"(theme music playing) -♫ Bad boys ♫" "♫ Whatcha want, whatcha want ♫" "♫ Whatcha gonna do ♫" "♫ When the Sheriff John Brown come for you?" "♫" "Officer:" "You better stop..." "♫ 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." "I've been with Pierce County for about two years now." "Next month will be my two-year mark." "What I enjoy about it is being out and about." "I'm not a behind-the-desk type of person." "I did 20 years in the Marine Corps, but law enforcement was always in the back of my mind." "So when I retired out of the Marine Corps, this was what I wanted to do." "All right, we're en route to a domestic dispute between a brother and a sister." "It's just down the road here." "Apparently, the brother is trying to get back in." "He's a 46-year-old white male." "And the sister says she can hear him at the front door." "He's trying to break down the door." "He's got a crowbar in his hand." "So we'll see what we've got when we get here." "We'll be here in just a second." "(radio beeps) 585, county last call." "Man on radio:" "585 (indistinct)" "(car door opens) -(car door closes)" "I think he's down there, with the door open." "Uh-huh." "But, um, yeah, that's where he's staying." "And he's busted both of my locks, my front door and my back door." "So, anyways, he hasn't been here for two months." "I like, put an order against him." "Uh-huh." "And I told the judge that I dropped it because he's got severe mental issues." "Uh-huh." "And he's drunk." "He drinks every day." "He's an alcoholic and he takes medication." "And so anyways," "I do have his stuff here." "And I told the judge that all I want is his stuff out." "And the judge goes," ""Do you understand that, Mike?"" "And he's like, "Yeah, I have no other choice." And so" "Okay." "And the officer last night said," ""If you stay here, I'll arrest you."" "Okay." "So-- But he watches every move I have, here." "And it's like, he's been living there, so he knows." "Is that him right there?" "Yeah." "Hey, come here!" "Stop!" "I said stop!" "I didn't say-- What are you doing, running at me, man?" "Turn around." "No." "Turn around." "What?" "For what?" "You're being detained for an investigation." "Turn around." "I ain't turning around for" "Turn around." "No, you have to tell me why I'm being detained." "You're being detained for an investigation." "Turn around, I'm not gonna ask you again." "No, you have to tell me why." "Because there's an investigation of you breaking and entering on your sister's place over there." "Are you serious?" "Take your hands out of your pocket." "Take your hands out of your pocket." "Don't touch me, man." "Turn around." "That's where I live." "Turn around." "Don't touch me." "Turn around." "That's where I live." "I said turn around." "No, that's where I live, bro." "I said turn around." "That's where I live." "Turn around." "That's where I live." "Okay, you're gonna go down on the ground." "No, I'm not." "Ready?" "You gonna shoot me?" "You gonna-- Oh, okay." "Okay." "Get down." "Shoot me, shoot me, quick." "Get down." "Hurry up, shoot me." "Hurry up, shoot me." "Get down on the ground." "In front of the whole world." "Get both of your hands out." "Okay." "Or what?" "What the hell's going on?" "Oh, wow." "Sit up." "I didn't do nothing." "Sit up." "I don't know how." "My leg hurts." "My leg hurts." "My leg hurts." "Don't (bleep) manhandle me, dude." "You better slow your roll, bro." "Okay." "I didn't do anything." "I live there, man!" "Ten years." "It's the two months that you didn't live there that counts." "Yeah." "No, not going." "I didn't do anything wrong." "You gotta tell me what I'm being charged with" "for starters." "We already told you" "I'm not stupid." "I didn't do anything wrong." "Trespass and vandalism." "No, I didn't trespass when my ID says I live there." "Get in the car." "How is that trespassing when my ID says I live there, dude?" "Have a seat." "No, I didn't do nothing wrong." "Get in the car." "Have a seat." "No, I don't wanna get in the car." "Okay." "You gonna make me get in the car?" "Yup." "All right, I'll get in the goddamn car." "Then get in the car." "Slow down, let me up." "Goddamn, I didn't do nothing wrong." "I just wanna see my dog, dude." "She has your dog?" "Yeah." "Okay." "So