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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? ♪
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 uncle is a police officer down in Madera,
and at the age of 13 he started taking me on ride-alongs.
And ever since then I've been hooked on
this is the job that I wanted to do.
Through my times of going on ride-alongs with him,
we had been in some pretty dangerous situations at times
and kind of made me second guess if this is what I wanted to do.
But deep down I found that this is what I was meant to do,
this is what I love doing.
I'm here in Stockton now and I'm happy to be here.
Hang on a second, there's a guy taking off from us.
Hang on.
15, we are. We're trying to catch up to that bike.
It's taking off from us.
The dirt bike just rode past us. It's not street legal.
The rider, he didn't have a helmet on.
So we're gonna try to catch up to him.
Yankee 16.
I got a failure to yield.
Northbound Kelley Drive.
Passing Charleston.
It's a dirt bike.
Looks like a number three male riding it.
Radio: Status change accepted.
It's a Hispanic male driver about 20-25 years old.
White t-shirt, black pants.
White shoes.
Yankee 16, we're still northbound.
Speeds of 40 miles an hour.
Passing Stanfield.
I think we got one more CRT unit with us,
two more CRT units with us.
We're now eastbound, Stanfield.
Still 40 miles an hour.
We're southbound...
Barnridge-- Barnbridge.
Passing Bixby.
This guy's on a dirt bike taking off from us right now.
And if there's someone on the other side, he's gonna come through the dirt bike trail.
Sorry, the, uh--
He's crossing the bridge.
Is he still crossing?
Did he crash?
He crashed, he crashed! Foot bail!
Foot bail, foot bail! He's running across the water.
Stop! Stop!
(Grunts) (Muffled shouting)
I'm fine, I'm fine!
(Muffled shouting)
We're good, we're good, we're good.
- I'm a minor! I'm a minor! - Relax. Relax, relax, relax. We got him.
I'm a minor!
Code Four, Code Four!
- I'm a minor! - Code Four.
I got it.
Gauge 16, we got him... (Indistinct)
Code Four, K-900.
I'm a minor! I'm a minor!
Not smart, buddy. You could have killed yourself or somebody else.
I don't got nothing.
Why you run, then?
(Panting) I know.
You know you put everybody's life in danger, right?
Yes, sir.
It's all fun and games until somebody gets hurt, right?
You forget what you did, or what?
Yes, sir.
- Ah! - Not smart, dude.
My whole face hurt.
(Indistinct) He's got eyes on him.
- Did he just roll in there? - Hm?
How did that fence come down?
He knocked it down. He was trying to wedge his bike through there.
It wouldn't fit. Just kept gassing and kept gassing it,
it knocked the fence down.
Eventually he pulled it?
He-- No. The bike trying to go through the fence knocked it down.
Oh, okay.
He hopped off, ran and-- yeah.
Did you guys tackle him or did he fall?
No, he stopped. I caught up to him,
within inches and then he just stopped, got on the ground.
(Indistinct)
Good deal. Good job.
No problem. Thanks.
What's going on man, why'd you run?
I was just scared.
Scared for what?
I know, uh... bikes are illegal.
And what do you think would have happened?
If you stopped.
I don't know.
Make you feel a little bit silly right now, nothing would have happened.
I would have told you to go home. Okay?
Now you just started this whole thing.
You were running around.
Your back tire was about to come off.
- Yeah, I know. - What happens if you fall of it?
I would have probably killed myself.
- You probably would have killed yourself, right? - Yes, sir.
- How old are you? - 17.
Was all this worth it? All this mess?
- No, sir. - Because who do you think's gonna pay for that fence?
- Take a wild guess. - Me?
Yeah. Do you have money to pay for that?
- No, sir. - Are you in school?
Yes.
Okay, what do you think your probation officer's gonna do?
Oh, my God.
Right, you were on probation, they violate you, and then where do you go?
Because you can't be out here.
- Back to jail. - You go back to jail, right.
I saw you earlier, parked.
Just chilling with your friends and I saw the bike,
and I didn't think two things of it.
- Yeah. - And I saw you riding,
I would have just stopped you and said, "Hey, what are you doing?"
You would have told me and I said, "All right, go home."
Yeah, I was going home.
All you needed to do was stop and tell me that.
All right, man. Sit tight.
What's your name, ma'am?
- Rosalinda. - Rosalinda? Okay.
How long have you been with Thomas?
- Three years. - Three years?
And this is your first kid? Okay.
Has he done any of this before?
- No. - You ever told him not to ride his bike around?
- I tried. - And what?
He doesn't listen to me. He doesn't listen to anybody.
What does he say?
