip of the citation iceberg.'” Deputy Meeks conducts a traffic stop on a driver who says she just got out of jail (“you’re almost about to go back”) and issues a “plethora of citations” to her, including for no license. Vehicle towed.

Listen to Deputy Meeks’ interaction with the subject:

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputy Alex Hernandez on a traffic stop outside a residence in connection with a borrowed vehicle that was allegedly not returned to its owner. Deputy Hernandez: “We talked to this gentleman’s mom to see if we can get him here to return the vehicle. Supposedly, she allowed him to use this vehicle the last couple months, and now he’s refusing to give it back, so we’re gonna see if we can get him over here. For now. we’ll take a report for her and put the vehicle in a breach-of-trust status.” Abrams: “Maybe she asked him about it, and what did she get back? Crickets.”
  • Clayton County, Ga. — Deputy Rob Fleming, Lieutenant Joseph Toombs, and other units search for a vehicle that allegedly blew past an ongoing traffic stop without moving over. Cops track the vehicle to an apartment complex and make contact with the alleged driver. The latter is arrested for alleged reckless driving and failing to move over. Lieutenant Toombs admonishes the driver and explains the infraction to the man’s wife (who was initially warned about potential obstruction) on scene (“our lives depend on people driving these cars like they got some sense”) and also decides not to tow the car. Listen to some of interaction below. Deputy Fleming separately explains that Deputy Meeks was rear-ended by a motorist that same morning.

Deputy Fleming explains why this is a sensitive issue with cops: “So this guy’s going to the Clayton County Jail…Lieutenant Toombs allowed the family to keep the car because she said the family needs the car…I’m just glad my brother [Lieutenant Toombs] didn’t get hurt. None of us got hurt. Could have been a whole lot worse. We had an accident today with one of our deputies. A fan favorite, Deputy Meeks, got hit from behind. He’s at home recovering, but it’s so dangerous…” On a lighter note, Abrams observes that “Well, on different stops and in different situations, different officers take on different roles. And here, one of the officers cracked out the sanitizer…”

  • Las Vegas, Nev. — Officer Tyler Georgi and several colleagues converge on a house in connection with a fleeing suspect and make contact with two residents on scene. A potential suspect is subsequently detained by some other units in a backyard.
  • Monroe, La. — Officer Weldon Torrey provides backup on a traffic stop at a closed park for an allegedly non-compliant driver and who ends up being tased, although the taser deployment was ineffective according to Officer Khadeem Dumas-Brown. The motorist is arrested for allegedly resisting and allegedly for weed. With reference to the first officer on the stop, the driver says, among other things, “I didn’t like the way he was talking to me…I did not like the way he made my spirit feel…I’m trying to manifest a house…” Car search. Abrams and Detective De Andrade briefly discuss show tasers don’t always work for various reasons, with Abrams adding that the incidence of ineffective tasing could perhaps be as high as 50 percent. Detective De Andrade: “You have to have a backup plan.”

Listen to Officer Dumas-Brown describe the stop:

  • Triple Play #1 — A Springfield, Ohio, traffic stop with Chewy the raccoon in the front seat and a dog in the back. On Patrol: Live co-host Curtis Wilson: “So will there be a movie Cocaine Bear and Chewy?

#AskDany Q&A session with Detective De Andrade:

  • Las Vegas, Nev. — Officer Russell Booze makes contact with female complainant on a report of a fight possibly with a gun. Multiple cops in addition to Officer Booze are on scene subsequently detain a female suspect. Abrams: “So it turns out she had actually agreed to met them, so that’s how they ended up finding her. She wants to offer her side of the story, which I guess she’ll probably start to do now. But the officers there seem to have a pretty high degree of confidence that they have knowledge of what happened.”
  • Lee County, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputy Damian Lehmann and the Fire Department responds to a fire at a trailer park that apparently was set to eliminate a beehive The deputy describes the handyman as “not the brightest.” Citation issued for allegedly running over a fire hose. Rizzo quips that ‘you can’t be mad at the guy. He stops at nothing; there’s no just getting rid of the bees. We’re just gonna torch the lot…”