what happened today?" "I didn't go in the house today." "I didn't go in the house today." "So what" "I just want to see my dog, dude." "I got that, man." "I can understand that." "She has my dog, dude." "What did you do?" "I don't know, I was trying to knock on the door..." "(continues indistinct)" "I didn't do anything wrong." "Did you break some locks?" "No." "I've lived there forever dude, my keys are right here." "When did you move out?" "She told me to leave, like, two months ago." "What'd your sister kick you out for?" "Well, you won't believe me, but" "Try me, come on." "My mom says menopause." "I've been there forever, dude, and I know I wasn't doing nothing wrong, dude." "I just want to see my dog." "I didn't do nothing wrong." "Okay." "I didn't do nothing wrong." "Hey, when I asked you to turn around, why'd you" "I was mad because I didn't do nothing wrong." "That's why." "Okay, but she's saying you had, like, a crowbar." "No, I had a little, tiny bar." "I mean, like a little screwdriver, but my keys are right here." "Because I just wanted to see my dog, bro." "You want to see your dog?" "It hurts me." "(bleep) hurts me, dude." "What were you using the screwdriver-crowbar for?" "To try to get in, I guess." "Bein' an idiot." "Okay." "All right, well, just sit tight for a minute." "Sister:" "We just don't get along." "But I felt sorry for him because I didn't want him on the streets." "And you know, here I let him stay with me for so long and he takes advantage of me." "So I'm just getting sick of it, you know?" "It's like, I come home and the house is a wreck." "He doesn't do anything, and it's like my stuff is being destroyed." "Yeah." "So-- And" "Completely understandable." "And you know, and I" " I give him everything." "It's like, he had a computer to use during the day." "And it's like, he had a cell phone." "So..." "Can I see the damage?" "So he's busted both my locks and I just had the locks changed." "Okay." "Do you think I could show him his dog real quick?" "Rascal's crazy." "Can I give it a try?" "Yeah." "Rascal, come here." "Crazy like he's gonna bite my hand off?" "Yeah, he bites me and he bites him." "It's okay, it's okay." "Hey, buddy." "It's okay." "Hey." "It's okay, it's okay." "You want to come with me, buddy?" "It's okay." "(Rascal growls)" "You can try to hold him if you want." "Yeah, but just be careful." "He's got long" " Ow!" "(dog snarls)" "Oh, my god." "Ow." "Rascal, it's okay." "Rascal, you're all right, buddy." "I feel bad because he should not be going to jail." "Yeah, unfortunately, he has to." "So I'm going to give him a last chance to see his dog before he ends up going to jail." "Hey, Michael, just wanted to give you a chance to see your dog real quick." "Can I get out and like" "No." "I didn't do anything wrong, dude." "Okay." "So you were trying to use a screwdriver to force it open?" "No, I didn't know that." "I had my keys right here, dude." "Just don't take me to jail, please." "I'll just (bleep) bail, dude." "I'll just walk way far away, dude, please?" "Okay." "I can't do it." "Do you want to say goodbye to your dog?" "All right." "(sniffing) Rascal?" "Love you, baby." "Don't take me to jail, please." "(Rascal growls)" "All right." "Please?" "You can't do this to me, man." "I can understand you miss your dog." "I recently found out I was gonna be a father again." "Got a new family coming." "A two-year-old, another one on the way." "It makes you appreciate the little things in life." "Makes you kind of take a step back, see the bigger picture." "And enjoy the time you get to spend with your family when you're not here at work." "(radio beeps) -4301, dispatch." "I'll take that call, Wrightsboro at Jackson." "We're to assist Crime Suppression with a traffic stop." "Please request another unit for a search of a vehicle." "What's up?" "What's up?" "(indistinct chatter)" "Put your cigarette out." "Do you have anything on you I need to know about?" "No, sir." "Right here." "Look the other way." "So I'm gonna ask you something real quick, okay?" "Okay." "Is there anything inside the vehicle" "I need to know about?" "Yes, sir." "Where's it at?" "It's in here." "No, no..." "Where's it at?" "Uh, it's..." "It's probably in..." "I can smell it, where's it