"(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." "My father's been with this agency for almost 40 years now." "He's actually the colonel of patrol, so he's my boss now." "When I graduated the academy, he actually came up and pinned the badge that we wore when he was a deputy on my uniform, and actually it's the same badge that I wear today, so..." "We get to go on calls together and there I am, 20-something years later wearing his badge and backing him up." "It's pretty fun." "(police radio chatter)" "Right now we're going to some neighbors." "A neighbor called in and said that his wife is being beat by another woman, so we're gonna go see if we can help out." "23-43, place me 97." "What's going on?" "I don't know, but I don't know what he's on." "Okay, okay." "Where is he at?" "Up there on the left?" "Yeah, he's down here on the street." "Okay." "All right, What's he wearing?" "He's wearing red shorts and not a shirt." "Is he hurting you?" "He was." "Okay." "All right." "(police radio chatter)" "Hang tight for me, okay?" "(police radio chatter)" "23-43." "Keep me 94." "Step it up." "(door opens)" "(police radio chatter)" "Sir, get on the ground." "(man yells)" "Put your hands on the side." "Don't move!" "Don't move!" "(speaking indistinctly)" "Don't move." "My arms are up!" "Stay on the ground!" "Yes, sir!" "Yes, sir!" "Put your hands behind your back right now." "Do it now." "Put your hands behind your back!" "Do it now!" "Yes, sir." "I'm flying." "Oh, yeah, I am good." "Sir!" "Are you on any medication right now?" "No, sir!" "You take any drugs or anything?" "I have taken some little bit of drugs." "What'd you have?" "Some marijuana, sir." "You're under the influence of marijuana right now?" "Yes, sir!" "Okay." "What's going on tonight?" "What's your name?" "My name is Richard." "Your name is Richard?" "Yes, sir." "Why are you naked right now, Richard?" "That man was trying to come up in my house and I felt like it was a threat for anybody that I felt like was my family!" "Come up in my house" "Stop moving around." "Relax." "No, sir, I'm pissed..." "Richard, relax." "...the (bleep) off." "Relax." "Can you sit up?" "No, sir." ""Yes, sir" or "no, sir"?" "Yes, sir." "I'm saying "no, sir" because he was not coming to my house." "No." "You've only had marijuana tonight?" "Not in the house." "Yes, sir, no." "He's, uh, naked." "(speaking indistinctly)" "Um, I'd glove." "I did." "Hey." "I hit a bubble then that bowl." "He's bleeding?" "No, he's not bleeding." "He's just on something." "He said he's on marijuana, but" "No, I did-- I did hit some meth." "No, sir, I did hit some meth." "You did some meth?" "Yeah, it was like two hits." "I'll tell you right now, it had nothing to do with that." "How long ago did you" "I'm on two hits." "About 30 minutes ago." "Right before you came up." "She fired up a bubble and we (bleep) hit it a couple times, and that dude tried to come up in the (bleep) house." "Hell no!" "Relax." "Relax." "No. 'Cause it was her (bleep)" "No, yes, sir, I will relax." "It was her." "If I'm bleeding, 'cause I rushed out that house." "He's claiming there's a guy, but she came up to me so I think we got a good 31." "Can you please listen to me?" "Can you please listen to me?" "We're listening." "We're trying to listen to you, okay?" "But you need to listen to us first, okay?" "We're gonna stand up, okay Richard?" "No, sir, yes, sir." "All right." "One, two, three." "Please have mercy... (speaking indistinctly)" "Pat him down briefly." "I been mowing'." "I been mowing'." "Somebody call Brian!" "Come on." "Come on, Richard." "Yes, sir." "Don't search me fully." "No, y'all not gonna" "Let's go." "You're gonna take my shoes off?" "I'm not going into that car until that car's searched." "We're gonna sit down." "Well, I ain't going in that car!" "Richard." "No!" "No!" "Here you wanna put him" "Search the car!" "No, we're sitting down." "No-- no tasers!" "All my neighbors are pussies!" "Okay, relax." "I want a lawyer!" "Richard, we're gonna have EMS check you out, okay?" "Let's just lean him up." "Just to sit you up." "All right." "Okay." "That's all we're doing." "Go ahead and scoot back for me." "Sit back on the tire right here." "I swear, please do not (bleep) do nothing that I feel like is a threat." "I don't want a threat done to me, okay?" "I just feel like I'm being threatened right now 'cause y'all, man, you're all in my space." "I like arm distances and stuff because I feel like it's threats." "This is my