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♪ bad boys ♪
- ♪ whatcha want, whatcha want... ♪ - Stop! Get on the ground.
♪ whatcha gonna do ♪
♪ when Sheriff John Brown come for you? ♪
Taser! Taser! Taser!
- Ow! Ow! - ♪ bad boys, bad boys ♪
- ♪ whatcha gonna do ♪ - They're running.
♪ whatcha gonna do when they come for you? ♪
♪ bad boys, bad boys ♪
♪ whatcha gonna do ♪
♪ whatcha gonna do when they come for you? ♪
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 the Fort Myers Police Department for five years.
Always making good contact with the youth is always nice.
Always some
positive reinforcement.
Just, like showing the community a different aspect of policing,
and that we actually are here to help the community,
and do good things and make the streets safer.
Right now, we're gonna do a traffic stop on a vehicle right here
that's trying to get around a second vehicle.
He cut a car off crossing the street
entering the housing complex.
Call it.
Housing 7-1050.
Hold us up on another one.
Copy, 1050.
10-20.
Pauldo, Franklin Court, black Toyota.
Get on the ground!
Get on the ground or we'll tase you!
- Let me see your hands! - Put your hands behind your back.
Put your hands behind your back.
No!
Charlie, it's...
I got him, I got him, Nick. Go ahead.
Please, no!
Don't move.
Please, no!
Why you running, man?
Huh?
- I got a warrant. - All right.
- I know. - You stay right there.
All right, roll on your butt.
Go ahead and stand up.
Relax, relax.
You ready?
You got a warrant, man?
- Yeah. - What's your warrant for?
Driving without a license.
And not showing up to court.
Yeah, everybody can slow it down, you can open the channel.
Calm down, it's gonna be okay.
Just come over here.
Charlie, is that your knife on the ground?
- Uh, no. - That's my pocketknife.
You got my phone, call my mama.
What's the code?
Uh, 82-90.
Come over here, man.
I love you!
I love you too. Hey, take my son, and come get my keys and get my wallet.
Hey, come get my wallet. Take it to my mama's house.
Come on. Listen, man, listen.
Stand right here, all right?
Can't get at my-- Hey, Bae!
Relax, relax.
We observed the vehicle not stop at the stop sign in front of us,
'causing another car to slam on its brakes.
Almost hitting... Causing a t-bone crash.
Conducted a traffic stop on the individual,
and he jumped out of the car while it was still rolling.
And his passenger had to jump across
and stop it before it hit this building here.
Then we got in a short foot chase where he was later apprehended.
Just doing a search.
Looks like we got a couple of marijuana seeds over here.
And some burned marijuana roaches.
If I can get...
There's one.
Got another one in here with some seeds in it too.
Right here in the driver's door handle.
All right he's gonna give you a hug okay then he's gotta talk for a minute.
I love you. That's how I do.
I'll ask you to be real and keep it--
You ain't see no one new.
It'll be all right, stop crying.
Ain't gone make it no better.
I love you.
Now it's time for you. Son gotta keep going to school.
Do what you gotta do.
Go get you a job like you said you would.
Hold up, listen,
I'm ready to go and get...
All right, you guys good?
I'll be back when they can't keep me no more.
Ya feel me?
Y'all can she'd be down to take me over here
and do y'all job, all right?
Yup, that's what we're gonna do, man.
Sooner we get out of here, sooner we can get all that going, all right?
- All right. - All right.
All right, we're gonna put Vincent back in the car, all right, ma'am?
I love you.
All right, thanks ma'am.
Go ahead and have a seat, ma'am.
See you soon, baby.
Daddy's little girl, I love you, don't forget that.
All right, listen.
You know why the reason why we stopped you, right?
We're coming down Edison, you pull out in front of that car,
you almost caused an accident.
All right, uh...
You ended up running for us--
or, you ended up running from us, what was that about?
I have no comment, sir.
- What's that? - I have no comment, sir.
No? Well, you told me originally you had a warrant.
- Yeah, I-- - So, you knew you had the warrant.
So, if you know what's going on, you know what I'm saying.
I had to do what I tried to do what I had. I'm glad y'all just didn't shoot.
Yeah, well...
I mean, next time, you know, probably be smart for you to just stop.
Just be honest, you know?
Instead of doing all that. You almost put that car right into that building.
All right?
Know what your charges are? All your charges?
You have the warrant, the violation of probation,
driving with a suspended license.
You caught another charge on that.
Suspended license? I never had a license.
Well, whatever the reason why your license is bad.
You don't have one, right?
So, you're going for that as well as the warrant.
You have a resisting charge for running. Okay?
You have any other questions?
All right, man. Put your feet in.
