300th Episode Weekend’s On Patrol: Live Highlights, Commentary, and Social Media Activity

On Patrol: Live Season 4: As On Patrol: Live celebrates its 300th-episode weekend, an On Patrol: Live recap, featuring New York City-based studio host/executive producer Dan Abrams’ puns, analysis, and witty/sarcastic 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.

For those viewers and/or social media users new to the show, On Patrol Live on the Reelz channel (which is also available, e.g., on Peacock) is more or less a reboot or rebrand of Live PD.

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On Patrol: Live Tonight

For this all-new installment of On Patrol: Live (episode 299) which is part of the 300th-episode weekend, see below for details on all 23 LEO encounters across nine On Patrol: Live scheduled police departments. And check back for updates.

As part of the commemoration of OPL 300th-episode weekend, On Patrol: Live new tonight presents compelling video clips from past episodes.

Programming note: In addition to touting the On Patrol: Live merchandise site OPLstore.com, Dan Abrams, #Dantona, announced that he will be in Daytona Beach next weekend for a ride-along with Lt. Richie Maher during Biketober Fest. “I had been looking forward to getting in the field since day one, and Daytona is the perfect place to go.” Sean “Sticks” Larkin will substitute as studio host.

Rizzo: “So on your packing list, do you have the chaps?” Abrams: “I don’t know if I’m gonna wear the chaps there, but…there will be a discussion of it…maybe I’ll wear them on the plane, but then I’ll take them off when I get there…”

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On Patrol: Live Recap for October 10, 2025 (#OPL Episode 04-23), OPLive Episode 299

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  • Baton Rouge, La. — Officer Christopher Coleman, Corporal Blake Welborn, and other units respond to a report of a battery. They interact with a female complainant, and then converge on a home and make contact with a male on scene. On Patrol: Live caption: “Investigating battery.”

Listen below to Officer Coleman’s incident summary thus far:

  • Christian County, Mo. — Sheriff Brad Cole backs up Corporal Ryan Bradshaw on a traffic stop. Allegedly no license, expired tags, damaged windshield. The driver appears evasive about identifying himself. Cpl. Bradshaw: “Everybody knows their Social.” Abrams: “The good news is that he knows the sheriff except that is the sheriff…these are not complicated questions, but there’s probably a simple reason that he’s not giving a direct answer.” Rizzo: “It’s a lot of numbers to remember. though.” Abrams: “Your birth date, the name…’you need the spelling?’…” Portable fingerprint scanner apparently deployed. Abrams: “Low and behold, the guy who didn’t want to give his name or his Social Security number has a warrant.” Drugs allegedly found.

Listen below for Sheriff Cole’s initial incident summary:

Sheriff Cole follow-up: “He’s on parole. There’s a warrant for his arrest, so he’s gonna go in for that. We just pulled a little baggy of ‘ice‘ out of his pocket there. It looks like he’s got something else in the shorts. We’re getting ready to find out, but then we’ll go ahead and search the car.”

  • Knox County, Tenn. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Searching for reckless driver.” Officer Kirsten Yule-Zaagman initiates a traffic stop. “Why are you so nervous? You never had a ticket before? Dang. And you drive like that?” After admonishing the driver (“if I see you drive like that again, I will take you to jail”), she releases him with a warning.

Officer Yule-Zaagman summary: “So these young men here said that they were just showing each other the car. So we’re going to run their information, make sure everything comes back as it should, and then we’ll probably have a quick conversation about driving safety, and we’ll let them on their way.” Officer Yule-Zaagman subsequently adds that “so that young man…has a little bit of an issue with wrecks and driving. He’s 21. So instead of giving him an arrestable charge on his record, we’re just gonna cut him a break today and hope that this whole experience will teach him to make some better decisions.”

