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

An On Patrol: Live recap including NYC studio host Dan Abrams’ puns, analysis, and banter usually with co-anchor Curtis Wilson (a Richland County, S.C., deputy sheriff), and Captain Tom Rizzo (Howell Township, N.J., PD) along with the often-snarky or playful social media reaction, follows.

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The anchor desk is crowded is this weekend with the addition of fan favorites Chief Bradley Taylor and Sgt. Clayton Dillion of Hazen, Ark., PD to provide commentary. Indeed, the highlight of the episode for fans is the presence of the popular Hazen duo in the studio.

In an example of life imitating art, or vice versa, Cpt. Rizzo, who for all intents and purposes is the replacement for Sean Larkin on OPL, helped apprehend a suspect who allegedly stole $30,000 worth of electronics from Dan Abrams’ Law & Crime Productions.

According to the Page six gossip section of the New York Post, “We hear [OPL is] even airing a special on their own robbery, and how they cracked the case, Friday.” for details, scroll below.

For background information about On Patrol: Live (i.e., Live PD 2.0), that airs on the Reelz channel (which is available on the Peacock and FreeCast streaming services), click here.

On Patrol: Live Summary for October 11, 2024 (#OPL Episode 03-23)

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  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Ofr. Robert Mowery responds to a head-on collision.

Ofr. Mowery summary: “From what we’re understanding, from what we’re getting with the crash, the blue vehicle was heading southbound, the red vehicle was heading northbound. The blue vehicle was trying to make a left-hand turn as the light was turning red. They were both trying to catch the light. Unfortunately, that didn’t work out for them. That’s why it’s dangerous to try to catch the light. You see yellow, you slow down, because you’re supposed to come to a complete stop for red. They both tried to make that turn, and it ended badly. As you can see, damage to both vehicles. Both vehicles are probably gonna be totaled…at least one person is going to the hospital, so we’ll see what happens.”

  • Fontana, Calif. –Ofr. Toni Lozano investigates a stolen front door at a residence and makes contact with the complainant.

Ofr. Lozano recap: “So we received a call from the property manager; he came to the residence today because the house is currently in escrow, and he was planning on showing the home to a potential buyer. When they arrived, they noticed that the front door was completely gone. The house is completely empty; nothing else was taken, nothing else was damaged. But they just need an incident number to document that the front door was gone so they could go through the proper process for the insurance company to get it replaced.” OPL host Dan Abrams: “Alright, so that’s odd, right? It’s odd to have just stolen the front door, let’s be honest. But we don’t know exactly what that door was made of. So we’ll see if we hear anything more about that.”

“It’s odd to have just stolen the front door, let’s be honest.”

  • Arkansas County, Ark. — Chief Dep. Bradley Stevens and Dep. Marcus Ryan conduct a traffic stop and related DUI investigation. The driver seems to indicate that he consumed “a couple of beers.” Breathalyzer administered which allegedly shows just a tenth above the legal limit. The driver of the truck allegedly has two previous DUI suspensions. Citation issued; vehicle towed. Dep. Stevens tells the man to call someone to pick him up. Abrams: “…obviously, each time you get an additional one, creates more problems and less leniency.”

Listen to Chief Taylor and other panelists comment on this incident:

  • Fontana, Calif. — Ofr. Manuel Munoz initiates a traffic stop fore an expired tag. “You’re going to the hospital and you don’t have ID on you?” Ofr. Munoz also wonders if the occupants were hot-boxing while they were driving.

Toledo, Ohio — Ofrs. Heath Smith and Tyler Picking, among other units, detain a male after responding to a shots-fired call. Ofr. Smith summary: “Right now, we have a baggie of what appears to be crack that was located in the area where we saw this guy walking from. So we’re gonna contact our Vice detectives, and they’re gonna help us figure out what it is, and then charge this guy. For the shot spotter, we didn’t end up finding any shell casings in the area, but listening to it, there’s definitely three rounds of gunshots going off.” The subject is subsequently released with no charges.