So, as you're conducting the traffic stop,
as you're walking up, he just takes off?
Yeah, we get out of the car,
I see the door open, he gets out,
and he just takes off running.
No use of force?
No use of force.
No, he just laid down for us.
We gave him some loud verbal commands, he laid down.
And we were able to take him into custody.
Fantastic. Great job.
All right, thank you.
I've always wanted to be in law enforcement.
I got my degree in criminal justice from the Fort Myers area
shortly after I got hired by the Sheriff's Office
and I worked in the jail for a couple years.
I just recently moved out on patrol,
and I'm really liking the experience 'cause every day is something different and new.
Just noticed this car coming out of the hotel over here.
They have no driver side headlight,
and then once they saw my vehicle parked across from the hotel,
they went ahead and turned on their brights.
So, I'm gonna go ahead, and I'm gonna pull this car over
and see what's going on.
North, 45, Lee County, 65 to 1050.
- Hello, how we doing? - Hey.
Trying to find my ID For you.
Okay, great.
Highway One, traffic stop.
Where would your ID be at?
It was in the side here.
All right, why don't we stop here.
Listen to me. Listen to me.
Stop pulling for things, all right?
- What's your first name? - Patrick.
Patrick, do me a favor,
listen to my instructions.
Keep your hands on top of the wheel for me.
- Okay? - Yes, ma'am.
All right, don't worry about your ID, I can get your name from you, okay?
- Yes, ma'am. - All right.
- You know you have a headlight out? - Yes, ma'am.
Is that why you put on your brights?
Yes, that's why I have my brights on, 'cause the headlight's out.
Okay, all right. Do you have anything illegal, any narcotics,
any syringes, anything like that?
Am I gonna find anything inside this car?
- No, ma'am. - All right.
Patrick, do you mind if I search your vehicle?
I don't have anything in this car.
Okay.
So...
It's a yes or no, Patrick. Do you mind if I search your vehicle?
There's not really a reason, I don't really see...
All right, just go ahead and relax.
Just keep your hands on top of the steering wheel for me.
Can I shut the door?
No, we're gonna keep the door open for right now, okay?
All right, so just go ahead and just hang tight, all right?
Yes, ma'am.
The driver seems very nervous.
He has track marks on his arm.
And him coming from the hotel
that's known to have a lot of narcotic use.
We're hoping that this will be a good car
and we might be getting something out of the car.
And as far as officer safety purposes,
I went ahead and I called a drug narcotic canine
and he's actually en route to me as well.
We're gonna take you out of the car, all right?
You're gonna walk that way.
- That way? - Yup.
And this deputy's gonna search you.
Put your hands right there.
You have any weapons or anything on you?
I don't.
I want you to walk to the front of the car.
The front of the car.
Put your hands on the hood.
Just gonna pat your down to make sure you don't have any weapons.
Sir, I don't have any weapons, I don't carry weapons.
That's fine.
I saw during the stop
the driver was-- Patrick was a little nervous.
- Okay? - I noticed too. That's what I told him.
What happened after I had walked away from the vehicle?
We had other deputies up there, but, you know, obviously, we're all human.
What happened after that?
As far as did he reach around anywhere?
He reached around.
Okay, so he did reach around.
When I pulled up in the vehicle?
When you hit the lights and stuff. That's when he reached around.
I gotcha. As I was approaching the car.
He was leaning forward, too.
I gotcha, yeah. 'Cause I saw that he was a little nervous
with the license and trying to find his license all over the place.
All right, Alex, go ahead and hang tight for me, okay?
Yup, no problem.
The back passenger is saying that
when I had pulled up and made the initial traffic stop,
the driver had reached around and put something in the back compartment.
Ooh, good boy.
That's a good boy.
Ooh, that's a good boy.
What's gonna happen now, is we're gonna take a look in the car.
- Yes, sir. - And you know what we're gonna find?
- Did the dog alert you to something in the car? - Yeah.
- Is that what you're asking? No, I don't know. - Yes.
I don't know why your dog would have alerted to it, actually.
So, I'm kinda surprised.
All right.
Right now, we're just gonna be searching to see if we can find narcotics or anything.
Yahtzee.
One baggy.
Looks like heroin.
Little baggy. I'm gonna see if there's a little bit more,
but it's exactly where the back passenger said it was going to be.
Patrick, go ahead and stand up for me.
Go ahead and turn around, face the hotel, put your hands behind your back.
Palms facing in like you're praying.
All right.
You're gonna be under arrest for possession of heroin, okay?
Possession of heroin?
Yes, sir.
It's not mine.
- Excuse me? - It's not mine.
Okay.