beliefs." "Hey." "I have the right to feel this way." "Hey, relax." "You are a threat!" "I will." "You are my-- you are a police officer." "Okay." "I am respecting you." "Okay." "Because you do fight for people's rights." "Listen for me." "Listen." "Would you do it?" "Listen to me." "Would you do what I did?" "I don't know what happened yet, okay?" "Okay." "What I'm gonna do though, I'm gonna let you know the paramedics are gonna come and just check you out real quick, okay?" "I feel like they're not a threat." "Okay." "As long as they're not trying to contain me against my rights to fight for my family!" "I feel like everybody right now is a little bit of a threat!" "Okay." "A man came to my house, I felt not safe." "He said marijuana, did two hits of meth earlier." "He was not!" "Now, I smoked some marijuana!" "I'm a marijuana smoker!" "Marijuana and some meth?" "Meth!" "Yes, sir!" "All right." "a little bit of cocaine the other night!" "No, sir!" "Let's get you over to the hospital." "Let 'em check you out, okay?" "But I sleep everyday." "We're gonna get you up on the stretch" "Now, I want you all to take my vitals and everything right now." "I'm angry, no, sir!" "We're gonna have to sit on this stretcher, okay?" "Real slow!" "Real slow!" "We're going slow." "Have a seat." "Real slow." "No, sir." "Here we go, here we go." "No!" "Sir!" "We're gonna lay you back." "Sit back." "Are you okay, ma'am?" "Kind of sort of all right." "Okay, well, let's have the paramedics check you out while they're here, okay?" "All right, what happened?" "I was inside doing the dishes, he came over, and him and his girlfriend got in a fight." "And he's got a little baby." "Okay." "Okay, and I guess he smoked some spice 'cause I came out and said, "What is that funny smell?"" "He said, "I smoked some spice," and next thing I know he flipped out." "I said, "Why did you smoke that (bleep)?" "That's crazy."" "Mm-hmm." "After you confronted him about the spice, what happened after that?" "He came in the house and then the next thing I know, he just flipped the (bleep) out." "What do you mean by that?" "Just grabbing me and telling me that I'm his family, that I'm his wife, and then he sexually assaulted me in front of the next door neighbor's yard." "Okay." "You know, he didn't smell normal to me." "And you said he kind of grabbed you and held you." "Where did he grab you at?" "He grabbed me right here." "He touched my chest." "Okay." "Okay." "Probably gonna bruise by tomorrow, but" "Okay." "Did he grab you kind of like pushing you or pulling you towards him?" "He pulled me towards him, tried to hug me, trying to hold me, pushing me down on the ground." "I had to get my dogs back in the house, and..." "I got four big dogs." "How long have you known him?" "I've known him about a year." "About a year?" "Has he ever acted like this before?" "No, never ever." "You ever known him to be on any kind of spice or anything like that?" "No, never." "Nothing." "Okay." "Never." "Never seen him like that." "He's a gentlemen." "He's just a sweetheart actually." "Okay." "Is he okay yet?" "I mean" "Yeah, he's just gonna go to the hospital and get checked out for now, okay?" "Putting me in a vehicle?" "I ain't give a (bleep)." "I ain't see, I ain't see my shoes and my belt." "The victim was telling me that there was some spice involved too apparently." "He was saying he hit the bowl, so" "Yeah." "Well, he's got the battery charges we know of." "Yep." "Okay, so maybe some lewd and lascivious for touching her." "Yeah, possibly." "Mm-hmm." "Obviously being out naked is never-- never a good mix." "He's gonna get more smacked in for the drug use and being on products." "There's no way he should be out, no." "Yeah, he can't take care of himself." "It's bad enough when you have one drug on board." "You mix all three" "Yeah, can you imagine?" "I've been in this line of work for close to 13 years and the excitement, the thrill of certain calls you go to, it's fantastic." "So, I don't call in sick 'cause I'm afraid" "I'm gonna miss something good." "Getting up and coming to work, it's not like having a job." "This is like getting paid to have fun." "(police radio chatter)" "Hmm." "No seatbelt passenger." "308. 10-31." "Woman on radio:" "08." "Go ahead." "A silver Saturn." "W and about... make it Hatton." "Near W and Hatton." "288 en route." "Car 288." "(door opens)" "Man on radio: 288." "34." "I can get there." "10-4." "Car 3... 