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

A recap of the October 12, 2024, On Patrol: Live episode (#OPL 03-24), anchored in the NYC studio by attorney and host Dan Abrams along with co-host Curtis Wilson and analyst Tom Rizzo.

The Hazen PD duo Bradley Taylor and Clayton Dillion again join the panel in the studio for this weekend’s episodes.

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From a social media reaction perspective, perhaps the most notable incident in the episode was the Beech Grove, Ind., drama involving a woman who needed a ride home (scroll below).

Note: Click here for the #OPL 03-23, October 11, 2024, recap.

On Patrol: Live Summary for October 12, 2024 (#OPL Episode 03-24)

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  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Ofr. Eddie Lee and other units respond to a report of an alleged disturbance at a residence and make contact with several people there, including someone wearing a Burger King crown. Abrams: “Gives new meaning to my home is my castle.” After an investigation, cops determine that there is no law enforcement issue.

Ofr. Lee recap: “So, came here for a disturbance; apparently a female was screaming. When we got here, I heard a fake female scream, and one of the gentlemen actually ran up the side of the house to the back. We called everybody out, and we cleared the house; mentioned there was nobody injured inside. After speaking with everybody, it’s determined that there is no crime, and probably not even a real disturbance. They probably are just cutting it up. No injuries to anybody; the scooter inside is not stolen, nobody has drugs on them, at least the males don’t. They all let me search, which is nice of them. So, we’re gonna cut all these people loose and go in service.”

  • Richland County, S.C. — Master Dep. Addy Perez and Sgt. Bryce Hughes back up Cpt. Danny Brown on an incident where a male was detained and a female fled from him, prompting a foot pursuit in which he suffered some cuts on his arms (“the curb kicked my ass”). Cpt. Brown: “These two were having sex when I rolled up on them, and there’s gun sitting on the floorboard.” Paramedics treat Cpt. Brown for his injuries. In the OPL studio, Chief Taylor mentions that “we all been in the back of an ambulance at some point in time, I promise,” and recalls how he ran into a fence once. “I just was focusing on the bad guy and didn’t see the fence.”

“Seems like they were ‘doing the funk’ in the car.”

Dep. Perez recap: “So basically, he was just patrolling the parking lot. He saw this car here. Seems like they were ‘doing the funk’ in the car. He rolled up on it. He had a weapon on the vehicle as well. The male just jumped out of the vehicle, started running. The curb got Danny, unfortunately, but they got him. We had some other stuff as well going on. We’re trying to figure out exactly what it is and get it tested. So we got some substance here that we need to test to make sure what it is. He’s going for a few charges as well. The female did jump out of the car, get in her vehicle, and left with the weapon that was there. So as of right now — but we do have her information. so we’re gonna find you.”

Cpt. Brown additional summary: “…that’s what I get for running…the curb kicked my ass when I hit the ground face first running. But more good teamwork from the Region 7 team out here; we’re able to chase him down, and he’s evidently got what looks like a bunch of heroin inside the vehicle, possession of intent to distribute marijuana , breach of peace for running through all these restaurants while they’re serving out here, and probably multiple weapon charges based on his background that’s getting ran right now. He was just out here in the parking lot of the theater having sex, and just a suspicious vehicle we came up on, and the male had decided to run on foot, and the female half jumped in her car that was parked next to it and took off. But I got her license plate and her image on my body camera, so we’ll be visiting her later as well. As always, our EMTs, EMS, out here, take care of business.” Abrams: “Potential situation with a loaded gun and maybe a ‘loaded gun.'”

“…the curb kicked my ass when I hit the ground face first running.”

  • Toledo, Ohio — Cops respond to a shots-fired report in a residential neighborhood and make contact with a witness.
  • Everett, Wash. — Ofr. Danny Rabelos pursues a fleeing motorcycle with no plate. The chase is discontinued, however. Abrams: “Different departments have different pursuit policies. I think it’s fair to say that in Hazen, Arkansas, there is, shall we say, more flexibility, in terms of a pursuit?” Chief Taylor: “There is slightly; but they’re in more of a populated area with that motorcycle, so we do understand that. So I get it.” Abrams: “But it’s frustrating, right?” Taylor: “Very. Very frustrating.” Sgt. Dillion: “This is way better than permission.” Abrams: “But the thing is, you’re sitting next to the boss, so it’s a little different.” Taylor: “And he ain’t driving.”
  • Beech Grove, Ind. — Lt. Nathan Rinks makes a traffic stop on a stationary car in a park with two occupants. “Put your clothes on, please…you can pull your pants up too, please.” OPL caption: “Report of steamy windows.” Abrams: “Back-to-back situations here.” Panelist: “Or belly to back.” Abrams: “Belly to back. Could be belly-to-belly. It’s definitely happened in order.” Abrams also quips that “Love is in the air on On Patrol Live.”
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“Put your clothes on, please…you can pull your pants up too, please.”

