"♪ Whatcha gonna do ♪" "♪ When Sheriff John Brown come for you?" "♪" "♪ Bad boys, bad boys." "Whatcha gonna do?" "♪" "♪ Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?" "♪" "♪ 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." "OFFICER DAVID ARANDA:" "First District Task Force is a good team." "There's only five men on the unit and it's more or less like brothers." "You know, we're all close-knit." "We're the first ones to respond on each other's scenes, and I like that a lot because we watch out for each other with everything that we do." "Yeah, we got a call of shots fired around a intersection" " Claiborne and Frenchmen." "We're just going to go check it out." "Supposedly a unknown vehicle rolled down the window." "There were some black males shooting out of the back window." "This vehicle fits the description." "We're going to go ahead and conduct the traffic stop." "(siren chirps) 1172." "Signal 18, Elysian Fields, on a blue Chevy Lumina, occupied three times-- three black males." "Stand by." "Going down Robertson." "All right, new location" " Robertson." "All right, he's not stopping." "(siren wailing) He's going down Robertson, Frenchmen." "Robertson and Frenchmen." "Somebody's gonna bail." "Hey!" "1028." "Going down Robertson." "Going down Robertson." "(siren wailing in distance) Black male wearing all white." "I'm gonna tase you!" "I'm gonna tase you!" "I'm gonna tase you!" "(over radio): 1172." "ARANDA:" "I'm gonna..." "I'm gonna tase you." "Get down." "right here on Robertson." "It's a code four apprehension." "(clattering) (garbled radio transmission)" "Give me your hand." "Why you running?" "Hey... you okay?" "ARANDA:" "Yeah, yeah." "Yeah, it's a code four." "(Aranda speaking Spanish) (over radio):" "Frenchmen and Robertson." "We got your car secure." "ARANDA:" "Okay." "OFFICER RODNEY VICKNAIR:" "What you running for, man?" "Nothing." "VICKNAIR:" "Nothing?" "(over radio):" "Code four apprehension-- last location was" "Robertson and Frenchmen." "Y'all all right?" "ARANDA:" "Yeah, yes, sir, we're okay." "VICKNAIR:" "Open your legs." "Open your legs." "Gun, gun, gun." "ARANDA: 95, 95." "VICKNAIR:" "That's why he was running." "That's why he won't open his legs." "Don't look at me." "That ain't mine." "ARANDA:" "Oh, yeah." "VICKNAIR:" "Oh, it just falls out your pants?" "(garbled radio transmission) Huh?" "ARANDA: 95 came out of his pant leg." "Huh?" "Yes, sir, I know." "VICKNAIR:" "Falls out of his pants leg, but it ain't his." "Rodney, you there?" "VICKNAIR:" "Yeah, I'm in here." "You want to take him back to your...?" "ARANDA:" "Yeah, yeah, I'll take him back." "VICKNAIR:" "Let's go this way." "I saw a second one run." "ARANDA:" "There was three people in the car." "I saw him run and I turned the corner." "It was" " I saw at least two of 'em." "ARANDA:" "Got the 95." "According to, uh, the call that we were on, it was a couple of black males inside of a vehicle." "They were shooting outside of the vehicle." "Where's 123 at?" "ARANDA:" "Just so happens that we got a gun with this guy." "1172." "Stand by." "VICKNAIR:" "Came back around this way, and as soon as I saw him cut through the yard, that's when I went around to the store, 'cause I knew the only way out was through that old gate." "ARANDA:" "Yeah." "What we're going to do is we're going to run his name, see if he's a convicted felon or not, but either way, he's going to be charged with illegal carrying of a weapon 'cause it was" "concealed." "You ever been arrested before?" "What's his name?" "What'd you say your first name was?" "Clarence." "(overlapping chatter) What's your date of birth?" "ARANDA:" "You have a conviction?" "You ever been arrested before?" "Yes, sir." "ARANDA:" "What you been arrested for?" "Huh?" "ARANDA:" "What you been arrested for?" "I've been arrested for drugs." "ARANDA:" "Okay, you ever been a convicted felon?" "I won't answer any more questions till I see my lawyer." "ARANDA:" "All right, that's your right." "Thank you." "This is the gun that we recovered." "Uh, it came out of his right pant leg." "It's going to be a Ruger 