  • Fontana, Calif. — Police respond to an alleged assault on a woman at a residence and detain a male on scene in connection with a possible domestic incident. “I didn’t do nothing wrong.” Abrams: “You arrive on the scene. You got to piece it together. You got to try to make sense of it.” According to Ofr. Lozano, “we just advised her at least for a little bit to stay away from the family until things cool off.”
  • Beech Grove, Ind. (pre-recorded segment) — Ofr. Mary Alexander and other units make a traffic stop at gunpoint. The driver is irate, and also asserts, among other things, “this is what I’ve been waiting for.”

Ofr. Alexander summary: “He had multiple firearms on him. He’s a prohibited person, which is probably why he didn’t want to stop. He’s being charged with resisting law enforcement in a vehicle, intimidation — he made some threats to Officer Christy — DC, which is disorderly conduct, and then possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.” OPL analyst Cpt. Tom Rizzo explains about a prohibited person terminology that “anybody who’s been convicted of a felony offense can no longer be in lawful possession of a weapon. Doesn’t matter if they’ve served their term or not, they’re a convicted felon.” OPL co-host Dep. Curtis Wilson: “The thing is, as like soon as they had the traffic stop going with this guy, he’s already at a hundred. He’s just agitated and just being belligerent for, of course, a reason, meaning there’s something going on with this guy that’s more than the dog, and they found it all, you know.” Abrams: “And as we were talking about, any time they start yelling and screaming, the minute they start, you’re not starting it off on a particularly good note.”

  • Richland County, S.C. — Cpt. Danny Brown makes a traffic stop at a gas station on a truck for “super loud” music and alleged underage drinking. “He’s 20 years old; can’t be around alcohol right now.” Probable cause search. The passengers apparently took off. An open container is poured out. Numerous unopened beer cans are tossed in the garbage.

Listen to Cpt. Brown discuss this incident:

Beech Grove, Ind. — Ofr. Brandon Wilcox and Sgt. Richie King respond to a possible domestic incident at a residence and with other units subsequently detain a motorist in connection with that investigation. Sgt. King: “His hands are out. He’s not doing anything egregious; he’s just not listening.”

“He’s not doing anything egregious; he’s just not listening.”

Officer Wilcox recap: “…we were told what we were told, and we tried to give everybody an opportunity to tell their side of it, what happened here tonight, and he didn’t want to go into detail, tell us what happened. He said he obviously couldn’t remember what happened, so I have a female, and we have a witness as well, both around the scene, saying that what happened here and how things progressed, and he kind of tiptoed into that, but he wouldn’t completely go into it, so he’ll eventually have to explain that, whether in front of a judge, the prosecutor, whatever it may be, he’ll have to explain it to someone. So he’ll be transported down to county and processed for his charge of battery.” With regard to an alleged driving while intoxicated, Ofr. Wilcox adds that “I didn’t catch anything that they said. Misdemeanor domestic is what he’s going for right now. Someone could be pushing further into that, I’m not sure…that may be tacked on there as well, especially with the female saying that he’s saying he openly admitted to it. So that will all go into my report and everything like that and documented, and then most likely the prosecutor will pick that up, and end up charging him with it. Or if they decide not to, either way, I’ve done my part to put it in the report, into the charging system. If they want to pick it up, great. If not, did my part.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. –Ofrs. Mowery and Thomas Goble, and other units, including a K9, search for a suspect in an alleged burglary. Ofr. Mowery alluding to Hurricane Milton: “We’re gonna go up and down some of these back roads, see if we can locate anybody who really shouldn’t be out here at this time. As you can see, this neighborhood doesn’t really have power, so it’s gonna be easy for these guys to hide anywhere. We got safety crews in the area working on everything.” Abrams: “As he pointed out, they’ve lost a lot of power there as a result of the hurricane, so it makes it a little tougher.” Abrams later adds that “a lot of downed power lines, and Chief Taylor pointing out, probably a lot of people working in the area as well, which can also make the scent trickier there.”
  • Indian River County, Fla. — Det. Christian Castano initiates a traffic stop on a car that pulled into a driveway of a residence. The homeowner doesn’t know the driver, however. The driver, who Dep. Castano claims is “profusely sweating” allegedly has a suspended license and expired tags. Castano finds nothing illegal in the car, and the driver is subsequently released but she is told to arrange for a ride home and urges her to resolve her license and registration issues.

