-Huh! ♪ bad boys ♪
-Stop! -♪ whatcha want ♪
-Ma'am, hands up! -♪ whatcha want ♪
-♪ whatcha gonna do ♪ -get on the ground!
♪ when sheriff john brown come for you? ♪
-You are going to jail today. -(sobbing)
-♪ bad boys, bad boys ♪
♪ whatcha gonna do ♪ -get out of the car!
-♪ whatcha gonna do when they come for you ♪
-No matter what, I'm going to jail.
-Why is that? -Because I'm a criminal, man.
-♪ whatcha gonna do when they come for you? ♪
-Narrator: "cops" is filmed on location
With the men and women of law enforcement.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty
In a court of law.
-Officer shaun pisani: The city of fontana
Is about 220,000 people
In san bernardino county.
It's really warm in the summertime.
Gets actually really windy here in the wintertime.
So kinda gets cold.
Work with a great group of guys.
We're all really good friends actually.
We all hang out outside of work too,
So it's a great place to work.
(siren wailing)
This van was acting a little weird.
It was sitting at the gas station for a little bit
Didn't get gas, and just pulled out abruptly
And has a middle brake light out.
So we'll do traffic stop on it.
(siren wailing)
(engine revving)
42, we're still going 10 west right now.
Speed's about 50.
(indistinct radio chatter)
-Alright, braking,
Getting off cherry.
Alright, slowing down. Slowing down.
He's trying to get back on the freeway through the grass.
(gravel clattering)
-(tires squeal) -alright, back on the freeway.
Still 10 west.
(siren wailing)
We've had a lot of burglaries by the train tracks.
These kind of vans are used a lot
To steal large cargo items from the trains.
They were slow rolling, acting a little weird.
We're gonna lay off a little bit 'cause he's braking so hard.
He's gonna try to pretty much just juke me off the freeway.
So give him some space to make him make up his mind.
Alright, head's up, the back door's open.
You got debris flying out.
You got a bike flying off the freeway.
Head's up, if you can advise chp about that.
Alright, they're throwing stuff off the freeway.
There's at least three passengers.
They're throwing items out of the back of the truck.
-Dispatch: (over radio) copy. Throwing items out of the truck.
-Officer pisani: So we have an ontario airship en route
Since we're headed to the city of ontario.
(indistinct radio chatter)
-Officer pisani: We have a k9 too
In case something happens with it.
We can always send the dog out and, which is great to turn,
Just getting people to get-- give up in a safe--
(indistinct radio chatter)
-Dispatch: (on radio) copy. Number 2 lane, still westbound.
South of (indistinct).
-So that's getting really dangerous now.
Throwing large items out of the back of the truck.
I mean, if a car hits that, could swerve and cause
A huge collision if people aren't paying attention.
Hit 'em, hit 'em!
(indistinct radio chatter)
-(cars crash) -(tires squeal)
-(cars crash) -officer pisani: Oh.
(sirens wailing)
Better stop, dude!
Better stop!
Billy! Billy!
Billy, billy, billy!
Ow. Aah!
Billy. Get him off!
-Officer pisani: 42. Bounced by the freeway.
Do not move.
(dog barks)
Oh, one went southbound
Stay down!
Aah!
Help. Can you get him in cuffs, dude?
Get your arms out!
Take your backpack off!
Ah!
-Put your hands behind your back.
(electronic tone)
-Officer: Hey, did one of you guys get bit?
-Yeah, I was.
-He was running with you. -Officer pisani: Yeah, I saw.
-And once you stopped, he turned towards you.
-Officer pisani: We got one in custody right now.
Bit by the dog a little bit.
We'll be alright.
-Officer: During the pursuit, they were throwing items
That we suspect to be stolen
Out of this doors and they were hitting our units and stuff.
So I'm gonna inventory the vehicle,
See if there's any more stolen property in there.
Suspected stolen property.
If we can get it open.
Might have to go through the front.
-Officer 2: He opened it right now. -Officer: Oh, he did?
(speaks spanish)
Let me see your hands.
(speaks spanish)
-Suspect: I know, I know, I know.
-Officer: Hands behind your head.
-Suspect: Yeah. (groaning)
What happened?
We not working.
-It's clear in the front. -Stand up.
(suspect groans, speaks spanish)
-Officer: Are you hurt?
Do you need medical attention?
