On Patrol: Live All-New Episode, Tonight

A recap of the April 11, 2026, On Patrol: Live episode on Reelz, which also streams, e.g., on Peacock, as anchored in the Jersey City, N.J., studio by attorney/executive producer Dan Abrams, along with law enforcement analysts Tom Rizzo and Sean Larkin, plus Knox County Officer Dalton Swanger, follows below.

As #OPNation (i.e., the cohort consisting of the show’s avid followers) is well aware, and for those viewers and/or social media users new to the program, On Patrol Live on Reelz is more or less a reboot or rebrand of Live PD.

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Dalton Swanger In-Studio Interview on First Shift

[The First Shift open did not include any updates from Friday night’s episode]

On Patrol: Live Tonight

Knox County Officer Dalton Swanger’s appearance in the studio was the highlight of tonight’s edition of On Patrol: Live. Two Clayton County, Ga., incidents also prompted a big response from #OPNation: a 911 call that perhaps might have been better directed to DoorDash and a possible residential burglary or squatting investigation.

In this On Patrol: Live episode guide, see below for details on all 23 law enforcement encounters across 10 On Patrol: Live scheduled police departments on the current roster. Toledo PD did not appear in this episode, and Daytona Beach PD was not followed live (it appeared in pre-recorded segment only). As of this writing, it is undetermined if Daytona Beach PD’s hiatus from the regular lineup is just temporary or more long term.

Programming note: Next weekend, i.e., April 18-19, Fox News host Lawrence Jones, who is also an auxiliary police officer in Indiana, will sit in at the On Patrol: Live studio anchor desk.

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On Patrol: Live Recap for April 11, 2026 (#OPL Episode 04-68)

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  • Greene County, Mo. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of reckless ATV riders.” In the video clip below, Sergeant Carl Scharpf responds on scene and makes contact with these individuals. After an amicable conversation, the sergeant determines that no further action is required.

Sgt. Scharpf recap: “Looks like just a bunch of shirtless county boys having fun. I didn’t smell any alcohol on them, but there’s one open container that still has sweat on it, so they’re obviously drinking. But they own both properties, and out here in the county, you can go property to property.”

  • Richland County, S.C. — Captain Danny Brown explains to two somewhat argumentative males that he allegedly smells weed between two cars, and that weed is still illegal in South Carolina. “I know the law backwards and forwards with my 26 years out here…” Probable cause car search on both vehicles. [One of the subjects assails “bootlicking pigs.” Parenthetically, bootlickers is a word often used by so-called First Amendment auditors.] Both males are detained.

Listen below to Captain Brown discuss this stop as he searches a car:

  • Clayton County, Ga. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of swearing at 911 dispatcher.” Lieutenant Joseph Toombs, Deputy Desmond Whitson, and other units converge on a residence and arrest a vocal male for alleged misuse of 911.

Lt. Toombs recap: “Essentially what happened is he called 911 multiple times. He was using profanity toward our dispatchers and our call takers. And he was basically stating that he wanted to get some food. He was calling 911 for the police to bring him some food. And that’s, of course, a service that we don’t just generally provide to someone when they’re calling 911. So with that being said, he said he wanted some food; we’re gonna make sure he gets some food tonight. We’re gonna give him a couple of bologna sandwiches, so we’ll go from there with him. He won’t have to worry about where his food’s coming from for quite a while now.”

Dan Abrams: “The 911 operators — some of the often-unheralded heroes of law enforcement, and these guys making sure they’re not being treated the way they shouldn’t be.”

In the audio clip below that also includes comments from Deputy Whitson, Lt. Toombs adds that cops intend to contact the probation office because the subject allegedly might be “on felony probation…but in the meantime, we’ll make sure he won’t have to worry about where he’s getting his next meal from. We got plenty of food for him in our jail.”

  • Richland County, S.C. — Corporal Avery Arrington and another unit make contact with a couple at a residence in connection with some sort of possible neighbor dispute perhaps involving a dog. Cpl. Arrington: “…we didn’t say you did something. We said it’s an accusation…” Male homeowner: “Three sides to a pancake. ” Cpl. Arrington: “I think two sides, but okay, we can do three sides…there’s three sides to every story, right?…”

Dan Abrams: “Three sides to a pancake: Learn something everyday.”

  • Volusia County, Fla. — With other units, Deputy Ethan Thomas initiates a traffic stop on an alleged aggravated stalking suspect. The driver vehemently denies stalking anybody. On Patrol: Live caption: “Investigating aggravated stalking.”

Deputy Thomas preliminary recap: “So we’re just finishing up here. We located the vehicle in a parking lot of a grocery store…we thought he was inside the vehicle. We did a traffic stop on the vehicle, and he was the driver of it. So he’ll be going to jail for aggravated stalking and then another stalking charge as well for another case…he has a lot to say right now, but he’s just got to save that for court.”