Listen to some of Det. Costano’s interaction with the motorist followed by some observations from Abrams and Taylor about the Florida hurricane aftermath:

“What it is you’re really doing here, we’ll never really know.”

Det. Castano wrap-up with the motorist: “….there’s no sense in me giving you more citations because your license is already suspended. That’s just gonna put you down even more. It sounds like you’re already gone through it, right? So, however, you cannot drive out of here, okay…and I’m fairly certain I’ve told you this before, but…you cannot drive. Your license is suspended, all right? Obviously, you have no business at this house. What it is you’re really doing here, we’ll never really know. I’ve got a feeling you were just trying to get away from me, but that’s fine. Do me a favor. Pull out of these people’s driveway. Maybe go, I don’t know, somewhere on the side of the road here and arrange for a ride, okay? These people don’t know you. Somewhere on the side of the street where you’re not in someone’s driveway on their property. Is that fair?…I’m not gonna to tell you where to put it. Use some common sense. I recommend literally putting on the side of the road and call someone. You have a working phone right? Make some phone calls so you can avoid going to jail. Fair? Okay. You have a Corona on your roof. Cold to the touch. Can you do me a favor? Can you pour it out so you don’t have an open container? Any questions for me? I don’t want to see you driving tonight. Do you know what that means if you do drive? You go to jail…have a good night.” Abrams: “So let’s hope she takes his advice and leaves the car there and doesn’t drive it. Sgt. Dillion: “She already poured her beer out so she can’t stay.” Abrams: “Exactly.”

  • Arkansas County, Ark. — Dep. Stephens interacts with a homeowner on a fire in the yard to make sure it is contained. Dep. Stephens: “So the caller was concerned that there might have been a building fire or it was too close or something, but it looks like she’s got it under control. She’s got a water hose and everything ready to go.”
  • Triple Play #1 — As alluded to above, Dan Abrams reports on the burglary at his NYC Law & Crime media company and the subsequent arrest, with the assistance of Tom Rizzo and other LEOs, of a suspect. Abrams: “It is a wild story with even a wilder ending.”

Listen to further commentary on this incident from the panelists:

  • Richland County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Dep. Toddson Catoe and other units respond to a domestic incident, interview the alleged victim, and detain a man on scene.

Dep. Catoe recap: “Both the witnesses said that he was on the property damaging out windows, banging on windows, so he was formally charged with trespass after notice…” Abrams: “I feel for that woman, and I got to say she was pretty calm, cool, and collected considering what it just happened. Wilson: “Absolutely. Some of the most difficult calls or domestic calls that law enforcement come on in, and this one here, in the case leading up the approach to this location, they got the information the individual had weapons, he was violent, he was aggressive, so that gave them an opportunity to know who they were gonna be dealing with.” Abrams: “…and immediately…given the chance, he’s suggesting that she invited him over, and that was an easy one for her to get in on.” Sgt. Dillion: “The smartest one out of that whole thing was the dog.” Abrams: “Yeah…got right out.”

  • Arkansas County, Ark. — Dep. Stephens and a colleague conduct a traffic stop. Pat down (“do you have anything up in your nuts?”). Car search. In the process of discarding some weed, cops spot a blue pill that allegedly fell out. Stephens or another cop on scene: “It’s gonna be ecstasy more than likely.” The driver insists he doesn’t do drugs.

#AskHazen Q&A.

