On Patrol Live All-New Tonight 

On Patrol: Live season 5: A recap of the November 7, 2026, On Patrol: Live episode on Reelz, as anchored in the #OPLive Jersey City, N.J., control center by attorney/executive producer Dan Abrams, along with members of the On Patrol Live studio cast consisting this weekend of retired LEOs Tom Rizzo and Sean “Sticks” Larkin, follows below.

This On Patrol: Live recap/update also includes the often-provocative or playful reaction on X (formerly Twitter) to the ride-along law enforcement incidents in the field.

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 on a different network.

Updates from Friday Night’s Episode

See the First Shift video clip below for the following updates and features:

  • Berkeley County, S.C.
  • Dorchester County, S.C.
  • Idaho Falls, Idaho

On Patrol: Live Tonight

Baton Rouge PD was the focal point of this all-new episode of On Patrol: Live in the form of two incidents, one of which was potentially devastating. The latter was a car-related “freak accident” in which a toddler fortunately avoided any serious injury while the other was a light-hearted encounter with a emotional support ‘dragon.’ Separate senior-citizen traffic stops also caught the attention of #OPNation.

#OPLive studio host Dan Abrams: “This has been an odd night…it’s been a weird one.”

See below for details on all 23 law enforcement encounters across nine scheduled police departments on the current active roster in this On Patrol: Live episode guide/recap (although the Berkeley County, S.C, Sheriff’s Office did not appear).

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On Patrol: Live Recap for Saturday, November 7, 2026 (#OPL Episode 05-30)

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  • Dorchester County, S.C. — Sergeant Barry Lowe, with Lieutenant Keith Hunt as backup, initiates a traffic stop in a purported known drug area. Alleged weed odor. Police apparently have had an encounter with the driver before, “in connection with drugs, ” according to On Patrol: Live studio host Dan Abrams. In the video clip below, Sgt. Lowe and Lt. Hunt explain their reasoning for a probable cause car search. Although #OPNation may have jumped to a conclusion, the driver ends ups getting released with no charges. See update below.

#OPLive Dan Abrams follow-up: “A quick update out of Dorchester County where Sergeant Barry Lowe and Lieutenant Hunt made the traffic stop of the older guy, and they suspected that he might have meth or drugs. Turned out they found nothing, and he was released with no charges.”

  • Greene County, Mo. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Report of marijuana theft.” In the video clip below, Corporal Josh Reno makes contact with both sides in a neighbor dispute and then recaps what’s apparently going on (“it seems like it’s gonna be a reoccurring theme”) as he tries to mediate the situation at least for the night. #OPLive host Dan Abrams: “It’s like that T-shirt that says ‘a friend with weed is a friend indeed’…they just kind of come together and get along.”
  • Richland County, S.C. — Master Deputy Addy Perez responds to the scene where someone was someone was allegedly ringing doorbells or knocking on doors at an apartment complex. She makes friendly contact with some kids who are just playing hide and seek. Deputy Perez: “I’m all for hide and seek, but you gotta be careful.” Corporal Avery Arrington is also on scene.
  • Baton Rouge, La. — While Chief TJ Morse is on routine patrol, a small child falls out of the back seat of a car. In the video clip below, Chief Morse immediately makes contact with mother and child. Paramedics summoned to the scene. Officer David Hayden, among other cops, is also on scene. The toddler is transported to the hospital as a precautionary measure. As On Patrol: Live is going off the air, #OPLive host Dan Abrams reports that “we’ve been told that he has been released from the hospital, so that is good news.”

#OPLive host Dan Abrams: “Wow…it’s incredibly lucky (a), that the child is okay, most importantly, and (b), that Chief Morse is right there.”

Listen below to Chief Morse explain the importance of a medical evaluation:

Listen below to Chief Morse to provide a further update (“…for now, it seems like just a freak accident…):

  • Bernalillo County, N.M. — According to On Patrol: Live host Dan Abrams, “the call was shirtless guy in a parking lot at a grocery store. Apparently the guy has his shirt back on.” Deputy Jorge Vela and another unit respond to the scene where a man is rearranging cinder blocks. Deputy Vela; “So you’re just trying to make it look nice?” Subject: “Pretty much.” Abrams: “I’m not sure from an architectural point of view that it looks a lot better…sometimes the masters need a little bit of time.” According to Deputy Vela in the audio clip below, drug paraphernalia is allegedly spotted, and the subject may have warrants.
  • Idaho Falls, Idaho (pre-recorded segment) — Responding to a potential disturbance at a hotel in the video clip below, Officer Braden Bestor detains a male on scene, and as he explains, the subject faces several charges along with two warrants.

