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Ma'am, stand up.
Get on the ground!
Stop.
Stop!
When an officer tells you to stop, you have to stop.
Let me see your hands!
Stop!
Stop the bike now!
Hands up!
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.
I think being fit, doing this job is probably one of the most
Important things you can do.
We get in foot chases in escambia county
All the time, heavy wooded areas.
It's hard to run in the dirt, so I'm out there
Trying to train all the time, trying to be strong, especially
For the bigger guys who might want to take advantage of you
If you're smaller.
We're en route to a warrant service.
Baldwin county told us that this guy's got a couple of warrants.
We're going to go to this house over here and see if he's over.
If he is, we're going to take him to jail.
Anthony?
Anthony, stop.
Stop!
334.
I'll take them in.
North on rainbow.
He's got his hood up, so he can't see.
He's not going very fast.
Driving north on rainbow.
Speed's about 35.
[radio chatter]
Dispatcher: White truck.
Single white male occupant turning northbound on--
He's going to hit a dead end.
Dead end to rainbow.
Ceased at rainbow.
Get ready for foot bail.
Dispatcher: 10-4.
Stop right now!
I'm going to get a dog!
You're going to be bit!
- I'm not resisting. - Over here.
What did I do?
Hands behind your back now!
What did I do, for real?
Hands behind your back now.
Look, man, can't y'all just tell me what I did?
What did I do?
Please, dude.
What the [bleep] did I do, man?
Please, for the love of god, man, help me.
Can you please tell me what I did?
What did I do for y'all to pull up on me like that, man?
You got a warrant.
That's why you pulled up on me?
Yep.
Move your legs.
Yep.
Stand up.
I ain't carrying--
I ain't caring you.
You can run.
I got screws in my hip too.
Ok.
Hell yeah, you can run when you run for your life, man.
You can run this far, you can stand up.
There you go.
This is crazy, man.
What's crazy is that you've driven this
Far that fast with the hood up.
I can see underneath it.
Big gap underneath.
Tell that done in court.
I could see under the hood.
I just woke up, man.
I'm not thinking right.
You obviously did not look fast.
At least not faster--
No, man.
I got four screws in my pelvis.
And you're going to decide to run?
Man, I don't want to go to jail,
And I don't even know what the hell's going on.
But where are you going to go?
Huh?
You're out of breath, now we got to walk back.
All I was doing was using it to drop my truck off.
Why'd you decide to run, man?
I don't want to go to jail, man.
My wife just [bleep]--
My wife's been cheating on me, dude,
And then blaming it on me, saying it's my fault.
This will make that better?
She left-- no.
She left yesterday.
So I'm sure she called y'all and told y'all, oh, he's here,
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Well, how many guys you think she's going
To be with when you're in jail? You know what I'm saying?
I don't care. We separated.
I've been doing this [bleep] with her for years, man.
It ain't nothing personal when I run.
I just don't want to go to jail, man.
No, it's not personal.
You picked up a felony on a misdemeanor warrant.
It's a felony?
Fleeing and eluding.
I wasn't trying to run like that.
Man, I don't want to go to jail. - Hold on, hold on.
I'm curious.
You're saying you weren't trying to run like that?
I mean, I didn't want to.
I just wanted to get my car--
Was the truck driving and making you do it?
Well, it's not my choice of what I want to do, man.
It was literally your choice because you threw it in drive
And ran away from this deputy right here.
I thought he was going to ram the gate for a second.
I think he probably looked at that gate
Too and was like, eh, that one's pretty sturdy.
I don't think this truck's going to go through it.
If he saw the gate.
Look at the hood.
What do you got, like a foot there?
He said he could see underneath.
Not smart, though.
Well, there are smarter people here.
A for effort, though.
I mean, there was no quit.
Once that hood came up, he was like, I'm still going.
He made a comment that he was using this vehicle
To jump his vehicle.
Yeah.
So we probably do need to find the owner of that vehicle.
Yeah.
I'll go back over there and make contact.
My wife, she left yesterday.
I haven't seen her yet, but she--
I know last night she was texting me all kinds
Of crazy stuff on the phone.
Like, you want to leave?
You want to go mess around with other people?
Leave me alone.
I've had to deal with this kind of [bleep] all the time, man.
Does that still give you the right
To just take off from officers?
Look at this uniform. What does this say to you?
- I know. - What does that say?
Sheriff. I know.
Ok, so you know what we do, right?
If I put my hands on you and I say stop, that means stop.
