Narrator: Viewer discretion is advised.
[inner circle, "bad boys"] bad boys,
Whatcha want, whatcha want--
Ma'am, stand up.
Get on the ground!
(singing) whatcha gonna do?
Stop.
Stop!
[tires screeching]
When an officer tells you to stop, you have to stop.
(singing) bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do?
Let me see your hands!
(singing) whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Bad boys, bad boys--
Officer: Stop the bike, now!
(singing) whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do--
Officer: Hands up!
(singing) --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.
Brandon dugas: I'm must say, I'm more towards
Community-oriented policing.
The people will always be as bad as the police allow them to be.
There's not a positive or a negative impact
Of police in the neighborhoods and communities.
The people are going to either be negative or positive
Towards life--
Breaking laws or helping others, so it's a big thing to be
Involved in the community.
[siren]
So right now, we're going to meet an officer who just
Conducted a traffic stop, and the guy's
Slow rolling, refusing to stop, so we're
Going to go try to back him up.
[inaudible]
[radio chatter]
The guy's not stopping.
Go to wilshire.
[radio chatter]
Um, [inaudible] vehicle.
[radio chatter]
[inaudible] one time.
Officer (on radio): He ran north to the [inaudible]..
What's he wearing?
Officer (on radio): Black belt, black shirt,
Black pants it looks like.
I got him.
He's in the playground area in front of an elementary.
Brandon dugas: The guy is running from one of the guys.
He is on foot and ran through the school right now.
All right, I'm in the back of the school by the playground.
I don't see him.
Officer (on radio): So he jumped that south fence,
And I caught a glimpse of him.
And he was running kind of towards like a kid
By the basketball court.
And now we think we got him barricaded
Down in the school somewhere.
According to state statute, unauthorized entry
Into a place of business, or you're
Seen jumping a 6-foot high fence,
That's considered a burglary.
And that's enough charges-- felony charges for k-9 unit
To come and put a dog on the ground
To do a track to apprehend the suspect.
Officer (on radio): I got a [inaudible] on clara.
He's in the back of the school on clara.
[shouting]
Get on the ground!
I'm going to tase you.
Get on the ground!
Don't move!
He ran up.
Turn around.
[yelling]
Woman: Save yourself and put your hands
And do what they tell you to do.
[yelling]
Y'all good?
Are y'all good?
Do y'all know this individual?
Hey!
Everybody quiet.
We're going to get him out of here.
Bring your knees up.
[dog barking]
[overlapping speech]
As soon as we put the dog on the ground,
The subject tried to break perimeter.
He ran into these individuals carport.
They were just hanging out.
He was not compliant.
Officer discharged his taser, had to tase him,
I believe twice, to get him in custody.
[inaudible] still hitting.
You ok?
Need an ambulance?
I'm weak, man, from y'all hitting me with that [bleep]..
Have a seat.
Let's have a seat.
Can I get some water?
Yeah, we'll get you some water.
Can you go get me some?
Ask them please. - I got you.
I got you. Have a seat for me.
Don't fall.
I feel like I'm going to pass out.
All right.
If you're talking, you're breathing.
Just control your breathing, ok?
Breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth.
Did you do anything by any chance,
Or you just got caught mostly smoking that weed?
Hmm?
Huh?
Man, I just got hit with the taser after running.
Why you ran?
Because I'm wondering why y'all coming behind me.
That's not a reason to run though.
Yeah, because I know I wasn't doing nothing.
I ain't did nothing illegal.
Well, you shouldn't have ran.
You shouldn't have put your lights on behind me for me
Not doing nothing illegal.
You been arrested before?
Yeah.
For what?
A lot of different things.
Drug charges?
Well, not convicted of drug charges.
Gun charges?
Gun charges.
You a felon?
Yeah.
Any guns in the car?
No, y'all can check it.
So why are you running?
You got some warrants?
Because y'all scared me, man.
So you ran because you were scared?
Man, y'all got a black charger coming behind me.
Every time when it's black charger,
Y'all harassing people.
Y'all [bleep]---- y'all killing people,
Man, and everything, man.
Because if you wasn't always [bleep] with me,
It wouldn't have happened.
