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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've been with the sheriff's office for a little over seven and a half years.

I'm in our crime reduction unit. We're a community -based unit, so we'll get

proactive, do crime suppression in areas that are having spiked crime trends,

but we'll also do a little bit of everything like community events and

and just kind of service the community however they need.

Yeah, we're looking for this stolen Honda Accord. It sounds like Hayward PD

might be chasing the car right now, so we're going to go float around and see

we can find it.

There it is right there.

TCTC.

CRU5, we just ombuted TC. We got flip bail. Gray jeans.

There's two pit bulls following him. And it's a car that just hit on flock.

Looks like they just did a robbery.

Hey, get that dude. He's the driver, the right one. This dude.

Yeah, yeah.

Looks like HPD's chasing him, too.

Black jacket, blue jeans, white hat.

Roll over.

Roll over. Roll over.

Roll over.

What are you saying?

There's a passenger WM.

We're going to have one.

We didn't tell you to sit up.

CRU 5, we're getting slagged down.

About the other suspect hiding.

Hey, I'm going to go white.

Yep.

Dog's coming at you.

Hey, he's going to be on the other side. He could possibly come underneath us.

Yo,

there's a skateboard. Hey, come on.

Get out.

Slow. Yes, sir.

Hey, stay on the ground and crawl to us. Yeah.

Lay down. Down on your face.

I'm down on your face.

I'm literally listening. I'm going slow.

I'm not resisting.

Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.

Doctor, one sec.

Hey.

Lean over. We'll roll over. We'll get you off the screen. Right hand? All

Let me just get up slowly.

What are you guys talking about? Oh,

don't play dumb.

I'm not going to lie to you like that. I didn't even know what was going on. You

know what I mean?

I was totally confused, you know?

What's the date of birth?

Uh, 98.

CFN?

What county are you in?

Alameda.

Can't make this one, dude.

Go with it again?

I'm not excited about it, Colorado.

No at all, don't you?

Who were you arrested for last time you got hooked?

Some petty theft or something.

Don't ever be serious.

When I couldn't find my dog, when we got in the car accident, I took off like,

where's my dog? Where's my dog? Where's my dog?

But your dog's been with you this entire time, bro. How did your dog get up and

over the fence?

I didn't even do nothing besides running, you feel me?

If you didn't do nothing, why'd you run?

Don't tell me some sob story about your dog because you literally had to pick

your dog and put it over the fence to get over here. Yeah, once she got to me.

And you were running in front of your dog, so.

Yeah, I didn't know where she was.

Your story doesn't check out. I got my head hit so hard that I just wanted to

find my dog. And once I found my dog, I was just like, I'm just going to go to

like wherever. I'm just going to go hide. I'm going to leave my dog and let

dog roam around and go hide under a bush because I hear the cops.

But she was supposed to be here. You see what I'm saying? You see where I'm

coming from? You're trying to say one thing, but your actions are telling me

another. I can understand where you're coming from, but.

Right? I'm just telling you, I got a huge hit to the head, and that's

a lot of, like, what's going on in my head right now.

Okay.

It's just a little jumbled.

All right, we'll get you checked out by medical. So what even happened?

You guys are rolling around in a stolen car.

What?

Yeah. No.

Yeah.

You told me you were just going to give me a ride over to Berkeley. I didn't

know it was stolen, bro.

It's all right, man. We'll sort it all out.

As soon as I came around this corner, I saw a blue shirt.

Yeah, when I went wide, dude, I was like, that initial hard corner for you

clear. And then when he went at peak, I was like, dude, I can't see.

I know.

It's a perfect crawl space, dude.

If we're going to have medical, go ahead and check him out. If he's involved in

a traffic collision, make sure that he's clear medically.

How you doing?

So what was the plan today?

What were you doing?

Gotcha.

Okay.

All right. Well, that being said, you're going to be going to jail today for the

stolen car and then for fleeing from the traffic stop.

Car stolen?

I didn't steal it.

Sure,

sure.

But you were driving it, and you crashed it, and you ran after a crash. So

you're going to jail for that? You're going to the hospital first?

Came back stolen.

We can figure that out on court, all right?

We got a call about this Golden Hot Note court. While at the Target, they ended

up 44 -ing a bike, a couple bikes.