95." "Obviously could do some damage." "VICKNAIR:" "And he had a 95 on him, so it's a felony possession." "SERGEANT PETER HANSCHE:" "If you can get to the office and get enough paperwork for him to get in the lockup tonight, we can finish up tomorrow." "ARANDA:" "All right, will do." "All right, look, sir, the reason..." "Do you understand the reason why I pulled over your vehicle, the vehicle you were in?" "Why?" "ARANDA:" "The reason I pulled over your vehicle was because I was responding to a call with multiple black males inside of a vehicle shooting in the area of Frenchmen and Urquhart and" "Frenchmen and Villere." "That's why I was in the area and that's why I pulled y'all over, okay?" "Obviously I saw three black males inside of a vehicle, and, uh, you decided to make a bad decision that day." "Okay?" "Now, you do realize that this gun is stolen?" "You do realize that?" "If you don't, I'm letting you know right now, this gun is stolen, buddy." "Did you get it from a friend or something?" "Get it from nobody." "ARANDA:" "You didn't get it from nobody?" "Well, obviously it was on you, correct?" "No, sir." "ARANDA:" "It wasn't on you?" "No." "ARANDA:" "Okay, you are going to jail today, okay?" "Number one, you're going to jail for flight of an officer, okay, resisting arrest by flight." "Number two, you're going to go to jail for possession of a firearm that is concealed." "Number three, for a felon in possession with a firearm because you are a convicted felon in the state of Louisiana." "Okay?" "And number four, for possession of stolen property, which is a firearm, okay?" "You're gonna hit me with two, two, two, two felony charges?" "ARANDA:" "Well, that's what's going to be done, all right, buddy?" "It's up to the D.A. to go ahead and accept the charges or not, okay?" "All right, sir." "Pretty much what happened was, we tried to pull the vehicle over at Elysian Fields and Claiborne." "Refused to stop, and right here at this intersection... backseat passenger just took off running." "That's when I took off after him." "We passed, like, three properties in the backyard and we finally took him down." "There was a 95, a gun, in his right leg." "We found out he is a convicted felon and this is a stolen firearm." "I was glad we could take one off the street tonight." "DEPUTY GURVINDER GOSAL:" "I've always grown up in the Bay Area, and I always been close to" "Alameda County, so for me, it's a great place to work." "You can't beat the weather out here." "I've been with the sheriff's office for almost 12 years now." "And when you look forward to going to work, that's when you know you're happy." "And that's pretty much where I'm at right now." "DEPUTY KEVIN ESTEP:" "This guy's riding on the wrong side of the road." "Riding his girl on her handlebars, on the sidewalk." "All traffic violations." "GOSAL:" "What's up, guys?" "The reason why we stopped you guys is 'cause you're on the wrong side of the road and you can't ride on handlebars." "Oh." "GOSAL:" "Can you put your bike over here on the side?" "Yeah." "Thank you, guys." "ESTEP:" "How are you doing?" "Good." "We're doing good." "Thank you." "GOSAL:" "How old are you?" "28." "GOSAL: 28?" "Yeah." "Hi." "GOSAL:" "You look like you'd be 17." "Thank you." "ESTEP:" "You have an I.D.?" "Uh, no." "ESTEP:" "Anything with your name on it?" "Um, I have my I.D." "I have to go pick it up at DMV." "ESTEP:" "You on probation or parole?" "No, thank you." "ESTEP:" "No?" "GOSAL:" "You have anything on you before I check you that-- anything illegal?" "Nah, just my phone." "GOSAL:" "Phone, okay." "Let me check you real quick." "ESTEP:" "When were you born?" "Um, 2/14." "February 14." "But I have it under 2/20, 'cause when I was, like, four, me and my sister got separated over." "So she asked me for my birthday, but I have to get it at DMV." "We're, like, total shiners." "ESTEP:" "That is crazy." "Cool, thanks." "ESTEP:" "So your birthday might be 2/14 or it might be 2/20 or 2/28?" "Yeah." "ESTEP:" "One of the three?" "2/20, it's 2/20." "ESTEP:" "Have you ever been arrested before?" "No, I got let" " I was