Narrator: Viewer discretion is advised.
[theme music playing] bad boys, whatcha want.
Are any of you guys 21?
Whatcha want.
Whatcha gonna do?
Hang on, sir.
When sheriff john brown come for you.
We're sorry to have caused that.
Yeah.
Bad boys.
Where's the gun at?
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you, bad boys.
I have not drinken a little.
I've drinken a lot.
Whatcha going to do when they--
Come on.
--Come for you.
Narrator: 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.
So I'm currently assigned to special operations division
Of our sheriff's office.
My specific unit is assigned to the beach.
This time of year during spring break,
We're targeting heavily on underage possession of alcohol.
We've seen that by enforcing these laws in our state,
We're seeing a huge decrease in issues that
Come along with alcohol consumption and anybody
Under the age of 21.
So up here we have a kid that's pulling a bottle of whiskey
Out of his cooler right now.
We're going to get out with him, see
If he's old enough to have it.
'sup, dude?
What up?
Deputy armstead with the sheriff's office.
How old are you, man?
He's 21, but that's his bag.
That's his bag over there?
This is your cooler, then?
Yeah.
Oh, well, not mine, just all of us.
It's kind of like the collective cooler
Right here for the under ages? - Yeah.
I'm just-- I'm-- no.
I'm under-- me and him are under age.
The rest--
- Can you prove you're 21? - Yeah.
She can.
Do you have an id on you, bud?
Like, your real id?
It's in the car.
Hand me your drink. Man: It's in the ccar.
Matthew armitage: You're not 21, man.
You can't have a drink here.
Man: Yeah, don't push that.
All right, if she's 21, I'm going to release the remainder
Of alcohol to her, ok?
Go ahead and hand me that bottle of liquor.
Because you have possession of this,
I'm dumping and destroying it. Man: Yep.
Matthew armitage: All right, you guys are being cool so far,
So you have two options.
Either county jail or citation, which one do you want?
It's a hard choice, isn't it?
Are you done with me now?
Yeah, I'm going to check your id.
I'm going to give it back to you.
- Ok. - A citation.
Citation.
Matthew armitage: Cool, man, y'all come over here with me.
Where are y'all from?
Myrtle beach.
I woke up at a gas station and, like, two of you are,
Like, code-workers or, like, other cops being,
Like, what are you doing?
And I was asleep at the gas station?
Matthew armitage: You fell asleep at a gas station
Last night? - On god, dude.
I need to go home.
[laughs]
Hey hannah.
Yes.
Go ahead and take all of that alcohol and keep it with you.
At this point, if I see them for the rest of the day
With the alcohol, I'm going to take
You to jail for contributing to delinquency of a minor.
Ok.
Matthew armitage: So they will not drink that alcohol
That's in the cooler, right? - Yes.
Matthew armitage: Because if I catch you,
You actually have to take a ride instead
Of just a ticket, all right? - Ok.
Yeah. No.
All right.
Because that's on you now.
Ok.
Because I released it to you.
Ok.
What's your first name, bud?
Man: Jacob.
Matthew armitage: And your middle name?
Man: Dimitri.
Matthew armitage: Spell that.
Man: Dimitri?
Man: I'm going to be honest, it's russian.
I don't even know how to spell it.
[laughing]
D-- I don't have my driver's--
I'm sorry.
It's, like, 12 letters.
Man: He's--
I was adopted, so, I'm sorry.
D-m-I-t-r-y.
You're telling him your middle name.
It's either d-I-m or d-m-I.
Oh, I found you.
They arraigned you last night.
Oh [laughing].
This morning, you mean, dude.
Matthew armitage: Yeah, 'cause you got a trespass warning.
Oh, my god.
Matthew armitage: The trespass from the gas station, dude.
We need to go home.
Yeah, they need to send me home.
Dimitri is not 12 letters, it's d-m-I-t-r-y.
Ok, thanks.
D-m-I-t-r-y. D-m-I-t-r-y.
Matthew armitage: Yeah.
So it's six letters.
Six letters.
It's all good, though.
Come over here real quick, bud.
I need a signature right here from you.
It's not an admission of guilt, saying
You understand you are going to receive
Your copy of the citation.
You agree to take care of it, whether it be in court
Or online.
There's your copy of the citation.
Y'all studying anything good?
Criminal justice.
Matthew armitage: Criminal justice?
There's your copy of the citation.
Do you have any questions for me?
- So keep this? - Yep.
