-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'm currently assigned to the encino station
In riverside county.
I'm currently married, I have two kids.
My wife's very supportive of the job.
In this line of work,
It's always good to have a supportive family behind you.
On my time off,
I like to spend a lot of time with my family.
My wife and kids help me decompress
From stresses of the job.
Now, we're gonna check this dude out,
Crouched down by the gate.
Looks a little suspicious.
What's going on, man? What are you doing?
-Filling up butane. -Huh?
-Filling up butane. -Oh, yeah?
-Yeah. -You on probation, man?
-No, sir. -Any weapons on you?
-No, sir.
You were taking a hit of that or what?
-No, no, no, I just bought it.
-Mind if I search you real quick?
-You can search me if you want. I'm not on probation or nothing.
-Oh okay, cool. -I mean that's all.
-Thanks, man. Go ahead and turn around.
-All right, you mind if I set this down? -Yeah, go ahead.
-All right, man.
-So you just filling up your lighter or what?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. I wouldn't lie to you, man.
-You usually fill up your lighter
While you're kneeling on the ground?
-Yeah, I mean, I just wanted to be outta sight, you know?
-For what? -I don't know.
I just felt like I've been in the--
-Hey, look at that. -Brand new.
-That's the first brown clean pipe I've ever seen.
-Oh, okay.
-You got anything else on you, man? -No, sir.
-Oh, you bought new one 'cause this was broken, huh?
-Yeah, I found that one, but yeah.
-What's your last name, man? -Uh, smith.
-Smith, what's your first name? -Uh, richard.
-You've been arrested before, right? -Yep.
-Take a photo of you real quick.
-Hopefully it's a good one,
Like for your id or something? (laughs)
-Yeah. -Yeah, yeah.
-What kind tattoos you have on your leg, man?
-A 13.
-A 13?
-Yeah, I'm from, I live out in hemet,
But I'm from hawthorne.
-Hawthorne? Alright, man. -Yeah.
You mind sitting on my, on my bumper?
-Yeah, I don't mind at all, dude.
(radio chatter)
-So he gave me his name,
My dispatch wasn't able to locate him.
So I'm just gonna run him on our data warehouse
To see if he has any previous booking photos.
(radio chatter)
(car door slams)
They're not able to find you, man.
So you tell me, man. So look-- -I'm not lying to you.
-Alright.
-When have you ever contacted me?
-I haven't contacted you.
-Alright then, so how am I lying to you?
You know what I mean?
I'm not lying to you.
-Alright, richard, look. -Yeah.
-I'll be straight up with you right now, right? -Serious, sir.
-I know you're telling me your name's smith, richard, right?
-Yeah.
-I just looked up at my database.
There's no smith richards with that date of birth, uh-uh.
-I've never been in trouble, dude.
-Hey, you just told me you've been arrested before, right?
-I've been to state prison.
-Okay, but you've been arrested before, right?
So you'd be in the system.
-No, I wouldn't, not if I took care of the ticket.
-Alright, listen, I've been doing this for a long time.
All right? -Me too.
-Okay, now listen. All I wanna do is identify you.
Is there a reason you don't wanna gimme your name
Or your real name?
'cause right now, you have possession of paraphernalia.
What is that? -I don't know.
-That's a misdemeanor. -Okay.
-So do you wanna be arrested for that?
-Whatever's good for you, dude. Look, I'm not lying to you.
It's like you... Why are you harassing me?
You like me? -Go ahead and turn around, man.
-I mean, I just never--
-Hey, dude, stop, stop.
Get on the ground, hands up!
-Like why you gonna arrest me?
-11-10. -For that? You know, honestly.
-11-11. -Hey, can we get...
This is hpd, dude. Okay, dude, all right, sir.
You gonna break my leg.
Come on, brother.
-Turn around, put your hands behind your back.
-What the hell's wrong with you?
It's like, come on, man. Like, why you wanna be a dick?
You know what I mean?
How do you figure I'm lying to you?
You know?
It's like, you're not even (indistinct).