  • On Patrol: Live Flashbacks — Some intense moments in, e.g., Berkeley County, Richland County, Nye County, and Hazen are interspersed throughout this episode.
  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Bradley Taylor backs up a colleague at a friendly, jovial traffic stop on the highway. Two occupants. Chief Taylor to one of the occupants: “You’re talking 100 miles an hour, cuz. Lord have mercy…” Abrams: “So he’s doing some painting work with the police department in Arkansas…very talkative young man there.” A little bit of shake allegedly spotted in the vehicle. Chief Taylor gives the officer on scene the option of issuing a ticket or just a warning. “I wouldn’t worry about it too much.” Chief Taylor subsequently remarks that “a couple of young buys. They’re working their butts off…going home for the weekend. It’s a bunch of good kids. They ain’t got no criminal record. They’re good to go. They got a gun, but everybody does here, so that ain’t no big deal…”
  • Baton Rouge, La. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Officer assist.” Officer Coleman and other cops respond to the scene of a traffic stop where the officer in question is not answering the radio. Abrams: “Obviously, the fact that that officer is not responding is concerning, and that’s why Officer Coleman’s gonna try to get there as fast as he can.” It turns out, however, that the officer on scene accidentally activated the emergency button. Listen below as Officer Coleman explains that the officer “is Code 4,” i.e., the situation is under control, followed by a studio panel discussion of the incident:
  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lieutenant Joseph Toombs, along with other cops including Lieutenants Brandon Warren and Jonathan Carey, search for a fleeing vehicle that turns into a foot pursuit after the driver foot bails. Police detain the suspect outside of a house in a residential neighborhood. Open container and drugs allegedly found in a vehicle search.

Listen below to Lt. Warren’s recap:

Lt. Toombs recap: “So pretty much what happened is this: This vehicle fled from Forest Park recently. Deputy Richardson got behind the vehicle. He initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle. The guy took off; her started flying through this neighborhood, driving recklessly. He got out; he took off on foot. I was able to run him down, had him at gunpoint, and then from there, we took him in custody…I took him into custody, and then from there…now we’re trying to identify who he is. And we got a little bit of marijuana that he had in the car, and we got two, I’m quite sure, pills of MDMA. So he’s cooked. We got some bologna sandwiches for him, too. We’ll probably give him two of them.” Abrams: “Favorite line from Lieutenant Toombs…heading to the county jail.”

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Joseph Morrell on a friendly traffic stop for allegedly slow rolled through a red light. “She admitted to it, which I appreciate.” The car has several satirical bumper stickers. On Patrol: Live caption: “Sticker shock.” Ofr. Morrell quips that “‘I stop for frogs,’ but you don’t stop for red lights. That is a problem. What if there was a frog thinking he had the right of way, and then you would have ran him over…stop for frogs and red lights, okay.” Ofr. Morrell apparently releases the driver with a warning: “The frogs will appreciate tonight.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Master Deputy Collins Harper on a traffic stop. Allegedly no insurance. The driver is initially reluctant to get out of the car, but she does exit eventually after repeated requests. “You are not in the control of this traffic stop, okay?” A tow truck arrives on scene to take the vehicle.

Listen below to Deputy Harper’s recap in which he makes reference to the precedent-setting Pennsylvania v. Mimms U.S. Supreme Court ruling:

