"(theme music playing) -♫ Bad boys ♫" "♫ Whatcha want, whatcha want ♫" "♫ Whatcha gonna do ♫" "♫ When the Sheriff John Brown come for you?" "♫" "No, no, no!" "♫ Bad boys, bad boys ♫" "♫ Whatcha gonna do ♫" "♫ Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?" "♫" "Hands behind your back!" "♫ Bad boys, bad boys ♫" "♫ Whatcha gonna do ♫" "♫ Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?" "♫" "Announcer:" ""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." "Dispatcher:" "The reporting father is on location." "He's armed with a gun pointed at the husband, at the suspect." "Deputy Park:" "54, I'm turning into the neighborhood now." "It's a weapons disturbance." "A female said her husband's got a knife and he's kicked in the door, he's trying to get into the house." "(on radio)" "Is anybody out there yet?" "Right-hand side." "(radio chatter)" "Put down the gun!" "Put down the gun!" "Where's the guy at?" "Back up." "Where's he at?" "Now, can you see about this?" "Where's the knife?" "I don't know where the knife is." "I have no knife." "Josh, get down, lay down on the floor." "Oh, I can't do that." "Why?" "I ain't gonna lay on the ground, dude." "I-I-I don't have anything, I'll stand up." "Don't stand up." "You heard what I said." "Well, you're with it, I don't have a knife." "I don't have anything." "My hands are in the air." "I will not get on the (bleep) ground, dude." "You're gonna have to get on the ground." "For what?" "That's what I'm telling you to do." "But what I'm telling you is, I'm not gonna get on the ground because I don't have anything in my hands." "I don't have anything in my pants." "I have no (bleep) knife, no bomb, noth" "I have nothin'." "Why am I here?" "Why are you here?" "Probably 'cause I threatened my wife." "Okay, now, get down on the ground like I told you." "No, no, no," "no, no, like I said... don't..." "push me, dude." "I'm not gettin' on the ground." "Dude, you can beat the (bleep)... take my hat off." "Josh, please stop!" "I'm not gettin' on the goddamn ground." "Handcuff that arm." "Oh my god." "Oh my god, you pussy." "Here... big mama, take my hand." "You kicked me in the chest." "Take my left hand, put it by my right," "(indistinct)" "There we go, baby." "There we go." "There we go." "Take him to your car." "Now you gotta stand up, dude." "Y'all good to do my-- y'all good to do" "Ready?" "Hey, hey..." "I ain't no (bleep), at least put my goddamn shoes on, police." "We'll get your shoes." "No, no, (bleep) no." "(indistinct) No!" "No!" "No!" "At least you put my goddamn shoes on!" "No!" "(radio chatter)" "Is this your car?" "Bite me." "I'm lickin' your bitch ass. 'Cause you like me." "Get in the car, dude." "Mother (bleep)." "Hey, hey, hey, hey." "Get in the car." "Hey now, look at me, look at me, look at me in the (bleep) eyes." "Get in the car." "Hey!" "Hey!" "Get in the car, dude." "No." "Hey." "Well, I like that, don't I." "Push him in." "(laughs)" "Everybody okay?" "Yeah." "When I got here, I could see him moving in the house." "I went in the back door, and Dad's pointing a gun at him." "He's sittin' on the sofa, right in the livin' room." "(bang from inside car)" "Hey, go a little harder, bitch." "(bang)" "You get a hobble?" "Come on, fool." "(bang)" "Hey, get the hobble." "Oh my god." "Hey, get the hobble." "Get the hobble." "There you go." "Chill out." "Chill out." "I'm not gonna kick you, buddy." "Oh, wait, wait, wait!" "(laughs)" "Oh, he can't get it." "He can't get it, look, he's stressing'." "Look at his face." "Look at him." "Now you got him." "Now you got me." "Oh, yeah, you got me, bitch." "Let's go see if we can find the knife." "Dad's gun." "This is your husband?" "Y'all are married?" "Yes." "And these kids are okay?" "Yeah." "Scared." "Where's his knife?" "One was a butcher knife, and then one was like a breadcutter, I think." "And he got 'em from right up here and they're missing, so... he must've tossed it." "Come have a seat over here in the livin' room." "So what set this off tonight?" "He has been drinking a lot." "Today, or every day?" "Lately, I mean, and then he'll stop for a few days and he'll get real bad." "And he has-- if you saw the scar on his head, he has mental problems, like his brain cannot