I'm scared, man.
Come on, man.
All right, well, just have a seat.
I'm going to close the door, put ac on for you, all right?
Then I came around the back end.
He popped out the school?
Mike milazzo: Yeah.
So, he popped out the school, and that's when I
Seen him running through them.
I believe this is going to be his.
He probably saw us approaching, and that's why--
That's why he bolted out. - Right.
Good job.
And then with the taser deployment--
So he ran up the carport, and he refused to stop?
Yeah, so basically, he ran around the house.
When I saw him, he ran around the house.
I told him to stop.
He didn't stop.
And when I came came back around towards this crowd right here,
That's when I popped him.
Ok.
Why'd you run, man?
Honestly.
Truly, I was scared because I had the warrant, really
And truly when it boils down to it.
Did you know you had warrants?
No problem.
And I'm just recently getting out of jail, so like--
When you got out of jail?
I've been out of jail like since December.
December?
It's all good, my man.
So today, man--
[inaudible] [bleep]
So today, you're definitely going to jail for a traffic
Violation, why they stopped you, flight from an officer,
And for jumping the--
Jumping a 6-foot or higher fence is an unauthorized entry
Into a place of business, basically a burglary
Charge, and the warrants.
No, it's not no burglary.
I ain't took nothing.
It's not-- it's not burglary, but it's all
Under the burglar statute.
It's a felony offense.
It's like 14--
For jumping a fence?
It's like 1462--
For jumping a fence?
Yes, sir.
All right, so watch yourself.
Close the door.
Josh reno: So at the greene county sheriff's office,
I've created those tight bonds with some of the guys,
Some of the people that I work with.
Some of them become best friends, even family,
Doing things outside of work.
I'll go deer hunting quite a bit.
Me and one of my buddies, we'll--
Whenever deer season hits, we try to hit the field
And be out there as much as we can,
Put some meat in the freezer.
So we've got a possible stolen vehicle.
We've had one of our units--
He's a k-9 unit, but he has lit it up attempting to stop it.
It's failing to yield currently, so we're
Going to see if we can get caught up to it, get the area,
And try to get this one stopped.
Officer (on radio): [inaudible] I'll
Try and [inaudible] him again.
He's definitely [inaudible]
Don't you move!
[sirens]
Roll back.
Put your hands where I can see them.
Do not move.
Do you understand me?
Do not move.
He's going to have to come out your side.
Fall behine.
Move.
Back up.
Get out of the car right now.
You're going to hauled in.
Crawl out to me now!
Watch it!
Hey, watch your crossfire.
Watch your crossfire.
Crawl out to me now!
Crawl out.
Face down!
[sirens]
Do you have anything on you?
Hey, cut that siren!
Any weapons on you?
Not that I know of
Not that you know of?
Anything poke, stick, stab, me?
Uh, I might have a knife.
Where's it at? Don't reach for it.
Where's it at?
Probably in the car.
In the car?
Anything in your pockets?
No.
Oh, like this knife in your pocket?
I said I might have a knife in my pocket.
Why didn't you stop, bud?
Car cleared?
Yes.
What's up?
Hey, can you tell if [inaudible]??
Yeah, he separated.
Dude, it's over with.
It's over with.
You're done, dude.
It's done.
It's over with.
You ready to walk?
All right, here.
We're going to roll you over.
You're going to sit up, all right?
Yep, sit up and walk for us.
- Did you put her in park? - Up we go.
Huh?
We get her in park?
Did you put it in park?
- I don't know. - You don't know?
Let's go over here.
Let's go this way.
Yep, it's in park.
Have a seat right here on the curb.
You got him?
Hey, man, I just wanted to let you know.
You're going to get additional charges for running,
For wrecking the car. - [inaudible]
You could have just pulled over.
Yeah, that's fine.
It's that simple.
We're greene county.
You don't run from us, bro.
Are you hurting anywhere in particular
So she can check you out?
We're going to get your vitals and stuff.
But I'm asking you are you hurting anywhere.
Ok.
I just didn't want to interrupt what you were doing.
You're fine.
So where'd you pick it up at?
Chestnut and national.