No. I appreciate you, though.
You guys are going to need all of it, though, ok?
Ok.
Don't throw nothing away, because you're
Going to need it. - Gotcha.
Matthew armitage: I mean, if you all
Don't have any more questions for me,
You guys are free to go. - All right, we appreciate you.
All right, guys.
You guys have a good rest of your vacation.
Yes, sir.
They were pretty cool.
They were pretty good about the whole situation.
So we're going to have to dispose of this because it
Was in possession of a minor.
So what we do is we just pour it out on the ground
And we dispose of the bottle.
Stephen esposito: Obviously, florida's the sunshine state,
So it's a big vacation destination.
With spring break here, we get even
More people coming to florida.
They want to enjoy the beaches.
We want everybody to have a good time,
But also stay safe at the same time.
All right, so we have this jet ski up here.
She's going a little too fast in the zone.
So we're going to go ahead and stop her and make contact.
[siren bleeps]
Young lady.
Ma'am, don't move, don't move.
Oh, she's moving.
Ma'am--
Yes.
Stephen esposito: You need to stop moving.
I've already told you to stop moving.
Turn the machine off.
Yes sir, I apologize.
Is there a problem?
Well ma'am, you're moving all over the place
And I can't come alongside you.
Woman: Ok. - Ok?
Woman: Yes sir.
Stephen esposito: Ok, so listen.
The reason I stopped you is because you
Came up right there.
Too fast? Stephen esposito: Yeah.
I apologize.
Stephen esposito: You're in a-- you're in a slow speed zone,
So that's the reason I did that.
All right.
Stephen esposito: All right?
And then whenever we come alongside you,
We need to turn-- make sure we can get you alongside our boat.
Woman: Ok, yeah.
When you're maneuvering, I can't do that.
Does that make sense? Woman: Yes, sir.
Ok.
Do you have all the documentation to the vessel?
Is it yours, is it your boyfriend's?
Yes, it's his, yeah.
Stephen esposito: Ok.
Is the registration on board?
Hey, you got the registration?
Man: Right here.
Stephen esposito: Hey, are you familiar with the area sir?
Man: Yes.
Stephen esposito: Ok, so you know
You're in a slow speed zone.
I was hanging back.
I pulled up around here. Stephen esposito: I know.
She came up and that's-- and I was right behind her,
So that's why.
Ok.
She is not familiar with the area, sir.
That's fine.
Just take her under your wing for me, all right?
Man: Yes, sir.
Are you ok with that, young lady?
Woman: Yes, sir. - All right.
Is that your boyfriend? Is that--
Woman: Just a friend.
Just a friend?
Ok, and that's his ski? Woman: Yeah.
Ok.
It's not a big deal, but just in the future,
Put each registration on each vessel, all right?
You're from the area, right?
So just make sure that she doesn't violate any slow speed
Zones or anything like that.
You all here for spring break?
Yes, sir, enjoying reddington beach.
Stephen esposito: All right, all right.
So I'm going to be going down to john's pass down here.
Us too.
It's going to be a lot of spring breakers down there,
So we'll go down there.
Just documenting the stop today, ok, just a warning.
You can get a citation for that, but I'm
Not going to cite you, so--
I appreciate that, sir.
Stephen esposito: Just watch yourself on the ski,
Have a good time.
Thank you.
Stephen esposito: Enjoy yourselves, but obey the areas.
All right.
Stephen esposito: And you're free to go
And enjoy the rest of your spring break here in florida.
Thank you, sir.
Stephen esposito: Ok.
So this is a slow speed zone.
She wasn't aware of the violation.
So we just educated her on the violation, gave her a warning,
Documented the stop, and now they're on their way to enjoy
The rest of their spring break.
Matthew armitage: On spring break,
Traffic has picked up significantly since last week.
So it was really ugly earlier.
It's starting to get a little more beautiful.
Sun started shining through towards the afternoon hours,
So the beach traffic's going to pick up significantly
From this morning.
We have some underage kids.
It looks like might be drinking down here,
So we're just go card and make sure everybody's being safe,
Everybody's of age.
[beach car motor shuts off]
- How are you all doing? - Good, how are you?
I'm doing good.
Is everybody 21 that's drinking?
Yes, sir.
Yeah?
No, but yes?
No alcohol.
Yeah, we're not drinking.
Man: There are two beers in here.
And your beers are in there?
Man: Yep.
So there's no alcohol inside of the thermoses?
