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

Special Update: OPL viewers may recall an alleged father-son domestic incident in Nye County, Nev., over a wi-fi password during the October 6th episode.

Although the sheriff’s office has not confirmed that this involves the same parties, deputies purportedly may have returned to that residence on October 8 for another alleged disturbance call, during which the older man was killed in an officer-involved shooting.

Various social media users have suggested that this is the same location that appeared on OPL last Friday.

According to the Pahrump Valley Times, after several hours of a standoff, “[Sheriff Joe] McGill said [the man] was seen raising his firearm and aiming it towards [Deputy Nicholas] Huggins. “‘Deputy Huggins fired his weapon four times, striking the suspect three times in the torso,'” according to McGill.”

From the Nye County Sheriff’s Office:

On 10/8/2023 at approximately 4:45 pm, NCSO dispatch received a call regarding an ongoing family dispute in [address]. The call evolved into a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, as one of the parties in the family dispute was prohibited from possessing a firearm due to a prior felony conviction. The suspect barricaded in his residence and refused to exit the residence. At approximately 8:20 pm the suspect pointed a firearm at NCSO personnel, resulting in a deputy discharging their weapon, striking the suspect. The suspect was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Sheriff McGill posted the following video briefing during which he mentioned that Dep. Huggins is on paid administrative leave for the duration of the pending investigation.

Further updates to follow as they become available. Parenthetically, Deputy Huggins has won praise from OP Nation for his calm and level-headed demeanor in responding to calls.

As indicated below, Nye County is taking a hiatus from OPL.

The docuseries On Patrol: Live — i.e., Live PD 2.0 — premiered on the Reelz channel on July 22, 2022 and generally follows the same basic format as its A&E network predecessor in which show producers and videographers accompany cops on night patrol in real time.

About 50 On Patrol: Live cameras go into the field with the law enforcement officers usually from eight or nine different U.S. departments during the ride-along on Friday and Saturday evenings. Pre-recorded segments are typically part of the show content as well.

An On Patrol: Live recap, including studio host Dan Abrams’ puns, analysis, and banter with co-anchor Curtis Wilson (Richland County, S.C., deputy sheriff), and an analyst in the third studio chair that changes from week to week, along with the often-snarky or playful social media reaction, follows. 

Retired Tulsa, Okla., cop Sean “Sticks” Larkin, the former member of the trio, has phased out of the OPL studio analyst role.

This weekend, Greensboro, N.C., PD Capt. Kory Flowers returns the set to provide commentary.

The Peacock and FreeCast streaming services carry the Reelz Channel, which is the home of OPL.

By coincidence or not, the Weld County, Colo., Sheriff’s Office is a department joining the show for the first time this weekend, replacing its Nye County, Nev., counterpart (see below).

As a footnote, Warwick, R.I., PD (a regular from the Live PD days) earlier this year had signed an open-ended contract with OPL, but it has yet to be implemented.

“I don’t have any anticipation that it’s happening,” Chief Brad Connor told the Providence Journal last week.

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On Patrol: Live Summary for October 13, 2023 (#OPL Episode 02-21)

  • Richland County, S.C. — Sgt. Garo Brown and Master Dep. Tim Riley leave a traffic stop to assist Capt. Danny Brown who requested assistance with a man who was allegedly loitering in the road. Deputies arrest the man on multiple charges including resisting.
  • Weld County, Colo. — Deps. Spencer Rougier, Skylar Fritz, and other units search for a man who fled in a car from an alleged domestic disturbance. The search turns into a foot pursuit. The subject is subsequently detained. Heavy bleeping. Rougier mentions that the family members don’t want to press charges, but the subject indicates the the subject arrested for disorderly conduct. In reference to the subject’s agitated behavior in the patrol car, Abrams asserts that “there’s drinking, and then there’s that.”
  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Bradley Taylor and Sgt. Clayton Dillion conduct a traffic stop. The driver allegedly tossed something out of the window which Sgt. Dillion finds. The driver is released with a warning for failure to change lanes and is also required to stomp out the contents of an approximately nickel bag of weed on the ground. Taylor: “That probably killed his soul.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Devante Smith patrols an event where people dress up as horror movie villains. One participant dressed as a clown non-verbally asks Cpl. Smith to playfully handcuff him. Caption: “Pennywise in custody” {in reference to the Stephen King villain). Abrams jokes that “Okay clown, give me back my cuffs.”
  • Toledo, Ohio — Ofr. Greg Long Jr. spots a man trying to help a stray cat which he thought was originally some suspicious activity. Long quips that “It’s Friday the 13th, and he’s dealing with this black cat, so let’s see if he’s got any good luck or bad luck.” Caption: “Happy Friday the 13th.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Smith, Cpl. Devonte Carr, Dep. Hunter Rogers, and other units conduct a traffic stop in connection with an investigation into a possible DUI hit-and-run incident. One man is detained. The highway patrol will take over the investigation. Rogers: “We’re in the area. Located the vehicle. As you can see, looks like he’s been driving around with some heavy damage on the front end all the way down and around.., It seems like he’s pretty grossly intoxicated. He couldn’t even hardly stand up. But he did [thank] Cpl. Williams for being gentle with him…highway patrol is en route, and we’ll go from there.” Deputies also locate the struck vehicle which suffered heavy damage in the collision. Abrams: “And a 70-year-old guy who can barely stand