Fake-ass car right here, every time you guys pull up,
You do this to me. You know why?
You know, I gave you my real (beep) name
And you're like, you have to be in the system.
You don't have to be in the system, dude.
You have nothing better to do?
Where's your backup?
That's how you know you're not a real cop.
-Alright.
-You know, I was like, "come on."
I gave you my real name.
-Hi. -Hey, this dude is--
-Are you all right?
-Yeah. -What's your deal, aaron?
-Uh, nothing, this dude, thinks I--
-You know his name? -Yeah.
-He was telling me his name was richard smith.
-No.
-Okay, so he had a pipe on him,
He lied about his name.
So I was gonna take him in for the pipe and...
-What pipe? That one right there?
-That one. -That one was not mine.
-(radio chatter) -you know what I mean?
That one's not even (beep) mine, dude.
-Chill out, aaron.
-Oh man, I'm just saying.
This guy's harassing me for no reason.
-No, you're probably not listening.
-I was just sitting on the curb.
Why you guys always mess with me, dude? -Let's go over here, dude.
1-9-72.
(radio chatter)
Why'd you run from me, man?
-Because I don't like you guys.
-All right, hold up. You have any weapons on you?
-No, I don't, sir.
-So are you familiar with this guy?
-Yeah.
-Does he, give you guys any problems around here?
-He's always on our arrest list
For usually public intoxication.
He's got a lot of burglaries.
He usually runs. -Oh, okay.
So anyways, I walked up on him.
He had this in his hand.
Is there anything you know about what they do around here?
-Yeah, what he's doing
Is he's getting the aerosol out of the butane.
Once he fills up the little container,
He's actually inhaling it.
So he's basically a modern-day huffer.
-Oh, okay.
You wanna tell me what you were doing by the fence?
-I was filling up the lighter
With the butane that I just bought.
-You filling up the butane?
-Yeah, it was a refillable lighter, I don't know.
-You taking hits for that or like--
-No, no, no, like, refillable lighters.
-Oh, so you were filling up the lighter? -Yeah, I was.
-So what was the little glass thing for on the ground?
-What do you mean?
-There's like a little glass container.
-Oh no, that's a shot bottle, isn't it?
That wasn't mine, it was already there.
-Oh, okay, so you weren't using it?
-Nah. -Oh, okay.
-You know what I mean? No, not at all. -What about the other pipe?
-Uh, yeah, I found that earlier walking down the street.
-Okay. Did you also saw it has on like--
-Yeah. -Do you know what's used for?
-Crack or something? As a straight shoot?
-Is that-- so, do you use meth?
-Once in a while, here and there.
Smoke wax or meth or whatever.
-Oh, okay, I never heard people smoking wax
Out of that one. -Yeah, yeah, that's what...
I guess it's like people do, you could smoke wax,
You get it hot enough and you dab it in there.
-Oh, okay. -You know what I mean?
-Okay, so like I said, man.
Right now, you're just under arrest for the paraphernalia,
The two pipes that you had on you
And then you ran from me
After I told you you're under arrest.
And so that's gonna be an additional charge, man.
Any reason why you ran?
-'cause that's what I do.
-Okay, all right, man.
Thanks. -Okay.
-I was working a corporate job.
My wife's best friends were all cops.
Basically, we go to a party one night,
Everybody there thinks I'm a cop already.
They start talking to me.
And when we left, my wife says,
"well, maybe you should give it a try."
So I told her, okay, I would,
That was four years ago and been doing it ever since.
So we're on our way to a call right now.
There's a guy inside of a convenience store with a gun.
People are saying he was making some threats,
Asking for money.
So we're all on our way there.
We're gonna see what's going on and see if we can bring
This thing to a peaceful resolution.
Hey, you guys gotta get outta here.
Go, go, go, go now, go.
(car door slams)
I can't see anybody moving from here,
But we're gonna stay right here, basically.
Make sure that we have sufficient cover.
One of the customers said that he was sitting inside
Playing a slot machine, but...