I don't really-- I don't try to tell him what to do
'cause he's his own person.
- He's his own person? - I can't.
Come on.
Excuse me.
Thomas,
why don't you talk to Rosalinda, man.
You just sit there. Come here.
- What's wrong, babe? - Look what you're doing to her?
What's wrong?
Why you crying?
Stop crying.
Look, you got her right in front of you.
You got to be strong for her.
If it's too hard for you, Rosalinda, you can go back.
You got to remember these two faces, man,
next time you try something like that.
Seriously, it's not funny, dude.
You could have got hurt and you got to remember
what's on the line here.
Even if you don't care about everybody else that's on the streets of Stockton,
you don't care about us that's chasing you,
you don't care about yourself,
think about these two.
She can't even say anything to you, she's so upset.
Does that mean anything to you?
I don't understand why you have that smirk on your face.
Family means the world to me, man.
Look at this face here. She has no choice in the world.
And then what happens if she grows up without a dad?
For your silly mistake of you thinking
that you're gonna get in some big trouble. You decided to run.
This is something that you're gonna need to figure out
because you're almost 18 and you've got to learn how to be a man.
You understand?
This person cares about you
and look at what you're doing to her.
So this is what's gonna happen.
You're gonna be cited to your mom today, okay?
But I don't want you to forget the fact
that you can go to jail.
We're choosing not to. We're gonna be easy on you today.
Wouldn't have taken much for you to crash,
hit your head, and you'd have been gone.
She would have grown up never knowing daddy.
I hope that you take this as a lesson.
- Pfft, I will. - You understand?
Yes, sir.
Don't let this happen again, man.
Oh, I won't.
Seriously, take this as your lucky day, man.
Trust me.
So I expect you to go to court
and then who knows what the judge is gonna make you do.
But you better hope the judge is just as nice as we are.
You think about all the different types of calls
at the end of day, what really mattered to you.
When you get into it, you think it's all about
just chasing the bad guy and getting the bad guy.
That's really kind of the small part of it.
The part that seems to stick with you is when
you know that you've helped somebody and that
you made a difference in your community somehow
doing something good for somebody else.
We're headed to a welfare check.
One of the neighbors who wished to remain anonymous
has called and said that there's something going on here at the house
where somebody's yelled.
They think they're in distress of some sort.
And they can smell a heavy presence of marijuana.
(Radio chatter)
(Whispers) Pipe.
The guy has a pipe right there.
They're doing meth.
It's a meth pipe.
There's like four people. It's a meth pipe they're smoking.
Do we want to get--
Somebody bang on the window, somebody bang on the door. We'll wait here.
Boise Police, stop! Don't move!
Don't move, get on the ground!
- I didn't even do-- - Get on the ground, now!
Okay. Okay.
Lay down. All the way down. All the way down.
What's going on?
Officers, can I know what's going on?
Put your hands behind your back. Put your hands behind your back.
I know you, David.
Yeah, I just saw what you were doing in there.
- Smoking some bud? - No, that wasn't bud.
(Handcuffs close)
Yeah.
- Who else is in there? - (Indistinct chatter)
It's just my son in my room.
'Kay. Go ahead and stand-- lean up against your car for me, okay?
(Mumbles)
Yep.
Everybody, step on out.
Let me see your hands.
- We have bud right there. - Yeah.
Both: Come on out.
Okay.
Let's go. Who else is inside?
Police! Anybody else inside the house?
Stop right there. Stop right there.
Turn and face the wall. Face the wall.
- Yep. - Spread your feet.
Brass knuckles?
They're belt buckles.
Okay. Since you got weapons, I'm just gonna put you in handcuffs for now.
- Okay? - Oh.
He's not gonna hurt nobody. He just has that so...
- uh, we don't have to go to war. - Okay. All right.
Go to war, huh? Who we going to war with?
- With the militia. - With the militia?
Yeah.
I don't understand what you're saying.
You know those guys that are trying to take over the world?
So you're gonna stop them with some brass knuckles?
No, but we're gonna protect ourselves with the brass knuckles.
Why are you possessing this kind of stuff?
You think your probation officer's gonna say,
yeah, they like you having concealed knives like that?
- Is this your house, ma'am? - Yes, it is.
Let me tell you what's going on here and why we're here.
So we get a call here--
um, somebody was concerned about--
they heard somebody yell, they thought they--
maybe somebody was in need of some help.
Oh.
So we come here, naturally, to check that out
and make sure everything's okay.
I walked to this window here where I see people moving around,
I look in and what do I see?
Let's not play dumb. Just tell me what I saw.
'Cause I can work with people that work with me a lot better than those that don't.
