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

On Patrol: Live returns with new episodes after a two-week hiatus.

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 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-anchors Sean Larkin and Curtis Wilson (retired Tulsa, Okla., cop and Richland County, S.C., deputy sheriff, respectively), along with the often-snarky or playful social media reaction, follows. 

“Sticks” Larkin is gradually phasing out of the show or has already phased out from appearing on OPL. As one of the rotating analysts, Cpt. Kory Flowers of the Greensboro, N.C., PD, is again in Larkin’s chair or former chair this weekend.

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On Patrol: Live Summary for September 8, 2023 (#OPL Episode 02-11)

Note: Several of these segments were not updated during the episode which had one commercial-free hour.

  • Toledo, Ohio — Sgt. Geoff McLendon, Ofr. Heather Smith, and other cops respond to a report of a female up in a tree in a downtown area. She is unwilling to climb down voluntarily, despite repeated warnings that she will be arrested for noncompliance, until she start falling through the branches and is taken into custody when she lands. Ofr. Smith: “They found an intoxicated female in the tree. She was refusing to come down. While in the tree, she began to urinate on herself and other officers, so we got her down from the tree; she’s gonna go to jail tonight. That’s where we are right now. She’s not happy with us. We haven’t been able to identify her yet.” Abrams: “One of those ugh moments right now [when] you wouldn’t want to be a cop.” Flowers: “No, but you can’t go home.” Abrams: “True.”
  • Volusia County, Fla. — Deputy Stephen Woodin and other units respond to a report of a trespasser with a flashlight in the backyard of a home. False alarm; the subject was the caretaker of a neighbors’ home while they were out of state. Woodin: “Well, It turns out it’s just a neighbor taking care of the house, just pressure-washing the pool….another other neighbor who’s not real familiar with this guy taking care of the house. So everything’s good.”
  • Berkeley County , S.C. — Sgt. Paul Yacobozzi makes contact with an apparently homeless couple on the sidewalk. They tell Yacobuzzi that they are living in a tent.
  • Volusia County, Fla. — Dep. Benjamin Speller conducts a traffic stop on a truck pulling a trailer; no tag on trailer. The motorist had two big dogs in the truck’s bay. The driver says the tag was stolen more than once . Abrams: “It’s Sanjo, not Cujo. right?” Dep. Wilson: “That’s right — big difference.” To avoid theft, Speller advises the motorist to put the plate on when he’s driving and take it off when he gets back home. The traffic stop was outside the driver’s home. Speller: “…I’m not gonna give him a hard time….He doesn’t need to get tickets racked up for no reason. So, hopefully, it’s a simple fix…”

Abrams: “You never know with dogs, right, as a police officer — just got to always be concerned, right, about the potential.” Flowers: “Yes. Some dogs are treated poorly, and then you interact with a stranger, and they panic, and you panic, and it can be a bad situation.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputies pursue a fleeing homicide suspect and make a traffic stop at gunpoint. After exiting the car, the suspect resists briefly and is subdued. Ofr. Chance Palm: “So basically, earlier today, we had a shooting where a male was shot several times. The suspect vehicle fled. came back as a black Ford Explorer. Through technology, they were able to figure out a possible suspect vehicle tag. It hit one of our tag-reader systems, and from there it fled from units when they got behind it. And ended up here…”

Abrams: “The driver…was charged with two counts of first-degree murder as well as trafficking in fentanyl in addition to the fleeing charge….when they’re after someone who’s a homicide suspect, all the rules change.” Wilson: “All the rules change. And as you heard, they were confident that this was the individual that they were looking for. The information was put into the National Criminal Information Center, so you had the identification of the car and also this individual. Here it is, you got two big felonies. You got to go after this guy. All bets are off.” Flowers: “And were that chase terminated, it’s a perfect storm. After a homicide suspect that ends with a takedown at a busy, crowded theater at night, so they’re having to…determine all his angles…” Abrams: “You have to be particularly careful in a situation like that.”

