-Huh! ♪ bad boys ♪
♪ whatcha want, whatcha want
-Sheriff's office, stop! -♪ whatcha gonna do
-Come on, man. We gotta go.
-♪ when sheriff john brown come for you ♪
-Honestly, whose dope was it? -Not mine.
-♪ bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do ♪
-Don't do it!
♪ bad boys, bad boys
-What am I going to jail for?
♪ 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.
-I never thought I was gonna be a cop growing up.
I'd been bartending for 10 years,
And it's a fun job.
It's been a blast the short time I've been the police.
I wanted something that my kids could look up to,
I got three kids and I, you know,
Can't look up to being a bartender, so.
(police sirens)
All right, now we're going to a burglary in progress.
Son kicked in a mom's door, doesn't live there anymore,
Not supposed to be there.
And knows she's got firearms in the house,
He knows where they're at,
So he's got access to those weapons.
(indistinct)
Uh, whoever's right here.
-Officer: He broke in through the back door.
So, we can go through the back.
-Deputy bradley foster: All right, let's do that.
-Officer: One more?
-Yeah, escambia county sheriff's office k-9!
(dog barking)
Surrender now or you may be bit!
-Sheriff's office! -Sheriff's office!
-If you're here, make yourself known!
Sheriff's office!
-Foster: He's yelling in the back.
I hear yelling in the back left.
-Deputy housam: Sheriff's office k-9,
Come out now or you may be bit!
-Officer: Come out!
-Suspect: I ain't coming out!
-Housam: Dog's coming in!
-Officer: Get out, get out!
Sheriff's office!
Raise your hands. -Hands!
Get up! Put your hands up!
-(officers yelling) -(dog barking)
-Officer: I'm holstered, I'm holstered.
-Officer: Hands! Hands!
Taser, taser.
-(taser clicking) -(suspect shouting)
-Foster: Go, go, go, go!
Push, push, push.
Give us your other hand now!
-Suspect: Please kill me! Kill me, please!
I wanna die. -Stay still!
-Suspect: I wanna die!
-Foster: Yup, put him over here.
-Officer: Stand up buddy, stand up. -Foster: Nope, stand up.
(suspect groaning)
-Come on, walk.
-I just wanna die man, come on.
I just wanna die, man.
-(suspect groaning) -hey, whoa.
-It's double locked, double, yup.
-Spread your feet, man. Turn to the car, spread your feet.
-Suspect: I'm gonna die.
-You're not though. -I'm tryin' to tell you!
I took the pills a minute ago, before y'all came in the door.
-Pills? -Just hold on.
-There's strips on the bed. I'm just letting you know.
Oh my god.
-Is there anything on you that could stick me, poke me, hurt me?
Guns, knives, bombs, narcotics. -No, man, there's not.
-All right. -I just wanna die.
-All right, put him in.
-There's still strips on the bed.
-Just put him in mine.
-It's all right, man, let's go.
-Listen, I'm not gonna ask you about
Where'd you get the case, or how we got called out here.
All I'm interested in, is what happened right there
At the very end.
When the deputies are telling you
To show the hands and give up, why didn't you?
(intense sobbing)
-I was about to cut my (beep) wrist open.
I don't want to be here anymore.
-You said you were about to cut your wrist open?
-That's what I was about to do. I don't want to be here anymore.
-Well, I mean, they'd rather taser you
Than let you cut yourself, you know what I mean?
-I know that, but I don't want to be here.
-Okay. -I don't want to be here.
-Did you hear them telling you to--
-Yes, I heard, I heard them tell me everything, man.
I just don't want to be here.
I was hoping they would shoot me.
I was kinda sad when they put the (beep) gun away. I was.
I didn't realize they pulled the taser out until it was too late.
-Okay. -I don't want to be here.
-So why'd you grab the razor?
You just wanted to kill yourself?
-Yes, that's why I was pointing at my wrist.
-Do you understand, why we can't let that--
-Yeah I know why, y'all gotta do y'all's job.