Ambulance? -Suspect: Yeah?
-Yeah?
-Officer pisani: As long as we have the second guy in custody.
Waiting for medical to check me out.
Dog's doing his job.
Get a little bite.
You know, throw some beer on it, I'll be alright.
-Officer: Yeah, I don't know about the other suspects, but...
-Officer pisani: Yeah, right now, their ship
And their units are involved.
We should be good to go.
-Hey, I have pain in my feet, bro.
-Fto chris drayer: Hey, what are you complaining about?
-I have pain in my feet, bro. -You have a pain in your foot?
-Yeah, my feet, yeah. -From what?
What's the pain in your foot from?
-Right here, bro. Right here. -Can I look at it?
-Come on, bro.
(siren wailing)
-This one? -Yeah, this one.
Look at, look at my feet, bro. My feet, bro.
-Fto drayer: Oh, you're not bleeding.
-Suspect: No, this one. This one there.
-Fto drayer: Yeah, dude, your, your leg is fine.
Why were you running from the police?
-Like I just standing. Go, go, go together.
Let's go together.
(speaks spanish)
-Your--no. Did your friends,
Did your friends get you to go with them?
-Not my friends, not my friends.
-They weren't your friends? -No.
(speaks spanish)
-Okay. Alright, put your leg inside.
-Come on.
-Officer: During the pursuit,
Suspect vehicle came wrong way
On the freeway.
We did intentional ram to stop the suspects.
It did end up hitting one vehicle,
Which collided into another vehicle.
It looks like everybody's gonna be okay.
Vehicles will get towed, but it looks like everybody's
Out of the vehicle walking and they're in okay condition.
They were stealing stuff off the trains over there.
They obviously tossed a lot of stuff at us,
But we got a bunch of camouflage gear,
Walkie-talkies or radios so they can communicate
With each other.
Some bolt cutters, a lot of burn tools.
They had a two-liter bottle, an empty bottle of soda
That they had urine in it.
So it looks like they may have been camping out
Possibly watching these trains.
Also found an airsoft gun,
Serial number's all scratched off.
They're trying to make it look like a real gun.
These guys were pretty organized, it looks like.
The driver of the van got away.
-There ended up being a guy hiding in the back?
-Yeah, he did have a decent laceration
To his forehead and his leg.
They went to pomona valley.
-Well, these guys have hit our trains a bunch of times.
-Yeah, they got us three times this week.
-Yep. This group won't be hitting us again.
-Deputy alejandro moreno: In the department,
My favorite part is just being able to,
To come out to work every day,
Try to do something a little bit different,
Try to look for as many things as I can.
You know, anytime there's a situation
Where we can try to help somebody.
That's kind of what I like getting up
And going to work to do
Is getting bad people off the street
And trying to make a difference
In, in someone else's day.
-(siren wailing) -(motorcycle engine rumbling)
Control metro, I'll be in a failure to yield
With a mini motorcycle, northbound liggett,
Approaching wilkins, speeds at 40.
No traffic, no pets.
So right now, we're gonna stop this guy
On a little mini motorcycle.
It looks like he doesn't have any brakes.
He's also not wearing a helmet,
And he is driving it on the roadway.
We're gonna be passing texas.
Speeds at 40, light traffic.
No pets. Warrant's gonna be cvc.
-(siren wailing) -(motorcycle engine rumbling)
And we're gonna be eastbound east third.
Speeds at 18.
No traffic, no pets.
We tried to initiate a traffic stop
On this mini motorcycle,
And it looks like he's fleeing from us now.
Not wanting to pull over.
We're gonna be northbound on whitlock
And standby for a tc if possible, foot bail.
Oh, he's still going. He's still going.
(engine revs)
(tires squeal)
Get on the ground now!
-Suspect: Sir, what-- -put your hands behind your back!
-Suspect: I didn't know you were chasing me.
-Put your hands behind your back!
Put your hands behind your back!
-(indistinct)
-I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
-Put your hand behind your back.
-I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry. -Deputy moreno: What's your name?
-Arturo, sir. -Deputy moreno: Arturo.
Roll to your side, bud.
-Arturo: Yeah, my leg hurts. -Deputy moreno: Okay.
Stand up, bud.
-Oh, my keys are in my left side, my right side.
That's not mine, sir. That was right there when--
-Deputy moreno: No, that's your backpack that you were carrying with you.