We were just on the phone, and we got a hit for it,
So we just--
And you got the spike on it?
Yeah.
And then at glenstone--
I mean, he was driving normal, and then
We went to light him up.
And he just took off.
Yeah, I heard as soon-- as soon as that happened--
He started going in the wrong way,
And I was like, oh, this isn't going to go good.
And then he just corrected, so we
Just kept it-- kept it going.
I was trying to get up.
I know he got the tvi on it, but that tire was in the road too.
And we already had him jumped out.
That was a good spike. I was sneaky.
Shut all my lights off, he had no clue.
No, that was good.
It sounded like a good hit.
And I threw it as he was coming,
So it landed, flopped open, and he ran over it.
Pretty successfully, I'd say.
He got all four tires.
He just shredded the sidewall.
It was able to completely tear off of the vehicle.
All right, so why did you run, man?
What was going through your head?
Did you just not think about stopping?
Did you think about [inaudible]?
No, fight or flight, dude.
Ok.
And I'm [bleep] out here, man.
So why'd you--
Suspect: All that [bleep] was to set [bleep] up.
Y'all could have pulled up on that car when it's parked.
Y'all wait until I'm out there--
When was it parked?
Suspect: [inaudible] come on, man.
When was it parked?
Suspect: It was parked a bunch of times.
We get you on camera when you're driving.
We don't know where you have it parked at, right?
People have fight or flight instincts, man.
Ok, I get that.
Officer: So you had the flight instinct,
And we still caught you?
No, flight instinct of [bleep] I don't want
To go to jail [bleep].
God damn, get that shit out of my face.
How'd that work out?
Still going to go to jail.
Because y'all set me up.
How did we set you up?
Because y'all could have easily avoided all
This [inaudible] I was parked.
How do we know where you parked at?
We don't know where you're parked at.
Where do you-- where did you-- where were you parking at?
I wasn't parking [bleep].
Ok, so you say we could have got it while it was parked,
But we don't know where that's at, right?
But we got you while you were driving.
Got some the pjs, bunch of empty syringes,
Carries his narcan with him.
So he said it was a fight or flight instinct that kicked in.
I guess he decided to flight instead of fight.
He flight wrong.
Didn't really work out well for him
Because he's going to jail.
This was the stuff that he's had with him in his bag.
This is obviously used to break into cars.
They stick that into a doorjamb and pump it
Up so they can spread open the doorjamb to get the car
Unlocked.
Is that like a scuba knife?
Like a dive knife?
Yeah, looks like it.
Yep, sure is.
All right, man, so you know why you're going to jail, right?
Stolen car, fleeing, you understand all that?
They talk to you about that?
Do you think this was a good idea?
You said it was fight or flight.
You decided you wanted to run.
You think that was probably smart?
All right, man, good talk.
Good luck to you.
Thanks for coming to greene county.
Obviously, going to jail.
It was a stolen car that we found out.
He's going to get charged with resisting as well.
Work for the greene county sheriff's office,
Been here for three years.
Started my law enforcement career as an army mp
Based out of arlington national cemetery
Just outside of washington dc.
Got to work a lot with some really great people,
Definitely built a basis for law enforcement
That I try to share to people out here
At the sheriff's office who haven't gotten
To experience stuff like that.
So we have a vehicle that has a headlight out,
So we're going to stop him and have a little talk--
[radio chatter]
See what-- hello.
Deputy skinner with the sheriff's office.
Reason why I'm [inaudible] you because you
Got a headlight out, man.
Do you got your driver's license on you?
Is there a reason why you got a headlight
Out and all that stuff?
Just an older car?
Yeah, and it went out.
Tried fixing it.
Yeah?
You heading from home?
I'm heading to home.
You're heading what?
I'm heading home.
You're heading home?
Where are you coming from?
From downtown.
From downtown?
Well, I was downtown.
I'm coming from my friend's house.
Ok.
Yeah.
You had anything to drink or anything to smoke?
Um, no.
I mean, I've smoked a cigarette, been smoking
Cigarettes downtown, skating.
All right, you haven't smoked any marijuana though
Or anything like that?
- No. - No?
Do me a favor.
