"♪ 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 Travis Wilson:" "I've been here 14 years." "Like they always say, there's always something different." "Every call you work is some variation of something you've already done." "But the players are always a little bit different." "The dynamics are a little bit different." "It always just makes for a pretty exciting shift, so..." "We're pulling up to a disturbance at one of the gas stations here." "(Over radio):" "Driver is intoxicated." "White t-shirt, black shorts." "Wilson:" "Uh-huh." "Looks like some kind of disturbance between the guy in this white Escalade here who's just getting ready to try and take off." "(Siren chirps twice)" "(Over radio): 323. 724." "Wilson:" "Easy, buddy." "(Siren wailing)" "(Over radio):" "Clear." "Wilson: 363." "I'm one rush." "(Over radio): 363." "Wilson:" "I'm in a vehicle pursuit with the Escalade." "The suspect dwi." "He's all over the road in front of me." "We're going southbound on Scenic, approaching Battlefield." "(Over radio):" "So you're southbound on Scenic, approaching Battlefield." "We're north of battlefield." "We're at 40 right now." "Eastbound on sunshine by SDS." "(Over radio):" "Clear." "Eastbound on battlefield by SDS?" "Wilson:" "Affirmative." "Someone else can take over the radio." "(Garbled radio transmission)" "(Sirens wailing)" "Wilson:" "On the ground!" "Get on the ground!" "On the ground!" "I said okay." "I-I said okay." "I said okay." "Look, I'm complying, sir." "(Over radio):" "If they're eastbound on Battlefield, I've got..." "I'm complying!" "(Over radio):" " Eastbound on Battlefield..." "Wilson:" " Give him a siren, man, give him a siren." "I'm complying!" "Wilson:" "Sean." "Yes, sir." "I'm sorry." "Wilson:" "Hold on." "I know, I know." "Wilson:" "Everything's fine." "I know, I know." "Wilson:" "Just hang on, man." "Yes, sir." "That's why I pulled over." " You did not have to..." "Wilson:" " You didn't pull over." "I know I didn't, but eventually I pulled over, and you still fight me." "That's why people don't pull over." "Wilson:" "Sean, take a break." "Yes, sir." "Wilson:" "I'm going to talk to you here in just a second." "Yes, sir." "Yes, sir." "Wilson:" "Roll over on your other side." "Yes, sir." "Those guys jumped me in kum  go." "Wilson:" "Okay, man." "And you stopped..." "I know." "I've been telling y'all." "I want to tell my story." "Look at my knee." "That wasn't from you all." "A black guy and a white guy jumped me at kum  go." "I tried to pull out." "And I think you were the officer in that car." "But whoever's in that car pulled up and stopped me." " Okay, see, you don't want to hear from me..." " Will you move these cars so we can open those back up?" "Yeah, that's no problem." "But I stopped." "Sir, for the record, did I stop?" "Wilson:" "You stopped after I stopped you." "Go ahead and stick him in a car." "Yes, sir." "Yes, sir." "Yes, sir." "Wilson:" "Easy, Sean." "Yes, sir." "Oh, yeah." "I'm gonna..." "I got..." ""Easy, Sean."" "Come on, man, I stopped there." "Hey, I'm sorry I got you all out here, man." "Wilson:" "All right, man." "Really." "That's what you're trained to do." "I'm sorry." "But those guys did beat me up." "They jumped me." "I got scared." "Look at me." "Did you hit me on the right side of the head?" "Wilson:" "Sit down, Sean." "Right." "They did." "Look at my right head, sir." "Wilson:" "Okay." "I started to try to get gas, and this white guy started talking (Bleep) to me." "And I'm a fighter, and I turned around." "I don't take (Bleep) from nobody." "And this is one of my faults." "And I'm guilty as charged." "I started talking (Bleep)" "To him." "The next thing I know, this big old (Bleep) mixed dude gets out." "I don't back down for nobody." "I still talked (Bleep)." "They jumped me!" "Wilson:" "What were they saying?" "Look at me!" "Wilson:" "What were they saying?" "They were saying, "we're going to kill you." "Who the (Bleep) do you think you are?"" "They jumped me." "Look at my head." "I know you didn't do this to me." "I pulled over." "Wilson:" "Okay." "I pulled over." "I got beat the (Bleep) up." "I was pissed 'cause I got beat up." "I'm a fighter" " I don't get beat up." "Wilson:" "How long did the fight last?" "About 13 seconds, man." "Wilson:" "Did the clerk see it?" "Yeah!" "Everybody saw it!" "Wilson:" "What did the clerk say?" "They beat the (Bleep) out of me." "Wilson:" "Okay, what'd the clerk say?" "He was calling the police." "And I saw you and I knew I was driving by