On Patrol: Live All-New Episode Tonight
A recap of the August 15, 2026, On Patrol: Live episode on Reelz, as anchored in the #OPLive Jersey City, N.J., studio/control center by attorney/executive producer Dan Abrams, along with the On Patrol Live cast consisting of retired LEOs Sean “Sticks” Larkin and Tom Rizzo, and longtime crime reporter and ex-Live PD co-host Tom Morris, Jr.
This On Patrol: Live ride-along recap/update also includes the often-provocative or playful social media reaction on X (formerly Twitter) to the law enforcement incidents in the field.
As #OPNation (i.e., the cohort consisting of the reality 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.
Updates from Friday Night’s Episode
See the First Shift video clip below for the following updates and features:
- Berkeley County, S.C.
- Baton Rouge, La.
- Dorchester County, S.C.
- Dunellen, N.J., PD
- Pickens County Ga.
On Patrol: Live Tonight
The tragic headline of this all-new episode of On Patrol: Live was the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office investigation into a fatal shooting.
See below for details on all 24 law enforcement encounters across 10 scheduled police departments on the current roster in this On Patrol: Live episode guide. See a statistical summary below as well. And check back for updates, or potential updates, on open or inconclusive incidents
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On Patrol: Live Recap for Saturday, August 15, 2026 (#OPL Episode 05-12)
- Baton Rouge, La. — In the video clip below, Sergeant Jordon Lear and colleagues, including Corporal Anthony Nguyen, at apparently the same dilapidated house from Friday night’s episode looking for the puppy that was there. They also discover a leaking water pipe and alerts dispatch to notify the water company. Sgt. Lear: “As you can see, they’re stealing water from somewhere, bypassing the meter.” Sgt. Lear later quips “It looks like Coolio and R. Kelly had a baby.”
- Dorchester County, S.C. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Serving warrant for domestic violence.” En route to the subject’s location at a trailer home, Sergeant Cameron Abell in the video clip above claims that the source of the alleged prior violent incident between a couple was allegedly “some sexual acts that were not exchanged.” Deputies detain a female on scene. On Patrol: Live caption: “Suspect in custody.”
- Berkeley County, S.C. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of robbery with a machete.” Deputy Myles Mathis and other units investigate on scene,
Deputy Mathis preliminary recap: “Turned out it was a disturbance of some kind, and I guess they have assigned parking spots here, and he was attempting to park, and somebody was parked in his spot, and he moved the bike. And I don’t know what point the machete was produced, but’s he’s getting interviewed right now, and we’ll try to to figure out exactly what happened.” Deputy Mathis follow-up: “As stated, this is all over a parking spot. I understand, whether being an elderly woman, if she’s designated for handicapped parking, then she’s entitled to park there, but at the same time, there’s better ways to handle a dispute over parking then bringing out a knife, somebody’s banging on your door. It’s just adults not acting like it. So we’ll determine if the victim wants to press charges or if we have probable cause to make a charge. And suspect’s detained, so we’ll take it from there.”
- Fullerton, Calif. — Officer Matthew Levin and Corporal Alexa Ekabbara on a friendly traffic stop where the motorist gifts the corporal one or more stickers that may or may not relate to gangs. Officer Levin gives the motorist a warning on an expired registration rather than issuing a citation for same.
Listen below to the #OPLive studio panel and then the corporal briefly discuss sticker significance in a light-hearted manner:
- Toledo, Ohio — On Patrol: Live caption: “Investigating knife fight.’ Officer Eric Draper and other units respond to in a residential neighborhood. Bleeping. Paramedics summoned. It turns out that individuals were allegedly quarreling over hot dogs. Abrams: “Fight over hot dogs…where’s the beef? Beef is right here. They’re having a beef over beef.”
On Patrol: Live host Dan Abrams: “A lot of yelling going on there, but Sean, you were pointing out who has not been yelling.” On Patrol: Live studio analyst Sean Larkin: “Yeah; every time we see these guys in Toledo, and Jordon Lear and these guys in Baton Rouge, when they’re in these chaotic scenes, they’re always just — their blood pressure doesn’t even move. They’re so calm. They talk to everybody; they get through it, move on to the next scene.”
- Greene County, Mo. (pre-recorded segment) — In the video clip below, Detective Travis Sanders conducts a minibike stop for no lights. Abrams introduces the segment with a quip that the detective “lit up a guy whose minibike was not lit, but apparently he was.”
Listen below to the #OPLive studio panel provide some background information and commentary about this kind of stop:
- Richland County, S.C. — Captain Danny Brown conducts a traffic stop possibly for a tag issue and for speeding. Two occupants. Cpt. Brown smells weed. “There’s a difference between green and smoke…” Probable cause car search. The captain allegedly find a weed baggie in the vehicle underneath the driver’s seat: “My nose never lies…it’s not a lot, but why lie to me about it?” Abrams: “Danny Brown — always sniffing out the weed.” Abrams update:
Listen below as Cpt. Brown initially interacts with the occupants, reminds them that South Carolina has enacted a strict marijuana law, and explains he’s not concerned about shake:
Abrams update: “The driver was cited for simple possession of marijuana and driving under suspension, first offense. The passenger was released with no charges.”