#OPLive host Dan Abrams: “We talked about this a number of times here. Local policing, right? People know folks pretty well.” #OPLive studio analyst Sean Larkin: “Idaho Falls is the our newest department on the show, and you can see right away in just a few weeks that they’ve been here, every officer we followed, they know these people out there. Each episode, they know who they’re dealing with, do it in a professional manner no matter what the situation’s like.” #OPLive studio analyst Tom Rizzo: “And look how more effective they are, right? ‘He’s gonna run.'”

  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputy Perez responds at an apartment complex to what she describes as “kind of civil disturbance” between two families involving a dispute over a car. She makes contact with parties on scene and then makes contact outside with an animated male who “doesn’t live here anymore…he just needs to kind of leave and not come back here since the vehicle does not belong to him or anything like that.” Deputy Perez to the subject: “…The whole point is that you don’t need to come here anymore. That’s it…”
  • Idaho Falls, Idaho — Officer Bestor conducts a friendly traffic stop for a partially obscured temporary tag, speeding, and running a red light allegedly. The driver, who is released with a warning, is on hiss way to his Taco Bell job, which prompts yet another discussion in the On Patrol: Live studio about how On Patrol: Live studio analyst Sean Larkin began his work career at Taco Bell.

Officer Bestor recap: “Taco Bell employee going to work. He’s a little bit in a rush, but I’ll just give him some warnings for those three things tonight, and hopefully he’ll drive a little safer next time.”

  • Baton Rouge, La. — Chief Morse, with Corporals Jermaine Javius and Wendy George, and Officer Hayden also present, makes a friendly traffic stop for no lights. The driver has an emotional support lizard, a.k.a. a bearded dragon in her shirt. On Patrol: Live caption: “Scales of justice?”

On Patrol: Live Hour 2

  • Greene County, Mo. — Sergeant Reyne Wallace makes a friendly traffic stop for speeding and expired plates. He intends to just issue a warning and give the kids some small gifts. Sgt. Wallace recap: “…maybe in an unmarked vehicle, people will sometimes pass me without realizing that they’re passing a cop while they’re speeding. That and her plates need updating. I’m not gonna give her a bunch of tickets, but I just want to make sure that there is a good interaction for the kiddos in the car. She said she’s has had some bad interactions in the past, so we’re gonna get some badges. I got a couple of them in the car. We’re gonna give them.” #OPLive host Dan Abrams: “Kids are gonna have a good experience with the cops, which is nice.”
  • Idaho Falls, Idaho — Officer Colt Button conducts a traffic stop. K9 alert. The cooperative driver denies having any contraband in the car: “I don’t use narcotics…search the hell out of it…I did not smoke marijuana. I smoke cigarettes, but that is my guiltiest as I get, as guilty as I get….this will be one of your cleanest stops ever…” Police search the car and find nothing illegal. The driver is released with a verbal warning: “Get home safe, and remember to use your signal, okay?”

On Patrol: Live host Dan Abrams: “They didn’t find anything. Occasionally, the K9s get it wrong.” On Patrol: Live studio analyst Tom Rizzo: “Well, it’s not so much gets it wrong. They could smell the odor of a narcotic that was left behind in terms of that was in there. So there’s fabric in the car. There’s all sorts of ways that…” Abrams: “Or there are times they get it wrong.” Rizzo: “Maybe.” Abrams: “It’s both…”

  • Tempe, Ariz. — Officer Nick Prentice responds to a motorcycle accident and makes contact with the operator of the bike who describes what happened.
  • Baton Rouge, La. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Investigating shots fired.” Chief Morse and other cops canvas a residential neighborhood for evidence of possibly 11 shots fired including information from potential witnesses. Shells casings found. A police helicopter is also deployed. While on scene in the video clip below, Cpl. Javius makes contact with a noisy pedestrian. The shooting investigation is ongoing and may be the result of an argument between/among two or more subjects.

