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-Honestly, whose dope was it? -Not mine.
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-I was born in new york, in the bronx.
My family moved us out here in '87, so I've pretty much
Seen this whole city grow up.
Started working, you know, at a casino, like most people,
Which helped me in this job, because it taught me
How to talk to people, get to know different people,
Really helped my communication skills.
And so I'm thankful for that, you know,
The 30 years that I've been out here.
So we got a call there's a husband and wife.
They're arguing, appears that she's already moved
Out of the house.
And she came back to get some of her stuff,
And her husband's not allowing her to get the stuff.
So it's gonna be right up here.
We'll park. And we'll see if we can find the female,
She's the one who called us.
She's supposedly at a neighbor's house.
-Vala: You called us ma'am? -Woman: Yes.
-Okay, you're kristen? -Yes.
-Vala: Okay, kristen, what's going on?
-Kristen: My husband or ex-husband and I are fighting,
We're not really married,
I just called my ex-husband to the ssi.
-Vala: Okay.
-He won't let me gather any of my stuff.
He took my pills back and he took my computer and my phone.
I just wanted a police officer to see if he could stand
Right here so I can just get all my stuff
Out of his house and--
-When you say he took your phone, how did he get your phone?
-We had an altercation and he took it outta my,
He's got a few cuts and I've got,
I don't know what that's from,
But I'm think it's anxiety.
-Vala: He's got cuts?
-No, I do, from fighting him for my phone.
-Vala: From fighting him from your phone.
'cause I see you got like-- turn your hand over, so cuts here.
-Yeah, and then one right here.
-Vala: So are you moved out already or?
-Kristen: Yes, I'm just moving in the back.
-Vala: Okay, and is that your stuff sitting,
Sitting outside right there?
-Kristen: A little bit of it, yes.
It was in the trash then, so I took it back out
Of the trash.
-Vala: Okay, what, what is this argument over?
What are you guys fighting about?
-Kristen: Lying pretty much.
We just haven't been getting along for months.
And so we're both just calling it quits.
-Vala: Okay.
-He's just kicking me out now.
(knocks on door)
-Vala: Police department, can you come the door?
-Man: Hello?
-Hey matthew, so what's going on?
-Matthew: Just fighting.
-Vala: Yeah, what are you guys fighting about? Oop, sorry.
-Oh, she's on drugs.
-She's on drugs. Okay.
So she said she's trying to get her stuff
And that caused an argument.
-She's been all over the place.
-Vala: Okay.
So what stuff does she have inside?
-Matthew: Clothes.
-Vala: So she said that you took
Her phone from her, what?
-I paid for that phone.
-Vala: Okay. But, but that still doesn't,
I mean, if like I'll, I mean, look, that's civil property,
Right? I see you got like a mark on you there?
-Yeah. -What happened?
-That's from her.
-Vala: Okay, she also has a couple marks--
-That's from her too.
-Vala: So she has marks on herself
Is what you're saying?
-Matthew: Yep, look at her arm.
-Vala: Well, no, I mean, they're like scratches.
-Yeah. -Like similar to that.
-Oh, I got her on camera, beating herself up.
-Kristen: It was in our--
-Okay.
-Matthew: Well she's hitting herself in the face.
-Officer: So how did you get footage?
Was, was she outside?
-Oh, there's cameras.
-And she was outside. Just here?
-Matthew: Yeah, she was outside on the boat, all night.
-Vala: What kind of narcotics does she use?
-Meth. -Okay.
-Matthew: She got mad 'cause I found a bag.
She goes, it's not mine.
And that caused another argument.
-Vala: Yeah, okay.
-Matthew: There you--
-Vala: That's a good one, it's a right hook.
-Guzman: So did your roommate see
Whenever she scratched you during that altercation?
-No.
-Vala: Do you know how that happened?
-I honestly don't.
-Guzman: No? So he has, I mean,
You got this right there.
Go ahead and look left over there on that side.
That still has prior too, so.
-Vala: And that's from last night you think?