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Officers conduct traffic stop and allegedly spot white powder on the seat of the car, which will be tested.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Cpt. Danny Brown and Master Dep. Addy Perez conduct traffic stop for erratic driving (car almost ran off the road). One or more kids in the car. Brown says he smells weed. Driver and a passenger detained. Car search. The passenger allegedly had a gun in his waistband. The latter’s mom shows up at the scene. Dep. Perez provides advice to the driver to “calm down…start focusing on what’s important.” Brown claims that “the passenger is probably gonna be going to jail for unlawful carry.” According to Brown, the gun was also allegedly stolen. He advises the teen’s mom that her son is going to jail on two felony charges.

Dep. Perez: “Unfortunately, they are both going to jail. The other one is underage with a stolen weapon. The other one is going for child endangerment and reckless driving. After talking to him, I hope he kind of regrets how he acted out…I’m hoping at this time he’ll kind of think about the things he’s doing. He’s only 19…kind of make some changes.”

  • Fullerton, Calif. — Officers respond to a report of a husband allegedly threatening to shoot his wife. They set up a perimeter around the house and make contact with the subject’s brother who apparently was the reporting party. Accompanied by his brother, the unarmed subject later peacefully comes out of the residence voluntarily and is detained. The wife was not at the location at the time which lessened the urgency of the scenario.

Abrams: “You were pointing out some of the equipment that they’re using here.” Flowers: “You saw Officer [Matthew] Levin there, in his left hand he grabbed a small satchel — we call it a gun bag. It carries additional pistol magazines, rifle magazines, as well as tourniquets or clotting agents to solve what may be a bad situation.”

Wilson: “…As we have talked about many, many times, time is on their side, but they definitely still have to get to that house, find out exactly what’s going on, and get the situation done…” Flowers: “The brother got a good heart, trying to do the right thing…but now these officers have been ‘invited in’ to this family challenge. And so now, they’re a necessary part of solving the problem too.”

Cpl. Brandon Ramek commentary before the subject surrendered: “Obviously, we don’t want brother to go in. I get it; he’s a family member…he’s concerned…he’s never actually seen a gun. It’s not a crime to want to harm yourself. So obviously, we still want to help him , right, but we want to do it safely. We want to do callouts, get him on the phone, maybe he’ll walk out willingly so we can go get him the help that he needs from a professional. That’s obviously the end goal, but like brother said, if he sees us, and he starts waving what we believe to be a gun, it may force our hand, and that’s the last thing we want, is someone to get injured or somebody to get hurt. He’s obviously going through some type of family issues, so we’ll continue to work with him. It sounds like Officer [Josh] Walker got his cell phone. He is a trained crisis negotiator, so he’ll use his tactics to try to get the brother out safely…”

Cpl. Ramek commentary after the subject surrendered: “Our ultimate goal was to get him out of the apartment, make sure he gets uninjured; make sure no one gets injured, and he gets the help that he needs. So we accomplished the ultimate goal. It took a little bit, but that’s why we do things the way we do it, especially when time is on our side; we’re gonna use every resource we have, we’re gonna exhaust every resource we have, because we don’t want to force our hand, don’t want to escalate the situation. We don’t want to create exigent circumstances where a shooting occurs, use of force occurs, someone gets hurt. That’s why we do things the way we do it. Understand it maybe takes some time, but at the end of the day, that goal got accomplished and he’s gonna get the help that he needs. As for right now, no criminal charges. He’s just gonna be placed on a hold right now. He’ll see the professionals to talk whatever he’s going through….I don’t believe any weapon has recovered at this time…that’s why we just don’t go running in, because we don’t want to create exigent circumstances. We don’t want to create a shooting…”

Flowers: “You have high stress, emotion, passion, firearms, neighbors crawling around law enforcement, it’s a very dynamic situation. It worked out as best as it could.” Wilson: “For right now, what they’re probably gonna do is transport him to a hospital, let get him evaluated, see what’s going on with him, Try to work things out.”