While on scene, Chief Morse describes what he loves about a law enforcement career: “You never know what’s gonna come across the radio: Making traffic stops where here kids are falling out of cars, to ladies with bearded dragons in their shirts, and old people that are going to pick up a grandson that has a busted headlight, to shots-fired calls, and come out here finding three different calibers of rounds in the middle of the street. You gotta be prepared for everything, right? But it’s also the best thing about this job. That’s why I love doing it for as long as I have. It’s what enticed me to it. It’s because twenty-four years here at the Baton Rouge police department, three years at another agency before, and not a single day has ever been alike. It’s always something new, always something different. That’s why I love this job.” #OPLive host Dan Abrams: “Summarizing the evening and a career.”

  • Triple Play #3 — a police pursuit of a fleeing 18-wheeler in Arkansas.
  • Richland County, S.C. — Deputy Perez, Sergeant Bryce Hughes, and other units, plus a K9, on a foot pursuit which includes climbing under and over fencing, in the search for a suspect who allegedly stole items from Walmart.
  • Idaho Falls, Idaho — While on a traffic stop for an unspecified reason, Officer Button interacts contentiously (which may have been a mistake) with some young men who might be harassing or loitering on scene, at least one of whom perhaps seems like a would-be First Amendment auditor.

#OPLive host Dan Abrams: “So there’s a difference between just filming from a distance and trying to be an active participant in the event.” #OPLive studio analyst Tom Rizzo: “And antagonize. And just call it for what it is…you’re seeing experience right there as far as he’s not letting that, obviously, derail what he’s doing. But again, this stuff we talk about all the time. ‘You have to tell me who you are.’ Where does this even come from?…” #OPLive studio analyst Sean Larkin: “But how often do you see the people that you’re actually stopping for the traffic stop –they want nothing to do with that. They’re not running their mouths. The people that are showing up that cause the problems.” Abrams: “And that’s why, as we were talking about, in some states they’re now imposing new laws about the distance someone has to be away from it.” Rizzo: “It’s safer for everybody.”

Listen below to the On Patrol: Live studio panel discuss how one of the males claimed that Officer Button touched him (#OPLive host Dan Abrams: “…he’s apparently got very sensitive skin through the shirt…the good news is that this is a part of transparency…everyone can see exactly what happened…”):

On Patrol: Live Hour 3

  • Dorchester County, S.C. — At a residence with an elaborate Halloween display, Sgt. Lowe makes contact with a reporting party about alleged suspicious persons down the street. Sgt. Lowe next goes to a condemned home nearby and encounters three or four persons there.

Sgt. Lowe preliminary summary: “…we get calls all the time out here. The property is condemned. It caught fire probably about four months ago, and as you can pretty much see, the whole thing’s a wreck. Every time we do get called to come out here, it’s about the same stuff. It’s about homeless individuals that are high on narcotics, trying to stop people in their vehicles, walking around, trespassing, doing something they’re not supposed to be doing.”

  • Richland County, S.C. — On Patrol: Live caption: “Responding to disturbance.” Sgt, who was called of the foot pursuit discussed above, makes contact with a male at a bar who management wants trespassed from the property.
  • Tempe, Ariz. — Officer Austin Johnson makes friendly contact with those on scene at a party at a residence on a noise complaint: “It’s not like it’s a huge deal. It’s more of like if it goes on later into the night, like super late, that’s when it becomes like more of deal where you guys could get a citation…like a civil citation…and just be like a fine.”
  • Toledo, Ohio — On Patrol: Live caption: “Responding to car meetup.” Detectives Aaron Dudley and Dustin Mickles disperse the crowd on scene: “It’s time to go.”
  • Greene County, Mo. — Sergeant Wallace initiates a traffic stop on a pickup truck for allegedly traveling at a high rate of speed and lane violations. The vehicle slow rolls into the driver’s driveway. DUI investigation. In the video clip below, the driver allegedly records a .151 on a breathalyzer. On Patrol: Live caption: “Arrested for DUI.”
  • Baton Rouge, La. — For some reason, Chief Morse and other cops on scene make contact with a group outside a convenience store including someone in a pickup truck. According to Chief Morse, an individual on scene has a warrant for murder. On Patrol: Live host Dan Abrams: “There’s not a lot of negotiating when the warrant is for first-degree murder.”
  • Idaho Falls, Idaho — Officer Button and a colleague make a traffic stop as the On Patrol: Live episode concludes.
CLICK ON THIS LINK for the On Patrol: Live recap of #OPL episode 05-29, November 6, 2026.