-Huh! -♪ Bad boys ♪
-♪ Whatcha want, whatcha want ♪ -Get on the ground, dude!
-♪ Whatcha gonna do ♪ -Ow!
♪ When Sheriff John Brown come for you? ♪
-I wasn't doing nothing wrong.
-♪ Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do ♪
-Get out, now! -♪ Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? ♪
-♪ Bad boys, bad boys ♪ -Aah!
♪ 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.
-I've been an FTO almost four years.
I enjoy teaching the younger officers.
It really helps when you're actually training the person who's gonna be
going through the door with you,
and, uh, sittin' next to you in the car.
That way, that you know that they've been properly trained,
and they're gonna have your back.
Uh, we just got a report of a domestic disturbance.
The female half is possibly armed with a knife,
and the male half has barricaded himself in the bedroom.
Hey, there, come-- come down here.
-(child crying) -(indistinct)
-No, I'm not gettin' out. Don't put your hands on me!
I'm the one who called you!
(indistinct)
I called you!
-I'm the one who got hit! -Calm down! Stop resisting!
-I ain't resisting! I'm calm!
You grabbed me 'cause I put my hands on her?
You go and tackle me?!
-Stop resisting! -Look, you bitch ass (bleep).
I didn't do (bleep).
-Get on the ground!
Give us your hands and stop resisting.
-You're the one who hit a female? -Are you serious?
-We need another unit.
-You guys go and tackle me?
(indistinct)
-All right. -I ain't no criminal.
-(breathing heavily)
Where are we goin'?
-Let's go to the car.
-That's fine.
-Take a breath. -You guys don't understand, bud.
I got attacked. I don't wanna put my hands on her.
-You're not listening! -You're not listening!
I got attacked! I don't wanna put my hands on her, like the rest
of these (bleep). So I called the cops! -Hey, hey, hey.
Calm down, man! -No, man!
-Chill out! -Like, what the (bleep), man, I didn't do nothin', dude!
-Dude, relax! -Both our kids is right there, man!
-Hey, relax! Relax!
-Check for tightness.
-(crying) I ain't no (bleep) criminal, (bleep) got no (bleep) record!
I ain't no criminal! I go to work every day!
I take care of my (bleep) kids.
-You need to calm down.
-He's goin' to my car. -You got it? Ready?
-Yeah. -Why are you takin' me in the car, man?
-(indistinct) what you got here?
-In the car.
-I had no idea why he was runnin' out.
-Dude. -All right, so the female, she's up there,
she's sayin' that he's in the back bedroom. He comes runnin' out
towards me at the door. I go hands-on with him, next thing I know,
you're in there. I don't even know what, uh, his deal is.
-Yeah, I don't know why he's so combative.
-Listen, man... -No, can you listen to me?
Can you listen to me? -I will listen to you. Go for it.
-You came here. I called you, okay?
I got hit. I don't wanna beat her but, like, the rest of these people
that you deal with.
Okay? But I don't wanna put my hands on a female.
My kids is right there screamin' and cryin'.
Okay? So I called you.
The only thing I knew what to do is to call the cops on my baby' mom (bleep),
in front of my kids, because I don't wanna beat the (bleep) outta her.
What else do you expect me to do?
-Armando... -What am I s-- What am I supposed to do?
-You did everything right until... you started comin' at us like that.
-But you guys came at-- (indistinct)
Come on, man, I didn't know what else to do. -You came running out
of the bathroom. We have no idea what's going on.
-I wasn't in the bathroom. I wasn't in the bathroom. -Somebody said somebody
was armed with a knife. -I-- I called and said she's armed with a knife...
-At that point-- -...that she was gonna stab me!
-Are you gonna listen to me? We're being told somebody has a knife.
You're running out yelling and screaming at us.
She ain't doing anything at that point.
-(indistinct) -Can you get the window?
-Done.
-He's been drinking at the bar. We started arguing about pays more on what.
And he don't really pay nothing but the phone bill. I pay rent, I do the kids,
I do the kids and-- Everything. And it just escalated there. Parent stuff. Parent stuff.
It was, "Oh, you do more, I do more," and it just escalated.
Then he started calling me a deadbeat mom. I don't do (bleep)
and everything. And I got aggravated, so he got up, rushed me,
I punched him, and that's when my sister split us up,
and I was in the kitchen. -When you say he rushed you, what do you mean?
-Like he was gonna push me out the room to get out of his way.
-But he didn't-- But he didn't physically push you?
-No, like-- Well, yeah, like, kind of.
You know, to just, like, get out the room.
It w-- It didn't hurt me or anything like that.
He was trying to get me away from him.
-Okay, so he was trying to get-- you away from-- by, like, shoving you away,
and then you-- then you-- -I punched him. Yep.
-Well, in the State of Nevada, if you place your hands
on someone that you live with, it's an automatic arrest.