Lt. Rinks to occupants: “All right, guys, there are much better places than here for this, okay? There’s like $30 hotels all over this area, so find one of those, okay? All right, y’all have a good night. Be safe.” Lt. Rinks to OPL: “So they were just here. They’re both adults. They’re just here doing what you’re not supposed to be doing in the park. So hopefully they’ll find a place a little bit safer than this park to be having some time together.”

  • Everett, Wash. — Ofr. Rabelos detains a somewhat uncooperative man who walked away from a parked truck. The distraught subject apparently has warrants. Ofr. Rabelos: “Listen: I’m doing you a solid; I’m not gonna do new charges on you, bro…you can’t do anything, because the judge says they want you, and the judge outranks me…”

Listen to Ofr. Rabelos discuss this incident:

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  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Marcus Booth initiates a traffic stop. No license, although the driver insists he passed the driving test, although he apparently presents an ID rather than a license. Sgt. Booth: “It ain’t making sense; the computer don’t lie.” There might be issues with unpaid tickets and unpaid child support. Abrams: “Chief Taylor playing defense attorney…” In response, Chief Taylor explains that “He might have had a permit. And if he passed the test, like he said. But those don’t go in the system, so he might have had the permit, just hadn’t went and took the driving portion of it, and then went to the DMV and got a license. So he might have a permit…” Abrams: “But if he had a permit, he’d be giving it, right?” Taylor: “He should.”
  • Indian River County, Fla. (pre-recorded segments) — Dep. Matthew Baumann responds to a disturbance at a residence and arrests an argumentative male (“I did nothing wrong”) for alleged battery domestic violence on a pregnant woman “which is an enhancement to just a regular battery.”

Listen to the panel briefly discuss this incident:

  • Toledo, Ohio — Ofr. Tyler Picking responds to a report of a female allegedly “doing some indecent things” in the street. Upon arriving on scene, he sees a woman apparently fall and hit her head. Paramedics summoned.
  • Beech Grove, Ind. — Lt. Rinks makes a friendly traffic stop on a wrong-way driver. The occupants of the vehicle were headed to a bowling alley. After a quick interaction, Rinks says “hit some strikes.” Lt. Rinks mentions that “we get cars that do this all the time, so I try not to write them tickets unless they’re intoxicated or there’s something else going on with them. Try to give them a little grace.” Abrams: “Just one of those ‘pinhead’ moves.” Lt. Rinks subsequently takes a selfie with the group of bowlers.
  • Triple Play #3 — Clayton County, Ga., stolen car pursuit. Abrams: “Seems the Clayton County sheriff using a line from Hazen there.” Sgt. Dillion: “That was my line.” Abrams: “‘Welcome to Hazen’ after you catch ’em.”

#AskHazen Q&A:

  • Everett, Wash. — Ofr. Rabelos pursues a fleeing bicycle for no lights. The bicyclist gets away, however. During a foot search, Ofr. Rabelos finds an abandoned bike and backpack and searches the latter. Cpt. Rizzo explains the legality of examining the backpack: “That’s one of the exceptions to the warrant requirement, right? It’s abandoned property at that point. He discarded it. He has no right or claim to privacy on it because he discarded it. So it’s an abandoned property. Then go ahead and search it like they could anything else.” Abrams: “You got drugs and Pokemon cards and apparently some bear spray.” Sgt. Dillion: “You don’t want to leave anything like that for kids to find.”
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  • Toledo, Ohio — Multiple officers make contact with an alleged unwanted guest outside a motel, who Abrams describes as “seemingly inebriated.” Subject: “I celebrate Yom Kippur.” Abrams; “He may have had too much Manischewitz wine tonight.” Cops encourage the man to call someone to pick him up, but he winds up in handcuffs. Abrams: “It’s time now to atone in the back seat of that vehicle.”
  • Toledo, Ohio — Ofr. Picking responds to a report of someone knocked out at a bar. Ofr. Picking explains that “it sounds like crews are tending to the victim inside the bar. Right now, they gave us a suspect description. We’re gonna take a look around the area, see if we can find him, pick him up, and take him into custody.”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Booth is on scene for a hurricane-related downed powerline.
  • Fontana, Calif. — Ofrs. Brian Zozaya and Sophia Stacner initiate a traffic stop. Car search; drugs and a gun allegedly found. One of subjects is age 16. A dad of one of the occupants shows up at the scene and is asked to stand back. Ofr. Zozaya: “…shrooms are considered a controlled substance, so both of them are gonna be going to jail for possession of a controlled substance while armed, and also there was items that are consistent with the sale of narcotics, so they’re gonna be going to jail for that as well.”