308 is requesting you." "Get to it." "How you doing?" "Deputy Sheriff's Office." "I was behind ya." "You didn't have your seatbelt on." "Any particular reason?" "She's about to take me to the store and that's it." "Okay." "You forget to put it on?" "Okay." "I was just coming to get me a water." "Okay." "You got any I.D. on you?" "You got any I.D. on you, sir?" "(police radio chatter)" "Sit tight for me." "Man on radio:" "Well, I'll send you a case number on this traffic stop." "Woman on radio:" "10-4." "Anything illegal in the car?" "Woman on radio: 4-28." "No, sir." "When's the last time you smoked marijuana?" "Golly." "Hey, cop, you want me to step out?" "I ain't got nothing, man." "I smell the odor of marijuana." "We're just coming to the store." "That's all." "Let me get you to step out." "I ain't got nothing." "Nothing that's gonna poke, stick, or cut me?" "No, man." "No?" "I ain't got no weed." "Really?" "Come on, man." "Now, don't reach in there." "It ain't going nowhere." "It's tucked in there securely." "If you say you don't have any, you wouldn't let the plastic bag hang out." "I mean, at least you could tuck it in." "It's a little piece of a joint, so that's it." "You keep a joint in a piece of bag?" "I'm just saying, man." "Y'all pulled us over, man." "That's it." "Well, look-- -(mumbles) Golly!" "I don't want to reach in your butt-crack and pull it out." "I will do it for you then." "No, look, pull-- that's" "Look." "A little joint." "Okay." "Put it up here on the hood of the car." "That's all that's in there?" "Man, you're finna make me get out here and get butt naked?" "No." "No, not over that." "Golly!" "Well, you still got bag in there." "I still got bag in" "I just pulled a piece of bag out of your crack." "You don't have anything else in there?" "No, sir." "How you pull a bag out my crack?" "You got something else up there." "There we go." "(chuckles) I knew there was more to it." "You still got bag in there." "Man, I ain't still got more bag in there." "Yeah, you do." "Come on, you going all in my asshole." "Well, you're hiding dope in there." "I'm ready to go to jail, man." "Take me to jail, man." "You're gonna take me." "You can cuff my hands." "Pulling my ass out and all like this." "Man, come on." "Well, you got it hanging out of your crack." "Man, come on though, sir." "First of all, you talked to us about a seatbelt." "Now you all in my ass, man." "Come on, man." "You had dope in your crack." "I'm ready to go, sir." "What's that?" "You got plastic bag hanging out." "I can't help it that you didn't tuck it in there deep enough." "It's not my problem." "(police radio chatter)" "Is that all you got in the car?" "That-- Listen, she was bringing me up here to the store." "That's it." "Ain't nothing else in the car." "I'm trying to work with you." "Yeah, ain't nothing in there." "But when I make contact at the window," "I can smell it, all right?" "Okay." "I understand." "And I pull you out and ask you, "Do you have anything?"" "You say, "No."" "Mm-hmm." "And then the first thing I see is about four or five inches of plastic bag hanging out of your butt crack." "At that point, it's pretty evident that" "But it ain't like it was no bag full of crack." "A little weed?" "I didn't say it was a bag full of crack." "But don't tell me that you don't have anything when you got plastic bag hanging out." "Yes, sir." "You're right." "I shouldn't have lied." "You know?" "Or you should have tucked it in a little better." "You're right, sir." "You're right." "Right?" "You're right, sir." "Sit tight for me." "Woman on radio:" "10-5 by car 16." "Yeah, I asked her to step out." "She's bringing me to the store." "That's all." "She ain't got nothing, man." "I'm not gonna throw nothing in her car though that's mine though." "I ain't want to get her in trouble," "I ain't want to get in trouble." "They're gonna be leaving in here in a minute anyway, so." "What's your name, man?" "Jamarius." "Jamarius." "Yes, sir." "All right." "You do realize that you're going to jail." "If you have anything else on you and you take it into jail, it's an introduction charge." "I ain't got nothing." "That's it." "You ain't got nothing else on you?" "Okay." "We almost done?" "(sighs) Well, he's got a failure to appear, so I really can't do much for him." "So, I guess I'm gonna go break the bad news to him and he's gotta go tonight." "Okay." "I'll go let him know." "Jamarius, when was the last time you were in trouble?" "September." "I just got out of prison." "For what?" "For robbery." "Are you on