arrested, and I got let out about six months ago." "ESTEP:" "Six months ago?" "Yeah." "ESTEP:" "Why were you arrested?" "Um, I was high off methamphetamines, but I don't do that." "ESTEP:" "Really?" "!" "I cleaned up, yeah." "ESTEP:" "You cleaned up?" "I got cleaned up, and I have a search clause, but I don't think I have one anymore." "ESTEP:" "You might have a search clause, you might not?" "Yeah, I don't think so." "ESTEP:" "You might be on probation, you might not?" "No, it was just pro-- it was probation for a search clause." "ESTEP:" "Your birthday might be the 14th, it might not?" "It actually is, but it's the 20th." "ESTEP:" "Okay." "On my birth certificate, I forgot to switch it over." "ESTEP:" "You all good?" "Yeah." "ESTEP:" "Have any warrants right now?" "Uh, no." "ESTEP:" "Maybe, maybe not?" "No." "Thank you." "GOSAL:" "Daniel, what's your primary charge for your parole?" "Assault." "ESTEP:" "You got his I.D.?" "GOSAL:" "He's on parole." "ESTEP:" "When's the last time you checked in?" "Friday." "ESTEP:" " Do you have anything in your backpack that..." " Nah, go ahead, look." "ESTEP:" "Okay." "Are you taking prescription medication or...?" "Yeah." "ESTEP:" "What do you take?" "I take methadone, ten milligrams a day, for pain, pain therapy." "ESTEP:" "Okay." "Are you diabetic?" "No." "GOSAL:" "Cody, you're on, like, five different probations." "No, I'm not." "GOSAL:" "Where are you going right now?" "I'm just going home." "GOSAL:" "Where's home?" "Um, up the street." "Me and him." "'Cause I'm sick, I just need..." "GOSAL:" "You know you have a" " Where's your stay away from?" "Oh, I have to stay away from Safeway." "Thank you." "GOSAL:" "How far away from Safeway are you supposed to be?" "Um, like, 350 feet." "GOSAL: 350 feet?" "Yeah." "GOSAL:" "Getting kind of close." "Oh, cool, thanks." "That was freaking me out." "GOSAL:" " All right, 'cause..." " Are we getting tickets?" "ESTEP:" "Not right now." "Just gonna see if you guys have stuff you're not supposed to have." "GOSAL:" "Hey, why do you carry needles if you're not diabetic?" "Do you shoot your heroin?" "No." "Hell no." "GOSAL:" "So what do you do with these needles?" "Isn't it safe 'cause it's in a package?" "I don't know where those came from." "Those aren't mine." "Somebody put those in there." "GOSAL:" "Okay." "Look, I don't use dope." "GOSAL:" "So you said these are yours and then someone put them in there?" "No, those aren't mine." "I didn't know those were in there." "GOSAL:" "You didn't see these?" "I swear to God I didn't know those were in there." "Some-- because where I was just at, there was a lot of people." "Somebody probably put that in there." "I swear to God I didn't know those were in there." "But, no, I'm not diabetic." "GOSAL:" "So you know it's your property, you have control over it, and you're responsible for what's in your property, right?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "GOSAL:" "Okay." "Okay, thank you." "I didn't know those were in there." "They're in packages, so they're probably safe." "You can look at my arms." "I don't do" " I don't use drugs." "I'm totally clean." "GOSAL:" "Okay, well, if you don't have a medical reason for them, I don't know why you would possess them." "That's why I'm asking." "Oh, because the people were at the needle exchange today-- that's why, that's why, yeah." "GOSAL:" "The people were at the needle exchange?" "Yeah, where we were just at." "GOSAL:" "Okay." "They were-- they probably put 'em in there." "ESTEP:" "They put 'em in your bag and you didn't know?" "Yeah." "ESTEP:" "That's craziness." "I know." " No, it's..." " Are there any loose needles in here before I search any further?" "No, there's not, no." "GOSAL: 'Cause I don't want to get poked, okay?" "No, there's not." "Am I under arrest now?" "ESTEP:" "Not right this second." "Then why am I being cuffed?" "ESTEP: 'Cause my partner is doing something." "It's easier for me to manage you when you're in handcuffs." "All right." "Okay." "ESTEP: 'Cause you're a big guy." "GOSAL:" "What are you using with this?" "Be