Abrams: “And we see that a lot where people walk up on the scene, be it a relative or a friend, and that always makes officers nervous.” Rizzo: “Because we don’t know what their intent is. You know [what] we’re doing there, right. We’re wearing uniforms. We’re doing our thing, but we don’t know what their intentions are, and in New Jersey, we have like a generalized statute of obstruction, but in other states, they’re enacting laws where there’s a distance, a 25-foot-rule per se, that they cannot interfere.” Wilson: “It’s a safety hazard, and that’s also, too, the same reason when these individuals want to be on their cell phone. We don’t know who they’re calling to have come to that location as well. Could be bad.” Taylor: “They’re taking their eyes off the guys they’re dealing with and trying to search the car and having to turn around and people coming up behind them…”

  • Everett, Wash. — Ofr. Rabelos makes a traffic stop on a vehicle with a “stay trashy” sticker and during the conversation, cautions the driver against carrying the car title in the vehicle. “If your car gets stolen and then somebody has that title in there, all they have to do is forge your signature, go down, and then they’ll say,’ no, I bought this car, man.’ So keep that in the house somewhere in a safe place, okay?”
  • Toledo, Ohio — Ofr. Jordan Freimark makes friendly contact with a man riding a horse in a downtown area. “It’s not every day that you see someone riding a horse in the city.” OPL caption: “Equine stop.” Abrams: “A guy riding a horse in a big city like Toledo sort of like a city slicker like me coming to Hazen, Arkansas…” Wilson: “Why is he on the sidewalk –why isn’t he on the street?” Abrams: “Well, I would think that’s a good question. From a traffic perspective, I’m not sure if it would be worse if you would be in the actual street versus the sidewalk.” Sgt. Dillion: “They don’t have tail lights.”
  • Arkansas County, Ark. — Sheriff Johnny Cheek assists a neighboring agency on scene at a residence where cops are looking for an apparently wanted person. Sheriff Cheek asserts that “So they’re saying that she’s not here. When I walked up, I could hear the lady here at the residence say that we’d have to have a warrant to come in her house. I guess we’re just gonna take her word tonight that the wanted person isn’t here.” Abrams: “Not a lot he can do.” Rizzo: “…if the person on an arrest warrant actually lives at the house, depending on what the warrant would be for, they would be able to authorize to go in.” Taylor: “A lot of times, too, we have to see that that person’s actually in the house.” Abrams: “Right; they don’t know if the person they’re looking for is in the house, right? ” Dillion: “If there’s a felony warrant, they physically see the person.”
  • Richland County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Cpl. Tim Riley and other units respond to an alleged domestic incident “involving one set of car keys and one cup of bleach.”

Cpl. Riley recap: “It seems like it started off as play fighting. Somebody’s feelings got hurt, it got out of hand, and then our female half here grabbed a cup of bleach and threw it on him. I think most of the bleach hit him in the shirt. It doesn’t look like much got in his face, if at all, and I’m actually being informed now that he doesn’t actually want to press charges at all. Hopefully, learn from tonight. We can move forward with a better attitude in the future.” Abrams: “It started as a bit of bleach, and then it seems like maybe some bleach was added…”

  • Beech Grove, Ind. — Lt. David Parker makes a friendly traffic stop for an alleged illegal right-on-red turn and releases the motorist, age 63, who apparently never got a ticket before (“I can change that,” Parker jokes), with a warning after a license check. OPL caption: “No ticket streak continues.” Lt. Parker implies that his technique of informing a driver at the beginning of a stop that the interaction will likely result in only a warning is a good way to make the driver less nervous.
  • BOLO segment — San Antonio, Tex., alleged hit-and-run driver.
  • Fontana, Calif. — Ofr. Cody Chick and other units, including Ofr. Joe Richard, respond to a report of man with a gun inside a house. In the course of the investigation, cops converge on a residence, and after a man comes to the door, they search the premises. Abrams: “…it’s a lot of confusing information, but this is what happens. Police arrive. They get information. They try to figure it out, and that’s what they’re doing.”