Okay.
Control 344, we got the male.
He's at the door with his hands up.
Lincoln-44, he's coming out.
Hey, put everything in your hands down!
All right, so now we got officers on the other side.
They're basically giving this guy commands.
-Officer: Leave the door, get on your knees.
Get on your knees. -Yeah.
-All right, so he is...
They're trying to prone him out basically
So we can make a safe approach.
And now they're gonna come up.
They're just gonna move up on him
And try to take him into custody.
Okay, he's dropping the bag.
-Officer: Drop it away from you.
-All right, so we got him to drop his bag
And it's hard to see around his waist,
Whether or not he actually has a gun tucked in or not.
We don't know who's inside the convenience store right now.
Okay, and so they're starting to move up now.
And this thing's about to wrap up here,
As long as he just basically is compliant,
Doesn't make any sudden moves,
Doesn't reach for anything,
They're gonna move up on him real quick,
And they're just gonna grab him.
-Officer: Lay down on your stomach.
-Get on the ground (indistinct).
-So we're gonna do this as safe and as slow as we have to,
As long as it takes, without getting anybody hurt,
Including him, so they're moving up.
They're gonna grab him up and it appears to be
Under the influence of something.
But it's hard to say.
Hey, go, get outta here, go, go.
-Have a seat, buddy.
-Pay me over $4.
-All right, get your feet in, man.
-Punk-ass, stupid-ass white bitch!
-Get your feet in there, sir.
-You on the other side?
All right, get your feet in.
-So what what's going on tonight, man?
-It's the lady, it's the lady in the store.
-You mean like she works here?
-Yes, sir. -Okay, so what happened?
-I won $4 and 45 cent, off a dollar.
-Okay.
-And then I had cashed out on that machine and then I--
-What happened?
-The lady, I said, "can I get my money?"
You know? -And what'd she say?
-She said, "no." -okay, did she say why.
-She gave me a dollar seventy-five.
She gave me a dollar and some cent.
-Okay.
-I didn't do nothing to her, sir.
I never did nothing to the lady, sir.
-Okay.
-I asked her, sir, "can I have the $4 and 45 cents?"
-And she said, no?
-She said that the customer
That was playing on the machine before me.
-Okay.
-Got it. -Took your money?
-Yeah. -Did you get mad or what?
Or were you just like calm like this?
-Well, when I asked my money...
I had, uh, I had-- first, I won on that machine.
-Yeah.
-So I pushed the alert and I seen that she was busy.
-Yeah.
-She only went up there.
So I wanted to put my money in the buffalo soldier.
-Okay, were you playing two machines at once?
-Yep. In a way, yeah. -Okay.
-So you had money waiting on one,
You start playing on another?
-Yeah, but I was the only one playing.
-Yeah, nobody else. So I understand. Yeah.
You were waiting to get paid on the first machine.
So you started playing the second machine?
-Yeah. -Yeah, I understand.
-And I was like, all right, I'm gonna cash out.
She got a lot of work. -Alright.
-So she know like getting all crazy with me, man, like--
-Was she mean to you?
-She was mean. -She was mean, okay.
Alright, look, hey.
I'm gonna come back and talk to you in a few minutes, okay?
I gotta do a little bit of paperwork, all right?
We'll come and explain everything to you, okay?
Alright.
All right, what do you got?
-38 caliber.
-Is that actually even a gun?
-It's like an off-brand firearm.
-Was it loaded?
-Officer: It was loaded, had one round in the chamber.
-Okay, thanks.
(alarm beeping)
Which one's the number one machine.
-Number one machine is here.
-Okay. -Number two machine is here,
And number three machine was here
And he was definitely on number three machine.
He definitely was not on number one at all,
Which is where he said that there was a cash out.
And there's only a player paid 20 cents on this machine.
-Yeah, that was actually on the screen when I walked in.
-Correct, so there was no 411 ever.
-Okay. -Yeah.
-And again, so just tell me what happened tonight?
-He came, he cashed out his dollar seven.