at?" "It's in that bag in there." "In which bag?" "That bag on the floorboard over there?" "Actually, I don't know, man." "You don't know where it's at in there?" "No." "Well, did you put it in there?" "Yes, sir." "I mean, it was a joint." "If you want, you could" "Okay, all right." "Do me a favor." "(mumbling)" "No, I want you to come back over here real quick." "Have a seat right here for me." "Sit down." "What all do you have in there?" "Uh, just marijuana." "How much?" "It's not a whole lot." "Not that I know of, man." "You bought it, right?" "Um, no." "You should know how much it is." "It's um, it's actually not my belonging, dude." "It's actually in the car." "That's okay." "I'm going to jail." "All right." "Have you been honest with him?" "Sir?" "Have you been honest with him?" "Yes, sir." "Yes, sir, I've been honest with him." "Well, how much is in there, then?" "Uh, it's a grinder, there's a little bowl in there, and there's a pipe in there, and there's probably... and, you know, a grinder gets you in jail." "That's the marijuana right there." "And it's all bagged up differently." "I know that it looks like intent to distribute, but it's not." "Whose bag is it?" "The bookbag is my mother's." "It's your mother's?" "I'm not saying it's not my bag." "I'm saying I was using the bag, but... you know, it's just not" "Hey, what about all these pills in here?" "Those are my mother's." "Your mother's pills?" "Yes, sir." "She's got a prescription for them, officer." "They're in the same bag that your marijuana's in." "Yes, they are because fenadine, muscle relaxers, and she had her Xanax in there." "Where's her prescription at?" "It's on her person." "She has it, sir." "Pulled him over for a traffic violation." "His window is busted right from the driver." "As soon as I stopped the car, you could smell the odor of marijuana." "There's a whole variety of pills there, there's Xanax in there, and all kinds of different painkillers." "Then there is, in a breath mint box... in the 17 years I've been doing this," "I can't see I've ever ran across anybody that had their marijuana individually packaged, and each one of the packages have individual prices written on the bag." "But I guess there's a first time for everything." "Hey, David, I know you said this is your mom's backpack" "It's not my mom's backpack, it's mine." "It's my backpack, my mom uses it from time to time..." "Okay..." "to put her meds in?" "I'd forgotten to mention the pills, and I-- that's-- that was not something I" "Do me a favor, put your hands behind your back." "Just stay seated." "He said he doesn't have prior pill convictions." "I" " I'm not trying to be..." "a druggie right now," "I'm really tryin' to take care of a family that" "Well, I mean, if-- if you're trying to take care of a family, why in the world would you have all that mess?" "Dude-- I" " I shoulda even thought about cleaning it out before I went anywhere, but-- dude" "I know, but you put the stuff in there." "Not all of it was put in there by me, man." "But that's okay, I do take responsibility for the pot." "Okay." "So you try to take care of kids, but you put individually packaged..." "Well..." "marijuana inside the car." "I'm really tryin' to make it, but I just didn't think about it," "I was bein' a dumbass..." "excuse my language, sir." "I was bein' a dummy." "And I-- dude I" " I really didn't realize that..." "Have you smoked recently?" "No, sir." "I smoked, it was about 12 o'clock." "Okay?" "And I didn't smoke it but, like, I didn't hit it but twice." "And you say you weren't going to sell this, but the prices are clearly listed on each bag." "You got $15 bags, $10 bags," "I'm not a dope dealer." "I'd be terrible at it." "Well, I mean... obviously, this is a small amount." "But this very much makes it look like you're sellin'..." "I know it does." "narcotics." "But I'm not." "I will crush that right now." "Well, no, this is gonna go with me, this is evidence." "I know it is." "Especially when you say you're waiting in the parking lot for a phone call." "I'm going to go ahead and sit you back here." "I got the windows down." "You ready?" "One, two, three." "I'm gonna throw your hat inside the car, okay?" "Sir, I'm apologizing'..." "and I'm tryin' to stay drug