paper?" "No, no." "No probation." "No?" "Straight up time?" "Yeah, straight up time." "How long did you go to prison for?" "Seven years." "Seven years?" "For robbery?" "Well, good news and bad news." "Good news is it's just a misdemeanor." "Okay?" "Bad news is, you got caught." "Yeah, I feel that." "And that's like I just told him," "I'm a man though." "Did what I could've did." "I could've been greedy and throw that in her car." "She got her babies in there though." "But guess what though?" "That's mine." "I smoke weed." "That's mine." "Okay." "I ain't trippin'." "I respect the fact that you stand up, take it like a man." "I ain't trippin'." "I ain't trippin'." "All right." "You still living on Hernandez?" "My granny's house, yep." "All right, Jamarius." "I ain't trippin'." "Looks like you're gonna be taking a ride for the booty dope tonight." "Turn around for me." "Make sure these don't cinch down on you." "Hey, I mean, I can't lie." "I tried to hide it." "I can't lie, know what I'm saying?" "Hey." "Um, I guess if you're gonna hide it in there, you might want to tuck all the plastic in." "Yes, sir." "Fair enough?" "Have you ever had any failure to appears?" "No, sir." "Never?" "Go to court every time?" "Go to court." "All right, step back here to my car." "I was trying my hardest to work, you know?" "For me, honesty goes a long ways, all right?" "I understand." "Have a seat." "From the get-go, you stood up like a man." "Unfortunate part is, had part of the bag hanging out." "Yes, sir." "As funny as it is, you know." "So now you just didn't have enough time to tuck it in I guess, right?" "So" "You know, man, God got everything planned for a reason." "It's all good, man." "Well..." "My granny" "It could be worse." "It ain't the end of the world." "She's gonna be pissed." "It ain't like you got caught with a gun or anything." "Just a little bit of weed, so you can go for possession of marijuana, less than 20 grams, all right?" "We'll get you down there, man, you'll bond out, and get this taken care of, all right, buddy?" "Yes, sir." "All right, man." "All right." "Here's your license." "He's gonna be going to jail for possession of marijuana less than 20 grams, okay?" "And he wants to turn all of his property over to you." "I didn't low-bond but tonight he's gotta ride for that one," "You'll be able to get him out with $100, all right?" "Have a good night." "You too." "Police work is a serious job and it's something that can weigh real, real heavy on you." "In a short amount of time, it'll make you old fast, but I don't know, we all try and stay lighthearted and joke around when we can, which we can't always do, but when you can, it's good to laugh." "It'll help keep you young and keep you sane." "Didn't signal within 100." "Speeding on Plains." "Just had a vehicle leave one of the gaming establishments here we have a lot of narcotic problems with." "So, we're gonna initiate a traffic stop, see what his hurry is." "And he's expired." "(police radio chatter)" "Hey, I'm Corporal Vigil." "You got your driver's license and insurance, sir?" "Yeah." "Um..." "I don't have insurance." "You don't have insurance on the vehicle?" "No, sir." "This is actually my brother's car though." "I'm sorry." "Okay, hop out of the car, man." "Hey, Heath-- I'm talking to my boss." "I just" "Okay." "Get out of the car." "Okay." "Thank you." "Hey, Heath, stay on the phone with me real quick." "Heath:" "Okay." "I'd drop all that stuff in your seat." "You're about to go into handcuffs." "Got a large knife on his right hip." "Why is that?" "Sir?" "Hop out." "Why is that?" "Heath?" "Yeah?" "Hey, I'm going to jail, Heath." "Okay." "What for?" "Drop your phone." "I don't know." "What am I going to jail for?" "Drop your phone." "Okay, okay, well, let me put my money in my seat." "Listen" "I'm sorry." "Hey" "Dude, you got a big knife right there." "You got a big knife right there." "I'm sorry." "And you keep reaching." "I'm trying to drop it, okay?" "Because you have an open container in your vehicle." "But that was from earlier, sir." "Okay?" "You've got expired registration, you're driving over the speed limit." "Here, let's hop over here in front of my pickup truck." "I think my boss might still be on the phone." "That's cool, man." "Okay." "You ain't got any weapons or anything on you?" "No, sir." "Is it okay to search you?" "You can search me." "Okay." "Who's your boss?" "Uh, his name is Heath." "I'm not too sure what his last name is." "Is he for that little garage