You can't just say, well, you know what, I don't believe
Them, or I don't think I did anything wrong
So I'm just going to take off.
To top it off, you see two patrol cars behind you
With lights and sirens.
Pretty good indicator we're not stopping.
Pretty good indicator you should pull over,
Put your hands up, get out of the car.
You made us run.
You made us chase you.
You're going to get charges.
You're going to get flee and elude, lights and sirens.
You're going to get obstruction because I put hands on you
And you resisted and you ran from me.
Is resisting part of running?
Obstruction is one charge.
Flee and elude is a different charge.
All right.
I'm just going through it, man.
Put your feet in.
That's your truck?
Friend of ours with the family asked
If he could borrow the truck.
Yeah.
And he said he had to jump somebody off.
I thought he was jumping somebody
Off out front of the house.
Yeah.
And the next thing I know, I hear my truck crank up.
And then I hear the county show go up and down the road.
So for the record, you didn't give him permission
To take your truck on--
Well, I gave him permission to--
- Chase. - I gave him--
No, I didn't give him--
You didn't say he--
To be running from the law.
Ok.
Just trying to clarify here, because maybe he was
Under a different impression.
No, he just asked me if he could use my truck
To go jump somebody off because I thought
They were right outside.
Ok.
Well, as it seems, right now that truck is still operable.
- So I'm [bleep]. - Yeah.
You want to look at it some more, make sure
Everything's good to go?
I'm just going to try to shut the hood.
Might be a height requirement for both of us.
Watch your fingers when it comes down.
Ready?
She'd been a good truck.
I didn't want to put her out to pasture yet.
All right.
It's very important to be calm under stress
Because we have to make important decisions
That could be life changing.
It affects the suspect's life, people's lives
Around us that we're doing.
So you need to be able to make good, clear,
And precise decisions when you're dealing
With critical incidents.
We found a stolen vehicle parked at this gas station
Up over here, a black gmc sierra.
It will be a hispanic male, black tank
Top with the vehicle.
Control five.
[inaudible] at east california bates.
10-35 vehicle.
Dispatcher: Copy.
The suspect has gotten the vehicle
And it looks like he's about to start driving away.
So we're going to start following him,
And might have to stop this vehicle before we
Get any assets here with us.
King 25 is starting to move.
Dispatcher: What's the vehicle description?
Black gmc sierra.
We just found a stolen vehicle.
Trying to catch up to it right now.
Try and wait for the k-9 unit to catch up with us.
Dispatcher: We have an air unit.
[radio chatter]
Control, I'm at 25.
It's going to be a foot bail northbound
Through the apartments.
Sheriff!
Stop there!
Stop running!
Hey, stop!
You're going to get tazed!
Hispanic male.
Shaved head, black tank top, white socks, black shorts.
Eastbound on foot.
He's jumping the fence out over to east california
Right now.
King one, if you can set up over there on east california.
Dispatcher: You're on the north descent
Hey, garcia.
I saw him right there.
Just stop, and I'm going to go back to my car,
I'm going to come help you with the search.
Dispatcher: 10-4.
The suspect jumped the fence, ran into a little residential
Area across the street, so we're going to go help with
The k-9 setting up a perimeter and search
The area for the suspect.
Hey, garcia.
I kind of lost sight of him as he was coming over here.
So you last saw him running through here?
I saw him jump through that fence,
And then he started coming this way.
That's the last I saw him.
Around this?
I believe so.
He jumped razor wire, so he might be bleeding.
If you're in the area, this is a kern county
Sheriff's office k-9 unit.
Come out now before I send my dog.
He definitely ran past this truck over this fence this way.
If that gate's open over there he could
Have gone through that way.
Hey, what are you doing?
Huh?
You know what's going on?
You don't know what's going on?
Where do you live?
I was right here with my uncle.
Keep your hands out of your pockets.
Control, I'm at 5.
I believe we located the suspect.
Hey, come walk over this way.
What am I doing wrong?
Keep your hands out of your pockets.
Put your hands on the back your head.
Put your hands on the back of your head.
What am I doing wrong?
You look like the guy who ran from me.
- Ran from you? - Yeah.
I haven't ran, sir.
Why are you all sweaty?
I'm not sweaty.
I'm not doing nothing wrong.
I'm handcuffing you.
You ain't got to do all that.
- Sit down. - Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
Flipping out.
I don't see him with the socks.
He had long white socks.
That's not him?
You live right here or what?