Just look at me real quick.
Are you sure?
I'm positive.
All right, would you mind taking some tests to make
Sure that you're not impaired?
Yes, sir.
All right, just go ahead and step out, ok?
You don't have anything on you that's going to stick me,
Poke me, or anything like that?
Don't grab for it if you do.
All right, just turn and face your car for me, ok?
Check your back pockets.
All right, man, we're going to go over here
Underneath this light right here, ok?
All right.
What I want you to do is stand arms down to your side.
Can you see the tip of my finger?
Ok, I want you to follow with your eyes and your eyes
Only, ok?
All right, man, you see the line, right?
Yeah.
Place your left foot on that line.
Place your right foot standing heel to toe
Just like this on that line.
All righty, keeping your arms down to your side--
This test called a walk and turn.
What you're going to do is take nine heel
To toe steps walking down this line
That's painted on the pavement. Ok?
Once you've reached your ninth step,
You're going to keep your lead foot forward
And turn 180 degrees, walk nine heel to toe steps back down
The line.
You can go ahead and start.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.
Ok, just go ahead and wait in front of your car, ok?
All right.
655, [inaudible].
His eyes are extremely bloodshot and glossy.
His walk in turn, I had four indicators--
Failed to maintain heel to toe, stepped
Off line, stopped to balance himself,
Also made an improper turn.
So you haven't smoked any marijuana?
The reason why I ask this is because I don't smell any odor
Of alcohol coming off of you.
You know, when you get high, it tends
To just stay in your system.
Well, yeah, the thc stays in your system,
But the side effects go away.
I've, of course, smoked marijuana
Because you're saying-- you probably smell it on my breath.
I smell weed, but I can't tell if it's coming off of you,
Or if it's just our general surroundings.
But your behavior, your eyes, stuff
Like that is what's telling me that you're under the influence
Of something.
This is how I am.
Pretty laid back, stuff like that?
I don't like--
I'm won't look you in the eyes.
I got crazy eyes.
But this is like--
This is like--
I got a headlight out.
Right.
That's why I stopped you.
You know, I was downtown skating around.
You know what I'm saying?
Now I just dropped my friend off.
I'm coming back.
Um, just smoked a cigarette.
Like, I was just smoking a cigarette, put it out,
And then I started driving.
Ok.
Yeah.
But you haven't smoked any weed tonight?
No.
No?
Do you normally smoke weed?
Yeah.
I mean, I get that you smoked cigarettes.
There's a distinct odor when it comes to weed.
I know the difference.
So we're waiting for somebody else with a portable breath
Test to see if there's a presence
Of alcohol on your breath.
I have reason to believe that you're
Under the influence of something,
Whether it be marijuana and, or alcohol.
Ok, your pupils aren't changing when light hits it.
You're extremely laid back.
Your eyes are bloodshot and watery.
You got that?
Elijah, have you ever done this before?
Yeah, I think so.
What you're going to do is wrap your lips around it,
Form a good seal, and blow until I tell you to stop, like this.
Ok.
Take a deep breath and blow.
Keep going. Keep going.
Keep-- good job.
All right, you're good.
What did it say?
That says zero.
That says zero?
It says that you don't have any alcohol on your breath,
So it's probably mj.
All right, go ahead and put your phone back in your pocket.
Turn around, put your hands behind your back.
Like I said, you're under arrest for suspicion of dwi
With drugs, ok?
And like I said, it's a four hour--
Four hour hold.
So you're not going to be in there
All night or something like that.
It's just a charge.
All right, we're going to go to the second car behind us.
Is there something you can do to alleviate
The pressures of this?
What do you mean?
I'm going [inaudible].
That's fine.
I still have to wait for test to come back,
And if it comes back nothing, then there
Is nothing on your record.
And you can eliminate pressure by not smoking mj and then
Getting behind the wheel.
You know what I'm saying?
Officer (on radio): 132 and bush, I've got him at gunpoint.
Dispatcher: Ok, gunpoint, 132 and bush.
Coverage code three.
Officer (on radio): Thanks, [inaudible]..
[radio chatter]
Dispatcher: Ok, we'll still send a code three.
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