my old bro and you pulled right in front of my truck and I panicked." "Two dudes beat the..." "Look at my head." "Wilson:" "Why did you run when you saw me, Sean?" "'Cause I got two felony assaults." "Back in the late '90..." "I'm 36." "Back in the late '90s." "Wilson:" "Are you on probation?" "No." "I'm not on probation or parole." "But I thought you would think, if I got out and said, "man, these guys jumped me," and you smelled alcohol on me, you'd go," ""oh, (Bleep), this guy jumped these guys."" "'Cause I'm bigger." "Wilson:" "Well, that's not the way I'm looking at it, okay?" "I mean... well, not now, 'cause I'm telling you the facts." "I'm telling you right up I'm drinking." "Wilson:" "Okay, okay." "But those dudes jumped my ass." "Wilson:" " What kind of alcohol..." " Look at my head!" "Wilson:" "Okay, man, I know, you told me that." "You don't care that they beat my ass." "Wilson:" "I do care, Sean." "No, you don't." "'Cause I ran from you." "You don't care about that." "Wilson:" "Hold on a minute, hold on a minute." "I know." "Wilson:" "He stopped in traffic." "He got out and laid down and just went straight into telling us how he was the victim of this assault up there, so..." "I don't know." "Well, I'll see what 315's got, and we'll go up there and check it out." "Okay, he's still up there with the victim/witness, so..." "All right, let me know." "Wilson:" "Okay, sounds good." "The other officers went up there to the gas station." "They spoke to the other two suspects." "One of them has a dislocated shoulder and went to the hospital." "The other one was interviewed and released here at the scene." "Just going to pull up and see if the clerk here witnessed anything." "Basically trying to figure out if our guy was telling us the truth or not." "How are you?" "Pretty good." "Wilson:" "Can you tell me what happened?" "The older gentleman pulled his escalade in behind the buick, and was beating up the younger adult." "Um..." "Yelling, screaming, hollering." "He looked like he had been drinking." "Wilson:" "Do you remember what he was saying" " Screaming?" " Just everything under the sun." "Cussing..." "Wilson:" " Was he threatening the guy?" "No, just about everything." "My fear was, he had a weapon." "Wilson:" "What were the other two guys saying back to him?" "Nothing really." "They said, "dude, leave us alone, leave us alone." "Move your SUV so we can get out, leave."" "Wilson:" "Okay." "Based off what the other officers are saying, witnesses are telling him and the clerk we just talked to, it sounds to us like our guy was the suspect in an assault on this thing." "And that the DWI portion of it's going to just be secondary." "So it looks like we're going to go second degree assault, put a hold on him." "Let CIS have it, so..." "He should have just stayed at home tonight." "Officer Phillip Collard:" "Precinct one is a 110 square miles." "We got everything, the rough city streets, the rural trailer parks, neighborhoods in here that are million-dollar houses." "It's like going to a different side of the world when you go into another beat." "It makes you versatile in your job, and it's fun to work." "I just saw this girl run across highway 17, and she's in congested traffic." "It looks like she's dodging vehicles, so we're stopping her for jaywalking, this girl." "What's up?" "Step over here in the shade." "The reason I stopped you, you running across the highway right there." "Where you staying at?" "I was in there at the guest house." "Collard:" "Have you ever been arrested?" "Yeah." "Collard:" "For what?" "Uh, DUI." "Collard:" "That's it?" "Yes, sir." "Collard:" "You get stopped a lot?" "I got stopped, um, probably about a month ago when I was walking back and forth to the jail to go and see my boyfriend when he was over here at Chatham County." "I only get stopped when I'm on 17." "Collard:" "Keep your hands out of your pockets for me." "Sorry." "Collard:" "You have anything illegal on you?" "No." "Collard:" "Don't touch your pockets." "I just asked you." "No. (Chuckles)" "(Indistinct radio transmission)" "Collard: 7-1, I'm on highway 17 across from the guest house." "A white female with a pink shirt." "Are you banned from anywhere?" "No." "Collard:" "Never been banned?" "No." "Never been in trouble with the cops other than that DUI that I got." "Collard:" "That was here in Savannah?" "No, sir." "That was in Port Wentworth." "That was just because of someone who I had in the vehicle with me." "Port wentworth had arrested him