honest." "Nothing." "GOSAL:" "Huh?" "Nothing." "GOSAL:" "I mean, we can play this game, but just be honest with me and we can, we can figure it out." "I don't use anything." "I don't use that for anything." "That's just a piece of trash." "ESTEP:" "Why don't you do me a favor and have a seat right here in the shade?" "All right." "ESTEP:" "I'm gonna hold onto you so you don't fall down." "Am I under arrest or what?" "ESTEP:" "Let's play the honesty game." "That's the truth." "I was stopped yesterday." "They were just making sure that I was safe and everything." "ESTEP:" "What's your drug of choice?" "It's been over 60 days." "I like to smoke weed." "ESTEP:" "Okay, over 60 days ago, what was your drug of choice?" "Um, it wasn't my choice." "My choice was crystal methamphetamines, and I got in trouble for it and I'm clean now." "Thank you." "ESTEP:" "What other drugs have you used?" "You're welcome." "Just, just weed." "Thank you." "ESTEP:" "Just weed and crystal, no heroin?" "Weed-- no, no, really." "ESTEP:" "How'd you used to use your crystal?" "Um, I think that" " I think I smoked it or something." "ESTEP:" "You don't know how you used it?" "It was just like smoked or snort a line, and then I got in trouble, so I'm clean now." "ESTEP:" "You ever inject it?" "Uh, no, I'm not there yet." "ESTEP:" "You're not there yet?" "I'm pretty young, so, yeah." "ESTEP:" "Okay." "It's not illegal." "ESTEP:" "Yeah, it is." "They're from the needle exchange." "ESTEP:" "It doesn't matter." "They're still illegal." "You have no lawful reason to possess 'em." "GOSAL:" "Nor do you have a medical reason." "They're not used." "ESTEP:" "Doesn't matter." "If they were used, it would be a different charge." "I love you." "GOSAL:" "Cody, come follow me." "See you later." "All right." "I love you." "I love you, too." "See you later, Daniel." "GOSAL:" "All right." "So you know why you're going to jail, right, Cody?" "Uh, no, but it's okay, I'll work it out." "GOSAL:" "All right, well, you're going, you're going to jail 'cause you're under the influence, all right?" "You're Daniel, right?" "Yeah." "GOSAL:" "And you understand, based on parole, you can't have hypodermic syringes, especially if you're not diabetic and you have no medical reason to have them, all right, so... so you're going in for a parole violation for now, okay?" "All right." "GOSAL:" "Your parole officer will probably talk to you at the jail in a few days, and you go from there, okay?" "All right." "GOSAL:" "Watch your leg." "He went to jail for a parole violation and she went to jail for a probation violation, but the good thing about it is, they got to go to jail together." "ESTEP:" "It's a love story." "GOSAL:" "Yes, it is." "SENIOR OFFICER MIKE WERTANEN:" "My partner and I have a unique relationship." "Even though he's two years older than me, he's actually my stepson-in-law." "He is married to my stepdaughter who also is a police officer here on the department." "You know, hey, they're both adults." "More power to 'em, but, uh, there is one condition." "He can't call me dad." "SENIOR OFFICER MIKE FRAKES:" "Yeah, we just got dispatched to a call." "It's gonna be a domestic disturbance." "Looks like the female's calling in." "The male assaulted her." "Now it's saying that the male possibly left the apartment." "We're gonna arrive here and find out what's going on here." "WERTANEN:" "She's walking over there..." "(door bell dinging)" "Hi." "I was over there on Holly trying to tell them that..." "'Cause they said that y'all couldn't find me, so I had" "Charlie walk down with me." "WERTANEN:" "Yeah, were you...?" "You live across the street on Montego, or you live here?" "I live upstairs here, sir, in six." "WERTANEN:" "Oh, okay, okay, okay." "And I was telling him I'm facing Holly area." "WERTANEN:" "Which way did he go?" "He took off that way." "WERTANEN:" "Okay, does his mom live around here somewhere?" "Yes, she does." "WERTANEN:" "Where does she live?" "She lives in the downstairs apartment in that building." "WERTANEN:" "Do you think maybe he went running to Mama?" "I don't know." "That's where he usually goes." "I