No, I don't stay right here.
Well, I came to visit my uncle.
Long white socks?
Me?
Mom.
Can you call my moms?
No.
I don't know where he ditched the shirt at.
Hey, I got a shaved gmc key right here.
It's him, dude.
Yeah.
Stand up.
I'm just being a dumbass.
I know.
Can you get my cigarettes?
Yeah, I'll grab your cigarettes.
Sit down.
Yes, sir.
So what's going on tonight?
Why did you run from me earlier?
I didn't run from you.
You're the guy that ran from the truck.
Are you sure about that?
I'm positive about that.
That's crazy.
I have not been running, sir.
You got those cut from jumping that barbed wire fence--
Or the razor wire fence right over here.
No.
Yeah.
No way.
The black gmc four door sierra you were driving.
There's no way.
I wasn't driving no sierra.
I haven't even been--
You ever been arrested before?
Yeah, I've been arrested, but I haven't been driving.
What've you been arrested for?
Back then, for stolen hondas.
Ok.
Stolen cars.
But other than that [bleep]--
Tell me why you were stuffing down that shaved key
On the side of you when I was telling you to get up out
Of the chair.
- No, it was my cigarettes. - Ok.
So did you know the truck you were driving was stolen?
They gave it to me.
Who's they?
That's some fools.
They're from the east side.
Yeah, the east side is pretty big, man.
Yeah.
Go ahead.
So you were driving the black gmc sierra?
Yes.
Why lie?
Ok.
I ain't going to get nothing else out of it, you know?
Yeah, you're right.
How long you been driving it? - Barely a day.
- Ok. - It's my cousin.
It's my cousin.
My cousin [bleep].
You have any warrants right now?
No.
Well, so you have experience dealing with stolen vehicles,
So you know that key you have is a shaved key.
Yeah, I knew that was a shaved key, though.
Why lie?
So then you knew the truck was stolen also?
I didn't know it was stolen.
They told me they weren't so sure.
I told them, where did you get it from?
He goes, like, oh, [bleep] I got it from the homie,
And I told him--
Because I told him I need to get a truck.
I need a legit truck.
He goes like, I got one, but it's not-- he said,
I can't tell you if it's legit, legit.
He goes, like, but [bleep],, I can tell you that--
So you're telling me you knew you
Had a shaved key but you didn't think the truck was stolen?
Yes, sir.
Can I know what my charges will be, though?
Yeah, it's going to be resisting arrest and possession
Of a stolen vehicle, driving a vehicle without the owner's
Consent, all right?
All right, man.
Thanks.
He finally admitted that he was driving the truck.
He admitted to knowing that he had a shaved key,
Which saw him setting down on the couch when
He was sitting there.
And then he admitted to knowing he had a gmc key,
And he has a history of stealing vehicles.
So we're good.
He admitted to it now.
Good job.
Thank you.
So I grew up playing baseball.
Started at five years old.
I played in japan for a little bit.
Had some shoulder problems, had to hang it up.
Got a call, and come back to the states, which brought
Me where I'm supposed to be.
Now I'm here at greene county and loving every second of it.
So we got a call that a vehicle from a known
Drinking establishment struck one of our officers,
Fled the area.
So we're attempting to light him up,
See if we can get him stopped.
Stand by.
He's pulling over.
Stopping.
Southbound 65.
Mile marker 44.8.
Shut the car off.
Step out for me.
Ok.
Where are you coming from?
I was hanging out with some friends.
Where were you coming from?
Hanging out with some friends?
Where was that at?
Club rodeo.
Ok, cool.
Come over here for me.
Come to the front of my car.
Right over here.
Right over here to the front of my car.
Where were you coming from again?
I was hanging out with some friends at club rodeo.
Club rodeo, ok.
Did you just leave there, or when did you leave there?
About 20, 30 minutes ago.
- 20, 30 minutes ago? - Yeah.
Ok.
Did anything happen there when you were leaving?
No.
No?
Ok.
Nobody tried to stop you or anything in the parking lot
At all? - I don't believe so.
- You don't believe so? - No.
You don't believe so, or did you see anybody?
Well, there are some people in front of me
And I just kind of drove past them.
Ok.
There was a big concert there right now--
Ok, ok.
I kind of--
Were there people out on foot or in the car, or what?
On foot.
So the reason why I'm stopping you
Is because your vehicle and plate
Match a description of a vehicle leaving club rodeo.
Absolutely.
And an incident apparently happened there.