Cpt. Flowers comments on the upcoming accident reconstruction investigation: “Where those two car collided, that’s called a — we call that — a debris field, where every car, every SUV, has very unique lenses, turn signals, headlights. You can a lot of the times find the piece like a jigsaw puzzle that matches, in this case, that tire. This is not a caper in this situation. But a lot of times, you can go with from a cold hit and run to piecing it together. Dep. Wilson: “Also, too, what they’ll try to do is canvas the area, trying to get some Ring video from any of the neighbors that live there as well. It will help bolster the case.”

  • Volusia County, Fla.— Dep. Stephen Woodin assists in a pursuit of a fleeing vehicle. Another deputy successfully deploys stop sticks. Woodin locates the abandoned car outside a fast-food restaurant. The search for the driver is ongoing.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Det. Selina Puentes spots a possibly intoxicated, “a little wobbly” pedestrian with facial bleeding who may need medical attention.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputies make traffic stop for alleged reckless driving. Car search. Caption: “Possible DUI.” Sgt. Brown: “…We were able to get a traffic stop before he got too far down the road. He’s obviously intoxicated. After talking to him for a little bit, he finally admitted that he was drinking after saying that he wasn’t…we’re gonna give him a field sobriety test and test him for his level of impairment, and then we’ll kind for take it from there.” An argumentative pedestrian who is not involved in the stop argues with cops on the scene before finally leaving. Abrams: “It’s one thing to interfere with a police stop. It’s another thing to interfere when Garo Brown is there…” Wilson: “It’s almost like that Incredible Hulk…”

Flowers notes that the driver said he already allegedly has a DUI charge pending. Abrams responds that “this time he’s getting a reckless driving charge, not another DUI, which seems like cutting him a bit of a break there.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Marcus Booth is “investigating public urination” and allegedly smells alcohol on the subject. He tells the man, “you’re out here just like pissing, dude. That’s not cool…if you’re staying here, do you want your kids running through urine barefooted? That’s pretty nasty, right?” The subject is initially unwilling to identify himself and is detained. “I’m not gonna play games with you…You’re out here playing like you’re Johnny Cochran; that’s not a good idea.” Abrams quips that “this guy is doing a good job of pissing off Sergeant Marcus Booth.”
  • Triple Play #1 — Indian River County, Fla.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Smith spots a car in a ditch. A wrecker likely will be required to pull the vehicle out.
  • Fullerton, Calif. — Cops detain a man at gunpoint outside a residence in connection with a roommate dispute. The man says he was pepper sprayed and punched by a roommate who apparently already left scene. Paramedics summoned who pour water on the man’s face to try to wash away the pepper spray which causes the man distress. Wilson explains that “the reason why his eyes are burning even more now is some of that is probably in his hair, so when the water washes down, it goes back into his eyes, and he’s getting that painful, stinging going on again.” Abrams: “Incredibly painful.” Flowers: “It’s the worst. You can’t see; you can’t breathe properly. It induces panic because you can’t see anything that’s going on. It’s bad.” Wilson: “It shuts down your respiratory system. You’ve got to breathe out through your nose and into your mouth.” The medics advise the man to keep blinking to get it out.

Flowers explains why Fullerton PD Cpl. Brandon Ramek kept saying, “no taser” to his colleagues before the scene was secured: “In some {oleoresin capsicum] spray, it’s oil-based, and so the spark from the taser can actually ignite it. And so you want to be sure that everybody is on the same page there.”

  • Toledo, Ohio — Ofrs. Long and Shade Keeney, along with other units, make contact with a man in his car who says he was allegedly attacked and robbed by two women who he met on a dating app. Cops knock on the door of the nearby apartment that he sent them to, but no answer. Officers explain that they would need a search warrant to force entry into the apartment. TThey also give him a plastic apron of some kind to cover himself. Ofr. Long remarks that “this is a problem neighborhood. I wouldn’t want to meet no girls online, and come over here and have sex with them. But people are different; I’m not gonna judge him.” Ofr. Keeney similarly tells the man that “this is probably not the best place to meet girls.”

Keeney update: “So, talking to the detectives, it doesn’t sound like the females actually robbed him. They just wouldn’t let him get his belongings. So we’re going to turn over the rest of the investigation to [another officer]. He’s gonna see if he can ID who these females are. And then, if he can do that, he can file the charges on them, and it’s just be up to the guy to follow-up with that, and see if they’ll take the charges at municipal court.” Abrams: “Not a happy camper in that car; that’s for sure.”