- All right. - I'm the only one being arrested?
Yes, sir.
Walk this way for me.
It wasn't found on my possession.
Okay.
Why am I getting arrested for it?
We'll have a conversation. Let's get you in the back of car,
and we'll have a nice little chat.
Go ahead and spread your feet for me.
Before I put you inside the vehicle,
- I'm gonna give you another search, okay? - Yes, ma'am.
All right.
Have a seat.
I don't understand. If it was in my car, like,
there was two other people in my car with me. I don't...
Why am I getting charged with possession of heroin, it wasn't in my possession?
- Because this is-- - I don't understand that.
- Okay, Patrick, are you gonna let me talk? - Yes, ma'am.
Okay, this is the deal--
you're gonna go to jail for possession of heroin, okay?
The reason being you're sitting inside the driver seat, okay?
I come up to you and you're fidgeting all over the place.
I have someone inside the vehicle
that says that they saw you wrap around and put the heroin in the backseat of the driver,
- of the driver's seat. - That's probably the person who owns it.
- I didn't even-- - Okay.
If he knew about it, doesn't that mean that he owned it?
- Okay, so then explain this-- - He just claimed ownership, right there.
It was wrapped up in pre-trial paperwork
and a traffic warning that has your name on it.
- And so that's why you're going to jail. - All the other paperwork
- was found in the backseat, wasn't it? - No.
You had ample opportunity to tell me what you saw inside the vehicle.
The guy I picked up from the hotel is telling you that
I had drugs and I wrapped it in a wrapper?
I did not tell you who told me anything.
I'm telling you there's two other people inside this vehicle,
it was in your possession, in your paperwork.
I mean, I'm getting framed.
All right, you're going to jail for possession of heroin.
When I was an infantry officer in the Marine Corps,
I was able to bring over to law enforcement
a number of tangible and intangible skillsets.
One of them being the ability to communicate and communicate effectively.
Whether it's a traffic stop, or a domestic disturbance.
You have to be able to effectively communicate.
And that's what translates to the streets.
North 45, Lee County, 65, 1050.
We're gonna stop this car.
Almost ran into the back of the car there following too close.
It's a brown four-door Sedan, Beau and Hancock.
Hey, sir, good evening.
- Here, hold on one second. - Hey, sir, good evening.
- Hi. - How are you?
I'm a deputy, Lee County,
hey, I wanna talk to you real quick for a second. Is this your car?
- Yeah. - Are you from around this area?
Yes, I am. I'm just working right up the street.
Here's the thing, man. You were flying down this road.
I know you were trying probably to just get to the gas station.
- But it's to the point where that car turned abruptly. - Yeah.
And you almost slammed into the back. You had to slam on your brakes.
- I thought you were pulling him over. I was like... - No.
I didn't know what was going on, so I thought he was pulling over to the side.
- So, I slowed down. I was gonna go around him. - No.
No, I wasn't planning on pulling anybody over.
Do you have your license, registration and insurance?
I do.
Sir, do you have an ID or a license on you?
- What's that? - No, I don't.
You don't have it?
You have an ID though, you just don't have it with you?
Yes.
Sir, can I just get your name.
- Ready? Bill. - Yes, sir.
- B-I-L-L? - Yes.
Yeah, I'm just-- He was just asking for a ride.
Okay.
- All right, give me one minute, all right, buddy. - Thank you.
The passenger didn't have a license or ID so I'm gonna look him up in our system
to see if I can identify him.
The passenger, he's got the drug history.
Hey, the passenger's got a pretty big 31 history.
But the driver's pretty clean.
They're just both super shaky. Minor traffic infraction.
Expired registration.
So, I'm gonna pull them out one by one, I already got consent.
- So, I'll start with the driver. - All right.
- Hey, Devin, jump out real quick, buddy. - Okay.
So, here's your license, man. I appreciate you being cooperative, man.
Just make sure you got nothing, and then I'll get you on your way, okay?
Turn around real quick, let me make sure.
How well do you know the guy in the passenger seat?
He actually just wanted a ride to the store.
Oh, so you don't know him at all is what you're saying?
Well, he's been around.
- Do you know his history 'cause he's kinda got some trouble. - No.
Like, sometimes there's hobos, and they sometimes ask for rides.
- Okay. - And I'll give somebody a ride.
I said, "Hey, you know, I'm going to the store."
Yeah, I gotcha. I appreciate that.
Come back here real quick.
You're not in trouble. Just sit up against the car right there.
Jump out real quick, buddy.
Can you throw the cigarette out just for me?
Or just put it out for a minute?
I'll let you get it in a minute.
- You got nothing bad on you, right? - No.