for stealing a police officer's car, impersonating a police officer, fleeing and eluding." "Collard:" "Where you working?" "I don't currently right now." "Collard:" "How are you living if you ain't working?" "My mom and dad." "Collard:" "Oh." "Your mom and dad's better than I am." "I would put you out." "It's temporarily because I am going into the coast guard, so..." "Collard:" "You are?" "Yeah." "I gotta go back and take my asvab again because there's, like, a certain percentile that you have to score on it." "Collard:" "Why you dating such a bad dude if you're trying to get into the military?" "I was." "Was." "Not anymore." "Collard:" "There must be a reason why you always get stopped on highway 17, right?" "Well, one day I got stopped six times just walking." "And it started down there." "Collard:" "Why you think?" "Why you think?" "They said that it was because this road's predominantly known for prostitution." "Collard:" "You putting yourself out here;" "I mean, you get yourself in trouble, preventing you from joining the coast guard." "It's hard to get in the coast guard." "Well, yeah, but I mean, I'm out not here smoking dope or being a prostitute." "Collard:" "I didn't say you were." "I got a motor messed up in my car." "Collard:" "Step back." "Step back." "What is that?" "Hmm, what is that?" "That didn't come from me." "Collard:" "Yeah, it did." "It just fell from you." "What is it?" "(Indistinct radio transmission)" "Okay, come on." "Step over here." "What is that?" "That's my, um, hydrocodone." "Collard:" "Okay." "I have a prescription for that." "Collard:" "Where is it at?" "It's at my house." "Collard:" "Step over here." "Don't walk away from me." "And now you're starting to be misleading, okay?" "Sit right there on that car, okay?" "You know it's illegal to carry?" "Without it being in the bottle?" "Collard:" "Well, how do I know you have a prescription?" " Because I went to the emergency..." "Collard:" " Didn't I just ask you if you had anything illegal on you?" "And now you lied to me and tell me that you don't have anything illegal." "And then you lied to me again and say, "that didn't come from me."" "I have the prescription bottle at my house." "Collard:" "When did you go to the hospital?" " I went to the hospital..." "Collard:" " Who's your doctor?" "What's your doctor's name?" "I don't have a... doctor." "Collard:" "You don't have a doctor?" "No, sir." "I just went to the emergency room." "Collard:" "For what?" "Because I have a toothache." "Collard:" "They gave you hydrocodone for a toothache?" "They gave me hydrocodone, they gave me amoxicillin, and ibuprofen, 800 milligrams." "(Indistinct radio transmission)" "Collard:" "All right, turn around, put your hands on that bar." "Hold on to that for a second." "Put your hands behind your back." "What else you have on you that's illegal?" "Nothing." "Collard:" "You sure?" "Yes, sir." "Collard:" "You trying to go to the coast guard, and you... come on now." "This is not a good start." "Look at it from where I'm coming from, okay?" "I understand." "Collard:" "I'm a police officer, I stop you." "Yes, sir." "Collard:" "First thing you say is "I got popped for DUI..."" "Yes, sir." "Collard: "For drugs,"" "right?" "Being honest." "Collard:" "Then you tell me your boyfriend's burglary, impersonating a police officer." "And you lean over to knock the ants off your feet, and boom." "Do normal people carry hydrocodone, controlled substances in cigarette containers in their clothes like that hidden?" "Sometimes." "Collard:" "I don't." "I go to the doctor, I get a prescription, I go home, take it in the bottle, and I take it when I need it." "I don't carry it in cigarette box wrappers." "See where I'm coming from?" "Yes, sir, I do." "Collard:" "So what does this look like to you?" "Uh, me lying." "Collard:" "Several times, right?" "Yes, sir." "I apologize." "Collard:" "You apologize?" "Yes, sir." "Collard:" "We got a unit with a cage coming, sarge?" "Yes." "Collard:" "All right." "All right, Samantha, you want to sit down right there on the curb?" "Yes, sir." "(Indistinct radio transmission)" "Collard:" "This hydrocodone is an epidemic over here." "Anybody can tell the police that they have a prescription." "If it's not carried in the prescription container, then it's no good." "She's gonna be under arrest for possession of a controlled substance and jaywalking." "Daddy..." "I'm going to jail!" "(Sobbing)" "Yeah." "Um, crossing the street and possession of a controlled substance." "Will