- Fullerton, Calif. — Officer Levin and Corporal Elkabbara do a potential probation check on a male including a pat-down. The interaction is somewhat contentious. It turns out that the cops had misidentified him with another individual in their database by the same name. Abrams: “So it turns out it was the wrong guy. But he’s given them permission to search anyway. So now you, I guess, understand whey’s he’s irritated.”
Cpl. Elkabbara preliminary recap: “…he gives me the right birthday. I’m able to run him…I see he’s not on probation. He gave his consent to search his things either way. And we’re gonna let him continue with his day and give him some resources on hopefully getting off of the street. But it does seem like maybe he wants to remain on it, so it’s up to him; his prerogative.”
On Patrol: Live host Dan Abrams: “Captain Rizzo, we were talking about the kinds of databases there are for people on probation.” On Patrol: Live studio analyst Tom Rizzo: “State to state, it varies, but clearly in California, Sean and I were talking about this, and Tom was saying, yeah, people might want to know, somebody on probation or parole, they forfeit their right to privacy like that, and you’re able to be subjected to such checks and searches and stuff from that. We can’t do that here, but from state to state it varies.” Abrams: “And in this case, they had the wrong guy.”
- Tempe, Ariz. (pre-recorded segment) — Abrams introduces the segment by asserting that it’s “a different kind of drug sweep, this one involving a vape store and a broom.” Officers respond to a welfare check and determine that a male in question does work at the location. Abrams: “It doesn’t happen that often that we see on the show where it turns out, yeah, the guy works there. It was nothing…”
On Patrol: Live Hour 2
- Brookford, N.C. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Driving without license.” Chief Will Armstrong makes a traffic stop for an alleged headlight violation. Expired tag. According to the chief, a records check indicates that the driver allegedly has received “many” previous tickets for driving without a license. “So do you have a habit of lying or do you think I’m just not gonna find out that you don’t have a license?” The motorist is arrested for allegedly driving while license revoked; car towed.
#OPLive host Dan Abrams: “That’s called evidence; a lot of it.” #OPLive studio analyst Tom Morris, Jr. “Habitual offender.”
- Berkeley County, S.C. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of man with crossbow.” Deputy Mathis makes friendly contact with the subject outside a laundromat and determines that there is no issue.
- Triple Play #3 — a Miamisburg, Ohio, police pursuit.
Baton Rouge, La. — Sgt. Lear and other offices conduct a traffic stop on a pickup truck. Two occupants. #OPLive host Dan Abrams: “A situation where Honest Abe might have been able to step in and help her get through some questions.” Police search the female’s bag for any contraband. As discussed below, the couple ends up getting released with no charges.
Listen below to Sgt. Lear’s explanation for the stop:
Sgt. Lear to the female: “…please get yourself together…you got to do it for [your kids], okay? If you don’t want to do it for yourself, do it for them.”
Sgt. Lear recap: “So ultimately, it seems that the methamphetamine that she thought she had she more than likely probably already used. She said she had been clean for three years, or I think that’s what she said. And she relapsed, so it’s a sad situation…she has to get herself together for herself or we’ll be back in this situation once again. Ultimately, we’re gonna let them go with no charges today. We’ll talk to them about pulling out in front of us, and we’ll move on.”
- Tempe, Ariz. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of person down.” Officer Tre Brown responds to a store on this call. The male subject seems to be up and about, however. Officer Brown: “…that’s our guy who was allegedly down. Looks pretty alert to me, walking away…” On behalf of the store, another officer on scene apparently trespasses him from the location.
- Fullerton, Calif. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Electric scooter violation.” Officer Levin and Cpl. Elkabbara make an electric scooter stop for operating on the sidewalk in alleged violation of a local ordinance. Knife allegedly found. As explained below, the subject is subsequently detained on a warrant from another agency. Abrams: “So the e-scooter really isn’t the issue. It’s the warrant.”
Cpl. Elkabarra preliminary recap: “So he originally got stopped, right?, for being on this scooter in the city of Fullerton…municipal code. And he was operating out of the confines of our municipal code. So my partner saw this on his person right away. One of the terms, which is on AB109, which is, if you think of it, it’s like a from of probation or parole, right? So for him, he had this exposed on his person. Oftentimes with their terms, they are not supposed to have any kind of weapon on them whatsoever, especially something like this. So right now, what we’re gonna do is convene the search the rest of belongings as within his search-and-seizure terms for AB109. We’ll run his name, see what comes back, and then we’ll kind of make a determination from there.”