We got the car over off of Phillips. The car takes off.

Once he hits the intersection, gets involved in a collision with another

Once he hits his berm, two of them foot bail towards the Chuck E. Cheese.

And then I think that's when you guys came in. Yeah, we saw the collision from

over there. Ended up getting the one dude right here. The other dude went

me and Tellez and Adami. We were able to catch him over in hiding out over in

the trailer park.

Okay. So I'll be taking the driver for being in possession of a stolen vehicle.

Cool. and then he's on his way to get cleared, so perfect. He'll be going to

jail tonight.

Yeah, and a passenger said he was just catching a ride with a friend. No

knowledge of it being stolen.

We basically just cut him loose because it was just 148.

I love being a deputy sheriff, and I love working for this county, the county

that I live in, serving in the Marine Corps for five years. I wanted to still

live a lifestyle of a military structure.

This car is... seen out in the field, possibly drug transaction.

The reason I

pulled you over is because you're suspended status on the license. On

where? Your license plate.

Since when? Yeah, suspended.

Do you know that your license is suspended? No, I don't. Oh, well, now

Do you have your license? Is that a valid license? Yeah, it's a valid

Out of Arizona? Yeah, I just got my registration renewed.

Do you have anything outstanding, warrants, you're on probation, anything

that? I have a warrant out of, I think it's New Mexico, but it wasn't me. It

a case of identity fraud, and they're fixing that.

Are they? Okay, so when I run your name, it's probably going to pop up. It

might. Okay, no big deal. It might not.

Any weapons inside the vehicle?

No, no. I know it says you're an Army veteran. Yeah. Do you carry firearms?

I do not. All right. No firearms inside the vehicle?

None. Right on. Is that your registration? Yeah, it's my current one.

Okay. Like I said, I don't know how it's suspended.

I just got it.

I'm just going to have you step out and step right over here, okay? Because

you're going to be in windows. I can't see what's going on, okay?

Where?

Just right over here on the curb.

No weapons or anything on you right now? No.

Just on your head, okay? That's just how I do it. Okay.

Is that a challenge coin in your pocket? Yeah. I got two.

What unit were you with?

275 Ranger Battalion. That was my first duty station.

Okay. And then I was in 4th Strike Brigade out of Fort Lewis.

Okay. Just take a seat on the curb for me, okay?

Can I smoke?

Yeah, you can smoke.

Is there anything inside the vehicle?

All right. Nothing that would be like, you don't got nuclear warheads, hand

grenades, bazookas and stuff in the trunk? No, no, no. All right, man. You

mind if I look, then, right? Give me the nice and warm and filthy that you are

not transporting some kind of weapons through state lines?

Oh, I don't have any weapons in there. All right, then. I'm just going to make

sure you don't, all right? That's cool with you, then?

Okay.

What's this?

Oh, I didn't even know that was in there. What is that?

Weed. Is it weed?

Therapy weed.

Therapy weed?

Yeah. That's a lot.

Well, it's... It's for my PTSD.

Right now, I'm going to detain you, okay? I'm going to put handcuffs on you.

you just put that out?

If you have that warrant, it's for... New Mexico?

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, for possession of drugs.

No, it's not.

Yeah. No, I don't have a New Mexico warrant for possession of drugs.

I'll verify. They're verifying it right now. We're out of Pomona, actually, I

think it was.

Pomona? Somewhere here. I haven't verified it yet. You got a warrant out

here?

Not San Bernardino.

All right, LA County?

Like I said, I haven't verified it yet. My dispatcher is going to verify it

because you were up front with me at the beginning saying you might have a

warrant, but it's not you.

So I still need to verify that.

I'll say because I took care of my warrants in L .A. County. I went to

You can take a seat. I'll make sure you don't fall. Okay.

Yeah, because I have a bad leg, too.

All right. Cross your ankle for me, would you?

I ain't going nowhere. I'm a little bit more concerned about the weed.

Uh -oh.

Do you know how much you're allowed to transport here in California? I wasn't

transporting. I just got that yesterday. Well, you buy it, and it has to be a

certain quantity, which this is more than the legal amount.

Is it? Yeah.

Okay. Where'd you purchase this?

Actually, you want to know where I found it? Yeah. I found it on the ground.

You just found this on the ground? I swear to God, I found it on the ground.