Hey, I'm just giving you the opportunity real quick.
Real fast, all right, if you got anything, just...
Something small, or something just let me know.
- What's that? - I ain't got nothing.
Got nothing? All right, cool.
How do you know this guy?
He's just a friend of mine.
How do you know him, though?
Uh, met him at the Best Western.
He was just telling me he doesn't really know you that well. I was just confused.
Step over here, real quick. Hold on, keep it up there real quick.
Just stay right there, real quick.
Right there. Right there, right there.
- Nothing bad in the car at all, right? - No.
Nothing?
No, there's nothing.
All right, hey, this is what I'm gonna do real quick.
I'm gonna detain you momentarily.
I found something in your wallet. I don't really know what it is.
And until I figure out what it is, just for my safety and yours,
I'm gonna detain you, okay?
We'll figure it out in a minute, all right?
Take a seat on the ground for me, okay?
Just sit right there.
In your wallet in your pocket is like a little baggy.
I just don't know what it is, so...
Baggy in my wallet?
Yeah, see this little baggy with some white residue in it?
Was that not in your wallet?
Yeah, obviously it is.
Was it a little coke or something?
I don't know what it was.
Here's an ID.
Is that an old ID?
Yeah, it's my old ID.
How come you didn't show me that when I said "Do you have an ID?"
I forgot I had it.
Earlier someone jumped me.
- Yeah? - And they stole my wallet.
- Oh, you got jumped earlier? - Yeah.
And it was-- police was involved and everything.
- They stole this wallet? - Yeah, they stole that wallet.
- But you got it back, right? That's good. - Yeah.
- Okay. - All my money was missing, everything was missing.
All right. Is there anything else I'm gonna find in the car--
Oh, there's that. What is this?
That looks like heroin. Is that heroin?
- I did not even know that was in there. - Okay.
You forgot it was in there?
No, that's how I got my wallet back.
- Look, see how everything fell out? - Yeah.
- That's how I got it back. - All right.
- That's crazy. - What's crazy?
- You got your wallet back like that? - Yeah.
This just happened hours ago.
- Yeah? - And the cop told me to walk away just like that.
You have to understand that I'm not going to believe everything you say.
Okay. Here's the thing. You know, and I know
that I'm not gonna play stupid.
I'm a night cop in North Fort Myers. Come on, man.
Give me a little more respect than that, right?
We're not idiots.
Okay? I know what I think that is.
I have drug test kits that I'm gonna test.
- And it'll tell me exactly what it is. - It's heroin.
- All right, it is heroin? - Yeah.
- So, you're admitting that it is heroin, obviously? - Yes.
Well, is it old heroin? Did you forget it was in there or something? Or is it what?
I... I guess. I mean...
Do you-- are you a recreational user, or you just-- do you sell? What do you do?
- I use. - You just use a little bit.
I understand it's a habit, man.
- I appreciate being honest. - It's the worst habit to ever...
It's a tough habit, man. I understand that.
Now, I don't personally know, and I can't sympathize with it,
but I do understand that it's a habit that people get addicted to it
and they can't control it.
How much does this little baggy normally go for? Like, how much did you buy this for?
- 40 bucks. - 40 bucks.
All right, man, we're almost done, Devin, I'll get you out of here in a minute.
We're gonna talk for one more time.
- Come over here, Devin. - Yeah.
Did you know he was into, like, heroin?
- Things like that, had addictions? - No.
Do you always give people that you don't really know rides
at 2:00 o'clock in the morning?
'Cause I'm working right there.
- Okay. - So, I said I was going to the store,
- and I'd take him where he needed to go. - Okay.
And that was it. I didn't know anything like that was going to happen.
Well, here-- I think you should heed this as the warning, right?
You're gonna get out of here, you're gonna be able to drive off
with nothing more than a minor traffic citation, all right?
Then you get out of here. Just sit in the car real quick.
Um...
The biggest thing right now, this lifestyle that you live, man,
with the heroin and the drugs and stuff like that,
- it's tough. - I've been trying to get away from it.
- I was supposed to turn myself into detox. - Okay.
- And it's-- without it... - You get dope sick.
When in doubt, man, you gotta go to your core friends and your family
to help you get off, you know, the bad stuff.
I'm getting back on my feet.
- Mm-hmm. - I'm going back to work, and...
- Good. Good. - I'm supposed to get my kids this weekend.
- So... - Okay.
Well, here's what's gonna happen, man.
You've been super honest, you're coming clean on everything now.
Unfortunately, you're gonna have to get arrested tonight for the possession of heroin.
132 and Bush.
I've got him at gunpoint.
Okay, gunpoint, 132 and Bush.
Cover is Code Three.
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