had left, and I was gonna go get a beer for me and Charlie," " and I had went to the store..." "WERTANEN:" " Charlie 3-15." "I've got her over here across the street, 'cause she lives across the street." "And I was walking through the alleyway right here on the side..." "WERTANEN:" "Uh-huh." "And, uh, I saw him sitting in the front, and when I got here, he chased me all through the parking lot." "WERTANEN:" "Okay." "He threw me up against this building and this other building, and then when I got to the stairs, he threw in the stairs real hard, after he grabbed all the beer and everything." "WERTANEN:" "Okay." "And then at that time, that's when Charlie opened the door and said, "What the hell's going on?"" "And I was laying in the stairs." "WERTANEN:" " Okay, and this guy..." " And he took off." "WERTANEN:" "This guy-- what is he to you?" "He's my husband." "WERTANEN:" "Does he live here with you?" "He was living here with me, yes, but we're..." "He's, uh... he's already got an assault charge on him against me." "WERTANEN:" "Okay." "And I'm just tired of the abuse." "I've taken him back and taken him back, and that's my fault." "WERTANEN:" "Are you hurt right now as a result of what happened tonight?" "Well, I hit my head, and I hit there, and I hit all right here, but I'm sure tomorrow, I'm really gonna feel it, because he threw me on the stairs right down here, and the cement ones." "WERTANEN:" "Okay." "Charlie 3-15." "We're gonna be at apartment..." "(knocking) City Police, ma'am." "FRAKES:" "Can you open the door, please?" "Can we talk to you?" "Hello." "WERTANEN:" "It's us, ma'am." "Yes?" "FRAKES:" "It's just the police." "WERTANEN:" "I'm not lying to you." "How you doing, ma'am?" "Fine, thank you." "WERTANEN:" "Do you have a son named John?" "Yes." "He's asleep." "FRAKES:" " Can we talk to him?" "WERTANEN:" " He's asleep right now?" "Yeah." "WERTANEN:" "Okay, I need to talk to him, okay?" "What happened?" "WERTANEN:" "Well, I need to talk to him." "Where is he asleep?" "(woman mutters) Johnny, you need to wake up, bro." "(man mumbles) You need to wake up, bro." "What did he do?" "WERTANEN:" "Well, stand up, man." "Your I.D. and your wallet." "WERTANEN:" "What happened with you and your wife tonight, John?" "She used drug, and she tried to incriminate me." "What happened?" "FRAKES:" "She uses drugs, and she tries to what?" "Incriminate me." "FRAKES:" "Incriminate you." "Yeah." "FRAKES:" "What does she incriminate you about?" "She's bi-polar, schizophrenic, and no alcohol is supposed to be in her system." "FRAKES:" "Okay, uh-huh." "And she takes it, and she likes to fight." "That's the bottom line." "FRAKES:" "Okay, okay." "That's the bottom line." "FRAKES:" "And then what happened?" "She fights with me." "FRAKES:" "What did she do to you?" "Did she hit you?" "Yes." "FRAKES:" "Did she jump on your back?" "No." "FRAKES:" "Did she pull your hair?" "Choke you?" "What she do?" "She pulls at my hair, and she fights with me all the time." "Okay, so she pulled your hair, and she fought with you?" "Yes." "FRAKES:" "Okay." "Then what happened?" "And I just..." "I don't want to talk to her anymore." "FRAKES:" "Okay, and then, what did you do?" "What did you decide to do?" "Oh, I came over here." "That's it." "WERTANEN:" "What happened to your foot right there?" "Why is it bleeding?" " It's..." " Were you running without shoes on or something?" " No, no, no, it's..." " I'll talk to him, ma'am." "I know." "I don't know." "She's still here putting assault charges or something." "I don't know." "WERTANEN:" "Where do you live, John?" "FRAKES:" "Evidently, what's going on is..." "WERTANEN:" "Do you live here, or across the street with your wife?" "FRAKES:" "Evidently, he's saying that she's been drinking." "Yeah." "FRAKES:" "He's probably been drinking, also, they got into it." " Uh, he claims that..." " But every time she does this, every time..." "The other day, he came all bitten up where she bit him up, and now she calls the police." " Okay, but..." " She wants to see him in jail all the time." "FRAKES:" "I understand, but if she's beating