-Yeah, it could be, I don't know.
-Kristen: We had an altercation in the kitchen.
-Guzman: Okay, hey, hang on, okay?
-I don't know what she wants. If she wants her stuff,
She can just--
-Vala: Well basically right now, what we're looking at
Is a domestic battery, that she battered you.
'cause we can, I mean, she's obviously hitting herself,
Things like that so, it's hard for us to claim, you know,
She could claim that you did that to her but, you know,
Here we have on video, her actually hitting herself too.
So basically that's what, that's what the voluntary
Statement would be for, is to talk about the battery.
-Matthew: All right.
-Guzman: Hey, hey, hang on! Hang on!
Are you willing to allow us, all right, give us a second?
-Vala: Kristen, just come over here to my car okay?
-Kristen: Am I being arrested? -Yes, ma'am.
-Can I ask what I'm being arrested for?
-Vala: Yeah, we're code 4, just taking a female into custody.
-Guzman: Domestic battery.
-Domestic battery again for what?
He had an altercation with me in the kitchen.
-Vala: Just calm down, kristen.
I can't, I have epilepsy anxiety.
I have a lot of diagnosis.
-So just, just do you need us to get medical out for you?
-No, I wanna call my psychiatric doctor
To prove that that's exactly what happened.
-Vala: Okay.
-Kristen: Want to tell him my anxiety.
-Vala: Okay, well that's why we're trying
To get you to calm down a little bit, sitting in the car
Sometimes helps.
We'll be right there, okay, sir?
You're gonna be okay, kristen, I promise.
-No, 'cause I'm going to jail for some man attacking me.
My purse is back there.
-Vala: We'll get it.
-Kristen: I need my medicine.
-Vala: Okay. Who has it? Deep breaths, okay.
-Guzman: Kristen. I, I do need you
To keep breathing light, okay?
-Why?
-Guzman: Just breathe.
-Vala: So she's gonna go to the hospital.
So how long has she been using meth?
-Probably about a year.
-About a year? How, how much does she use?
-I couldn't tell you. -Couldn't tell you? Okay.
-I know it's been constant lies about it lately.
-Vala: Very frequent though?
Like, is she daily now?
-Oh yeah.
-Every single day? -Has to be.
-Vala: Okay.
-I mean, she's gone like four or five days no sleep.
-Vala: Yeah.
-'cause we, our roommate, myself, we know 'cause she says
She start hearing voices.
-Okay.
-Or she sees things on the cameras that aren't there.
-Okay, and so you do you think like when she's not on meth,
How is she? -Normal!
-Vala: Yeah?
When she, when she starts using meth,
What does she tend to like have these episodes where she's
Hitting herself? Things like that.
Yeah.
-Flip a switch, everybody's, everybody else is the problem.
-Vala: Yeah and how long does it last?
-Till she gets done.
-Vala: Okay, okay, just keep working on that, okay.
-Matthew: All right.
-Vala: All right, kristen.
You're gonna be okay, all right? Look, you just gotta
Go get to the hospital.
-Kristen: Why do I have to go to jail?
-Vala: You gotta get medically cleared, okay?
If you're doing meth, man, this is,
It's a, it's a bad, bad blow. -Kristen: So is matt.
He said it, he lied, he's doing who starting me on meth.
-Vala: Oh, okay.
-He does meth and he smoked it last night with alcohol.
So he needs to be (indistinct)--
-Okay, but, but right now we're just gotta
Get you medically cleared, okay?
You're gonna be all right. It's a misdemeanor.
You're gonna be okay, alright?
-Murray: I work at san jacinto sheriff station.
It's in the middle of the county of riverside.
We run a pretty tight crew.
Deputies have to do a lot more with a lot less.
It's usually about three to shift.
So we pretty much become family.
Really close to each, one another, have each other's back.
We're going to a stolen vehicle.
My partner's behind it.
We're gonna try to catch up to him
Before he initiates a stop.
(indistinct radio chatter)
-Come, coming on your six.