take alcohol." "And he gets very... crazy." "So, this morning he had to go to probation downtown for his DWI." "On his way back, I knew he'd been drinking." "And with the tone on him," "I'm like, hey, what are you doin', and he goes "Stop (bleep) askin' me where I am, you stupid bitch."" "Okay." "And that was before he came home?" "Yeah, that's before he came home." "Then he got home, and acting crazy like right when we pulled in there, he slapped me on the side and then he threw my phone at me." "And he goes, "Turn around, Megan,"" "and I said no, 'cause he had the knife out, and then that's when I slammed the door on him and I locked it, and I ran to my father's room." "Y'all locked him out of the house?" "Yeah." "I guess he kicked the door open, didn't he?" "He kicked the door open" "And, uh..." "He wented my dad to shoot him." "He didn't charge me or anything, but he came in and I grabbed the-- you know, I had the gun." "You have to defend yourself." "Everything is based on his actions." "I think, under the circumstances, this ended as well as it could have." "I'm glad nobody had to get shot." "At any point did you use any weapons?" "No." "Knives?" "I don't have any weapons." "Knives?" "Any knives?" "Did you use any knives against your family?" "Try to intimidate 'em, threaten 'em?" "Probably a threat, but I have no damn knives on me." "I don't have anything in my shirt or nothin'." "Nothin' in your shirt?" "No, I mean nothin' on me, no." "I haven't looked in the truck." "All right, thank you, man." "Which truck is his?" "The one in the driveway?" "Oh, yeah." "So, when he came out, he probably walked around here and threw 'em in the back of the truck." "He's not that crazy." "He knows what's goin' on." "They matched the ones that are in the house." "She said one looked like a bread knife, and the other was like a longer knife." "Well, that's the one." "Just like she described." "All right, so, Dad?" "You were at a point where you almost had to shoot your son-in-law, which is a terrible position for you to be in." "And what we've seen in cases like this is it progressively gets worse." "We're to the point now, we're filing aggravated assault charges." "That's a felony." "He knows what he's doing." "Make sure that she understands she shouldn't feel guilty about this." "Senior Deputy Gardner:" "I do, I work out most days, three or four days a week, and I found that being in good physical condition, you don't have to fight people as much." "You don't have to deal with as much stress, because people see that you can take care of yourself, and it makes the job easier." "This area's a high drug area." "A lot of crime." "People sit out in their cars and do drugs out here." "It looks like we've got two in this silver Passat right here." "Let's get out and see what's going on with them." "Sheriff's Office, what are-- uh-uh... no, no..." "what are y'all doing in the back of the car right here?" "I know who" " I know you." "We're just talking." "What are you talking about?" "I'm havin' a fight with my boyfriend." "Let me have that... drink?" "Just let me move it out of the way." "Step out here for me, please." "You don't have any weapons or anything on you, do you?" "How are you doing, man." "Step over here." "Good." "Step to the back of the vehicle." "And just wait right there for me, okay?" "What's your name, man?" "Donald." "Huh?" "You got some ID on you, brother?" "Yes, sir." "Huh?" "Let me see it." "I know this girl right here." "What are you doing in the back of the car with her?" "Uh... just chillin'." "I come to talk to her" "Yeah." "Step out of the vehicle, man." "Come on, brother." "Just put your hands on top and let me make sure you got no weapons on you, okay?" "Yes, sir." "Why is that a syringe laying there on the thing, man?" "I'm not sure." "This isn't my vehicle." "Nathan is my ex-husband." "He takes a lot of different medications, so you could talk to him about that." "What's the deal?" "Why is there a syringe sitting' there?" "Man, my wife cheated on me, I'm going through-- I got two kids..." "I'm not asking you about her, I'm asking you why there is a syringe right there where you're sittin'." "Listen, I know what's up." "I have no clue." "Okay, so you don't know