Abrams: “We were talking more seriously about the fact that this is a situation where police do arrive before Fire, and there can be situations where a fire is much more serious.” Detective De Andrade: “Correct…sometimes we do arrive, actually most of the time, we do arrive before Fire gets there — the real heroes, we call them that. But all jokes aside, we clear up the scene. We make sure it’s roped off. Make sure there’s nobody in the house, and then Fire does come in, and they make sure they do what they do.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Detective Noah Galbreath and Sergeants James Maher and Selina Puentes conduct a traffic for an alleged window tint violation. Alleged odor of weed and no medical marijuana license; probable cause car search. The cooperative driver, who already made an appointment to remove the tint, is released with a warning.
  • Clayton County, Ga. — Clayton cops, including Deputy Chris Johnson, assist Fayette County on a search for fleeing pickup truck that purportedly entered a trailer park. The subject apparently abandoned the vehicle and ran. Cops make contact with a male and female on scene The female says someone that she apparently only knows by a nickname borrowed a truck. The vehicle in question is allegedly registered to her at that address. Cops obtain permission from her to search the home. Investigation ongoing. Abrams: “They clearly do not believe her story. They may believe her family history….”

Listen to Lieutenant Toombs interact with the woman during the investigation (“if we find out that you’re lying to us after we had this conversation right here, I will personally come and lock you up…be honest with us, because your story sounds like total bullsh*t…”):

  • Lee County, Fla. — Police attempt to serve a warrant at a residence but the subject is not there. Deputy Alexander Chami advises the homeowner that “we’re gonna keep coming” back to look for the subject.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Detective Galbreath and Sergeant Maher initiate another traffic stop for an alleged window tint violation. Consensual car search.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Corporal Rachel Salka investigates an alleged attempted break-in at a residence. After making contact with the homeowners who say someone was allegedly banging on the door and trying to push her way into the house, the corporal searches the area on foot for a possibly intoxicated suspect. Abrams: “Curtis, is everywhere have those kinds of crickets in South Carolina there?” Wilson: “Pretty much, and they’re loud.” Abrams: “They are loud, loud, loud — seems like everywhere they’re going.” Wilson: “That’s it; have a horror movie with them.” Abrams: “…seems like they are particularly prevalent tonight in Berkeley County…” Detective De Andrade: “I’m just saying they’re in Florida too.”
  • Triple Play #2 — a West Allis, Wisc., pursuit. “It’s over, you idiot — get out of the car.”
  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Bowers and other units make a traffic stop. The driver, who has a warrant, is detained. Additional alleged infractions: suspended license, unregistered vehicle, no insurance.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Detective Galbreath and Sergeant Maher on yet another traffic stop for a window tint violation. The driver is released with a warning.
  • Knox County, Tenn (pre-recorded segment) — K9 Officer Nick Wilhelmson assists on a traffic stop for two occupants sleeping in a car. They couple had just finished working a 12 hour shift at McDonalds. The driver says that there is nothing illegal in the vehicle and declines to give consent for a vehicle search. “Kind of getting a weird vibe from these people.” A K9 allegedly alerts after a sniff. Probable cause car search. Drug paraphernalia allegedly found. Cops arrest both occupants. The vehicle is towed.

Listen to Officer Wilhelmson describe what he allegedly found in the car:

  • Monroe, La. — Corporal Guy Smith and Officer Dumas-Brown among others detain a man at an apartment complex after a foot chase. Abrams: “We don’t know exactly what just happened there, or why this guy ran, or why they pursued him. Hopefully, we’ll find out.” Cops spot a gun underneath a car.
  • BOLO segment — Seattle, Wash.
CLICK THIS LINK for the #OPL 03-78, May 10, 2025, recap [forthcoming]. 

Note: Due to travel, there were no recaps for the May 2-3, 2025 On Patrol: Live episodes (#OPL 03-75/76) posted on this blog at this time.