- Ok. - Ok.
So give me one second, all right?
Absolutely.
Don't move.
Absolutely.
So I don't know who's rolling up now.
Hey.
What's up, man?
Step over here real quick.
Hey, if you don't mind--
So this is the guy was at club rodeo.
If you don't mind, do you want to--
I think he's d-dub.
Do you want him to run it for training stuff?
He hasn't been there yet.
If he wants to run fields, we can.
I got him cuffed and detained at the moment.
Ok.
Ok, cool.
Do you mind blowing for me into a portable breath device?
All right.
Sorry, I'm a little shaky.
It's the first time this has ever happened to me,
So I'm a little--
You're good.
Come over here.
Step this way.
It's literally like blowing a balloon.
Take a deep breath, blow into it,
And don't stop until I tell you, ok?
- Ok. - Good.
Go ahead. Harder.
Keep going.
Harder, harder, harder, harder, harder.
Keep going.
You got to blow harder, like a balloon.
Yeah, you're not just letting air out.
You're blowing as hard as you can.
Ok, sir.
Go ahead. Keep going.
Keep blowing harder.
You've got to blow harder than that, man.
Keep going. Keep going.
There you go.
0.128.
You know what the legal limit is in the state of missouri?
Is it 0.8?
It's 0.08.
Well over legal limit.
Can't be doing that, man.
Think you knew better than that?
Probably. Probably not a smart idea.
I do.
I do know. - Have you done anything--
That's why I'm joining the air force.
I'm like really last steps, and I'm almost there,
And this is going to [bleep] me up tremendously.
It's not smart, dude.
I know it's not.
[bleep]
All right, man.
Let's head back to the second car back here.
We're going back to the second one.
So we had some of our detectives working
A special assignment at a local dance
And drinking establishment.
I believe while they were in the parking lot,
It sounded like this vehicle possibly backed into them
And hit them with the car.
They then obviously tried to stop him,
He fled the scene at what appeared
To be a high rate of speed.
We were able to get behind it, saw the vehicle.
Plate matched, the vehicle description matched,
Driver's description matched.
Lit him up on the traffic stop.
He pulled over for us, and now we're going to be
Conducting a dwi investigation.
What's going on tonight, man?
You know why you're here, like, in the back of a patrol car
Now, right?
Do you understand why?
I understand that I blew over the limit, and I--
Ok.
Yes, sir.
I'm just asking.
Like you know why you're under arrest
And you're in the back of a patrol vehicle?
Yes, sir.
I understand that I am.
I mean, you say you've got this stuff
Kind of lined up for your life.
You say you're trying to get into the air force,
You're setting up.
How old are you?
I'm 22.
22.
I feel it all crumbling around me.
Have you ever done anything like this before?
No, sir.
Ok.
I mean, this is one of those things
That, like, luckily we were able to talk to you
And get you stopped.
Yes, sir.
Nobody's incredibly hurt.
Yes, sir.
But you very well could have hurt a lot of people today.
I understand.
Do you realize that you hit somebody with your car?
No. I don't, sir.
Yeah.
So you don't even understand that you
Hit someone with your car.
Do you think that's a good idea, that you're well
Enough to drive the car home?
No, it's not.
All the way to ozark?
No.
It's not, sir.
Right.
These are the things that-- you're
Coming into this adult world.
You're 22 years old.
You're still a young kid, man.
This isn't the end of the road.
This isn't the end of the line. - Yes, sir.
Right?
You can redeem yourself.
Yes, sir.
But the thing is, nobody can make you do that.
Yes, sir.
Only you can choose to do that.
Yes, sir.
This could either be a little speed bump in the road
That you potentially--
You theoretically understand that you're facing assault on
Leo, a law enforcement officer.
I understand, sir.
I don't want to go to federal prison.
That's not one of those things I want to do.
Right.
And I understand--
Imagine if you killed somebody.
What I'm trying to say is this is how quickly things change.
Ok, thank you.
Yes, sir.
All right, so where's he going from here?
So he's going to go to the greene county jail.
He's going to be booked in for a dwi
And assault on leo times two.
That's a shame, man.
He's a young kid, and just a night of partying
Leads to jail and possibly more.
Absolutely.
And I hope he learns from it.
I hope he doesn't do it again because he's lucky that he
Didn't harm anybody else.
Dispatcher: 132 and bush.
I've got him at gunpoint.
Dispatcher: Ok, gunpoint.
132 and bush.
Cover's code 3.
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