  • Lee County, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — In the video clip below that starts out as a robbery investigation , Deputy Ian Brewer, and other units arrest a “TikTok guy” in connection with a larger alleged check-cashing scam.

Listen below to the OPL studio panel discuss this investigation, including the charges or potential charges:

  • Lee County, Fla. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Investigating domestic incident.” Deputy Kaitlin Rogers and colleagues respond to a residence after a neighbor called police about an alleged altercation between a husband and his wife. They make contact with a male who says the alleged dispute is not physical. He ends up getting detained during the initial investigation. Deputy Rogers: “Your wife is bleeding from her face indicating that she got hit in her face…”On Patrol: Live caption: “Suspect in custody.”
  • Christian County, Mo. — Corporal Ryan Bradshaw conducts a traffic stop. The cooperative driver appears to gives consent for a pat-down and vehicle search.

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lt. Toombs, Deputy Whitson, and Sergeant Welkind Saint-Jean, among other cops, respond to a report of a residential burglary in progress which may or may not end up instead being a squatting situation. They detain two men at the home, plus another man who drives up in a U-Haul truck. The home is cleared. On Patrol: Live caption: “Three suspects in custody.” The homeowner, who has the house for sale, also shows up on scene as does local police.

Listen below as On Patrol: Live studio analyst Tom Rizzo explains the cops’ strategy in this encounter:

Sgt. Saint-Jean preliminary recap: “Apparently, again, this guy right here is advising that he’s the property owner, and this house was basically listed on the market, according to him. It was supposed to be vacant, so not sure what’s going on. He said it was supposed to be empty, so not sure if they were squatting or what or decided to move in this property, since they believed that it might have been abandoned…we’re just trying to figure everything out from here.”

Lt. Toombs adds the following information: “….essentially, Clayton County PD came to the scene earlier. They got a call about somebody possibly trying to take things out of this location, who wasn’t supposed to be here. No one was here when they got here initially. And, of course, now on the secondary call we just got, when we arrived first, sheriff’s office arrived here first, we seen the door ajar. There was a guy standing in front of the building, in front of the house, excuse me, and Deputy Whitson detained him. There was a guy laying down on the couch; we detained him, and then from there, the guy who we caught lying down on the couch, advised that this U-Haul that we saw driving up, like, after the fact, was involved in it as well. So we worked side by side with PD to detain that guy, and it looks like it might be a legit burglary. I don’t know at this time, but if we do get any update on it, we’ll make sure to keep you all up to date.”

Listen below as Dan Abrams and the studio panel further discuss this situation (“We were just talking about the fact that maybe he was arriving to help them stage the house to help them sell it. It’s on the market…”):

Lt. Toombs further comments: “…The reason why we do what we do, the way that we do it. Some people may look at it like, man, that’s kind of harsh, but at the end of the day, there are no do-overs in doing what we do. So I much rather give you a couple of choice words right now, and all of us walk away safely, then for me to try to be your best friend, and I end up getting shot. No; we ain’t going out like that.” Deputy Whitson mentions that “…as we were talking to him, I can see a gun in his — this little fanny pack in his apron there…” Lt. Toombs: “The back of the U-Haul is full of stuff as well.”

Abrams: “So an odd story here of what started as a burglary in progress eventually became, I guess, still a burglary, but potentially they were bringing stuff into the house to squat there, and now we learn that the gun was clogged with hair. Is Drano work on a gun?” Tom Rizzo: “Sure…”

  • Knox County, Tenn. — In the audio/video clips below, special guest Officer/Deputy Dalton Swanger returns to the in-studio anchor desk after his First Shift appearance earlier this evening and again discusses his inspiring return to active duty from a serious injury suffered in the line of duty. [Note: In general, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office uses the terms Officer and Deputy interchangeably.]

Officer Dalton Swanger: Returning to work “was one of the best days of my life…”

  • Baton Rouge, La. — Sergeant Jordon Lear and other police officers make contact with a complainant about an alleged disturbance involving a gun. Sgt. Lear: “So this lady right here and sounds like a boyfriend were having some type of domestic issue where he was yanking her hair out and stuff. If they can get more information on scene while we just try to canvass the area, look for him. Can’t be too far.”
  • Triple Play #3 — a Berkeley County, S.C., pursuit:
  • Clayton County, Ga. — Deputies head to a location on a report of a shooting which, however, ends up being unfounded. Sgt. Saint-Jean: “..there’s been a possible prank call…negative on any person being shot…individuals in that apartment complex advising that they didn’t hear anybody, any gunshot, or anything like that. So that’s probably kids that’s playing around. So we’re gonna go ahead and cancel on that call…” Abrams: “Well, that is a true waste of law enforcement resources on a potentially serious call.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Corporal Arrington provides backup on a traffic stop at gunpoint on a vehicle that allegedly initially refused to pull over. Deputies detain the driver in the carport of a residence. According to Cpl. Arrington, “it’s like 20 bottles of beer in there.”