-Officer: Turn around, face away from me.
-Murray: Hey, hey dennis, I got cuffs.
-Officer: All right, two steps to your left.
Walk, slowly backwards to the sound of my voice.
Keep walking. Keep walking.
-Keep walking, keep walking.
Face forward.
-I think I know why you guys stop me.
-Officer: Is there anybody else in the vehicle?
-No, I think I know why you guys stopped me.
'cause my truck was reported stolen, but I just,
I just found it like two days ago.
-Murray: All right, cool.
You got anything on you, boss? -Huh?
-You got anything on you? Any, anything on your--
-No. -No. What?
-No. -All right, come back here.
-I don't got no drugs or nothing. -Murray: Okay.
-But my truck was reported stolen,
But I just found it two days ago and I called you guys.
-Yeah. -But I found it in the fields.
You can see it's there, but I did call you guys.
I did call the cops and I did report it.
That it was, I found it back.
-Okay. All right, cool.
We, we just gotta verify some information
And if that's the case, then you'll be on your way.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, but I, I understand that.
-Murray: Just have a seat for me, boss.
You good? You-- -man: Yeah.
-Murray: You, you ever done state time?
-Man: Nah, I just done counties.
-Murray: County with all that on your face?
-Man: Yeah, county, yeah.
I've been in rehab most of my life.
-Murray: All right. What'd you use before?
-Uh, (bleep),
Methamphetamine,
Crystal or whatever you wanna call it?
-Just uppers? -Yeah.
-Murray: Okay. -Man: (bleep) cocaine.
-Murray: Is there anything gonna be
Illegal in your truck, sir?
-Man: Nah, you-- there's no drugs in it.
And if there is maybe the guys that stole it,
Like if you guys find--
-Murray: Who stole it?
-They said, alright, it's a long story but--
I don't know, like some jail beef.
-Murray: So let us verify that
The truck is yours and--
-Man: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I understand, that's good.
Yeah, you guys do your job and at least you guys
Would've cashed the other guys, you know?
-Murray: Yeah. Yeah.
-Man: That's real good that you guys do your job.
-Alright, do me a favor.
I'm just gonna close your door, you want the air on or anything?
-Man: Nah, I'm good, man. -Alright, cool.
-Hey postle. What happened?
-Uh, we got a flock hit indicating the vehicle
Was up here on warren and ramona expressway.
I was in the area on another call,
After I quizzed the call, I went in this area
For an area check and located the vehicle.
Uh, continued to follow it until backup arrived.
-Murray: Said it's his, said he someone stole it
Two days ago, and he found it in the field.
-Postle: He recovered it?
-Murray: He recovered it and never reported it.
He might have a warrant.
-Postle: He's the victim.
-Murray: So his story checks out so far.
He's the victim, found his vehicle.
-Postle: You go by ricardo?
-Yeah.
-Postle: So what happened, man?
-Ricardo: All right, so I ran outta gas on
Menifee, I think it was.
-Postle: When was this?
-Like a month ago. -Postle: Okay.
-So I parked my truck and my phone was dead.
So next day, I woked up early, go back
And there's, my truck is not there.
-Postle: Okay.
-But I don't know, they just, you know,
I went back and it wasn't there. It looked like they took it out.
-Postle: Did you report it stolen? -Yeah.
-Postle: Okay, when, where, where and when did you find it?
-I found it in the field, like at, I ran out,
They ran outta gas, like they were just driving.
You could see it's, dirty.
-Postle: When did you find it?
-Two days ago. -Okay, and, and when
Did you report it stolen?
-I reported it stolen, go to like the day I found it.
-Postle: The same day? -Yeah.
-Postle: Okay, but you didn't call anybody
Once you found it to say that you found it.
-Yes, I called 911.
-Postle: Did anybody come out to assist you?
-No, they didn't, they never came,
Showed up to my house.
-Postle: Okay, so you understand
Why I pulled you over then? Right?
-Yeah, I did knew.