So what do you think I saw through the window?
I don't know.
- Oh, come on. - Us smoking.
Yeah, okay, thank you. What were we smoking?
David already was honest, why don't you be honest.
- Meth. - 'Kay.
Come on up here.
Let's have you wait right here for me. Laurie, come on in here.
- Yes, sir. - Are you on probation, Laurie?
- No, sir. - You're not?
Okay. Just, just come right over here.
I'm not gonna throw you down or anything, just come over here and be cooperative for me.
- Okay. - 'Kay?
Just sit right there until my partner comes back.
Okay.
So what am I gonna find? You told me there's gonna be meth
and we saw you smoking it. There's obviously some weed right here.
Let's just get it all out at once
because this isn't good, first of all, for Justin,
who's on probation, to even be around this stuff.
How much did you guys smoke up tonight?
Um, we just started.
- You just, just hit that pipe when we walked up? - Just recently.
And you're feeling the effects of it right now?
No.
'Cause I don't know you, but you seem to speak with a thick tongue as you talk.
Kind of slow speech.
- Thick tongue? - Yeah.
Oh, I probably do.
Okay, Laurie's gonna take us through the house,
point out where everything's at, we'll collect it.
I'm out of gloves, unless you got some, I can grab them.
Laurie, stand up.
Let's go back here.
Just point where it's at, don't touch it.
Okay.
'Cause we're-- this is where the party is at.
Yes. Yep.
'Kay. There's another pipe.
What's gonna be in here?
Roaches.
- Roaches? Okay. - The dope's inside of the Bible.
Okay, can you stand right over here for me Laurie?
You have dope in the Bible?
Yeah.
Where am I gonna find this?
- It's marked here. - Book of John?
I don't know.
'Cause it looks like we're in the Book of John.
No? What is it that's in here?
- The meth? - Yeah.
It's a dollar bill.
There you go.
- (Camera shutter clicks) - 'Kay.
Is it loose in there or is it wrapped in plastic?
It's loose.
So is this all of it? Other than what's out there?
Yes. Do you have the marijuana pipe too?
- Yep. - Oh, there's more.
You have more in there? Oh, on the glass.
Who's the picture of this? Who's that person?
Me.
- That's you? - Yeah.
You don't do meth off yourself.
That's kind of weird.
That's you as a kid.
Don't you remember yourself as being a good kid?
Yeah.
That's weird.
No?
All right, let's go back outside, Laurie.
All right, listen up, everybody.
I need your attention.
We already know, because we looked through the window--
here's how this is gonna go down.
You guys are possessing felony substance.
Justin's already come clean. You've come clean.
- Yes. - 'Kay, David, tell me what you've been smoking tonight.
Oh, tonight? Just a little bit of bud, a little bit of--
- Little bit of meth? - Yeah.
Thank you.
- Young lady. - Don't do that.
(Chuckles) I wasn't smoking anything.
I can honestly vouch for that, sir.
I don't do it.
We're in a place where drugs are used,
which is illegal in itself.
- Are we getting-- - Same thing.
Which is... (Mumbles)
Everybody's gonna get the paraphernalia,
possession of marijuana,
possession of controlled substance felony which is the meth.
Except her, she's gonna have one misdemeanor.
Don't do drugs, guys.
I moved to Las Vegas in 2001
about two weeks before the academy started.
At Bolden, we have a saying. "Bolden Pride."
And I really got to know what it was about.
Just like the lion family pride,
we treat each other like family. We look after each other.
And we take, you know, violent crimes serious.
Because we don't want it to affect the residents that live in our area.
(Radio chatter)
We just got a victim, called in, saying that he was a...
Attempt robbery at the Bank of America ATM.
We don't have much information now.
It's just a black male with a gun,
wearing a Letterman jacket.
Okay, he's running northbound.
We're just gonna go down to the corner and cut him off on MLK.
(Radio chatter)
Oh, they got him at gunpoint.
Man: Go secure my car!
They need to find out where their NPR is.
Go secure my car!
On N, go secure my car!
I need an article check.
- Okay. - Yeah, yeah.
Along the side of the vast business right there.
- One person will be running from the bank. - He's in custody.
What did I do?
You know what you did.
413 A, behind you, A.
Okay.
Hey, Sarge, so what was it that you guys saw?
So a call came out over here saying that an individual was at the ATM
and that somebody was trying to rob him.
He described him as a black male wearing a letterman-type jacket.
So we were just down the street.
So we turned north on N Street, which is right behind the Bank of America.
As we were coming up, there was a BM with a Letterman jacket on,
walking northbound on the sidewalk.