why there's a syringe sitting' right in front of you on the seat." "Her husband's a diabetic as far as I'm-- It's not my vehicle, sir." "I just... literally just got in the vehicle." "Right." "Listen, I'm just looking for a little common sense here, okay?" "Let's go through it again, what's your name, first?" "Donald." "Donald what?" "Donald what?" "Donald." "Donald what?" "Here you go, man, just until we figure out who you are, just put your hands up here." "What we're gonna do is, we're gonna hook you up with some handcuffs until I can figure out just who you are." "I have the right to an attorney." "You sure do." "Keep an eye on her, make sure she didn't get rid of nothin'." "All right, let's check you again, man." "You got anything that's gonna stick me?" "No, sir." "Nothing's gonna hurt me, right?" "No." "Oh, there you are." "That's your ID right there." "Yeah, but, how can you go through my stuff whenever I haven't done anything." "Just hang tight." "That's against the law, sir." "That's fine if you believe that." "Yeah, but I didn't do anything." "You got a syringe sitting' right in front of you." "That's not my vehicle, sir." "It's sittin' right in front of you in the back seat of the car." "I just stepped in the car, sir, you can" "Let's go and have a seat over here until we figure out what's goin' on, okay?" "Yes, sir." "What's in the syringe?" "I have no clue, sir." "(radio chatter)" "Well, why's it right in front of you on the seat?" "And why were you refusing to give me your name?" "Have a seat." "Yeah." "Be right with you, bro." "Go and have a seat." "Is there anything I'm gonna find in the car, ma'am, is there any drugs in here?" "If there is, just tell me now." "I'm tellin' you right now, I don't what is" "Well, I mean, I've got a syringe sitting' right there in the car." "I had nothin' to do with the syringe, I was fighting with the my husband tonight, 'cause we were in a heated argument..." "Is this your purse?" "Yes." "Okay." "Let's see what in here." "Am I gonna find anything illegal in here?" "Oh..." "Just tell me." "Okay." "It's your purse, just tell me, what am I gonna find in here that's illegal." "Tell me now." "Um, think of nothing illegal..." "Do you have any cocaine in here?" "No." "Do you have any methamphetamine in here?" "No." "Oh... we got here a kit full of syringes." "You got everything to draw it up, the spoon..." "what else am I gonna find in your purse, ma'am?" "Is there any more syringes in there?" "Oh, we got some more pills here." "You got a whole bunch of pills here." "What's the one on the top right there?" "Um, there's an Opana," "Roxy and Xanax." "Wow, you got a smorgasbord of drugs out here tonight." "What's this one right here?" "That's Roxycodone." "What about this right here?" "Is that cocaine?" "No, that's heroin." "Heroin?" "Okay." "How long have you been addicted to it?" "About a year." "What about this one right here?" "That is meth." "I've never seen that many drugs in one spot." "You're under arrest for multiple felonies." "So you got meth, heroin, Opana, Roxycodone and various other pills." "Just step right over here with me." "How do you know this guy?" "I'm still trying to figure out why he's got that empty syringe right there in front of him on the floor." "Apparently it was in his pocket..." "Yeah." "(radio chatter)" "Wow." "Now I know why you didn't want to tell me, man." "You got a burglary warrant, huh?" "Who?" "You." "You got a warrant for burglary with a $60,000 bond." "Multiple other warrants." "We're gonna put another charge on you too, because you failed to give me your name." "She had all those different drugs." "These are all her "Owe" sheets." "So you see, like..." "Wow." "Cricket, $5.00, Clayton, 10 roxys at 25 each, $250." "A lot of these are just nicknames, or..." "Money owed for drugs." "Mm-hm." "Hey, Duncan, I'm just looking for a little honesty here, okay?" "You got a syringe right in front of you." "where you're sittin'." "Obviously you're high on something." "I can tell now, all right?" "Heroin." "Heroin?" "Okay, how long have you been using it?" "Uh..." "Just be honest." "No, I'm tryin' to think, I mean, because I did it once or twice and like... it's when I get stressed out, man." "Yeah?" "Obviously