-Unfortunately, it is a big misunderstanding.
-Yeah, and, and plus the guys (bleep) up,
I think one of the left lights don't turn on,
My signal lights, they (bleep) it up.
-Postle: You ready to take those handcuffs off?
-Yeah.
-Postle: Okay, step on out for me.
I'm gonna take your cuff off, once I do,
Put it on top of your head for me, you understand?
-Yeah.
-Postle: All right, put that on top of your head.
Nope, put your handcuffs on top.
-Ricardo: Love that.
-Postle: Put that on top of your head.
All right, let me get some information from you.
I have to pull your vehicle outta the system
So you don't have this issue again.
-All right, man, for sure.
-Okay, let's step over here to the sidewalk.
-Murray: So just, just so you understand
The reason, why we responded this way,
And then we didn't want someone to get away with your
Vehicle again, you understand? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Murray: No hard feelings? -No, no, that's good.
I'm actually good that you guys stopped me.
And I was like, I thought it was something else,
But I was like, oh, and then I remember I was like,
Oh, (bleep) you know?
-Murray: Yeah.
-They never showed up to my house.
That's good, you guys do your job, man.
-We have to. -Yeah.
-Murray: We wanna make sure people like you
Get their stuff back. -Yeah.
-Need papers signed here, sir.
This is just stating that you're gonna
Take possession of your vehicle.
If you get pulled over before somebody hears the broadcast,
It's probably gonna be the same situation,
But I'm gonna call 'em right now,
So this hopefully doesn't happen on your way home.
-All right. -Have that pulled outta the system
And I'll let hemet pd know.
It's probably gonna take an hour or so before it's fully out
But I'll let hemet and our county units in paris know.
Okay? -I'll go, I'll be going on my way.
Thank you guys so much. -All right.
Take care. -Yeah.
-Murray: So he's the victim?
-Postle: He found his own car
And didn't notify police that he found his vehicle.
-Girard: I think one of my favorite parts
About this job is when you catch someone
Who's down on their luck, in a bad position
And they've made changes in their life
And actually turned their life around.
A couple years ago, I arrested an individual for a dui.
She called the department every year on the anniversary
Of that date and asked the dispatcher
To send me an email, thanking me for that,
Because it actually turned her life around.
I'm gonna stop this vehicle in front of us.
The front seat passenger didn't have his seatbelt on,
And as soon as the driver saw me, she sped up.
She ran a red light at the intersection down the road.
329, 10-31.
We're at motel 6 on new warrenton.
Hello? -Woman: Hi.
-Deputy girard, do you have your license, insurance on you, ma'am?
Where are you guys headed today?
-Woman: I was dropping him off and then
I'm going to gulf breeze to pick up my kid.
-Girard: Okay, do you have your insurance on you?
-I have to look it up, it's through there like e,
Thing, so. -Girard: Okay, I got you.
Do you have your id, sir?
The reason I'm stopping you, ma'am, is you didn't quite
Make that red light.
-Woman: I know, it was yellow and blinking
And I thought I could make it, I'm so sorry.
-Okay, and then also your seat belt, sir.
That's reason I'm stopping you, your license valid?
-Woman: Yes.
-Girard: No warrants or anything like that?
-Woman: No. -Girard: Okay.
Let's see if you can pull up that insurance.
-Woman: Through geico.
-I'll be right back with you, okay?
She's super nervous.
Miss, can you step back here and talk to me real quick?
You can leave your purse if you don't mind, yeah.
Just right back here. Who's he to you?
-Oh, he's a friend. -Oh, okay.
Where were you dropping him off at? -Here.
-There's nothing illegal in the car, right? No guns, knives, drugs,
Anything like you care if we check real quick?
-Woman: I mean, rather you not.
-Girard: You'd rather me not. -Yes, sir.
-Girard: Okay, all right.
Just a second, do you see if you pull up your insurance,
Just hang tight right here for me? -Woman: Yes, sir.
(dog barking)
-Girard: So the canine alerted on the vehicle.