you call mama and tell her what's going on, please?" "All right." "Love you." "Bye." "Collard:" "All right, miss Samantha..." "I'm gonna have you walk over here, okay?" "(Indistinct radio transmission)" "All right, let's walk over here." "You okay?" "We'll see you in court tomorrow, and good luck with everything in the military, okay?" "Thank you." "Collard:" "Hope that works out for you." "And, uh, those ants got ya." "(Both laugh)" "I mean, it is what it is." "Those are police ants." "All right?" "Good luck to you." "Watch out for them ant beds next time, all right?" "All right." "Deputy Teddy Perez:" "I think for a lot of new deputies fresh out of the academy, the transition into law enforcement can be a little bit tough and intimidating." "And for myself, having that background coming from the marine corps, I set myself a good foundation for a career in law enforcement." "Okay, we've been dispatched to a call of a reckless driver." "Apparently, a complainant following a white vehicle that crashed into the side of the bridge and kept going." "The complainant followed it into one of the local motels down here." "We're going to see if we can find the vehicle and see what's going on with the driver." "Where y'all going?" "Come on out." "Where you going, bro?" "(Man talking indistinctly)" "Perez:" "Come on out here, bro." "If there's a problem, come over here." "Perez:" "Come over here, man." "Let me talk with you." "What you mean, no?" "Come over here, let me talk with you." "Is that your car?" "It's not my car." "That dude that just took off running, I swear I saw him." "(Garbled radio transmission)" "Perez:" "Where's, where's your car at?" "I don't drive a car." "Perez:" "You ain't driving no car?" "Uh-uh." "Perez:" "Do you got id on you?" "The dude that took that car right now, he just took off." "Perez:" "We'll have him for a second." "Over there." "Deputy Colleen Feeney:" "Come here." "Perez:" "Stand over there." "Get off, man." "What did I do, man?" "Perez:" "What is it that you're not understanding about stand over here?" "That's not my car." "Perez:" "Huh?" "Feeney:" "But we're not asking you about the car." "Perez:" " What do you not-- Feeney:" " He told you to step over here." "Perez :" "What do you not understand about standing over here?" "I'm standing, I'm standing." "Perez:" "Okay." "Now put your hands right here and don't move, all right?" "You want to be treated like this?" "No." "Perez:" "Okay, then start listening, you understand me?" "I understand, man." "Perez:" "All right." "Keep your hands on the car." "They move off the car, you going to the ground." "Feeney:" "You got anything on you I need to know about?" " No, I'm good..." "Feeney:" " Get your hands back on the car." "I don't got nothing." "This not my car." "Feeney:" "Yes or no, you have something on you I need to know about?" "No." "Feeney:" "You mind if I check?" "You check." "Perez:" "Put your hands on top of your head." "Put your hands on top of your head." "I don't got nothing, papa." "Perez:" "On top of your head." "I understand that, but you're acting real nervous." "That's not my car, mama." "Perez:" "Put your hands on top of your head." "Okay." "That's not my car." "Perez:" "Put your hands..." "Put your hands on top of your head!" "What the hell, man?" "Here, I got it." "No, I ain't got nothing, dawg." "That's not my car." "No." "Perez:" "Watch them over there." "Feeney:" "Yeah." "Perez:" "There's his arm." "I promise you, man." "It's not my car." "Perez:" "You need to start listening when I tell you do something, you understand?" "Come on." "(Garbled radio transmission)" "Perez:" "Well, stop acting like you don't know what I'm talking about, then." "I understand you." "Perez:" "You're not putting your hands on top of your head, and you're trying to pull away from me." "I ain't pulling from you, bro." "Perez:" "I don't know what his problem is." "He's definitely under the influence of somethin'." "It's not my car." "Feeney:" "Now roll over on your knee." "That's not my car." "Perez:" "Stand up." "Bend this leg, bend this leg." "Bend your leg." "Officer:" "Stand up." "Perez:" "Bend your leg." "Officer:" "Just stand up." "Guys, I'm doing that." "Johnny's doing that." "Cop:" "Come on, come here." "Perez:" "Okay, listen." "You drove this car up here, didn't you?" "No." "Perez:" " Listen, don't lie to me, da..." " My homeboy drove it over here, and he took off right now." "Perez:" "What did he take off running for?" "'Cause he's wanted." "Perez:" "For