He walked around a little bit more.
Then he comes up to the register, really upset.
"I want my 4-11 off the machine."
I said, "okay, sir, it wasn't on the receipt."
So I tried to tell him, "there is no 4-11,
You didn't cash out 4-11."
He kept being persistent about it, so he got upset.
I got upset and things escalated from there.
-Okay. - Mm-hmm.
-So basically, because he didn't make a threat
To rob the store,
He's not gonna get charged with robbery.
He's basically gonna be charged with a gun charge,
Because he's got prior convictions.
-Okay. -And isn't allowed to have a gun.
-Okay, that sounds good to me. -All right, call us
If you have any more problems.
-Will do. Thank you, appreciate it.
-So I grew up in southern california.
I thought being a police officer was interesting.
So I decided to do that.
Been in law enforcement for about three years now.
Been employed by the city for about two and a half.
The reason why I wanted to be a police officer
Is just to help people.
They look for you for help.
So this job is my pride and joy
And I'm happy to be here every day.
All right, so we're just do next patrol here.
There's a suspicious car.
A female located on the driver's side,
Just leaning into it.
Usually means there's drug related stuff going on.
So we'll see what's going on.
You don't normally see people standing like this.
(car door alarm beeping)
(car door slams)
41 vehicle check.
Hello? -Hi.
(radio chatter)
-How do you guys know each other?
-Oh, we know each other for a long time.
-For a long time. Where are you from?
-I work right here off of la cadina at the new place.
-Okay.
Do you have a license on you by any chance?
-Can I ask why? What's the problem? -I'm just talking to you guys.
Do you have an id on you by any chance?
-Yeah, I do, but--
-How do you guys know each other, again?
-Just friends, we've been friends for a while.
-She was helping me get my card.
-What card?
-I mean, she's helping me set my card, it's for my--
-He works as a caretaker.
-Okay, gotcha.
Any of you guys on probation or parole?
-No, sir. -Ever been arrested?
-I have. -For what?
-For dope. -For dope?
Okay, do you have any dope on you today?
-No. -Just be honest with me.
-I don't.
-Do you have any dope on you today? -No.
-Okay.
So you guys don't have any warrants or anything?
-You're asking for my stuff, what is this?
-Relax, relax. -Okay, but--
-So what's the problem?
If you're not doing anything wrong,
Then why are you tripping out?
-I'm not tripping.
The thing is that I'm fighting a case right now.
-What's your case? -It's a drug charge.
-What drug charge, for sales?
What is it for?
-That's what they're trying to get me for.
-For sales? -Yes.
And, I mean, it's bogus.
-Yeah. -But anyways, I just--
-So you possibly have a warrant for your arrest?
Is that what you're scared of? -No, sir.
-No? -I'm still going to court.
-Okay, you're still going to court? -Yes.
-'cause if you have a warrant, it's a misdemeanor.
You just let me know right now. That's what I'm saying.
Just be truthful with me, that's what I'm asking for, okay?
-I don't know.
-Okay, but if you do just be tru--
Do you have any dope on you right now?
-No.
-Okay, 'cause I will find it, you know, I'll find it.
So just let me know right now.
If you let me know, I'll give-- -so you're pulling us over?
-Give me a second, let me talk.
Okay, I just write your name.
If you come back with warrants for anything.
-So let's find out.
-Radio: That's 14 is January this year
For h and s11378.
-I copy.
So you have warrants for your arrest, for drug charges.
Anything on you? -What drug charges?
-1164, which is basically a pipe,
You probably didn't take care of a ticket
Or you didn't go to court.
-I don't have to go to court.
-So again, anything on you right now? -No, I don't.
-You don't have nothing on you? -No, I don't.
-So I'm gonna search you, okay?
-I don't need to go to jail, right?
-You're not gonna go to jail, just hear me out.
But I want you to be truthful with me
'cause as soon as I find something, it goes different.
-I have nothing on me. -Nothing.
-No, I have a knife, though. -Okay.