No, it's water.
Would you mind?
It's actually water.
I'm proud of you.
Where are you guys from?
Texas.
You guys go to school in texas?
- We go to baylor. - Baylor?
Man: Yep.
All right, what brings you all down here?
- Spring break. - Spring break?
What?
What year are you guys in?
I just graduated in December.
You just graduated?
You-- same with you?
- Seniors. - Seniors.
Do you mind?
Whoo, look at all of you guys.
You got water in yours, too?
Let's see if we go for the three peat, everybody
Doing the right thing.
[chatter]
Perfect.
I appreciate you guys.
Yeah, for sure.
Just remember, if you're under 21 and you're drinking,
You get caught, a zero tolerance for spring break, ok?
Thank you.
All right, you guys enjoy your vacation.
Is it empty?
It looked pretty empty.
I mean, at this point, I'm lost.
It looks like you guys already beat me on this one.
Water, too?
Yes.
That'd be a lot of alcohol.
You'd be dead if you drink all that.
Y'all enjoy your spring break, ok?
- Thank you. - Y'all be safe.
Thanks.
[waves crashing]
[gulls squawking]
Charles sprague: Trolling the beach today.
Destin, florida, spring break.
Overall, we've got a really nice gig
Working out here on the beach.
We get to be in the sun all day right here next to the water.
You know, it's just nice to kind of change that pace
And be on a more positive side of things in this career.
I'm going to go help out deputy haines.
He's got something going on with this bird up here.
[beach car motor shuts off]
Benjamin haines: Hey, this one actually needs help.
This loon's got-- looks like some twine
Wrapped up around it.
Charles sprague: Ok.
This one--
If you give me the scissors and just hold him,
I'll try and cut it.
[loon squawks]
Benjamin haines: Yeah, he got all sorts of fishing wire
And lines on it.
Charles sprague: Yeah.
He got like a whole rig up on him.
Benjamin haines: It's all right, buddy.
We got you.
Can you let him bite your fingers so his mouth's open?
He's not-- I don't think he can bite
You hard enough to hurt you.
He-- he bit pretty hard already.
Did he?
Yeah.
He's got a treble hook down here.
There's one.
Doubt he didn't swallow a rig.
Benjamin haines: He got something in his mouth?
Charles sprague: I don't think so.
I don't see any more on him.
Now he's probably just tired.
Sorry, buddy.
Charles sprague: They can't walk on land,
So that's probably why he looks a little awkward.
He had a treble hook from fishing rig.
- Oh my god, oh, no. - Wow.
We got all of it off him, though.
I don't think he swallowed anything.
Oh, my god.
He was wrapped up pretty good.
Yeah, when I saw that line wrapped around him.
Of course, like, we want to help, but we don't have,
Like, gloves or anything. - We're not equipped for this.
Yeah, I need some hand sanitizer, I think.
Yeah.
Yes, yes, well, thank you so much.
I was-- - he should be good.
Woman: My little heart was broken for him.
Charles sprague: Right. Well, happy ending, right?
It's just lucky we saw him.
Woman: I know.
Charles sprague: I think the weather's pretty nice, not too
Cold, not too windy, but be on the lookout
For some spring breakers, underage drinkers,
Stuff like that.
How's it going, guys?
What did you just set down, a twisted tea?
No, sir.
I watched you put it down, so you want
To be forward with me, honest?
I don't have nothing in my hands.
Charles sprague: Ok. - I only have my phone.
My phone's a condor.
Charles sprague: You not 21, though?
No, I'm not 21. I'm not drinking.
Charles sprague: Ok. I got you.
So just be forthcoming with me, and I'm
Going to work with you, ok?
So I saw you put a can down.
The only thing I see over there is twisted tea.
So what did you put down?
Everyone's been here all day.
I was picking up.
I didn't-- I haven't been drinking.
All right, come on.
What state's your license out of?
Louisiana.
Charles sprague: So you haven't been drinking today?
I mean, I had some this morning.
I gotcha.
Hey, quiet.
Y'all stop talking.
Man: Whatcha gonna do when they come
For you, bad boys, bad boys. - It's all good, man.
So you're going to get some paperwork today, ok?
You can give me a mip for having no drink in my hand?
You had one of those drinks in your hand, man.
They're trying to give me a mip for no drink in my hand.
You can lie all day, man.
I saw what I saw.
I just don't understand how y'all can give him me an mip
If I'm just putting a can down.