-I didn't have it with me. -Don't try to play a game.
-Officer: We saw you with it. -I didn't have it.
-Officer: I saw it on you.
-Deputy moreno: I saw it on your back
When I was chasing you, that's crazy.
Arturo: Sir, how can I use it from the,
From the thing, sir, from the motorbike?
I tell you, the backpack, when I hit the gate
The backpack was already, like, right there on the car, sir.
-You on probation or parole or anything like that?
Arturo: No, sir.
-Bro. What you need, moreno?
-The backpack was not on my back, sir.
-Deputy moreno: Okay, we'll talk about that in a second, alright?
-No, I just don't want you to lean on me,
Blame anything on me, sir, (indistinct)
I was just riding my motorbike.
I didn't see the officer behind me.
I thought he was giving me, like, a cool,
Like to go, moreno, you know?
-We'll talk about that in a second, alright?
-I got you, moreno.
-Deputy nathan pucilowski: I saw a little bit of meth.
-Deputy moreno: Yeah, there was some
That rivera pulled out of his pocket.
Actual crystal meth is inside the baggie.
-Yeah, I didn't want to, I don't wanna unwrap the pipe
'cause it's all shattered in there. -Deputy moreno: Yeah. Okay.
-I think from whenever he landed on it.
-So we'll wait real quick, see what it comes out to.
-Okay. -So...
-And then I can transport for you to the jail.
-Okay, cool.
So, so far the only thing we found in the backpack
Looks like some clothing, some personal property.
Okay.
I'm not sure if this is actually gonna be a real firearm
Or a, or a bb gun.
Oh, it is. It's legit.
This, this was in the bigger portion of the backpack.
There is, there was one in the chamber,
But it just came out right now.
I'm assuming he's probably gonna be a felon
And so firearm in his backpack.
-Was he wearing the backpack when you saw him?
-Deputy moreno: Yeah.
Alright, arturo, how are you doing, man?
Doing alright?
Can you lean over this way so I can hear you?
Arturo: Nah, my leg hurts, man.
-Okay. Do you have a good phone number right now?
Arturo: I'm homeless. I have no phone number, sir.
-And you're not on probation or parole or anything like that?
Obviously you're on probation or you're on prcs.
-I didn't even know that, sir. -How do you not know that?
-Because I didn't show up to a court date or something.
So I didn't even know I was on probation, sir.
-Okay. How come you didn't stop?
-Sir? I honestly didn't even, is that moreno?
-Yeah -moreno. I didn't even see you, sir.
I thought you gave me, like, the beep,
You know, just like to go, you know.
-Okay, so here's where I don't believe you on that. -Okay.
-When I had my lights and sirens on--
-I didn't even see that, moreno.
I was, like, looking-- I didn't fully, like, look
Behind me so, moreno, to like...
I looked down towards my brake, you know, to see my brake was,
Like, working 'cause it was giving me problems, moreno.
-So then how about this?
You hit the curb, you roll into a fence
You pick up your bike, you look--
-Sir, 'cause I panicked.
I just hit a wall and I just jumped up, like, scared.
Like, damn, what do I do?
-So when I pull up next to you.
-Yes, sir. -You look at me and you take off
Running in the opposite direction.
-Sir, because I'm panicking, sir, at the time,
You see I just fell to the floor.
I wasn't trying to run.
-Why are you panicking?
-I just hit a wall, moreno.
My lips all swollen right now.
Look, moreno, honestly, I swear to god
I didn't even see that it was cops, dude.
-So inside, inside the backpack that you were carrying,
We found a loaded firearm.
-I wasn't carrying that backpack, sir.
The backpack was sitting on the gate, moreno.
-Okay, so, so when you--
-That's why I told I told you that backpack's not--
-Okay, arturo. Arturo, listen now, okay?
Because this is where it starts to sound kind of ridiculous.
-I hear you.
-So you basically roll
Into that fence
And then kind of like super mario bros...
-Arturo: No, no. -...It just pops out with a,
With a free backpack and a free gun?
And then it just magically ends up on your arm?
-Moreno, honestly, it could, it could sound ridiculous.
Whatever, sir. That's, that's what my story, sir.
That's when I hit the gate. That's what happened.
I hit the gate and the backpack was there, sir,
And it got stuck onto my arm with the bike.
The bike, yeah, is honestly mine, you know that.
