On Patrol: Live All-New Episode Tonight
A recap of the August 8, 2026, On Patrol: Live episode on Reelz, as anchored in the #OPLive Jersey City, N.J., studio 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 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:
- Tempe, Ariz.
- Greene County, Mo.
- Fullerton, Calif.
On Patrol: Live Tonight
For #OPNation, the focal points for this episode include a Greene County trespass, a Fullerton traffic stop, separate tongue-in-check callbacks to Gilligan’s Island and the Village People in Berkeley County and Baton Rouge, respectively, and a Brookford, N.C., stare-off.
See below for details on all of just 17 law enforcement encounters across 10 scheduled police departments (although Clayton County didn’t appear) in this On Patrol: Live episode guide, plus a statistical summary for this edition and both weekend shows.
Programming note: The upcoming August 21 and 22 On Patrol: Live episodes, “Dog Days of Summer,” will feature police K9s. Those #OPLive weekend installments will apparently consist of live content rather than curated clips from prior episodes.
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On Patrol: Live Recap for August 8, 2026 (#OPL Episode 05-10)
- Greene County, Mo. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Burglary in progress.” In the video clip below, Deputy Tim Hamp with K9 Leroy, along with other units, respond to a residence which appears to be located on a farm. #OPLive host Dan Abrams: “It turns out it may be a family member who is in the house who is unwanted…” Deputy Hamp: “…the family doesn’t want her here. She’s been here in the past, but she is not welcome here now…” On Patrol: Live caption: “Possible trespass.” Deputies announce their presence and then enter the home and detain the subject, who is apparently the niece of the homeowner. Deputy Hamp: “…we found her. She was hiding in the bed with blanket over the top of her.” On Patrol: Live caption: “Arrested on trespass.” There are cats and dogs in the house as well as in dogs in cages outside.
Deputy Hamp recap: “We found her inside the residence. She was trying to hide from us. Once we found her, this started: yelling and screaming. She was trying to stay quiet and hide from the police…and that didn’t work. So we get her detained. I believe she’s gonna be going to jail for trespassing at this point. They still need to check the residence, make sure she didn’t steal anything or cause any property damage, which would upgrade the charge to a burglary. But it sounds like family members — she’s allowed here if they’re here, but they went on a vacation, and she decided to come live in their house while they were gone, is what the gist of what I’m getting from the other deputies on scene. But we have her in custody. We’ll probably clear the scene here, head back to town, or back closer to town. And then we’ll let them finish their investigation. It all ended well; no one got hurt, and this is the best possible outcome we could have….we don’t really need to talk to her, because we have her inside the house. So anything at this point is just gonna escalate it, and it’s probably better if she calms down a little bit. Otherwise, she’s gonna get straight-jacketed at the jail.”
- Baton Rouge, La. — Corporal Blake Welborn pursues a dirt bike.
- Fullerton, Calif. — Officer Dillan Caines provides backup for Officer Nathan Gutierrez on a traffic stop for an expired tag. The motorist is apparently the manager of a local adult entertainment venue which is a friendly topic of conversation during the stop. On Patrol: Live caption: “Pole dancing finances explained.” Car search.
#OPLive host Abrams: “Who knew that the managers got singles as well at these places…as long as there’s nothing else here, this guy will be back to his management duties in the near future.”
#OPLive host Dan Abrams: “Sounds like a pretty lucrative job…a little piece from everybody. Maybe just figuratively…some pieces bigger than others. I’m just saying.”
Officer Caines explains the routine traffic stop protocol particularly in the context of officer safety: “…like I said, I don’t know what’s under the seat, I don’t know what’s in the driver door, I don’t know what’s in the center console…we remove you from the unknown and put you in the known….as long as there’s nothing crazy, then be good to go.”
#OPLive host Dan Abrams Fullerton update: “Remember the manager of the strip club who had the expired tag? Well, he was released. He had no ticket and gets to be back on his way to work.”