you used today." "How long ago did you use today?" "Uh, maybe four, five hours." "Okay." "You go ahead and have a seat back in the car." "I appreciate it, okay?" "Thank you for talking to me." "Here, hold on." "Okay... can you tell me a little bit about that book that was in your purse?" "Looks like you been keepin' pretty good tabs on people that owe you money." "And his name's in that book as well as owing' you money." "Yeah, there are a lot of people that owe me money." "Thousands of dollars for pills." "Where are you gettin' all those pills from?" "Pill?" "No, no, no no no..." "Different drugs, different drugs..." "No no no no no..." "It's the drugs are written in the book." "No, that's, no, yeah." "That's... they'll give me that as payment... for stuff." "No no, that's not" "For money they owe you?" "Yeah." "I got you." "That's what I was..." "I see, okay." "Okay, you know what you're being charged with, right?" "I'm assumin' all the stuff that was in the bag." "Yeah, possession of heroin, meth-- you got a smorgasbord of pills." "Ahh." "Officer Angulo:" "I've been with the Metropolitan Police Department for 10 years now." "I work an exciting part of town here at Southeast Area Command." "We work the southeast side of the valley." "And we have a lot of residents who live here that work within our own community-- they work at the casinos, they have houses down here, they live in the apartments." "We also have kind of a transient area, it's a high traveled area here on the east side too, so we kind of have a mix of both here." "It keeps me busy, and it's a fun shift to work." "So here we have a known prostitute in the area." "She goes by the name of Star." "Let's sit and get a watch here, approaching this vehicle." "And see what she has going on, 'cause she is definitely not talking to him just to be a good Samaritan." "(radio chatter)" "Negative, keep it on both, please." "Come here!" "Come here!" "Stand in front of the car." "Step out of the car for me." "Come here." "Come right here, I'm not gonna put you in handcuffs." "If you stop listening to me, I will, okay?" "Step out of the car for me." "Let's all be polite, okay?" "Okay." "Put your hands on that black bumper for me." "Place your keys on the hood for me, please?" "Put your hands behind your back, palms together." "I just want to get your knife from you." "Put your-- behind your back, palms together?" "There you go." "Where's your knife at?" "That's what I'm concerned about." "You understand why, right?" "Yeah, I understand." "Okay." "You have anything else on you, sir?" "No..." "What's your name?" "Ervin." "Ervin?" "Yes, sir?" "Yeah, you're being detained right now, sir, under suspicion for soliciting or engaging in prostitution, okay?" "You know me, right?" "Yes." "Of course you do." "Let me ask you a question, sir." "What are you doing talking to her out here?" "She was walking by, she looked good." "I mean, I'm a man, you know." "Okay." "I don't do that anymore." "I have a court date." "So you're not working?" "No, he asked me for my phone number." "And I was giving it to him." "You expect me to believe that?" "No, I'm dead serious." "I already got a court date." "How many times have I seen you out here doing this, and have you seen me out here doing this?" "(indistinct)" "Listen, call it what you want it, it's a job." "There's a reason why we run into each other all the time, right?" "'Cause for 40 hours a week I'm driving this thing, right?" "Yeah." "Listen, it is what it is." "I'm not looking down on you." "Okay?" "Some people sell drugs for a living." "Does it make 'em bad people or is it just a lifestyle?" "Just a lifestyle." "Okay." "I mean, in the grand scheme of things." "are you hurting anyone?" "No." "Okay." "It just happens to be illegal, right?" "Yes." "Can I say one thing, officer?" "She doesn't look like your average prostitute," "I mean, she looks good." "What does your average prostitute look like?" "Most are ran through, burnt out, I mean, she just look good to me, just..." "She's a youngster too." "Okay." "So there's a reason why, and again, I'm not judging you." "Okay?" "You have to understand one thing, that we live in a world where you can believe whatever you wanna believe, especially