So we ran out to stop him
and as soon as we identified ourselves,
he took off running. He's holding his waistband the whole time.
- Right. - When he gets back there in the little alley,
he actually tosses the gun.
And then he shoots out here while I was coming around the other side of the building.
So pretty much ran into each other in the middle of MLK.
And then I proned him out and we took him into custody over here.
Okay. Good job.
- Thanks, man. - Good job.
Next time, don't run.
You know how many black people have been getting killed by cops, dude?
- How many? - With their hands up.
About 15 right now.
Right here in Vegas?
If you didn't do anything wrong, you shouldn't run from the police.
If you didn't do anything wrong and you're innocent, you don't run from the police.
I watched there, and see a man on YouTube,
sit there, put his hands up, and get shot.
When was the last time someone got shot and killed on the West Side?
Both: By the police.
- Name it. - Go ahead.
I'm not sure.
2006. That was nine years ago.
So don't sit here and tell me it's some kind of epidemic.
All right?
If you want to believe that stuff, you can.
We do everything we can do to treat people with dignity and respect over here,
and you running from us puts your life in danger and it puts our lives in danger.
Next time you see the police, they ask you to stop,
don't run. Just stop.
I will sit there. Yeah.
Well, do you see where it got you?
- Yeah. - Okay.
Did you learn your lesson?
- Yeah. - I hope you did. Thank you.
I apologize, man. My bad.
All right, man, we're gonna have you stand up.
Ah! Ah! My legs.
- What about them? - Kinda going to sleep.
Well, they're tired 'cause you ran.
Obviously, you didn't stretch, right?
Right now we're bringing the victim over for a show-up,
see if they confirm this is the suspect or not.
Southbound to northbound?
No, they're gonna be coming from northbound to southbound.
So you want to put him over in my car instead of standing out here?
Yeah, and then we just bring him--
we'll pull him across.
Hey, Sarge, I'm gonna pull him out a little bit more.
If you want to light him up here. Stand right here.
Face northbound.
Come on, does he have to put that light on me.
Yeah. Just look straight ahead.
Dude, I can't see. It's too bright.
- Look straight ahead. - You look into it.
Look up.
I did everything you asked me to do.
(Radio chatter)
Face the car.
Did you hear that?
Yeah.
Okay. The victim identified the suspect as the person robbing him at gunpoint.
Right now we have units trying to locate that weapon.
Klinko's units saw him toss it.
See the serial number has been completely scratched off.
Yeah.
CSI's gonna come pick up the gun. That'll be tested.
See if the gun's reported stolen.
Probably do DNA buccal swab on him and the gun.
After that, he's just gonna meet up with detectives.
Tell his side of the story, if there's any.
And he'll be booked.
So tell me what happened, man.
Why'd you run?
Why do you think?
I had something on me that shouldn't have been there.
- Okay. - And I didn't want to get caught with it.
It's simple as that.
It's not something that--
I mean, most guys,
you know what I mean, CENSORED gangs,
they comfortable with getting caught with it, they don't care.
They'll, you know, take that route. No, not me.
That's not something that I try to live my life by.
Mm-hmm.
So, yes, I was gonna try everything possible to get away.
To separate yourself from that item.
Yes.
'Cause it's not something that
I would wish anyone to get caught with, but it did.
It happened, and--
I mean, the whole thing was just a spur of the moment thing?
Guaranteed, yes.
- Yeah? - That's why it ended up like this.
If you can understand and hear my words
and hear how I'm, like, basically talking to you.
Mm-hmm.
I'm an intelligent guy, I just spur of the moment CENSORED.
- Made a bad decision. - Yeah.
And once you were caught, I mean, you followed commands,
and, you know, everything went well for you.
Right?
Yeah, it's...
It's what you're supposed to do but, I mean, I know I shouldn't have ran.
You know what I mean?
But as I stated before, I do apologize for having y'all chase me.
It's just, it's not something that's me.
It's not me, period.
I appreciate it. Honestly, we don't get that hardly ever.
So the fact that you apologized, it is appreciated.
Yeah.
And like I said, I hope you learned a lesson
and you can move on with your life.
- Right? - Yeah, it's a big lesson to be learned.
- All right, man. - Thank you.
Watch your step.
He seemed remorseful and we don't get apologized to too often, so...
He's gonna end up being booked for attempt robbery
and possession of firearm with obliviated serial number.
Everybody's going home safe tonight and that's what's important.
- Hopefully, he'll learn from this. - Hopefully he will.
Officer over radio: 132 and Bush.
I've got him at gunpoint.
Dispatcher: Okay, gunpoint, 132 and Bush.
Cover is Code Three.
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