  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Traffic stop on a pick-up truck for alleged erratic driving. The motorist insists there is no contraband in the vehicle and declines a voluntary car search. Cpl. Smith tells him he has the right to decline. K9 deployed; K9 alert. Drugs allegedly found. The substance is to be field tested.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputies respond to a report of a burglary in progress allegedly by the homeowner’s boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend. The suspect had already left the location when they arrived.
  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Taylor and Sgt. Dillion conduct a traffic stop. The occupants allegedly admit to having a small amount of weed in the vehicle, but it turns out that, to the annoyance of Chief Taylor after repeated questioning, that that was not the entire story. Car search. Among other things, officers allegedly find weed in a fast-food bag. “Did McDonald’s serve you that?” Captions: “Happy meal?,” “Grimace is not green.” Taylor: “I asked you five minutes ago if there is anything else in this car. And I’ve heard three times, ‘no, no, no, no, no. I forgot’…You ought to quick smoking; you can’t remember anything.”
  • Toledo, Ohio — Officers converge on a home after a report of a possible fatal shooting and ask a subject to come out. Flowers: The information “was prompt, and they jumped right on it. So a lot of times, you have to act quickly, but they’re working through it tactically now.” A subject is later detained on the sidewalk after a search of the nearby area. Detectives will take over the investigation. Abrams: “

Abrams: “So now they got to figure out exactly what happened here..so he was saying that he was present with his girlfriend when she got shot, but he didn’t do it. Flowers: “He got all that out before they…told him not to talk any further.” Abrams: “So we shall see what happens, but the detectives will be arriving on that scene.”

  • Volusia County, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Dep. Brady Bergeron and fire department paramedics respond, and a man is then quickly transported to a hospital by medivac, after a fireworks accident that causes serious injury to his hand. Bergeron: “One of his hands is pretty jacked up…there are pieces of his hand out in the driveway…one of the good things we can use about Air One here is not only can they help us on the police side, but they can also help on the medical side.”

Abrams: “I feel terrible for that guy…” Flowers observes that “they had tourniquets on both of his arms quickly. A lot of times, we think tourniquets, we think gunshots, stabbings, that kind of thing. But these are industrial accidents, table saws, stuff like this, likely can save his life, and they got them on quickly, and stop the blood flow. It’s still terrible.”

  • BOLO segment — Atlanta, Ga., “lyrical larcenist.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Deputies make contact with a motorist who allegedly passed out behind the wheel. The driver says that he is parked in his driveway. Open container allegedly spotted.
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Officers detain an allegedly intoxicated man on the street who purportedly was the subject of a report of someone trying to break into vehicles.
  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Taylor spots a van dragging a trailer. Flowers: “A lot of friction.”
  • Fullerton, Calif. (pre-recorded segment) — Suspicious vehicle check in a area known for narcotics. Abrams: “Office Ashley Soto came upon a guy who said he was just relaxing in his car, but there was an item found makes you wonder what kind of stress relief he was engaging in.” He tells the officer that a woman sitting next to him in the car was cleaning his arm because he was sweating. It turns out that the driver has two warrants. Both occupants arrested. Drug paraphernalia also allegedly found in the car. Abrams and co-hosts humorously wonder about a tube that fell out of the man’s waistband. Flowers remarks that “his explanation is that it aided him gripping a ratchet…if you have a rookie on your squad, you call them over and say ‘rookie, as your training officer, you need to collect that item’…”
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Traffic stop. Probable cause car search. A small amount of weed found as well as a gun allegedly in plain view. Axe also found.
  • Toledo, Ohio — Cops detain a woman at a residence upon a report of an alleged stabbing with a scissors. Paramedics summoned to the scene to check out a male who has blood on his face. Caption: “Investigating stabbing.” Wilson: “In domestic situations, they can go from zero to 100 at any time. And in this one, it’s one of those incidents that happen, and then after it’s done, most times people regret that they do, because it’s that emotion that takes over.” Abrams: “And it’s also what makes domestics the most dangerous situations for police officers.” The male claims that “she’s done this sh-t before….she smashed all my TVs…”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Sgt. Brown and Dep. Riley push a car that ran out of gas out of the roadway and into a nearby gas station. Abrams: “Oh boy; looks like we may be getting ready to see a little bit of muscle in Richland County…we were just asking here why doesn’t he just pick up the car and move it.”

On Patrol: Live Summary for October 14, 2023 (#OPL Episode 02-22)

CLICK HERE for the OPL 02-22 recap.

The A&E vs. OPL Lawsuit Is Moving Forward

The pending litigation may explain the new OPL set design and changes to the logo, music, and names of the recurring segments. That also may be why the clever incident captions have lessened, at least in some episodes.