in this country, right?" "You know that people look at you with more respect than they look at me?" "There's some people that just don't like what we do." "And no disrespect to you, you don't know this guy." "Right." "What if he pulled a gun out and forced you in the car?" "Right." "How tall are you?" "I'm five four." "Five two?" "Five four?" "Okay." "You don't look like you're strong enough to fight this guy off." "(laughs) Right." "Okay." "Now let me ask you a serious question, man to man, not man in police uniform to man standing in front of police car." "How often do you get phone numbers from girls walking through parking lots?" "Um, actually not a lot because I mean," "I was at the point to get married, but there was trouble in paradise, so..." "Didn't work out with you?" "Yeah, so I'm now a single father with my sons." "Okay." "How often do you just meet gentlemen like this on a normal night?" "It's..." "like..." "when it's slow, not really." "Mm-hm." "Slow time of year for you, 'cause of weather?" "Yeah." "Okay." "Do you plan on doing this forever?" "No." "Okay." "He said it." "You're not blown out, like most of these girls out here." "Okay, you don't look rough..." "Got all her teeth." "Yeah." "You're clean, you're good looking... okay?" "You're young." "You have your whole life ahead of you." "Yeah." "Do you have a plan?" "Going to school." "Okay, what are you going to school for?" "Criminal justice." "Okay. (laughs) Criminal justice." "Yes." "Okay." "In hopes of doing what?" "Becoming a lawyer." "A lawyer, well, that's not a bad start." "I guess it's good to know the ins and the outs of it, right?" "Yeah." "Okay." "If I wouldn't have showed up, what would've happened tonight?" "I would've took him home." "You would've took him home." "Yes." "Is that what you were looking to achieve tonight?" "Yeah." "Not right now, but later on, yeah, I mean, I would like to get to know her and maybe see what she's about, and she's a beautiful young lady." "And he's cute." "Maybe she's just lookin' for that one..." "The right one?" "Exactly." "You never know unless you try, right?" "Yeah." "Okay." "Well, unfortunately, you're gonna have to go with me tonight, okay?" "All right." "Okay." "I know you may not see it this way, but in some weird way, I think getting out of here is gonna help you." "Okay?" "And you're gonna get a ticket tonight." "Okay?" "I don't want to find you back out here doing this kind of thing." "Okay?" "'Cause there's a lot of-- as minor as this seems for you most importantly, as minor as this seems right now, the residual effects of what you're doing are kinda large." "Okay?" "And that goes back to, if this guy wanted to take something from you." "Whatever that may be." "Impose his manpower on you or just kind of harm you in any way." "I had a question, would it still be possible to like, get her number?" "Well, that's between you guys." "So, I don't see a phone with her." "I mean, like I told her when I call her, I mean, to me, she don't belong out here, she's too beautiful to be out here, you know?" "She look too good." "Like I said most of these girls out here that are doin' that..." "Uh-uh." "Well, whatever two consenting adults want to do," "I mean, you can ask her right now, 'cause she's gonna be going with me, so..." "Can you put my number on her books or something?" "(laughs)" "You gonna put money on her books?" "I wouldn't mind, I mean, but I would like a letter or something, you know at least." "Okay." "I mean, I can give you a pen and paper to leave your number with her if she wants to take it." "We can facilitate that." "No." "I mean, if it's meant to be, it's meant to be." "Final goodbyes?" "Okay, ma'am, put your hands behind your back for me, okay?" "Palms together, please?" "Maybe in the grand scheme of things you really were trying to help her, but unfortunately, you're in violation of Nevada, okay?" "Okay, let's walk around to this side of the car, okay?" "Hang tight for me, sir." "We're gonna get you a citation." "You can be on your way tonight, okay?" "Yes, sir." "Officer over radio:" "132 and Bush." "I've got him at gunpoint." "Dispatcher:" "Okay, gunpoint, 132 and Bush." "Cover is code three." "(overlapping police radio chatter)"