- Tempe, Ariz. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of domestic incident.” Officer Sam Chaloupka makes contact with a male at a residence and speaks with him about the situation in a low-key manner. The male ends up, however, getting detained on warrants. On Patrol: Live caption: “Suspect in custody.”
Officer Chaloupka recap: “Today, we went over to this residence for a family fight. I encountered the male subject who came up the stairs to have a conversation with us. When I ran his name for, to confirm…if his criminal history was clear or not, turned out he had a couple of warrants out of…the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department. So tonight, he’s gonna go to jail for those warrants, and my partners are gonna be investigating to see if there’s any other additional crimes that occurred inside the home.”
- Baton Rouge, La. — Cpl. Welborn is flagged down by a motorcyclist who says that a car bumped him. Cpl. Welborn recap: “We had someone pull up next. He’s revving his bike engine really loud, and pulled up next to us, and language barrier, I guess. English isn’t his first language, and someone in a car was bumping him. But that’s all he really could really say to us, and he tried to point out a vehicle, but it wasn’t even fitting any description he’s talking about. So still riding around the area, but really not sure what he was even trying to say. And there’s no damage to his vehicle. We never saw anyone speed off, so not sure what he has going on, because he didn’t even say he knew the people. So guess I’m gonna ride there, see if we see him again, or if we get a 911 call soon in the area, but I’ll leave it at that.”
- Dorchester County, S.C. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Responding to domestic incident.” Deputy Lindsey Cummings and other units, including Lieutenant Londie Richardson, respond to the scene. They interact with a male on scene whose vehicle tire was allegedly stabbed. Deputy Cummings also makes contact with the female homeowner who claims the the male allegedly got physical. Police will file a report to document the situation, but apparently no charges for either party. #OPLive host Dan Abrams: “So sounds like this is gonna be resolved.”
Listen below to Deputy Cummings discuss the investigation with Lt. Richardson:
- Berkeley County, S.C. — Corporal Bryson Fowler backs up Corporal Carli Carr on a traffic stop for alleged defective equipment. Two occupants, who allegedly “became a little verbally combative; they didn’t want to get out of the car,” are detained. Cpl. Carr to the occupants: “…upon my initial contact with you both, there was a lot of reaching around in the vehicle. I am a female. I am by myself. So when I ask you to step out of the car, and you are refusing, that’s a problem that I have…” #OPLive studio analyst Tom Rizzo: “Ye olde furtive movements…” K9 Karak alert; car search. One of the occupants is arrested. Police allegedly find a substance that will be tested. Deputy Austin Longieliere and Corporal Andy Gonzalez are also on scene
Listen below to Cpl. Carr’s preliminary recap:
Listen below to Cpl. Carr discuss magnetic boxes that police often find underneath cars (although that doesn’t seem to apply in this stop) and then Tom Rizzo in the On Patrol: Live studio reacts to same:
Cpl. Carr follow-up: “…I have never made contact with someone who refuses to identify themselves, and there’s nothing wrong…he’s gonna be taking a ride for his three outstanding warrants and probably possession of heroin or fentanyl, whatever it is…if it’s heroin, it’s probably gonna be possession with intent to distribute heroin. If it’s fentanyl, it’s probably trafficking fentanyl…”
Listen below to On Patrol: Live studio analyst Sean Larkin and the panel discuss the legal distinction between possession and trafficking:
Dan Abrams Berkeley County update: “…this is the one where Corporal Carli Carr found…the magnets that she said were in the car. They found some drugs. And two guys in the vehicle. The guy in the gray T-shirt — he was released with a warning. The other guy was the one who was arrested.”
On Patrol: Live Hour 2
- Baton Rouge, La. — Corporals Welborn and Terrance Smith plus several other officers respond to a report of shots fired. A male on scene is detained. According to #OPLive host Dan Abrams, the subject “admits he fired a warning shot — definitely not legal in the state of Louisiana.” On Patrol: Live caption: “Suspect in custody.”