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • OPL montage of memorable moments form past episodes:
  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Taylor provides backup to Officer Phelps on a highway traffic stop. A little bit of weed allegedly found in a vehicle search. Tickets issued. “Next time you got a little bit of weed, be honest. Goes a long way with us, okay?”
  • Baton Rouge, La. — Officer Coleman on a traffic stop on a truck for alleged reckless driving. “It’s a documentary.” The driver ends up getting released with a warning.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Detective Noah Galbreath and VCAT on a traffic stop. The driver is vocal. Bleeping. A substance is field tested. Probable cause car search. Abrams: “Guy was issued a stop-sign violation and released with no charges.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputy Harper and other units in an alleged stolen-car pursuit on the highway that becomes a foot bail. Multiple agencies on scene establish a perimeter for the search. K9 en route to the scene. Damaged abandoned vehicle found. The car is allegedly stolen. Car search. Abrams: “We’re still trying to find out exactly what the initial pullover’s for. We did hear, though, that he was driving 130 miles an hour before the crash and then is now on the run there….”
  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Taylor makes a friendly traffic stop on the highway for no tail lights. Two occupants; mother and daughter. “You had everything turned off!…all you had was the daytime running lights. It’s a wonder you could see…oh my gosh…” The chief shows the occupants how to activate the dashboard light controls. Abrams: “They’re on their way…” Wilson: “And they can see.” Abrams: “And people can see them.”
  • OPL300 Triple Play — A montage (or mashup, as it were) of PIT maneuvers and car crashes from past episodes from among those that were submitted to the show. Abrams: “…that’s how we discovered a little town in Arkansas called Hazen, after Chief Taylor sent us footage from one of their many pursuits there…” Abrams adds “If there’s one thing we’ve learned, it is definitely that it’s a pretty good time to be in the auto-body repair business…this is some crazy, crazy stuff that happens out there in the field with some of these pursuits…” Rizzo: “Makes me want to go to work.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of stolen e-bike.” the complainant flags down Sergeant Booth. “And then a man from over here just offered us drinks, so life’s good…”

On Patrol: Live Hour 3

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Det. Galbreath backs up other officers on a traffic stop.

Knox County, Tenn. (pre-recorded segment) — Officer Tyler Mazarago and other cops trespass a couple from a motel for allegedly not paying their bill. Abrams introduces the segment by quipping that the officer “got called to what at first seemed like a motel masquerade party where you apparently needed a special knock to get inside.” The couple packs up and leaves the location.

Listen below to Officer Mazarago’s summary followed by Curtis Wilson, back in the studio, demonstrating the special Nickelodeon knock:

  • Wheeling, W.Va. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Responding to accident.” A driver possibly struck a telephone pole. Officers Zachary Herron and Zach Stoneking are on scene. A driver of a truck appears slumps over behind the wheel. On Patrol: Live caption: “Possible overdose.” Cops try to awaken the driver with a sternum rub. Narcan administered. “He’s breathing; he does have a pulse.” Paramedics transport the driver to the hospital. Abrams: “So looks like he’s gonna be okay there. He does have a mark on his head from the crash of what we learned was a stolen vehicle as well.” Investigation ongoing.

Listen below to Tom Rizzo discuss the sternum rub technique:

Listen below to officers on scene discuss this incident:

  • Richland County, S.C. — Master Deputy Avery Arrington on a moped stop at a shopping plaza for no lights. No insurance.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Booth responds to a call about a man allegedly swinging a tennis racket in a parking lot. The subject is transported to the hospital.

Listen below to Sgt. Booth’s incident recap:

  • Clayton County, Ga. — On a friendly traffic stop, the driver shares some spicy wings with Deputy Devon Brown. On Patrol: Live caption: “Wing stop.” Deputy Brown: “It’s too damn hot…It ain’t just hot; it’s hot as hell. It’s good though.” Lt. Carey: “She hasn’t been drinking. She just, I guess, when she turned right here, it was just a little for dark for her, but she got a warning. Brown got a wing. And good to go.”
  • Baton Rouge, La. — Initially on report of cars gathering, Officer Coleman and colleagues make a traffic stop for alleged drag racing. One driver is possibly arrested. Two cars are impounded. Abrams: “This is all a bunch of cars that were meeting up, and we’ve seen this before in Baton Rouge, where they all gather, and local businesses end up calling in and saying they’re loitering.” Wilson: “In many cities, this happens.” Abrams: “They’re just trying to sort out who was where and who was doing what.”

Listen below to Cpl. Welborn’s initial incident recap on scene:

  • Christian County, Mo. — As the episode concludes, Sheriff Cole, Cpl. Bradshaw, and other cops converge on an apartment complex in response to a report of a man with a shotgun who is allegedly menacing others.
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