  • Everett, Wash. — Sgt. Kyle Coleman makes a traffic stop on a truck in a parking lot. Abrams: “I give Sergeant Coleman credit there. He just did a full traffic stop in front of the Love Zone [store] with the Love Zone in the background. And it had nothing to do with the traffic stop. And he doesn’t mention it once…”
  • Fontana, Calif. — Ofr. Munoz and other units, along with the Fire Department respond to a car accident. Odor of alcohol allegedly detected. The driver appears to decline to continue field sobriety testing and is arrested.
  • Triple Play #2 — Crawford County, Ark., pursuit.
  • Fontana, Calif. — Ofr. Lozano pursues a motorcycle which wrecks out. She detains the driver after a brief foot pursuit. Paramedics summoned. Lozano to the motorcyclist: “…I thought you were someone that was just stranded in the middle of the street. But then you decide to wait until I put my lights on and go. For what? I was gonna simply ask you, ‘hey, you good? Are you okay? Do you need a tow? Did your bike break down?’ Because you’re stranded in the middle of the street. In the middle of a dark street. And then you do this.”
  • Ofr. Lozano recap: “So we’re in the area…this male was in the middle of the street on his bike. It’s a super dark area so I just thought the bike had like broken down or something. When I went behind him, he stopped, looked at me as I was about to get out of my unit to just check on him and see if he needed anything, he immediately took off and went westbound…and then immediately southbound. He tried to lose me, but then eventually there were a bunch of cars, and he tried to drive down…this trail that people drive their bicycles on. Once he turned, I believe he just took the turn too hot, spun out on his bike, and fell. So we’re trying to figure out why he was even running and try to get any medicals since he did fall on the concrete on his bike.”
  • Richland County, S.C. –In connection with a call about an alleged home invasion, Cpt. Brown and other units track a suspect vehicle. Traffic stop at gunpoint. The motorist gives his side of the story to Master Dep. Nathan Rowley.

Cpt. Brown recap: “…we actually did exactly what we should have been doing. We slowed down. The guys on the ground did a great job of getting a description of the vehicle. We actually spotted it coming down Summit Parkway, and it turned out that it does come back to a different person with the same address as our suspect from the home invasion. So we get a traffic stop on him. It turns out it’s him inside the vehicle. We then did a felony stop on him. Got him out of the car, got him in custody. Right now, he’s gonna be charged. It looks like some type of aggravated assault at the house. So we’re still finding that out from the guys on the scene, but we definitely got the one we’re looking for. A little bit of teamwork…they got a great description of the vehicle and where he was headed to. So we knew kind of which direction he was going, so it worked out good. We got him in custody.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Ofr. Goble provides backup on a vehicle crash with injuries, with one of the vehicles allegedly fleeing. Referencing the significant front-end damage on the suspect vehicle, one of the cops quips “you know what we call that? A clue.”

Ofr. Goble recap: “So the gentleman that they have in custody is adamant that he did not cause any kind of accident nor hit anyone. You can tell very obvious from the damage to the front of his vehicle that he did, in fact, cause an accident. There’s also…a witness that witnessed the accident. He’s showing every sign of intoxication. He’s being belligerent, uncooperative, so the investigating officers are most likely gonna do the field sobriety tests or exercises with him, if he wants to complete them, probably at the station. If they can get him to calm down and cooperate enough to do them out here, they’ll do them out here, but because he’s already tried to flee the scene once, and he’s being a little bit uncooperative, they’re probably not gonna take the risk of removing his handcuffs to do the field sobriety exercises out here, because then you’re running the risk of him trying to run again and causing all kinds of other issues. So they’ll probably transport him to the police station, do the field sobriety exercises there, and then see if he wants to do a breathalyzer or anything else after that. So we’ll just standby and make sure they don’t need any more help…so officers did recover open containers of alcohol in the gentleman’s vehicle here…most likely gonna be having several charges to include DUI with injury and a bunch of other stuff…”

  • Arkansas County, Ark. — Deps. Stevens and Ryan conduct a traffic stop on a bicyclist for no lights that started out contentious (“he became very hostile”) before things calmed down. The subject is subsequently released with a warning. Abrams: “Sergeant Dillion, what do you think of his beard game?” Dillion: “I could recommend some beard balm and a hair straightener.” Abrams: “To make it a little smoother.” Dillion: “At least get a light on his bike so he don’t have to deal with the police.”
  • Coweta County, Ga. — As the episode concludes, Dep. Nick Klein responds to a call from a homeowner about someone trying to open the door as spotted on a security camera.
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