free, but..." "I was just playin' around, man." "What do you mean, playin' around?" "I-- I thought that the-- marijuana looked cool in different bags?" "Sure." "I was an idiot." "Okay, well, who-- who were you gonna sell it to?" "Nobody, sir." "I was actually gonna smoke it." "And that is" "Well, why did you write the prices on each bag?" "Because I wanted to know how much they were worth, man." "Well, who was gonna tell you that they were worth that... when you made the price up?" "I mean" " I'm... not a drug..." "seller or any of that" "I'm not saying that you are, I'm just trying to figure out what's going on, the story behind everything." "The story behind it is I was just playin' around with it, and I wrote the prices, I said, hey man, what do you think this is-- 'cause he wasn't weighing anything, he was just" "Who did you ask this-- this price to?" "Uh, my-- my friend Nick, he was-- he's livin' over there off of Boy Scout Road." "Does he know a lot about the prices of marijuana?" "Yes, sir." "Okay." "And you thought if you asked him, he'd kind of know what it was worth?" "Well, I mean..." "I didn't really care how much it was worth, but I cared how much the bags would look like." "I'm just" " I kind of like to be a little creative." "Sure." "Well, here's the thing, you're goin' in for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute." "You'll probably have at least two different charges of possession of, uh, prescription medication without a prescription, okay?" "With intent, that means I serve years." "Correct." "But David," "I know you say you're trying to do the right thing, man, but you gotta make better decisions than this." "You really do." "So..." "I mean, you're a grown man." "And you know the difference between right and wrong, and obviously you knew this was wrong before you started riding around with narcotics in your car." "One of my biggest pet peeves is when you see parents that have younger children and instead of saying "hi" most of the time, you'll hear 'em tell their kid, "You better be good" "or he's gonna take you away."" "And it's not something that we want children to think of when they think of law enforcement or see a guy in uniform." "We want them to know that they can always come to us if they ever need help, because that's what we're here for." "So right now we're going to a domestic in progress." "A female had messaged her friend on Facebook and said that her wife or girlfriend was throwing a frying pan at her or something like that, so we'll see what's going on." "Sheriff's Office." "Hey, how're you doin'?" "Hey." "Did you contact a friend on Facebook?" "Yeah." "Okay." "Can I-- can you open the door so I can come inside and see what's goin' on?" "Come out from behind the door." "What's goin' on?" "I was beaten." "Okay, where's your wife at right now?" "Sleeping." "She's sleeping now?" "Okay, what happened with all this right here?" "She hit me." "Okay." "You need, uh, an ambulance or anything like that for any injuries you have?" "No." "Okay." "And she's in there sleeping?" "Yeah." "Okay." "What's her name?" "Mara." "Are there any weapons?" "No." "Mara." "Shut the door." "Wake up." "It's the Sheriff's Office." "Why?" "I'm here to talk to you about what's goin' on." "What?" "I'm-- uncover your-- are you naked under there or you dressed?" "No, I'm dressed." "Okay." "What's goin' on right now?" "Sit up for me." "I'm sleeping, it's..." "Okay." "Did you get into an argument or a fight with your, uh, girlfriend?" "My wife?" "Your wife?" "Earlier, I was sleeping." "Get up, let's go." "Let's come out here and let's talk." "I'm sleeping." "Let me ask you this as well... that frying pan that's on the bed, is that the one that she hit you with, do you know?" "Does she always sleep with that or something?" "Or is that just... in there?" "It was-- it was on the floor, she hit me with it." "Yeah, it's in the bed now, it's like" "I know, she took it with her." "Okay." "Mara, don't talk to her right now." "Go stand outside and talk to that deputy." "What's going on?" "Go stand outside." "Mara, go outside." "Let me see your arm." "So, this mark on the inside of your arm, was that from the pan?" "She hit me-- no, it wasn't with the pan, she hit me." "With a