what... okay." "Feeney:" "No, you know what?" "You're lying." "Because we've been sitting here watching this parking lot since you pulled in." "We got a phone call about the car." "And we've been watching it since you got out of that car." " He couldn't, he couldn't leave..." "Feeney:" " Okay, so you need to start telling the truth, 'cause we're sick of your lies." "I'll tell y'all." "I promise you." "Officer:" "Where is he?" "Where is he?" "He's right there, and it's dirty South." "Cop:" "Okay." "We confirmed he was the only one that came out." "Perez:" "I know that he's the only one that..." "You, listen to me." "Dude, he's from dirty South." "Perez:" "Okay." "That's it." " Let's go put him in some..." " Payphone's not too far." "Perez:" " Put him in the cage, and..." " Want me to take you?" "Want me to take you?" "Perez:" "No, I don't want you to take me, 'cause you're the one that was driving that car." "No, he was dirty South." "Perez:" "All right." "(Garbled radio transmission)" "Perez:" "Sit down." " He was dirty South..." "Perez:" " Sit down." "Officer:" "Sit down, put your feet in the car." "Come on." "I am, man." "What you tell me, man." "Perez:" "This is the vehicle that matches the description of the one that we got in the call, uh, being reckless on the road, driving all over the place..." "And this damage here looks, um, it looks fairly new, so this is probably what he damaged when he, when he hit the bridge." "Okay, see, in plain view, he's got, uh..." "What looks like gin." "Um, some beer cans..." "They're half full." "This one's completely full." "Lord knows what else he has, but..." "Is this your car?" "Yes, sir." "Perez:" "Tell me, tell me from the beginning what happened." "What happened was in my..." "I had it in my yard over there charging, because basically I listen to radio and think our system's going to help put the battery down." "You know, too much?" "And basically, um, I went inside for a minute, I came back out, it was gone." "Perez:" "So you went inside for what?" "You were hanging out outside with him?" "Yeah." "Perez:" "Okay, you left the vehicle running to charge the battery." "Yeah." "Perez:" "You went inside to grab..." "Something?" "To go to the bathroom real fast." "Perez:" "To go to the bathroom real fast." "Yeah." "Perez:" "You, when you came back out, the vehicle was gone." "Yeah." "Perez:" "Okay." "All right." "And at no point in time you gave him permission to use the vehicle?" "No, 'cause I don't allow people to drink and drive in any vehicle, you know?" "Are you willing to press charges on..." "For the stolen vehicle?" " No, I don't, I don't even think..." "Perez:" " You want to press...?" "I don't press charges." "It's... it's a mistake." "'Cause you know, you drink, you make mistakes, you know." "I don't know." "Perez:" "Okay." "Well, that's something..." "You make mistakes by, uh... you know." "Yeah, what?" "Perez:" "Maybe taking somebody's cigarettes that, uh, you didn't have permission to take, something like that." "Taking somebody's vehicle for a joyride when you're... you know, have had quite a bit to drink, you're..." "He's not only putting you at risk, because you know, it's your vehicle." "Yeah." "What he does with the vehicle, comes back to me." "Perez:" "Yeah, I mean, it could come back to you." "He took off running, all we would've done is ran the vin." "It'd came back to you, we'd have been knocking your door." "What am I going to jail for?" "What I'm going to jail for?" "Sit down." "Siéntate, ya te dije, ya, please, va, haz caso." "Te voy a sacar a la mañana." "Perez:" "Sit down." "Watch your head." "Watch your head." "He's being charged with obstruction, for disobeying when" "I told him to put his hands on his head." "Obviously we got something going on here, something's wrong." "There's crimes being committed." "Apparently there is a stolen vehicle, there is some drugs in the vehicle, there is open containers of alcohol in the vehicle." "And it's quite frustrating when you don't get, uh, the cooperation from victims, I mean..." "He don't want to press charges, apparently this is a family member, and I could see where he's coming from, but..." "You know, on our end it's a little bit frustrating when you, when you complete an investigation and all you have is a minor charge, but hey, you get 'em off the street for a night, so that's a good thing." "Officer (Over radio):" "132 and bush." "I've got him at gunpoint." "Dispatcher:" "At gunpoint, 132 and bush." "Cover is code three."