I'm not--
I mean, I asked you to tell me what you put down
And you wouldn't tell me.
The only thing I see over there is twisted tea, so--
There's a million people here today.
Charles sprague: Ok.
I mean, I saw you holding a yellow can.
That's what's down there.
So, that's why you're getting an mip.
You can lie all you want, but this is the way it is, bro.
It's spring break.
It's not just the money like that.
I don't care, man.
It's not about the money.
It's about underage drinking.
How much is this?
It's between $350 and $400.
You're joking.
If you go online, do the deferred prosecution,
Basically you register, you pay the fees.
Can I just add a card and pay this right now?
So the card I'm going to give you,
It's going to have all the info on how to go
Online and take care of it, ok?
I got the best--
I got the best lawyer family in lafayette, man.
It's going to be good.
My mom ain't going to have that [bleep] on my record.
She'll [bleep] come over.
Woman: I'll have this--
I'm bd, bro.
I don't give a [bleep].
It's all we do all day, buddy.
So no matter what, I have to pay online by the second day
Of next month.
You have to at least start the process.
I don't think you'll have to pay by that date.
I don't give a [bleep] about money.
I come from money. So that's all right, man.
Y'all be all right.
Where's the rest of the twisted tea?
Huh?
Where's the rest of that twisted tea?
I don't know. There's a million over there.
You want to grab that for me?
And so we got zero tolerance during the spring break season.
We want to do some preventative enforcement kind of to avoid
Issues getting out of hand.
Travis sibley: Nice day out here in north reddington beach.
And this time of year during spring break,
We got a lot of people that come out here.
It gets really busy on the sand and in keeping with that,
We stock the beach with extra patrols,
Deputies out on the streets.
We just want to make sure that everybody
Is safe as possible and everybody's having a good time.
Looks like we got some girls here that have some alcohol
That is not supposed to be out here on reddington beach,
So we're going to get out then and see what's going on.
Hey, girls.
Y'all having a good day today? - Yeah.
Hey, the reason I'm coming over here
To talk to y'all is I drove by.
I noticed that I have some alcohol over there
And you guys look a little young for that.
How old are you girls?
19.
You're both 19?
Is there an adult out here with you?
No.
No?
Y'all here on vacation?
No.
No, you're not here on vacation.
You live here?
Mm-hmm.
All right, so if you guys live around here,
Your parents must be close, right?
Answer the question, ladies.
Yes.
It's not that hard, ok?
You can't have alcohol on the beach, for one,
And you can't have alcohol, right, when you're under 21.
Woman: Ok.
Am I right or wrong?
You're right.
- Are you aware of that? - Yeah.
You knew that, because it was impossible for you to get it,
I'm sure.
We got any more in the cooler?
Yeah.
Yeah, a couple.
Ok.
All right.
Well, we'll dump these out that we have here
And then we'll take care of the ones that are in the cooler.
How much did you guys bring?
A case.
But these are the only two we have open.
Travis sibley: That's the only two you got?
No, these are the only two we have open.
Travis sibley: Oh, ok.
What'd you pay for those?
I don't know.
Travis sibley: Oh, man.
That sucks.
Do you want to pour them all out?
Travis sibley: Yeah why don't we go
Ahead and start cracking them open
And we'll start pouring them out.
Ok.
I didn't know if he was going to take them or what.
Travis sibley: No, I don't drink that stuff.
Are you guys going to have no fun?
I got lemon tea, half and half.
Sounds good.
Unfortunately, you can't have it.
All right.
First time trying this pack, actually.
Travis sibley: It's your first time ever?
No, just kidding.
No, no, no, no, no. Travis sibley: Oh, ok.
I was going to say I don't believe that for a second.
No, I'm not an idiot.
Travis sibley: This fella down here with you guys?
Who?
Him.
No, don't know him.
The one laughing at y'all?
Yeah, I mean, I would laugh, too.
Oh, man, bummer.
All right, so here's what we can do.
I can give you guys a citation for having alcohol and being
In possession of it when you're under 21, ok, then
You can go do some community service.
I don't know if it'll affect your driver's license
And your car insurance and your ability
To operate a motor vehicle after that or not,
Or I can give you a warning.
Which would you prefer?
Probably the second one.
Travis sibley: Probably the second one?
Yeah.
Ok, you think you like the warning idea?
Yeah.
Ok, all right, we'll do that.
If you wouldn't mind both of you just pick up your trash.