-That's it. -Don't reach for the knife.
Okay? I'm gonna take the knife,
-It just feels weird right now.
'cause I don't know if there a problem or anything.
But I could clear that warrant, right?
-I'll be at the j mark liquor.
What's that? -I could clear the warrant?
-Yeah, you can clear the warrant.
Anything in your car? Anything like that?
-There's a pipe. Yes. -There's a pipe.
Okay. What I'm gonna have you do,
I'm gonna have you step out, okay?
-Oh my god. -I'm gonna put you guys in cuffs.
-This is (beep) (beep). -I thought that we were just--
-Just leave your stuff there, dude.
-Here's the pipe. -Leave it there.
Leave the pipe there.
Step outta the car.
Just relax, dude. -This straight (beep).
-Turn around. -Come on, dog, dog.
-You have a puppy.
Just leave him there for now, if you can.
-She's gonna start getting crazy.
-Okay, just leave the dog there for now, dude.
-What is this? -Relax, relax, drop your keys.
Sit down, sit down. -Woman: Yeah.
-This is straight (beep).
-Relax, you're not under arrest, relax.
You're being detained, so relax.
-I was being honest with you.
-Thanks for being honest.
So now that you're being honest, I'm gonna help you out.
-Yes. -Can you sit down or no?
Can you take a seat right here
Or you wanna take a seat on your hood?
-Neither.
-Okay.
-Ah, thank you.
-Nothing in the car, right?
-No, right there on the floorboard.
-Just the pipe?
-Yeah, yes, you go ahead and search.
-What's your dog's name? -Chica, it's okay.
-You think if I let her out, she'll go with you?
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-Woman: Pretty girl.
-I dunno how I'm gonna hold her.
-Like I said, I appreciate you guys being honest.
That goes a long way, so.
-Oh, that door is screwed up.
-Chica, come on. -Chica.
(man whistling)
Come on, baby, good girl.
I can't hold you. -She won't run away, right?
-I hope not.
-Do you want me to put her back in the car?
-Pardon me? -I'm gonna put her back in the car.
-No, no, no.
-Okay, it's okay. -She's scared.
I know I'm being detained, but can I hold her?
I'm not gonna do nothing ignorant.
-Just let my partner get here
And then I'll take you outta the cuffs, okay?
So I stopped them.
She has warrants and he has a pipe.
So I'm just gonna search the car real quick.
If you can just stand by with him.
-What's up guys. -So frank, nothing again, right?
-How are you doing?
-Good, how are you? -Nothing.
-Okay, I'm gonna search it, okay?
-Go for it. -Is this the only pipe you have?
-That's the only one.
-It looks like he's living out of his car right now.
Having a hard time with his previous case.
His priors come back to a lot of drug cases.
Right now, he has a sales case open
And he admitted to having a pipe.
So obviously he's not learning from his decisions.
All right, frank, you know,
You're not supposed to have this, right?
You know you have cases on you, right?
-Right.
-So how's it gonna look in court when you-- -it's not gonna look good.
-So then why do you keep doing this?
-That's part of addiction I guess.
-It's an addiction? -I got part of it, I guess.
-Okay. I'm not gonna (beep).
-You need to better yourself, man. You're getting older.
When is this gonna stop? -I just lost my son,
Like two and a half months ago, well, take that back,
Four and a half months ago.
-Yeah, he got killed.
-Okay, so you're going through a rough time.
-I'm going through a major time, you know?
And he's only 23 years old and he was shot by a pd.
-I get it, man. I mean, you lost your kid.
I have sympathy for that, but this isn't gonna help you.
-My point is that I'm just going through it.
-Okay. -Big time.
-Well, since you guys both been honest
I'm gonna cut you a break, okay.
I'm gonna give you a ticket for the pipe
And I'll give you a ticket for your warrant,
Give you another court date, okay?
But you gotta go, get it taken care of, okay?
You're lucky tonight.
I'm giving you a citation and letting you go.
-Man: I appreciate that.
-You have a good night, okay?
-(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)