But the backpack, I didn't have it on me, sir.
-Okay. What about the white crystal substance
That we found in your pocket? -That is mine, moreno.
-Okay, what is that? -Like I said, that is,
That's, that's my personal use right now.
-Well, what is it? -It's just meth.
I smoke at least an ounce a day.
-Would you say that you're probably addicted to narcotics?
-I am for sure, dude.
-So you are going to jail today, okay? -For what?
-Right now, you're under arrest
For the initial vehicle code violations
That I attempted to stop you for.
You're also gonna be going to jail for felony evading.
You're also a convicted felon, so you shouldn't be
In possession of a firearm or ammunition.
-I didn't have a firearm on me.
-Okay. You were in possession of both of those things.
Okay? So you're gonna go to jail for that,
And then you're also gonna be charged
With transporting of the narcotics
'cause you had narcotics on you while you're with a firearm.
-Sir, there was only one bag, sir.
I had a pipe on me too. So it's, like, use.
-Deputy moreno: Okay. -And I'm telling you, I'm under the influence of meth.
-Right. Regardless of that, regardless of that,
I'm just telling you what you're going to jail for, okay?
-Come on, moreno. That's crazy, dude.
-Deputy moreno: Alright, man. Have a good night, man.
(car door closes)
-Detective vince hall: I've been on the department
For about nine years
And I'm currently assigned to our gang suppression unit.
But one of my favorite things is,
Is just interacting with community.
No matter if I'm taking someone to jail or stopping a car
And giving a warning,
I want it to be a positive interaction.
I can't tell you how many people I have taken to jail
That will shake my hand or thank me for that
Just because I treat them like they're human.
-So we're gonna stop this car in front
Because of some vehicle code violations
And the fact the young lady's
Too busy talking on her cell phone
To pay attention to the people
And other vehicles in the street.
Hi there.
Ma'am? -Woman: Hi.
-Hi. Can you roll down all your windows, please,
And turn your car off?
-Oh, I'm sorry. -Okay.
-I'm just on my way to dance class,
And I was getting lost.
-Yeah, you were clearly on your phone
While you were driving. -I'm sorry.
-You were very, very animated.
-Well, yeah, I'm a little lost.
-Okay. Okay, you also got a brake light out.
-I'm going over to san leandro. -Okay.
-So my thing, here's my this. -Alright.
Do you have your license with you as well?
-Yeah, I do.
-Alright.
Would you mind rolling down the window
For my partner over there as well?
-No problem. I'm sorry, sir. -Sgt. Corey: It's okay.
-I'm sorry. Like, it's the cops and everything.
I'm so sorry.
-It's all good. It's alright. Okay.
-Okay. (laughing)
It's like I'm a single mom
On my way to dance class.
I'm so sorry.
I saw that I was on my phone
Trying to tell the person I was late.
-Yeah. -So I'm, I'm a blonde lady.
Sorry, guys.
-Detective hall: It is, it is quite alright.
Do you teach dance?
-I do teach dance for kids,
But I'm also learning how to do pole and everything.
-Oh, good for you. Okay. Very good.
-Woman: So that's why I'm here.
-That's, that appears really challenging
From what I've gathered.
-Yeah, class. And I'm supposed to be doing
A photo shoot right now when class starts at 6:00
And I was like, you know...
-Mm-hmm.
Do you mind if I take a look in the car?
I see the pipe on the dashboard and all that.
-The pipe, that, oh that... -Yeah.
-There's nothing in there, that's old.
It's from mexico.
It's just, like, part of my, like, little--
-Kinda your, your decor.
-My little altar right there.
This is my--by the way, this is not anything.
This is my boyfriend's ashes. -Okay.
-Holy cow.
-Okay. He died in 2010. -Okay.
-So that's not anything contraband.
-That's him. Okay? -Alright, dear.
That's fine. You wanna step out of the car for me, please?
-Okay. -Alright.
And when you step out, I want you
To face the front of the car, okay?
Face that way. Just face that way.
Turn away from me. There you go.
You got the pipe on the dashboard.
Can I suggest that maybe you put it
Somewhere else in remembrance of him?
-Yeah. -Alright.
Why don't you come back here with me,
And you can hang out with my partner for a moment.
I understand that that's-- -woman: I know, I got that.
-Like, that's a shrine but it's paraphernalia
That leads us to believe that maybe
You're smoking in the car, right?