I know y'all's job, I don't fault y'all for that.
I took the pills right before y'all came in the room.
-Okay, were they your pills or somebody else's?
-Huh? -Were they prescribed to you, or?
-It doesn't matter at this point, does it?
No, it doesn't. -Well, I mean.
If it isn't something you're supposed to have.
-I took them all. -Okay.
-The bottle's in the room empty.
-All right, put your foot in for me.
-(suspect coughing) -(car door closing)
-Foster: You can hear him yelling in the back,
"I'm gonna die, I'ma kill myself.
Don't mess with me," and yada, yada, yada.
He barricaded himself in the room.
We could get it open maybe five, six inches.
He kept trying to go towards the razor blades on the bed,
But hart goes in, tases him, and then we just shove in,
And get him before he could grab the razors,
The gun that he might've had.
So, we got him in custody, he didn't hurt himself.
He was looped up to hell and back but--
-So a good peaceful ending.
-Foster: Yup, yup.
-All right, the medics cleared him.
They said he didn't take the pills he claimed to have taken.
So, we're gonna go have a talk with him.
Hey, what happened, bud?
(suspect gasping)
-You know what happened.
-I know that they had to kick the door in and come get you.
-Yeah. -Why'd you make them do that?
-I needed more time before they got in that room.
-You what? -I needed more time.
You needed more time? To do what?
-To slice my wrist open.
-Okay, well, the good news is that I'm happy
We were able to save you.
So nothing bad happened.
It all went relatively peacefully.
I know that it seems a little bad now,
But you're gonna ultimately be okay, all right?
-No. (chuckles)
It's not.
-I know, I talked to your mom a little bit,
I know a little bit about the back story
About what's going on.
But we're gonna make it through it, all right?
-I've tried that the last ten years man,
Especially the last four years.
-You'll be surprised what you can get through.
(christopher chuckles)
You can get through this. -I've been shot at, I've been stabbed,
I've been tased, I've been tased.
I'd rather die man than keep going through this (beep).
I've gotten rid of half the people, man,
That I've come across.
That I didn't need to be around, I got rid of them.
-This too shall pass, okay?
-This shall pass, but at what expense?
At what cost? -All right.
-That's the other part of the saying.
-Well, I talked to your mom, she's working
On getting you help.
We're gonna work it out. -I have nothing.
(suspect cries)
-All right.
Well, we're gonna check on you in a minute okay?
All right, basically talking to christopher
And his mom as well,
He's upset because he had a girlfriend,
Longtime girlfriend. She was pregnant,
He was under the impression it was his child.
He got an apartment with her,
Spent all his time, bills, put all this investment
Into a family that they thought was his,
And then come to find out, baby is born,
And it's not his child.
So, now he had an apartment, had a house.
It appears to him that he's lost everything.
So that's why he's so upset.
He's lost, in his opinion, his entire world,
In a very short span,
Something he's been building for months, so.
-That's a lot to process,
So I mean I guess that explains his crisis
He was in at the house when we encountered him in the bedroom.
-Chase: Yeah he didn't take any pills, ems cleared him.
We're gonna take him to the hospital,
Just to get him the help he needs.
-So I've been a police officer for,
Coming up on seven years.
I absolutely love my career.
I love working for the city of riverside.
I love giving back to the community
And keeping the streets safe.
On my downtime I love fishing,
I love being outdoors,
And just really spending that quality time with my family.
-All right, pulling up to a stolen vehicle
In the parking lot,
In the corner of madison and indiana.
Looks like there's a suspect inside, k-9 is on scene.
Is he in there?
-He's in there asleep in the driver's seat.
(helicopter hums)
-Fto cruz: You wanna hit an air horn,
See if they'll wake up him up? -Yeah, we probably should
Get a better position, or I don't know how we'll do it.
-Clinedinst: I would say--
-Cruz: Tell her to say back there, that's her truck.
-Stay there, ma'am.
