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A recap of the November 8, 2025, On Patrol: Live episode (#OPL 04-30) on Reelz, anchored in the New York City studio by attorney/executive producer Dan Abrams along with studio analysts/co-hosts Curtis Wilson and Tom Rizzo, follows below.

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 On Patrol: Live Tonight

In this On Patrol: Live episode guide, a stolen ambulance in Clayton County, a family feud in Richland County, and an long pursuit in Knox County were among the focal points for #OPNation. See below for details on all 21 law enforcement incidents across nine scheduled police departments (Note: Lee County did not appear).

As often happens, On Patrol: Live provided no follow-ups or updates on several open incidents that occurred during the show. Separately, and for whatever reason, host Dan Abrams appeared to bring Curtis Wilson into the studio conversation much more than he usually does in On Patrol: Live episodes.

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On Patrol: Live Recap for November 8, 2025 (#OPL Episode 04-30)

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  • Clayton County, Ga. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Investigating stolen ambulance.” Lieutenant Brandon Warren and other officers are on scene where a stolen ambulance crashed out. A female suspect is detained. On Patrol: Live host Dan Abrams: “So she’s being taken away.” Lieutenant Joseph Tombs: “…One pursuit and one stolen vehicle type of situation. It’s crazy. I really wonder what the rest of the night is gonna bring for us. It’s a helluva night so far. Welcome to Clayton, guys.”

Lt. Toombs: “…It’s a helluva night so far…”

Listen below to Lt. Warren’s brief, initial summary of what allegedly happened:

  • Richland County, S.C. — Sergeant Bryce Hughes responds to a fight in progress which Abrams describes as an “ongoing family feud” which cops “try to assess and de-escalate.” The sergeant promptly confiscates a bat from someone on scene and gathers information from one or more witnesses at the location and tries to mediate the situation. On Patrol: Live caption: “Investigating fight.” There is a lot of commotion on scene. Bleeping. Master Deputy Addy Perez is also on scene.

Sgt. Hughes summary: “We pull up to this dispute which is obviously really active when when got here, and it’s a bunch of family drama going back and forth. So there was one guy — he’s in cuffs right now because he had a baseball bat that he was about to assault his brother with. There’s child’s mom here, there’s mom here, there’s kids here, there’s another person, I don’t know who…but they’re all fighting. They all got drama. So kind of trying to figure out right now, because it looks like an assault did occur. Are we gonna have cooperating parties to press charge or is everybody separating for the night? We’re trying to do that, but they won’t quit fussing between each other for us to figure that out.”

Abrams update: “Everyone was released there. No charges in connection with that dispute.”

  • Wheeling, W.Va. — Cops look for someone reportedly in the bushes with a firearm in a residential area.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Responding to accident.” Sergeant Chris Maher and other officers, plus the fire department, are on scene at the accident. Paramedics remove the driver from the car and place him on a stretcher for transport to the hospital.

Sgt. Maher: “So we’re still trying to figure out exactly what happened. No witnesses actually seen this. His iPhone called it automatically, but this is not a normal place to crash. There’s also a knife right behind the car, so we’re trying to figure out what’s going on….we’re not sure yet, so we’re still working it.” The sergeant also tries to obtain information from the driver himself.

Listen below as On Patrol: Live co-host Curtis Wilson briefly discusses the iPhone “hard impact” or crash detection functionality:

  • Baton Rouge, La. — Sergeant Jordon Lear and Officer Charleston Armstrong conduct a traffic stop apparently for no license plate.
  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Riley Duncan initiates a routine traffic stop for alleged illegal tail lights. Abrams: “Apparently, those lights are a problem, Remember on last night’s show, I said, have you ever had fuchsia lights — it’s a problem? I don’t know if those are fuchsia, but it’s — might be fuchsia-ish…” The driver’s boyfriend shows up which causes some tension on scene. The motorist is released with a warning to just keep the lights red when driving.