Let's go put it in the back of my 4x4 there.
Woman: Ok.
Travis sibley: All right, ladies, enjoy your day.
Thank you, you too.
Travis sibley: You're welcome.
Hello.
Woman: Hey.
Yes, ma'am.
Woman: Hey.
What's up?
I'm sorry, we just found this wallet over there.
You did?
I wanted to see if you could get it to the right person.
Oh, my goodness.
Ok.
Let's see what's in here.
Oh, wow, they got a colorado driver's license.
I bet you they're here on vacation.
So I hear an accent.
Where are you from?
We're from alabama.
Alabama. Ok.
Yes, sir.
You like football?
We love football roll tide.
Roll tide.
Absolutely.
Where did you find this, exactly?
Up there? - I'm sorry.
It was just right over there.
We were walking from the pier over here
And it was closer to us, close to our cabana.
Oh, ok.
So you like-- you found it in the sand?
- Yes, sir. - Ok.
Are you guys staying around here?
Woman: We are.
We're staying right there.
Oh, ok.
Woman: Super excited, teachers on vacation.
Teachers on vacation, huh?
Teachers on vacation.
What do you teach?
Spring break.
I'm the debate coach for my school,
And my girlfriends are all retired librarians
And then current librarians.
Ok.
How long have you been a teacher for?
I have been a teacher for 10 years--
Travis sibley: For 10 years. - --And I love it, yes.
Travis sibley: Wow, well thank you
For your service as a teacher.
Oh, that's sweet of you to say.
Thank you for your service. Travis sibley: Oh, sure, sure.
What you do is amazing.
That's a very hard job that you have
As a teacher, I can imagine, isn't it?
It is.
I'm a middle school teacher, so yes, exceptionally hard.
Ok. [laughter]
Travis sibley: Well, you're going
To have a good story for them when you get back, aren't you?
A great story.
They're going to be super excited to hear.
All right, well you know what, I think I'm going to figure out
Who owns this wallet and see if I
Can't get in contact with them and get it back to them.
Awesome. Well, thank you so much.
Appreciate it. Thank you once again.
Thanks. Thank you.
- Hey, enjoy your stay here. - Hey, thank you.
We're loving it. Thanks.
Funny enough, I was able to find the wallet
Owner's husband on facebook.
I reached out to him and they're actually
Going to meet right here on the beach and get it back to him.
Found it?
- Jesse and amanda? - Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yep, yep, it's me.
All right, nice to meet you guys.
- You too. - Nice to meet you.
Does this look familiar?
Yeah.
Yeah, this is it?
Ok.
So I got flagged down by a teacher who's here on spring
Break from another state.
She actually found the wallet in the sand.
It looks like it was in the water at some point,
So it's a little wet.
I don't know if your phone turns on.
- Probably not. - We got a new one.
Yep. - Oh, you already got a new one?
Ok.
So anyway, we got that.
Here's that.
Thank you.
And, look what else we got, all your money.
Whoo.
Right there.
See.
So actually, there's still some good people because you
Actually still have your money.
You actually got your phone.
Did you cancel all your cards and everything?
- Yeah. - Already?
Yeah.
At what point during your stay here did you lose?
Did you run into the water or something?
Cruise.
Off a cruise.
We went on the cruise and it fell out into the water.
We had it in a bag and I think I went like this
And it was on top and it just shot out.
Travis sibley: Oh, no.
We were combing the beach for it for hours.
And so it's a miracle you guys found that and contacted us,
Because the trip was ruined, and now it's good.
Travis sibley: Sure, sure.
You know, going to the lightning game tonight
Too, so-- travis sibley: That's awesome.
Who are they playing?
Lightning-caps.
Travis sibley: Oh, ok, that'll be a good game.
Yeah, so whoever found that, angel.
You're awesome, man.
I appreciate you so much.
Like, man.
Go give him a big hug or something.
I don't know. - All right, folks.
Well, I'm glad you came to st. Pete beach.
I hope you enjoyed your stay and hope you come back again.
- Sure will. - Thank you, we will.
And you all have a good one. Take care.
- You too. - Thank you.
That was awesome.
Travis sibley: It was nice to be able to get her phone back,
Her money back, all her cards.
Unfortunate she already canceled them,
But that's beside the point.
At least she got them back and all of her stuff.
172 and bush, I've got him at gunpoint.
Ok, gunpoint 132 and bush.
Coverage code three.
Thanks there.
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