I see you clutching your purse when we exited the vehicle
Okay, I've been doing this job 12 years.
I know when there's something somewhere, okay?
So what would be in your purse?
-Some heroin.
-Girard: Some heroin, how much heroin?
Like a gram? Is it fentanyl or just heroin?
Okay, any fentanyl?
-I was trying to get off the heroin this weekend.
That's why I have the xanax.
Somebody stole my script, just suboxone and I relapsed.
-Girard: Okay.
-And I got some xanax and I was gonna detox this weekend.
-Girard: Okay.
-And get back on this suboxone.
-Okay, well you understand heroin's illegal.
Okay? You can't have xanax without a prescription.
You don't have a prescription for the xanax?
Okay, is there any needles in the vehicle?
Okay, I just don't wanna be poked and surprised.
Is there any firearms or anything in the vehicle?
Do you have anything illegal in the vehicle, sir?
-No, just, just a little, little boy.
Just a boy on you, heroin? Okay.
Well, we'll deal with that in just a second.
Just turn around face that way.
Do you have anything on your person I need to know about?
Dave, throw 'em in one of the cars for air conditioning.
-Officer: You want her in the car?
-Girard: Yeah, you can put her in a car.
-Officer: You already search her?
-Girard: I haven't, if you wanna check her.
So she's got heroin. What she's saying is heroin.
It's a blue in color as well.
And then also looks like a small bag of the tan powder.
This is what you would typically see
In a powder form like this.
And she's got, here's the pills she claims are xanax.
You can only have them by prescription.
-Officer: She has more in her bra.
-Girard: More in her bra?
Is it a fair amount?
How many grams total would you say you have?
-Woman: It was supposed to be one.
-Okay, what about with the other?
-It was like, not very much.
-What's with the blue?
-I don't know what that is, I thought I got ripped off
That's why I bought more.
-Girard: Did you, did you use this?
-No.
-Okay.
-I have no idea what it was and it looked weird.
So I didn't even try it 'cause I was scared of it.
-Girard: Okay, how much you pay for this?
-Woman: A hundred bucks. It was supposed to be a gram.
-Girard: In florida, anything over four grams
Is considered trafficking.
And this is 7.3 grams, which is over a trafficking level,
Which means it's a minimum mandatory prison sentence.
I just wanted to touch base again.
So how long have you been using?
-It's been a few weeks.
-Girard: I mean, in general.
-Oh, I've been on, you know, my, since I was a teenager,
I broke my back in a car accident.
My husband died and I broke like my t9 through my t12.
-Okay.
-Woman: And my ankle and my wrist
And a bunch of other things.
-I understand, I mean, a lot of people--
-Yeah, they put me on opiates and from there it just got.
-Girard: It's pretty common, people on opiates
Can't get 'em anymore then they get on the heroin, I mean.
-But I've had it under control for a while
And I've been on suboxone.
And like I said, like I would've never slipped up,
If my script had not gotten stolen, and it was
Just getting dope sick.
It was hard, I couldn't handle it.
-Girard: I understand that's rough.
But unfortunately heroin is illegal.
I wish you the best luck you need to get clean
For you and your family, okay?
Let's come have a seat in the car for me.
-Woman: Do you know what you're charging me with?
-Just have a seat real quick.
Okay, so, sir, you're gonna be charged with
Just possession of heroin and possession
Of drug paraphernalia.
Ma'am you'll get possession of drug paraphernalia
And trafficking.
'cause you have, unfortunately you have 7.2 grams.
Okay? And you understand that anything
Over four is trafficking.
-There's no way that I had that much.
-Girard: It is, ma'am, you understand
How hanging out with other people who have heroin
Is not gonna help you any.
Good luck, okay?
-(over radio): 132 and bush, I've got him at gun point.
-Dispatch: Okay, gunpoint, 132 and bush.
-Cover's code three. -Thanks, 10.
-(indistinct radio chatter)
-Okay, we'll still send a code three.
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