You're the luckiest guy ever. It was right there. Or unluckiest. Yeah,

I forgot it was in there.

So you just threw it in there? How long ago was that? Today.

Really? Yeah, right there on the side of the road. I stopped over because there

was something in my rim.

And I stopped over and I seen it. It was laying right there in the bag.

Okay. And I found it.

That's weird, man.

Yeah, so. All right.

Well, we'll deal with that here in a second.

I forgot that was in there. I apologize. Okay. Yeah, you can't transport that

much amount of marijuana.

Yeah, I completely forgot that was in there.

Am I going to find anything else in here? Nope.

Are you living out of your car?

No, I'm taking the Airbnb.

All right.

So pull him out.

Ask him if I can search the vehicle.

Gives me permission.

As soon as I open it up, he's got a bag of weed.

A lot of weed. He says he just found it off of Amargosa.

Perfect. He's found it everywhere. Yeah, I know. So you can just keep an eye on

him while I'm searching the vehicle. Yeah. That's it.

They always find the guns and they always find the dope. Yeah.

Or it's not their pants. It's not their backpack.

It looks like he's got the methamphetamine here in the center

More than likely got some other stuff in here, so I'm going to secure this right

now.

Hey, David, you got some meth here in your center console.

How long you been using?

Since I got out.

Why'd you start using?

Because I broke my back out there, and then they had me on pills. In Iraq?

They had me on pills, and then I went to heroin.

I'm sorry, man.

And it's not something I'm proud of, but. No, I get that.

This isn't the way, though. I know. You know what I'm saying?

I know it's not. I forgot that. I would have told you it was in there. Okay. I

appreciate you.

All right. Well, we'll deal with this, okay?

All right. We're going to get through it. I apologize.

I didn't know that was in there. I forgot. That's it, man.

He definitely seems like he wants the help. He's just stuck in a rut doing

stuff out here on the street. So I'm going to come a break and let him loose

the street. But he's going to have to pay for this ticket.

Hopefully do a program to get them off the drugs.

Thanks for being cool with me, okay?

Thank you.

Cooperation goes a long way, all right?

Appreciate that.

That's kind of why this is going the way it's going for you right now, where

you're not going to have to get booked into jail today, okay? But you are

getting a citation for the health and safety codes, okay? Please don't miss

court date. If you miss the court date, a warrant's going to be issued. Yeah,

yeah, I know. I won't miss it. All right. Thank you.

Thank you. Take care, okay?

I do want you to get the help, okay? Thank you.

So I work in District 4. It's the south district of our county.

We have a great team down here. All of our deputies and supervisors, even our

command staff, they've just really bought into what the sheriff's office is

about. We like to go out and find crime, try to stop it before it happens.

And everybody here just pitches in. Whatever needs to be done, we just do

All right, so we have a truck in front of us that just came from an

intersection. I noticed that it's got both of its license plate lights out.

So we're going to initiate a traffic stop on it and contact the driver and

him know about that.

Hello, sir. The reason that you're being stopped tonight, your license plate

lights are not working on your vehicle. No way.

Okay, man, you got your license with you?

I got to move my pizza. Go for it, bud.

Is that a whole suitcase?

Well, it's a whole style, um, um, uh, what do you call it?

I like it, man. I like it.

Yes, sir. Y 'all want a piece?

Yeah, we'll get you out of here in just a second, brother. Your license is going

to be in there? Yes, sir, right here. All right.

It's in my little wallet.

In your briefcase.

Come on out, my friend.

Walk on back this way.

Yeah,

that one's just completely out.

Let's, uh...

Let's just walk him up to the front for a minute.

Who is that?

He's a friend of mine. Okay. He just seems like he's super nervous in the

Yeah, he don't get out much. He's an older fellow. He's tired. Does he just

of not like dealing with the police? Yeah, I guess. I got you. Does he get

any type of stuff that would get you in trouble? He does.

Oh, no, he only drinks. Is that what he's worried about, his alcohol? Yeah, I

think so, yeah. He's not even driving.

I know, well.

That's how some people get, you know? So there is like a 0 % chance that he

would have put anything in your car or had anything he's not supposed to have,

right? No, I don't think so, no. Except for maybe the beer or the... No, I think

the crown, he left the crown at the house. I don't drink. Does he have an

beer? Yeah. Okay, so that makes sense that that's what he's worried about. Can

search you? Yeah, sure. Can you face that way for me? You want a cigarette?