him up, he needs to call us." "WERTANEN:" "So, John, you said you had another charge pending on you, man?" "Assault, yeah." "WERTANEN:" "Assault again?" " Who did you assault that time?" " Go have a seat, all right, John?" "Who do you think?" "WERTANEN:" "Who do I think?" "Your wife?" "Yeah." "WERTANEN:" "Watch your head." "It's always the same old thing." "WERTANEN:" "Same old thing?" "Like what, man?" "She wants to get back together, and... fights again." "WERTANEN:" "Okay." "That's all." "WERTANEN:" "So you guys are broken up, you're trying to get back together?" "I don't want to get back together." "WERTANEN:" "Well, she's telling us that you grabbed her on the stairwell and pushed her down on the stairs." "Is that what happened?" "No, no." "WERTANEN:" "Well, tell me your side." "What happened?" "I don't want to talk no more." "WERTANEN:" "You don't want to talk no more?" "No." "WERTANEN:" "Okay, you understand you're being arrested for assault, right?" "Yes." "WERTANEN:" "Okay." "Thank you." "WERTANEN:" "Okay, we found him over there hiding at his mom's house." "Okay." "WERTANEN:" "He's a little bit out of it, okay?" "He was saying that y'all were trying to work things out again, or were you trying to...?" "We were trying to work things out, and then, uh, three nights ago, I was upstairs, and, uh, we got into a little tangle there, and I don't want this to keep continuing." "I don't want to have to be watching myself every time I walk." "WERTANEN:" " Well, look, ma'am, ma'am..." " But I can't help it." "I live here, and I can't afford to move." "WERTANEN:" "Okay, how long have you been with him?" "I've been married to him-- this July, it will be three years." "WERTANEN:" "Okay, well, look, the only thing we can do is solve your problem for the night." "We're gonna take him to jail tonight." "Okay, but tomorrow's a new day." "Y'all are still married." "If you want any long-term solutions, then you're gonna have to take the bull by the horns, which means, file charges" " on him, apply for..." " I've already gotten some on him." "WERTANEN:" "Apply for a protective order, and if that's it, you don't want to try to make this work, then you need to follow through and file for a divorce, okay?" "What did he do to you today?" "He chased me, Mom, from..." "I was coming from the store..." "Yeah, and day before yesterday, you hit him." "He came with his cheek like that there." "Mom, he hit me, too." "No, no, but you hit him." "He didn't have to chase me." "I knew you were gonna be mad." "Please stop." "I'm tired of him hitting me!" "No, no, you're..." "You always try to put him in jail." "No, Mom." "All the time try to put him in jail." "I don't want him in jail." "WERTANEN:" "Ma'am, ma'am." "I want him to stay away from me, that's it." "FRAKES:" "Hey, hey, hey, it's late." "WERTANEN:" "Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am, it's not going to do you any good to argue with her." "Can I just go upstairs?" "She always blames me." "FRAKES:" "Let's don't argue." "No, I'm not blaming you." "She doesn't see what he does to me." "So now what's gonna happen?" "WERTANEN:" "He's gonna go to jail for an assault." "She's not bitten up." "Where's she bitten up?" "WERTANEN:" "She's hurt." "She's hurt." "WERTANEN:" "She's claiming he threw her down on the steps there, okay?" "Mom, they saw him." "He chased me." "Ah, come on." "Johnny, I called the police because you threw me up against the wall, you threw me on the stairs." "You cannot be doing that to me." "Don't do this no more." "Stop it, and we're done." "You even told me that." "And now your mom's blaming me, and that's wrong." "FRAKES:" "It's probably more likely back and forth, but tonight, he was the aggressor." "He's got the stub on his toe." "WERTANEN:" "Yeah." "FRAKES:" "He's got the evidence, if she's saying is true." "I don't see any injuries on him." " You know, he's 47 years old and runs to Mama..." " Yeah." "FRAKES: ...when he gets in trouble." "OFFICER (over radio): 132 and Bush." "I've got him at gunpoint." "DISPATCHER:" "At gunpoint, 132 and Bush." "Cover is Code Three."