-Right. And now that you're saying it like that--
-Makes sense? Okay?
-Yes. I was like, this looks so cool right here.
'cause where I bought it in real de catorce
Was where I bought the pouch for his ashes.
-For his ashes. Which are-- -and so that's-- it's a jag--
It was the whole thing, sir, that I bought--
-Okay. So it was like a whole package. Alright.
But at home maybe is a better idea, okay?
-Yeah. -Okay. Your heart rate's pretty high.
-I have ptsd pretty severely.
I was a victim of a crime five years ago.
-I don't like coming-- -okay. We're not criminals.
-No, I don't like this area already makes me uncomfortable.
-Yeah. -'cause my ex lives over there.
-Okay.
-So I'm already agitated coming here.
-Just in coming here? Okay.
-I'm so, I was trying to pull it together
For the dance class. -Okay.
-And that's why you're seeing me react like this.
-Sure. Well, we still have a, a
A good chance of getting there.
Alright? Just relax. Okay?
I'm gonna take a look in the car.
Am I gonna find anything, anything wild?
Anything that can poke me or hurt me? -No.
-Okay. Alright. -No. I don't think so.
-So just saying that you don't want to come here,
You don't have any weapons in there or nothing crazy?
-No. -Alright.
I'll be right back. Alright?
Just hang out with my partner.
Other than she got her little sage that she likes to burn.
Oh, there.
That looks like hydrocodone
Acetaminophen mixed up tablets in here.
These pills go for $12 to $15 apiece on the street.
I'm gonna ask her
About possibly having a prescription for these.
Alright, young lady.
Do you have a prescription for hydrocodone?
-Yeah, for my knee. -Okay.
-Do you have the prescription with you?
-No. I don't. -Okay.
-Okay. How do you normally store your hydrocodone?
-In a little shell 'cause I'm a mermaid.
-In a shell, okay. -Because I'm a little mermaid,
And that's what I keep it in.
-So I would suggest leaving it in the prescription bottle.
-'cause those have a street value. -Oh.
-And people buy them and sell them.
What you have right now
And the way it's stored in your wallet
Without any proof
Of it being prescribed to you.
So that's a, that's a misdemeanor here, okay?
-Oh. -Okay?
-I (bleep)...
-Hey, hey, you're-- -I didn't mean--
-It doesn't mean-- that doesn't mean you have--
Doesn't mean you have to go to jail,
But, but I, I am gonna write
A police report on this. -Okay.
-So officially you're gonna be placed under arrest,
But you're gonna be issued a ticket for that
And then you can deal with that in 30 to 60 days.
Is that fair?
Seems like a decent compromise,
But I'm gonna take your pills as evidence.
-Okay. -Okay?
-Okay. Okay. -Alright.
The way this is gonna work
Is you're gonna be issued this citation,
You're gonna have the court date in 30 to 60 days,
Depending on what I draw here.
And if you can bring that, that prescription
And show that it, it is meant for you
And you just maybe had
A little judgment error in how you're storing it
'cause the shell broke, 'cause you're a mermaid,
And that's how you store your stuff, right?
It's all good.
You seem like a really free-spirited person.
Okay?
And that's, and that's good.
-I feel like--I--
-Hey, this is not the end of the world, okay?
It's just a ticket,
And you can deal with it at a later time.
But today you still get to go to dance class, right?
-Yes, sir. -Does that sound good?
-Yes, sir. -Alright.
So you also got the,
The hash oil or the wax that's in there as well?
-Yeah. -And okay, so--
-Is that not allowed either?
I mean, weed's so confusing here.
I don't know what I'm allowed to do.
-Okay. So my biggest concern with you having it
In the vehicle is making sure that you're not driving
Under the influence of it.
Because people, I mean, more than 20,000 people
Get killed from dui crashes and things like that.
And you seem like a lovely person.
I don't want you to have to go down that road.
Okay? I'm gonna give you your copy.
-Woman: Thank you. -Detective hall: Absolutely.
-Officer: (over radio) 132 and bush,
I've got him at gunpoint.
-Dispatch: (over radio) okay, gunpoint, 132 and bush.
-Cover's code three. -Officer: Thanks, 10.
-Dispatch: Phoenix 25-14. Transmit on tac 2.
(indistinct radio chatter)
-Okay, we'll still send a code three.
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