Listen below to additional information from Officer Levin, including about the size of the blade, after which #OPLive host Dan Abrams quips “Tom Rizzo is the expert on that sort of range of two to four inches.”
Listen below to a further update on this incident from Cpl. Elkabbara:
- Toledo, Ohio (pre-recorded segment) — In the video clip embedded below, Officers Draper and Dallas Kwapich respond to a weapons call (during which Officer Draper makes a “Cheddar Bob” reference):
- Baton Rouge, La. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of gun fight.” Sgt. Lear and other officers investigate this incident in an residential neighborhood. “…right now, everybody’s denying calling the police. The dispatcher’s trying to get back in touch with whoever called us with no luck at the moment. When [another officer] pulled up, apparently somebody ran from him. Not real sure why. But it’s typically when we get a call about fighting, it’s so they can discard the gun. It’s pretty obvious that something was going on out here, but nobody wants to cooperate with us.”
- Dorchester County, S.C. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of shooting.” Sgt. Abell, Lieutenant Mike McKee, and other cops investigate on scene at an apartment complex. Paramedics summoned. A victim is dead. Police detain a suspect on scene. Investigators apparently have access to doorbell camera footage allegedly showing a fight.
Sgt. Abell preliminary recap: “So confirmed, the male that we have in custody is gonna be the suspect. Lieutenant McKee said basically there was some sort of dispute over not sure exactly what over yet, but there was a dispute. Victim potentially might have had a gun. There was also a gun out here located. Apparently the suspect they have in custody confessed to everything. So we’re gonna get some information and turns this over to North Charleston, and we’ll be out of here shortly.”
#OPLive host Dan Abrams: “Sean Larkin, precisely as you had predicted as were were watching this scene unfold.” #OPLive studio analyst Sean Larkin: “Yeah — as soon as I heard over the radio, they said, this guy’s already confessed, and that’s not typical. You usually don’t get a homicide where a suspect stays around and confesses that quickly. This is something usually detectives have to pull out; they have to go through the evidence, talk to this guy down at the station. When I heard that over the radio, I said, man, I wonder if this other guy had a gun, and he’s got a self-defense-type case there. But as we heard, there’s a video outside, that type of evidence, and any other witnesses…” Abrams: “We’ll have to see what the video shows, right? The confession sounds like he’s confessing that he shot him. It’s not necessarily he’s confessing he was wrong.” Larkin: “Correct. Like I said, there’s a lot — there’s still a major investigation that obviously has to go on out there. But got your suspect in custody, potentially the weapons involved. That’s the hardest part against you.” #OPLive studio analyst Tom Rizzo: “It sound like he’s laying the grounds for a self-defense case.’
- Tempe, Ariz. (pre-recorded segment) — Officer Makenzie Gleave and other cops respond to a report of a family fight. “It sounds like dad was hitting mom..” Cops detain a male on scene at the residence. Abrams: “Officers did secure a search warrant and recovered a firearm. They determined that the gun went off accidentally when the wife tried to secure it, but the husband/father was charged with aggravated assault for assaulting his son.”
- BOLO update:
- Richland County, S.C. — Captain Brown and other units respond to a call about subjects allegedly drinking in a mall parking lot. Cpt. Brown makes contact with three females in a vehicle: “Why y’all out here drinking where everybody and their mama can see y’all?…y’all can’t be drinking in a parking lot where there’s families coming in and out of here…not a good look…” Probable cause car search. On Patrol: Live caption: “Open container found.” A gun is allegedly in the vehicle, too. (“…the problem is you’re drinking. In South Carolina, you can’t be around alcohol or marijuana and stuff like that with a firearm. Well, you can’t be drunk — put it that way…”). Cpt. Brown pours out the liquor (“there’s a lot of people all over the world crying right now…a lot of people are gonna be mad at me…”). He ends up releasing the occupants with a warning: “As far as we’re concerned, it’s gonna be a closed incident, and they’re good to go as long as the gun is not stolen.”
Cpt. Brown to the trio: “Everybody all over the world saw me pour the liquor out there. They were probably all crying just like y’all are. But here’s the thing: Y’all could be going to jail tonight. Could be getting a bunch of tickets. So it was my first time coming in contact with any of y’all. So I’m gonna count this up as we come to an understanding we not gonna do this no more, right?..” Abrams: “Can’t be good for the grass either…”
- Hazen, Ark. — Chief Bradley Taylor on scene where a tractor trailer was apparently temporarily disabled. The driver manages to get the engine started and goes on his way. Abrams: “Issue resolved.”
- New BOLO segment — alleged Seattle arsonist/”garage gaslighter” narrated by #OPLive studio analyst Tom Morris, Jr.
- Toledo, Ohio — In the video clip below, Officer Draper and colleagues respond to a noise complaint and advise a subject to go back into his apartment:
- Richland County, S.C. — In the video clip below as the episode concludes, Master Deputy Sloan Simpson responds to a report of a wrong-way driver and makes contact with the motorist:
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