Abrams: “They’re working on limited information here so they got to be a little bit careful.” Rizzo: “There’s been so many examples of this for case law application. The man with a gun call, you have to corroborate a lot of that, your basic, limited information. So now they’re gonna be in a watch-and-observe position before they’re gonna be in a take-action position. Far different from a man shooting at people when people are in harm’s way.” Abrams: “But they got multiple calls, so that obviously boosts the credibility of the call.” Taylor: “Several people must have called them, and plus you see that there’s a big party going on. And if it was a lot going on, you’d have a ton of people over there still trying to tell you so.”

“So now they’re gonna be in a watch-and-observe position before they’re gonna be in a take-action position.”

Ofr. Jon Gearhart summary: “So now that the subject’s gone…so we’re gonna come over here and see what’s — see what actually happened, see if we can assist any way with the dog or with the investigation. Looks like the officer’s inside possibly, or out, with the firearm, that he brought. We’ll determine if a crime actually occurred, and probably if it did, we’ll try to track the guy down tonight and arrest him for whatever occurred.”

  • Richland County, S.C. (pre-recorded segment) — Master Dep. Collins Harper and other units investigate a stolen car incident. The subject vehicle is located in a driveway, and cops make contact with the homeowners there. It turns out to be a misunderstanding where a homeowner accidentally drove the wrong car home from CVS (“This ain’t my car, but I drove the car here.”) The other driver gets her car back. Abrams: “All’s well that ends well in this particular case.”
  • Beech Grove, Ind. — Lt. Rinks makes contact with a woman in a parking lot who insists that her daughter, rather than a young man named Tater, drive her home. OPL caption: “Tater will not chauffeur.” Lt. Rinks: “I think Tater would have been a good option to drive, but…if she can keep her from driving, that’ll be fine, get her a ride home. But she definitely doesn’t need to go back into that bar.” Lt. Rinks returns to the scene shortly thereafter as the drama/saga involving arranging a ride home for the subject continues. Heavy bleeping. “You’ve got to calm down…I know you’re having a bad night, but you got to cool out, okay?…you’ve got to chill out…I need you to just sit down and relax. I don’t care where you sit as long as you’re quiet about it….” Abrams: “Going back in the bar not a good idea. Tater seeming like an increasingly attractive option with every moment that passes.”

Lt. Rinks additional observations: “It looks like it everybody in her group has had way too much to drink and way too emotional…you can be anywhere, and you just see people get drunk, and…there’s emotional drunks or happy drunks, just angry drunks. She was a bit emotional and angry…you just never know what you’re gonna get when you mix alcohol and people.”

“You just never know what you’re gonna get when you mix alcohol and people.”

Abrams earlier in the segment: “So much to unpack here. I got no problem with Tater. Tater is apparently the boyfriend of the daughter, right? That’s what I’m just being told.” Wilson: “But now you’ve got to wonder if Tater wants to really be a part of that family.” Abrams: “…I give mom credit because mom is not gonna drive the car…she recognizes ‘I can’t drive the car.’ “

  • Coweta County, Ga. — Dep. Nick Klein makes contact with a homeowner on a 9-11 hang-up that apparently was an accident triggered by the audio of the Bad Boys movie or something along those lines. Abrams: “Don’t even need to say ‘hey Alexa.'”
  • Missing segment — Tolleson, Ariz.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Cpl. Shannon Tolman and another unit conduct a traffic stop on a moped. The driver and the deputies try to read the VIN.
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  • Richland County, S.C. — Dep. Perez responds to a noise complaint at a residence and asks the persons there, at lest one of whom seems argumentative, to “lower the volume, please.” Bleeping.
  • #AskHazen Q&A, part two.
  • Coweta County, Ga. — As the episode concludes, Dep. Klein responds to a rollover accident in which the sole occupant is able to exit the vehicle. The Fire Department is also on scene. Abrams: “There will probably be an investigation that will happen here.”