fist." "Yeah." "Okay, so that's a fist, what's this mark on your, uh, shoulder?" "I don't know." "I don't remember." "And when did this happen?" "Yesterday." "It happened yesterday?" "Yes." "All right, Mara." "She has a bruise on the inside of her arm and her collarbone." "We had" "What are those from?" "Because she-- we drink a lot, and then we get in arguments." "Okay." "Yesterday, she had too much to drink..." "Okay." "I wa" " I was not as-- drinking as much." "I had some to drink as well." "And we had an argument, and she started beating me up and I fought back." "I went into the room, I tried to get away." "We both-- it's a mutual thing." "Okay." "Why-- why are you sleeping with a frying pan?" "There's a frying pan in your bed, what's up with that?" "Yeah, to protect myself." "Okay." "Did you hit her with that yesterday?" "No." "No, sir." "Why is she saying you did?" "I did not hit her with it yesterday." "Well, she's saying you-- that you hit her with the frying pan." "I did not, it was to protect myself from her." "Okay." "Do you have any other injuries that I can visibly see?" "No, she lured me into the other room, she said "Come here and we'll talk about it, come here and we'll talk about it,"" "and she had a knife in her hand, and I came into the room, and she-- and the knife was there and I... walked in, and she cut me in my hand." "And that's how you got that injury?" "Yes." "That was yesterday?" "Yes, sir." "So everything that happened, it all happened yesterday." "Yes, sir." "Well..." "Mara, this-- this is the deal, okay?" "She has injuries on her, and based on what she's saying happened and based on what you're saying happened, okay, you're gonna have to be placed under arrest for battery domestic violence." "Okay?" "Please... please..." "It's-- it's not a choice I have, it's based on the evidence, all right?" "Please sir, can I-- can I put my phone back in the house?" "Yeah, I'll take your phone, don't worry about it." "Please sir, please sir, please sir, please?" "Put your hand behind your back." "I'm leaving for a treatment center tomorrow." "Put your hand behind your back." "Please sir, please sir, please sir, please sir, I didn't mean to hurt her." "I didn't, why'd she hurt me?" "Just relax." "She hurt me!" "(sobbing)" "Relax." "Please, sir!" "Please sir, please sir, please sir, I'm begging you, please sir, neither of us called the police." "I understand that, but the thing is, is she contacted a friend who contacted us on her behalf, and that's how we ended up here today." "Please sir, please sir, she doesn't want me to be arrested." "I don't have shoes on." "We'll grab flip flops for you." "No, she didn't want this to happen!" "Listen... in the state of Florida, the victim doesn't have the choice on whether or not someone goes to jail for battery domestic violence." "Please!" "Watch your seat, okay?" "It's gonna be easier to sit down first, then put your legs in." "Have a seat." "Have a seat." "Why are you doing this to me?" "Mara, have a seat." "Mara, sit down." "She got me!" "Mara, sit down." "(Mara sobbing)" "Put your feet in." "Can I wear a seat belt?" "Kelsey..." "I wanted to give you the, uh, Victims Assistance Program pamphlet?" "It has all the information on there, 'cause you're the victim of domestic violence." "So if you open up the inside, it's gonna have information there." "If you don't feel like it's safe to live here, um... you can contact some numbers on there, get some help, and stuff like that, 'cause you are the victim of domestic violence." "They-- they offer places to stay and things like that and programs... all right?" "Thank you." "So... do you have cats?" "Yeah." "All right." "Have you noticed how bad the ammonia smell is in here?" "No?" "You can't smell it anymore?" "I'll tell you it's bad." "The ammonia smell from the cats," "I don't know if they have a litter box or something, but... 'cause if the landlord finds out..." "they're gonna end up charging you a lot to try to clean the place up, you know?" "I'll" " I'll clean it." "It's really bad." "So hopefully you can get the help you need, all right?" "Thank you." "132 and Bush, I've got him at gunpoint." "Dispatcher:" "Okay, gunpoint, 132 and Bush." "Cover is code three." "(overlapping police radio chatter)"