shop back there?" "Um, yeah, well, he's actually the owner." "Which shop?" "Tell me again." "Oh, it's-- it's that-- what do you call it?" "The Amusements Store." "So the meth pipe's for the Amusements Store?" "Oh, no, sir." "I was" "Do you smoke meth?" "(police radio chatter)" "The weed, is that for the Amusements Store?" "No, that's..." "This is where cooperation is very important." "How much money do you have in your wallet here?" "I believe two-something and I have a bunch of ones in the car." "Two-something." "So you know about how much you've got in here, right?" "Probably about a thousand." "You've got a thousand?" "I think." "Can you count it for me or no?" "Not right now we're not gonna." "Here, take two steps back for me real quick." "Thank you." "And have a seat on that curb actually for me also." "Is there anything else crazy inside your car?" "Would you have a problem with me searching it?" "Well, I needed my money and stuff." "I mean..." "You need money out of it?" "But would you have a problem if I searched your car?" "I-- I don't." "I mean, it's my brother's car." "It's not my car, so that's okay with me." "you know what I mean?" "But is it okay if I search it?" "You're the one driving it." "Right." "Just then no." "You'd rather I wouldn't?" "Mkay." "Well, here's what's gonna happen." "I'm going to search your vehicle anyway because you were found in possession of narcotic paraphernalia, narcotics, and also you got beer and stuff like that in the vehicle, okay?" "Okay." "Okay." "Hang tight for me, all right, my man?" "So since he was leaving that slots business, we're looking out for anymore drugs or large amounts of cash." "He said he's the worker and just shut it down." "All these sweets." "He's saying this black bag isn't his either, so there's probably gonna be some decent stuff in here." "He was really nervous." "His hands were soaking wet and sweaty." "So it looks like we've got some more paraphernalia here and also some more crystal methamphetamines." "Yeah." "Got a little snort straw and stuff." "He's got an awful lot of money on him." "Just bundles of money that he had in this bag, which was in the passenger seat." "Possibly about a thousand dollars." "I need to get pictures of that." "Here's the deal, all that cash and that, is that yours?" "That's my personal money." "I've been saving it." "Okay." "Um, because I pay myself out in the ones from our wages." "Okay." "Well, obviously you had a little marijuana on you." "and you had a meth pipe too." "How long have you been using about?" "Um... weed for like years." "Since high school." "And" "Are you serious?" "Yeah." "Dang." "It's crazy because now it's like I need it to be okay." "Sure, no." "You know?" "And, um... it's like with the other, I just recently started using it because I was working two jobs before this one and, you know, trying to make ends meet." "My partner went to prison and, you know, I just... needed energy all the time." "Just to stay up for your job and stuff?" "I got you, my man." "About how much do you use a week?" "Don't even know." "You don't even know?" "It's always different." "It seems like it's getting worse." "Man, I know it's upsetting." "You ain't gotta be upset right now, all right?" "Like I said, you've always been cool to me." "So you had a soda?" "Can I" " Yeah." "I was gonna ask if I can have a cigarette." "Like, just" "You got some in the car?" "I have this one in my pocket." "Yeah." "Come on, man." "Let's smoke one up." "Thank you so much." "No, no sweat, bro." "Like I've said, you've been cool to me." "I'mma be cool to you." "I'll get your lighter." "If you want to sit down out here." "Just have a seat, man." "Yeah, just have a seat." "You understand why I came over and grabbed you?" "You understand why I did that, right?" "Yeah, you" "You got that big knife right there, man." "Your hands were all over it." "You know, I didn't even re" "Yeah, I know." "Sorry." "But listen, you kind of freaked me out." "You know my partner's over there." "I just want to make sure we're cool with that, all right?" "So I'm going to jail, huh?" "Yeah, you're gonna have to go to jail tonight, okay?" "You're gonna go for possession of the methamphetamines and drug paraphernalia, okay?" "We're not gonna mess with the weed, we're not gonna mess with the traffic, or any of that other stuff, okay?" "132 and Bush, I've got him at gunpoint." "Dispatcher:" "Okay, gunpoint, 132 and Bush." "Cover is code three." "(overlapping police radio chatter)"