Listen below to Deputy Alex Potash recap this stop along with the OPL studio panel, including Officer Dalton Swanger, address how some drivers think that getting to home base somehow means they’re home free:

  • Greene County, Mo. — Sgt. Scharpf initiates a cordial motorcycle stop for speeding which initially involves two bikers but one heads in another direction. Sgt. Scharpf to the driver who was stopped: “Reason for going so fast?” Driver: “I’m stupid?…” The cooperative driver, who says he was on his way to pick up a ring for his wife, is subsequently released with a warning. Tom Rizzo quips that “…just made me think his reason was probably just ‘you got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them.'” Sgt. Scharpf also advises the driver to “maybe wait until daylight” to do a Marketplace-style transaction in case it’s a scam. Sgt. Scharf: “What’s that thing? Moms always say boys will be boys, and this is a good example of it. I fall victim to it sometimes, too, but everybody’s okay tonight…”

On Patrol: Live Hour 3

  • Daytona Beach, Fla. (pre-recorded segment) — Abrams introduces the segment by quipping that “a woman offered Sergeant James Maher a pretty ‘crappy’ excuse for why she just walked out of a porta-john.” The sergeant separately detains a female “covered in glitter” and a male; they allegedly had a brief encounter supposedly involving drugs in a portable toilet near a construction site. The male is arrested; the female is released. Detective Noah Galbreath is also on scene.

Sgt. Maher recap: “The story was, she was headed home, and she decided to go to the bathroom. Made no sense. Had a heart to heart. Turns out there’s a guy that like to post up at a porta potty and sell fentanyl all day. Made contact with the defendant who was in possession of quite of bit of narcotics inside of a very dirty porta potty, and he’s gonna be gonna be going to jail for drugs.” Abrams: “So it sounds like she goes on her way, and he gets the police car.”

  • Baton Rouge, La. — Sgt. Lear and numerous other cops investigate a robbery at an apartment complex. Yelling and bleeping. One irate man is temporarily cuffed until he calms down (Sgt. Lear: “You can’t act the way you act when the police are around, okay?”) On Patrol: Live caption: “Rifle found in bathtub.” Later in the OPL episode (see video clip below under Lee County), Sgt. Lear searches the area in his police cruiser for suspects.

Listen below to Officer Dalton Swanger compliment Sgt. Lear on the latter’s ability to quell tensions in a situation like this:

  • Knox County, Tenn. — Officer Cooper Riehl gets both sides of the story in an incident in which one neighbor left a bag of poop on another neighbor’s porch which might possibly be a tit-for-tat scenario. He also reviews video of the incident. On Patrol: Live captions include “Public enemy number two?,” “Dropping deuce dilemma,” “Doo-doo unto others.” Officer Riehl gets the other side of the story from the other neighbors.

Abrams: “So it seems that this is gonna be resolved with some warnings to both sides: Stay away.”

  • Knox County, Tenn. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Gun found in newly purchased car.” Officer Nathan Pandolfi makes contact with the complainant at his home in the course of this investigation. The gun that was apparently found under a seat is confiscated for evidence and run through database for ownership status, and police will document the incident. Abrams: “Number of times we have seen people who get pulled over, and they say ‘I had no idea that it was in my car.’ This is just the opposite. This is the the guy who calls the police, and it’s true, that it was in there. We were talking about how, you would say, it could be like a 3D gun…”
  • Missing segment — Orlando, Fla.
  • Clayton County, Ga. — Lt. Toombs explains why cops detained a man at a gas station:

“So the guy who we have in custody here is the same guy, as you all remember a couple of weeks back, probably about a month ago, who we caught and had crack here amongst other people that had crack and molly and marijuana, and this dude just can’t learn. It’s like he’s not learning his lesson. You’ve been locked up here before for having crack on you…you’ve been locked up for having crack here, and you’re gonna come back here again after we arrested you. It’s like — it’s just not computing to this guy. So no worries. We got somewhere for him to go…we’re gonna give him a free ride there.”

  • Lee County, Fla. — In the video clip below, Deputy Rogers initiates a traffic stop for allegedly running a stop sign. “Why is there someone switching seats?” Ticket issued for alleged no license.
  • Clayton County, Ga. — In the video clip below as the episode concludes, Deputy Whitson and other cops, and the fire department, respond to an apartment complex fire, which is extinguished.
CLICK ON THIS LINK for the On Patrol: Live recap of #OPL episode 04-67, April 10, 2026.