Abrams: “We’ve talked about it it a lot on this show, but it’s worth repeating from a police officer’s perspective, that makes them very nervous.” On Patrol: Live studio analyst Tom Rizzo: “One hundred percent. You have to concentrate. You’re already on one of the most dangerous things we do…now I have to take my attention off of that car stop, and responsible for that person’s safety as well, to deal with some knucklehead that wants to walk up on me and then catch an attitude…you can go ahead and film and do all that. We all understand that, but from a distance, not involved. You can not interfere with a case like that. You see that time and time again on this show.” Abrams: “And that’s why you see the officer now backing off. He’s not gonna look up the material yet, right?…he’s gonna wait for backup to arrive because he just wants to make sure he’s got the scene under control, and then he’ll look up her license.” Rizzo: “And the courts have repeatedly understood that. It’s not a prolonging of a car stop…to then control that scene.”

Listen below to some of Officer Duncan’s interaction with both parties:

  • Clayton County, Ga. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputy Desmond Whitson and other units pursue a fleeing car who allegedly struck a police vehicle from a nearby jurisdiction. The driver foot bails and ends up getting tased and detained. Deputy Devon Brown: “He was trying to play, like ring around the rosie with us, I guess…” Abrams: “You know what happens at the end of ring around the rosie; they all fall down.”

Listen below to Deputy Brown’s incident summary followed by a studio panel discussion:

  • Richland County, S.C. — Based on two third-party calls, Sergeant Hughes is dispatched to search for a woman on the highway who was running on foot from an SUV that was chasing her. Abrams: “Two separate callers there, which makes it that much more credible, so she’s gonna be on the lookout there.” Sgt. Hughes: “Nobody has seen the female so far…[another unit will] go make contact with the caller from the gas station…and see if there’s more information…” Abrams: “So the search continues…”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Maher pull over a driver who was allegedly “driving super recklessly.” Upon approaching the car, which had allegedly been slow rolling when lit up, he starts off the contact with the driver, a college student, with one word: “Why?” He goes on to say “lights and sirens means stop” and then asks “is there a reason you’re putting everyone’s lives in danger driving so recklessly in the city?” He then advises the driver that it’s an arrestable offense but apparently opts to issue a criminal citation instead. Sergeant Keme Okoya is also on scene and interacts with the driver.

Listen below to Sgts. Maher and Okoya on scene as well as a studio discussion:

  • Triple Play #3 — An Alliance, Ohio, police pursuit.

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Responding to a disturbance call, and apparently with the help of a GPS car tracker, Officer Keith Foreman detains a vocal female in connection with an allegation about someone jumping into another person’s vehicle and taking off, and according to Abrams, “and then things got a bit ‘bumpy.'” Abrams: “I’ve heard bump mean a lot of different things. I’ve never heard that before.” Wilson: “Must be a Florida thing.” The subject also has a warrant.

Listen below to Officer Foreman’s incident recap:

  • Baton Rouge, La. — Sergeant Lear initiates a friendly traffic stop for an obscured temporary tag in the back window. The driver, who apparently doesn’t have a license, is released with a warning. Sgt. Lear: “Well, happy birthday. Go straight home. Don’t pass Go. Don’t collect $200.”
  • Knox County, Tenn. — On Patrol: Live caption: “In pursuit.” In an extended sequence, K9 Officer Ashley Coons races on back roads to assist colleagues and another agency in a pursuit. Drivers who don’t pull over properly becomes an issue: “Blind curve, blind curve, blind curve — God bless America!” At one point in the chase, her radio communication channel disconnects. “Luckily, we have our side app here that we like to use pretty frequently…” Officer Coons finally arrives on scene where the subject vehicle wrecked out and the driver is detained: “Is that that Live PD?” A police car is also damaged as a result of the chase. Officer Coons deploys K9 Tyson to sniff the suspect vehicle. “Let’s see if we find anything extra.” According to Officer Coons: “…we got a positive alert on the driver side door, which makes sense, since he had some marijuana on him, so I would imagine it’s probably the extent of it…”

Listen below to Officer Coons’ initial summary about what allegedly happened:

Listen below as Deputy Jamie Pulliam, who apparently was primary on the pursuit, discusses the incident:

Officer Tyler Marzarago: “This vehicle, as y’all already know, ran from one of our officers out here. Once we got him stopped, the odor of alcohol was immediately present. I found this box, and then a few of these empty cans, and then it’s right over here in the passenger floorboard. So he also had a small amount of marijuana on him. So he’s definitely not safe to drive.”