-Clinedinst: He's kinda moving around, he's moving around.
Hey, you got that, cleary?
He's moving around, he's kinda waking up.
-Cruz: Morning.
-Clinedinst: Hey driver!
Exit the driver side of the vehicle.
-Cruz: Hands up.
Face away from us, keep your hands up, keep your hands up.
-Clinedinst: Step back.
Stop right there.
Grab the top of your collar of your shirt
With your right hand.
Pull it up.
All right, turn around.
Turn around.
Keep turning, keep your hands up.
There you go, keep turning.
Keep turning, hands up.
Lock em' out, face away from us.
Hands all the way in the air, and lock your elbows out.
-There you go. -(dog barking)
Walk back to the sound of my voice.
(dog barking)
Keep walking back, keep walking back, keep walking back.
Stop.
Get on your knees.
Keep your hands where we can see them, dude, keep em' locked up.
Keep em' on your head, yup.
(dog barks)
-All right, so we got the suspect in custody.
We make sure nobody else is in the car, it's clear.
So, a vehicle was stolen.
Our k-9 officer located the vehicle with a suspect inside,
And we responded, and he was sleeping inside the car.
Now we're here searching the vehicle.
-That's why I asked, is it 208,
Is it 280? -Yeah, he painted it.
I think there's another plate
In there and he has it switched to--
-The same thing? -Yeah, he painted it.
-Well that's why when I walked up
And I thought that plates not right.
-He painted the plate.
-Okay. -So it's 208,
Not 280, he has it 208 on there,
But it's 280.
-Okay, so the front one's like that too.
-He painted it, yeah to make it look like--
-Oh, playing on flipping a 180.
-Yeah, I think so. -All right, cool.
-Cruz: All right, david, so what happened today?
-Nothing, I was just sleeping in my friend's car.
-Cruz: Okay, what's your friend's name?
-Robert. -Robert?
-Yeah. -Okay.
When did robert let you borrow this car?
-David: He didn't let me borrow it,
He just said I could sleep in it.
So I fell asleep.
-You went in there and fell asleep?
So, the car was here, and you just showed up,
And went to sleep in it? -Mm-hmm.
-Okay. What's roberts last name?
-David: I don't know.
-Where does robert live?
-David: I don't know, I just met him not that long ago.
-Cruz: So, robert left his key in here,
And you just went in there?
-I guess.
-Cruz: Well I don't know, that's why I'm asking you.
-I don't know, I just went in,
And I knocked out, I don't know what had happened there.
He said he would be back.
-Come on, it's not my first day.
I know that you know what's going on.
What's going on with this car?
-David: Well nothing.
-Cruz: Do you know it's stolen?
-Nah, I thought it was his. -Cruz: That it was his?
Are you sure about that? -Yeah.
-So if I pull this surveillance
From these cameras here at home depot.
I'm not gonna see you driving this car here?
Cause' that's gonna be my next step.
I'm actually about to send an officer
In there to go look right now.
And I'd rather know the truth from you,
Than to find out you're lying to me,
Cause' then I'm just gonna be a little mad.
It's gonna be upsetting, right?
-I parked it there. -You parked it here, okay.
So where did you drive this car from?
-Huh? -Where did you drive this car from?
Where'd it come from?
-From him, from that one guy.
-Cruz: From what one guy? I don't know the guy.
-Robert. -Robert?
So, robert gave you his car and you drove it here.
-Yeah, I was supposed to give it back to him.
-Cruz: Where were you supposed to drop it off at?
-Right here.
-Where did you pick it up from?
-Huh? -Where did you pick it up from?
-David: From his house.
-Cruz: But you didn't know this car was stolen?
-He said it was his, I don't know.
-Cruz: So yes or no?
-Yeah, I guess.
-You knew it was stolen, okay.
All right, david, I loosened up your hand cuffs,
Just try to make yourself comfortable as you can, okay?
These officers are gonna transport you over
To the station, to start the paperwork, all right?