Listen below as back in the #OPLive studio, Dan Abrams explains that “generally, warning shots are not permissible,” and panelist Tom Morris, Jr., follows up with some additional information about same:
Listen below to Cpls. Smith and Welborn discuss the investigation thus far, including that they haven’t been able to find a shotgun shell casing, and that potential charges, if any, could be affected if the subject is a convicted felon:
Reacting to all the subject’s tools, Cpl. Smith quips that “he’s preparing himself for the zombie apocalypse.”
- Triple Play #3 — a Beaverton, Ore., possible road rage incident.
- Brookford, N.C. — Chief Will Armstrong and Lieutenant Jake Brantley on a contentious traffic stop. The driver initially won’t get out of the car. The officers explain to the motorist that he is required to exit the vehicle for officer safety based on the Pennsylvania v. Mimms U.S. Supreme Court precedent. The driver and Lt. Brantley appear to have a staring contest.
Listen below as Chief Armstrong issues a ticket for alleged speeding to the motorist and then releases him. The chief also provides an explanation about the lawful, safety-related reasoning for asking the driver to step out: “…you didn’t say anything to me about the machete…and you told me that you were a convicted felon, and I noticed in your center console, you’ve got a spent shell casing…” #OPLive studio analyst Tom Rizzo also offers some commentary about the incident:
- Dorchester County, S.C. — Deputy Cummings is one of a large group of LEOs pursuing a vehicle on the roadway which becomes a slow-speed chase after a successful stop-sticks deployment on the car tires. On Patrol: Live captions: “Felony stop,” “Suspect in custody.” Car search. #OPLive host Dan Abrams: “…they think that he may have tossed something; the only thing they found so far is an open container.”
Deputy on scene: “You’re gonna get the peanut-butter-and jelly sandwich now because that’s all they got in the jail.”
Deputy Cummings recap: “So the reason for the chase — he had an open container in the car. Probably would have been a simple ticket, but now he’s going to jail for failure to stop for blue lights and probably some other charges at this point. Probably one of the slowest car chases in history, but started off fast, but we got him. He literally pulled up to his house. And silly reason to run, shouldn’t run to begin with, but we could have worked something out for that open container.”
On Patrol: Live Hour 3
- Richland County, S.C. — In a high-speed chase, Master Deputy Charlotte Moes and other cops pursue a pick-up truck that allegedly was the same vehicle that fled from Corporal TJ Norton during Friday night’s #OPLive episode. Deputies who pursue the truck into another county lose sight of the vehicle, however, after it blacked out.
Listen below as On Patrol: Live studio analyst Sean Larkin explains the “mutual-aid” protocol when police pursuits cross county lines:
- Toledo, Ohio — Officers Mike Gee and Chris Mulinix respond to a noise complaint. Party-goers exit the location. Officer Gee: “Looks like the owner contacted the, first, the rentee, and they’re gonna leave the premises without issue. So, makes our job easy to standby until they all leave and be out of here.”
- Fullerton, Calif. — Officer Caines comes upon a single-car accident with three occupants; the vehicle has significant front-end damage. None of the trio appear to be injured. The fire department and paramedics respond to the scene. Corporal Alexa Elkabbara also responds. The driver, age 18 is subsequently arrested on suspicion of alleged DUI.
Listen below to Cpl. Elkabbara’s preliminary recap:
- Toledo, Ohio — Detectives Jeff Milum and Mychael McAninch, and other officers, temporarily detain a teenager after a foot pursuit. Bleeping. Police find a weapon underneath a car. In the video clip below, Det. Milum recaps the incident:
- Greene County, Mo. — After apparently detaining someone on warrants, Deputy Cade Friend has a friendly conversation with a neighbor at the location. On Patrol: Live caption: “Spanglish in progress.”
- Berkeley County, S.C. — As the episode concludes, Cpl. Carr, with Cpl. Fowler also on scene, arrests a driver possibly for alleged DUI. In the video clip below, Cpl. Carr advises the male’s distraught girlfriend to head home with her friend otherwise she might potentially get arrested for disorderly conduct.
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