  • Volusia County, Fla. — Dep. Speller conducts a traffic stop for a nonfunctioning headlight. The driver then slowly drives off but then pulls over again around the corner. The driver was allegedly smoking weed in the car. Probable cause car search.

Abrams update: “She was cited for that no headlight in the front, and all the weed was confiscated, but she was then released with no charges.”

  • Volusia County, Fla. (pre-recorded segment)– Dep. Andrew Nelson and other units respond to a hospital upon a report of woman with a gunshot wound after she called 911. The boyfriend is detained outside the hospital; a gun is allegedly found a tackle box in his vehicle. Fortunately, the injury is apparently minor, and it was an accident. The boyfriend is released with no charges. Nelson: “You got to marry her now, bro…you can’t shoot her and then not marry her.” Nelson: “It turns out it was…an accidental shooting. He was messing around with the gun and shot her in the leg….she’s gonna be fine…”

Flowers: “She made the call, but he’s in the background telling exactly what’s going on. And all that’s recorded and can be captured for evidentiary purposes. And then her wound, honestly, being hit with gunfire in your thigh area, where you have the femoral artery, that can be a devastating wound. So she’s pretty fortunate to miss that.” Wilson: “He’s also fortunate. That excited utterance, mentioning all the stuff that had happened — fortunate for him, he was not charged.

  • Triple Play #3 — Glendale, Ariz. Officers (and a K9 and a drone) respond to a burglary call in retail outlet storage area.
  • Hazen, Ark. — Chief Bradley Taylor and other officers respond to an alleged domestic incident . Taylor advises a subject not to go back to his grandmother’s residence until next week at which time he should apologize to her. “It’s her house, her rules.”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. (pre-recorded incident) — Foot pursuit with K9 for a subject after the latter fled a traffic stop. The subject is located and detained. Sgt. Yacobozzi: “The subject is gonna go to jail for the vehicle license violations and the driver’s license violations. He’s also on an ankle monitor, so at this point, we notified South Carolina Probation Department and Parole, and we’re going to let them talk to him and see what the deal is.”

Abrams: “Some people are gonna watch this and say, ‘how does these ankle monitors work? Isn’t it supposed to be monitoring him?'” Flowers: “Yeah, as he’s running away somewhere. Common sense would say that, well, nobody wearing an ankle monitor is gonna do…an additional crime. But it’s basically GPS data that showing historically where this person is. Even in our city, we have folks that will do additional crimes wearing their probationary monitor, and we can see exactly where they were at the time of the crime.” Abrams; “That is, if they don’t cut them off.” Flowers: “That’s right. Sometimes they cut them off.” Wilson: “The other good thing here, this was highway patrol’s crime or case. But he called in mutual aid, which, of course, any other agency in that area, which happened to be this county, comes in to assist him. They set up a perimeter with communication, were able to talk and get this thing together…but that mutual aid works really well…”

  • Toledo, Ohio — Cops search a residential area for a possible prowler.
  • Toledo, Ohio — Officers conduct a traffic stop following report of an alleged break in at a church. Two minor males detained. Car search. According BB gun spotted. The teens, who allegedly were smoking weed, will be released to a parent. Sgt. McClendon mentions to the other parent on the phone that “I don’t know what they’re out here doing, but it ain’t smart having a BB gun in the car, too. They’re gonna get shot. Someone is gonna have a real gun, and they’re gonna have a BB gun, and it ain’t gonna be a fair match. So it’s not smart; these kids should be at home.” According to Sgt. McClendon, cops will file a report, and possible charges may come later if the church decides to go in that direction.
  • BOLO update — Escaped Arkansas prison inmate and allege accomplices captured.
  • BOLO — Chester County, Pa., escaped inmate at large.
  • Hazen, Ark. — Traffic stop. Car search. Chief Taylor has friendly interaction with three occupants. The driver allegedly has a suspended license.
  • Nye County, Nev. (pre-recorded segment) — Deputies respond to trespassing call and advise a female that she is trespassed from a neighbor’s property.
  • Toledo, Ohio — Traffic stop at gunpoint on possible stolen car. Ofr. Smith: “A vehicle…had stolen plates on it. When we ran the plate, it’s coming back to a Ford; it’s clearly on a BMW. So we’re gonna see what we can find out from this gentleman that was driving it.”