-All right. -All right, david, good luck to you.
Okay, you didn't know this guy, right?
-Nah. -No, okay.
You didn't give him permission to drive your car?
When was your car stolen?
-I'm sorry? -When was your car stolen?
(speaking spanish)
A month ago? Okay. -Yeah, one month.
-And then you want him arrested?
-Yes. -Correct.
For being in possession of your vehicle.
-Yes. -Okay,
We're gonna release the vehicle over to you.
I'm gonna call dispatch,
And take the vehicle out of the stolen vehicle system.
-Please.
-So, as I was searching the vehicle
To make sure there's no weapons,
Or any evidence in there.
I located what appeared to be the front plate
Of the license plate.
It appeared to be altered with white-out and blue marker.
So, I mean, at night-time this plate might be hard
To pick up, and you might not be able
To tell that it's altered.
You might run the plate, and it would come back not stolen.
So, we took the plates off the vehicle,
So that way,
The victim won't have any issues being pulled over,
And we're gonna book em' into-- -just book em' later.
-Property as evidence. -Yeah, cool.
Sounds good, man, good deal.
I spoke to the victim.
More than happy that we found it, and got someone in custody,
So he was able to get his car back.
Happy ending for him and his family.
-One of the things I strive for every day is
To treat people fairly.
Everybody deals with something every day.
And a bad day for them, is not necessarily a bad day for me.
But I always try to put myself in their shoes,
And treat them the way I wanted to be treated.
So right now, we've been dispatched
To a suspicious circumstances call,
Where somebody has reported
That they see a male and a female hanging out around a car,
And they say they believe they're doing drugs.
So we're getting ready to pull up here right now.
How's it going? -Good, what's up?
-So why are we hiding behind the building?
-We're not. -Because of the shade.
We're just tryna get in the shade, that's all.
-The manager said you guys are hiding out
Behind her building, and she's concerned.
That's a problem. You got any id on you?
-I don't have any id, that's what I'm waiting on for--
-You don't have any id?
What's your first name? -Jose: Jose, j-o-s-e.
-That's affirmative I'm out with two.
-I have a warrant, it's out of henderson, or vegas.
-Lt. Eric murphy: Whose car is this?
-My ex-boyfriend's back home.
-Murphy: Okay.
You know you can't have it on the roadway, right?
I'll write you a ticket for that, if it's on the roadway.
-Okay.
-Your plates are expired by a long time.
-Right, I have an appointment at the dmv.
-So, it's your ex-boyfriend's car?
-Well, okay, so he sold it to me,
But the title hasn't been transferred yet.
Like I said, I have a dmv appointment and--
-Murphy: Well that's gonna be a problem with the plates expired, right?
-It shouldn't be, he already did a release--
-Murphy: He signed everything for you?
-Yeah. -You got an id on you?
You still have the warrant out of vegas?
-Yeah. -Okay.
-I have to go pay the tickets. -Okay.
All right.
All right, stand right here for me, all right?
All right, seven, code four, copy two.
(dispatcher talking over radio indistinctly)
-Radio: With a warrant out of our agency
For traffic citation with a cash bail of 1,200 cash only.
Break.
-Abby, go ahead and start me a transfer.
I'm on the very north end of the building,
Behind a trash can, copy.
Both of them have been pretty cooperative,
But it appears that the female has a warrant
Out of our agency for non-appearance.
So, we're gonna take her into custody,
And she'll be going to jail for, uh,
I think they said it was like a $1,700 warrant.
Okay, so julia, come here, let me talk to you about this car.
So what's the dude's name that owns this car?
-James. -Murphy: Okay.
And is the kid both of yours, or who?
Is the baby both of yours?
-Well, I'm not sure to be honest.
-Okay.
Well, so here's the deal, all right?
You're under arrest right now. -For what?
-You have a warrant out of nye county for your arrest,
For unpaid traffic tickets over $1,200.
-What?! From when? -Yep, I just ran you.