You're good, yeah.

I assume you've probably never even been in trouble, right?

Well, I mean, a long time ago, I was.

What'd you get in trouble for a long time ago?

For some stupid stuff.

I like a good story. What stupid stuff?

Oh, that stupid stuff.

That type of... Here, put your hands behind your back.

So just relax.

Yeah, I'm good. I ain't going nowhere. We're going to have a conversation here

in a bit, okay? Yep.

Diaz, detain 10 -15 for just right now.

Don't move. Do you want me to turn your truck off? Yes. All right, if you don't

mind. And turn the light.

This is what was in his pocket. It's a baggie of methamphetamine.

We're looking for any other contraband, any other drug -related items.

How long have you been using?

Since COVID.

Really? Yeah.

How long did the catalysts start?

Sir? What made you start?

Being home all the time.

Yeah. Really? Yeah, that really screwed a lot of people up. Yes, sir. I ain't

going to lie.

Well, I'm sorry that you haven't had it. That is sincere.

No one gives you no help.

You ask for help and no one gives it to you.

I got to go back and talk to your partner.

I am going to do a search of the vehicle. And then we'll talk from there.

Can I call my wife, though?

You do want to call my wife, though.

So I can let her know I got the pizza and she can come get my truck.

My phone should be right there in the center.

What type of phone is it?

iPhone. Sir, I need you to stand right here. Don't say anything.

I want you to just kind of put your butt down on the bumper for me. He's got a

knife up on the...

Drop. Do me a huge favor.

Yeah. Will you take that?

Yep.

We're going to detain him in your car for right now. All right. Can we

facilitate a call with his wife?

Turn around for me. I'm going to search you.

Separate your feet. You can't search me. Yes, sir. I can't have a probable

cause. Separate your feet for me. Can you search me? Okay, so let me explain

what's about to happen.

Your partner.

Stop pulling away.

I'm not pulling away. Your partner had drugs, which means that you are going to

be searched. The vehicle is going to be searched.

And if there's something small, we'll deal with it. If there's something big,

we'll deal with it.

Oof.

Oof.

All righty.

Come back here.

All right, Feather, here you go. Thanks, sir. I appreciate you. Yes, sir. I

appreciate you.

He unfortunately had some substance.

And then the pastor had some substance on him as well. Do you know what that

substance is?

I would imagine it's meth.

And I can't even believe it. We have over 20, 21 years clean.

Not anymore. You have those years clean together?

Yeah.

21 years.

Do you have any idea when he relapsed?

No. And I don't even.

It's got to be really hard. It's going to be very frustrating to hear that

I'm sorry that I have to deliver it.

Hopefully this is what he needs to get back on the right track and to stay

with you.

I want to release the truck to you. Are you good to drive?

Oh, yeah. I mean, I don't, I mean, I drank, but I haven't, I haven't even

today. It's weird. Like I always drink Friday and Saturday.

And for some reason, you know, God, I was about to say divine.

Yeah.

I'm going to close this tailgate and then you are good to go, ma 'am.

What about this beer? I'll pour it out, and I'll just throw the can in the back

of the truck.

What's his story?

The bag that you had in your pocket, did you buy that from him? Yeah.

How much did you buy from him? I think it was, I don't know, maybe two and a

half, three and a half grams.

He had a lot more than you.

He's going to be charged differently than you. Obviously, you're getting a

simple possession charge. Don't have a conversation with him about what I'm

talking to you about.

I believe in you, man.

I believe that you can change, and I believe it. I was. Like I said, it's an

-opener right here.

Can I see where we're going?

She's pretty upset.

I've got her calm. I don't want her to get more upset.

Just let her know about Devon.

Okay. You want me to tell her you love her? Yeah, of course.

All right, buddy.

Let's have a seat back in the car. Yeah.

132 in Bush. I've got him at gunpoint.

Okay, gunpoint.

132 in Bush. Coverage code 3.

Okay.

It's 25 -14. Can't transmit on tag 2.

10 -8 -47. 10 -8 -47. Can't transmit on 43 -16.

Go Senate Code 3.