Nye County, Nev. — Dep. Joe Molinaro makes contact with man. accompanied by a small dog named Flowers, pushing a shopping cart.

  • Toledo, Ohio — Cops respond to a dispatch for another officer needing assistance.
  • Triple Play #2 — Northwest Ark. high-speed chase.
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Traffic stop on car that allegedly ran a stop sign, failure to maintain lane, and not using turn signals. Sgt. Yacobozzi spots three toddlers in the vehicle with no car seats or seat belts. Yacobozzi says the motorist needs to call someone to bring her some car seats for the kids before he allows her to drive off. Yacobozzi also mentions that he his going to try to find out if the husband was in a car accident elsewhere.
  • Daytona Beach, Fla. — Sgt. Mike Bryant and other units respond to a report of a stranger knocking on the door of woman’s home.
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Ofr. Linsey Zarick conducts a traffic stop on a pizza delivery driver and gives a verbal warning for a headlight issue. Abrams: “I always worry when they pull over the pizza guys. By the time the pizza gets there, it’ll be cold.” Flowers: “That’s a crime.” Wilson: “It also might be free.”
  • Volusia County, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) –Dep. Speller and other units detain a man at a fast-food restaurant in connection with an incident in which a jealous man allegedly fired a gun possibly at other vehicles because he felt his wife was cheating on him. Dep. Speller: “…He did have the weapon on him. There were casings in the vehicle, in the baby seat and in the driver’s seat. He had a lot of knives on him…the investigation still continues. It’s a good night for law enforcement. We got a gun off the street, and hopefully we can get this guy the help that he needs…”
  • Berkeley County, S.C. — Cpl. Dylan Lee and other units respond to a report of stabbing outside a bar. They make contact with an older man is is bleeding from the arm. The man, who declines medial attention, is trespassed from the premises. Dep. Lee: “So we got a call here. Apparently, he was trying to leave drunk. They tried to stop him, and a struggle ensued where he was removed from his vehicle…They don’t want to press charges…so therefore he’s not pressing charges…he’s gonna go home tonight and not go to jail for DUI…”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Cpt. Brown and Dep. Perez conduct a traffic stop. Open container prompts probable cause car search. Occupants detained. White powder allegedly located in some currency in the car door. Brown: “This is the kind of activity we come across all the time out here. This is why we check these parking lots…” Perez also finds a small bag containing a powdery substance in the passenger’s sock. Abrams update: “The passenger was arrested for possession with intent to distribute cocaine they found as they were searching. The driver was released, though, with no charges.”
  • Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Cops search on foot for an alleged hit-and-run suspect whose vehicle struck a pole. The driver then fled on foot from officers. Ofr. Zarick: “The good thing is, he’s probably not injured.” Cops subsequently find and detain the alleged driver outside his nearby home or in the general area. Zarick: “We eventually located him behind this residence, laying down on the grass here. So he’s in custody. We’ll probably do a little bit of blood draw, and we’ll go from there.” Abrams; “The good news there is that was a single-car accident. That is a relief.”
  • Hazen, Ark. –– Traffic stop; headlight out. Abrams; “He gets credit for creativity there in keeping up that headlight.” Caption: “Deer still in headlights.”
  • Nye County, Nev. — Deputies make contact with the same shopping car guy from earlier. He allegedly swiped the cart from Walmart and has to empty it out and return it.
  • Nye County, Nev. — Dep. Molinaro responds to an alleged disturbance in a bar.

On Patrol: Live Summary for September 9, 2023 (#OPL Episode 02-12)

CLICK HERE for the OPL 02-12 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 and music, etc. That also may be why the clever captions have become few and far between.