I don't know, they just told me.
So, you gotta figure out if he can take the baby,
Or if I need to call cps, but you're going with me today.
-Julia: Oh my god, are you serious?
-Murphy: You're good with taking the baby?
-Yeah, I'll take the baby.
-Murphy: I think they said it's like $1,700 in tickets, okay?
-I'll get her out.
-How are you?
-I'll take her to danielle's.
-Murphy: I tell guys this all the time,
It's gonna get you when you least suspect it.
You know what I'm saying?
And that's what's happening, right now.
-What kind of traffic tickets are they?
-I could show you when I get up there,
They just told me you have traffic tickets,
And it's been confirmed.
So, it's in our case file,
So you have to go with me today.
-Can I change her diaper really quick.
-Murphy: Yeah, absolutely.
And you're good with him taking the baby, yeah?
-Yeah. -Okay.
The other thing too is,
That I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
Tell you what you can do and can't do.
But a week from now, two weeks from now,
If this thing's got california plates on it,
And it's driving around down the road,
And I catch it, it's going on a tow truck, bro.
And you're getting tickets, okay?
I'll help you out with that, but--
-Julia: Take it to my house and leave it there, please.
-I'ma have it towed.
-However you get there.
Get to the house, and leave it there, please.
Take the baby to danielle, please.
Okay?
-Murphy: Yeah, what's really interesting is it,
You must had 'em for a little while,
Because it hit on your california driver's license.
-Jose: Do they book and release, or does she have to go court?
-If she could pay the fine, they'll book and release,
If she can't, then she'll have to wait and see the judge,
And probably see the judge tomorrow.
-I have to pay the whole 1,700?
-Unless you can get a bond.
Just remember what I said, all right?
It's a traffic ticket.
It's not like you killed somebody,
And you're going away forever.
-I know, I just, I haven't been away from her
For more than like two hours since she's been born.
-Murphy: I know.
It's better just to get it taken care of right now.
He's good, he's got two warrants out of clark county.
He already knew them.
Um, and then I ran her,
And she hit on a warrant for us, I think it was like $1,700.
She's given him permission to take the baby,
So he's gonna take the baby.
She has a baby. -Okay.
-Murphy: So, he's gonna take care of the baby,
And take care of the car,
And then you and I will take her up there.
Just do what you gotta do, man,
But be gone by the end of the day, all right?
-Yes, sir. -All right, buddy.
Okay, go ahead and put your hands behind your back.
Just relax, just let em' go. -Okay.
-There you go. -(handcuffs clicking)
-Julia: You're okay, honey, you're okay.
-Murphy: Okay, let's walk over here.
-Julia: Get her out of the sun as soon as possible.
-He's gonna take care of your stuff, come over here.
So listen.
I know it's hard times now and all that.
Are you guys staying out of the car with the baby?
-No, I have a place. -You're staying in a house?
-Yeah, I have a place at the end of the--
-What are you guys doing here? Just putting the window tint on?
-Yeah, 'cause it was too hot at my house,
And there was no room in the garage,
To bring the car in so.
-Okay.
Well, now I know you, and you know me, right?
So I'm going to be keeping an eye out for ya, all right?
I wanna see you straighten your stuff up, okay?
-Okay.
-All right? For you and the baby.
-Yeah. -Okay?
'cause, listen, people will tell you murphy's a hard-ass,
But I am a hard-ass to the wrong people,
And I'm a nice guy to people I care about.
All right? And I could see by you face,
And your expression, that you're on hard times right now.
All right?
So you're gonna see me, I'm gonna keep an eye out for you.
All right?
But you need to get your stuff straight,
And like I said,
It's better to get it taken care of right now.
-(over radio): 132 and bush, I've got him at gun point.
-Dispatch: Okay, gunpoint, 132 and bush.
-Cover's code three. -Thanks, 10.
-(indistinct radio chatter)
-Okay, we'll still send a code three.
-(theme music playing)