  • Baton Rouge, La. — Corporal Blake Welborn and other cops on a traffic stop for a pickup truck.
  • Knox County, Tenn. (pre-recorded segment) — Officer John Longendorf on a traffic stop. “You’re all over the road.” Revoked license. K9 sniff. Car search. Officer Longendorf to driver: “When was the last time you used coke…booger sugar.” A substance is field tested. Both vehicle occupants are arrested for alleged possession. Car towed.

Listen below to Officer Longendorf’s interaction with the driver followed by an incident recap:

  • Knox County, Tenn. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Investigating domestic dispute.” Officer Duncan backs up colleagues on a traffic stop at gunpoint. Two occupants. Cops detain, Mirandize, and interact with a male to try to find out what happened: “…you tried to hug her but she didn’t want to be hugged? But you hugged her anyway after she didn’t want to be hugged, right?…” Cops also make contact with a female party. Abrams: “We will find out if an unwanted hug could become a crime.”
  • Baton Rouge, La. — Officer Armstrong and Sergeant Lear on a traffic stop for several potential violation allegedly including a modified exhaust, too-dark window tint, and a partially obstructed plate. Alleged odor of weed. The driver allegedly acknowledges having some ecstasy pills in the vehicle. Car search; drug paraphernalia allegedly found. Sgt. Lear and the driver have an odd discussion about how much ecstasy pills cost on the street. Credit cards belonging to someone else allegedly found. Abrams: “They’re still just trying to sort all this out.. And then…a new wrinkle to it…so-called friend’s wallet.”

On Patrol: Live Hour 3

  • Clayton County, Ga. (pre-recorded segment) — Cops conduct a traffic stop for allegedly running a red light. The driver is a nurse who, according to Abrams, “at least in this case, did not have the best bedside manner.” The driver allegedly ran a red light. Citations issued.

Listen below to Deputy Desmond Whitson’s interaction with the somewhat uncooperative driver:

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Maher responds to a call about an alleged domestic assault. Abandoned vehicle found. Perimeter established. K9 deployed. On Patrol: Live caption: “Searching for assault suspect.” Search is continuing.

Listen below to Sgt. Maher discuss the status of the search thus far:

  • Baton Rouge, La. — Corporal Welborn backs up Officer Joshua Dennis on a traffic stop. The male driver allegedly fled; the abandoned car is set to be towed. Car search. A woman subsequently shows up on scene. Abrams: “It sounds like it’s her car, and she’s not happy there.”

Listen below to Cpl. Welborn’s summaries and where the investigation goes from here:

  • Christian County, Mo. — Sergeant Shane David makes a friendly and routine traffic stop on a vehicle that was a former police car for a partially obscured plate.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sergeant Maher is re-dispatched from the above call to respond to a purported strong-arm robbery. Sergeant Okoya is also on scene at a liquor store to investigate. Sgt. Okoya: “Got a description of the male…we’ll keep looking around for him. Just a retail theft. It’s just downgraded to a theft, not a strong-arm robbery, so we’ll see what we got.”

Listen below to Tom Rizzo’s comments about “the semantics” when Abrams says “so it sounds like maybe it’s a slightly less serious crime…”

  • Baton Rouge, La. (pre-recorded segment) — Traffic stop on a driver who, according to Abrams, “seemed less than happy to cooperate.” No license. Cops take down the driver and detain him. Bleeping. The driver is arrested. The passenger is released.

Listen below to Sgt. Lear’s incident recap:

  • Christian County, Mo. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of domestic incident.” Corporal Ryan Bradshaw heads to the scene because of multiple calls about a female is allegedly screaming for help and that smoke is coming from an apartment. Abrams: “A frustrating and scary call there…” LEOs detain a male on scene who they are allegedly familiar with from a previous encounter. Cpl. Bradshaw makes contact with a female on scene who suggests that she and the male were just arguing and “I wasn’t yelling for help at all.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — As the episode concludes, Corporal Samuel Jasper and other deputies are on scene at a gas station for a reason that On Patrol: Live does not specify. Cops seem to order a male to leave the premises.
CLICK ON THIS LINK for the On Patrol: Live recap of #OPL episode 04-29, November 7, 2025.