He doesn't have to press charges on you, State of Nevada.
-So how does that work if this is my first offense?
-It's your first offense, but it's-- due to the fact that you placed hands--
-Okay, I understand what you're saying, but what's the process?
Am I going to jail? -Right now-- Right now-- Right now you're under arrest
for battery domestic violence. -Okay.
-You've got a minimum of a 12-hour hold. All right?
Take a deep breath. Give all this-- officer your information, okay?
-Okay. Can-- Can you guys call my sister?
Before... -Yeah, where's she at?
-I didn't wanna put her in jail, I just wanted her out the house.
You know what I mean? I was tryin' to just de-escalate the situation.
-Why didn't you just leave, man?
-Because my stuff is there, like, my-- you know what I mean?
She started throwing my (bleep) around, I worked for that.
You know what I mean? When I get paid, I worked for all that.
I bought my kids (bleep), like, you what I mean?
-Yeah. -She threw my TV on the floor, threw my Xbox across the room.
You hear me? I'm not rich.
I never called the cops before in my life.
I didn't know what to do. I didn't wanna hit her.
-Have-- Have you been drinkin' today?
-I have-- I don't drink. Ask them, I do not drink.
I had a couple beers. It's the Niner game.
I wanted to watch the Niner game. I'm a Niner fan...
I don't-- I don't do nothin'.
-Okay. -I don't go out.
I don't have no friends out here.
-But you-- you understand, when you come runnin' out,
and we don't know what's goin' on yet,
it kinda puts us on our heels.
Do you understand what you're goin' to jail for tonight?
-I guess assault? -Yeah, assault on a police officer,
all right? -That ain't assault.
-All right, an assault is an attempt battery.
-I'm gonna resist. I resist-- I-- -All right.
-I could do resist. -That's something that you're gonna have to go
to court over, all right?
All right, man.
-Before I came out here, he hit me multiple times in my face,
and I left with my kids. Two months after bein' out here, he texted me,
tellin' me he wanted to be with me, he didn't wanna be with the kids.
It was his first time hitting me at that time.
We been out here five months. We have not had an argument at all until now.
-It's not okay what you did, but I understand why you did it. -I know that, that's why I--
I don't regret it. -Do you understand why you're going to jail tonight?
-Yes. -Okay. Battery domestic violence.
-Mm-hm. It's no excuse, I know that, I understand. -Unfortunately you can't do it.
-So every day it's just a new challenge, and-- and it's exciting.
Uh, I'm not one to be in an office all day,
all cooped up. You know, I wanna be out in his community,
and I wanna meet new people, and, uh, you know,
get to know their stories, where they're comin' from,
and that gets me excited goin' to work every day,
is, uh, the constant change, you know?
Um, keeps me on my toes, and I love it.
-(radio chatter)
-So we just had a beer run. Looks like five, uh, one ago,
Um, looks like he ran northbound on Broadway.
It's gonna be a Hispanic male, five-eight, in his late twenties,
rockin' some white sunglasses and a gray hat.
He took, uh, three beers and a bag of chips,
so we'll do an area check for him, see what his deal is.
Hey, man... stop.
-(radio chatter) -Stop!
-(radio chatter) -Come here, now.
Put the beer down. Yeah, we dealt with you last night, okay?
Come here. Remember?
-Not again. -Yep, not again.
Have a seat, right here. Have a seat, have a seat.
-Here, take the beers, take the beers, take the beers. -All right, please sit down.
You stole from last time. Adrian, we did this last time.
Sit down. -Not again, dog.
-Sit down.
-I don't wanna go to jail again, dude. -All right.
-8-5-7, I'm out with him, Sixth and Madison. Sit down.
-I don't wanna go to jail again, dog. -You didn't go to jail
last time, did you?
-(radio chatter) -I did. I did go to jail.
-Yeah. -I just wanna have a good night
and find my princess. -Here's the deal, dude.
-I'm just tryin' to find my princess and have a good time, dude.
-I know. I know. -Who-- who doesn't want that?
-Just go ahead and put your hands behind your back?
-Who doesn't want that?
-Put your hands behind your back.
-Who doesn't wanna just have a good time with their girl,
you know what I mean? -No, I get it. But dude,
you keep stealin' beers from these places. -Who doesn't want that, dude?
That's all I wanna do. -Dude, this is the third time we dealt with you doing this.
-I know, but, uh, I don't have no other way to make money, dude,
what would you do? -Make money? No, you're stealin' the beers,
that's what we're concerned about. -I know, what would you do?
If-- What would you do?
-What would I do? -If you just wanted to get you and girl in the zone?
-I know we've had this problem with you, multiple times, bud. -If you just wanted--
If you just wanted you and your girl to get in the zone, what would you do?
I don't got no other way.
I don't have no other way, dude.
-Yes, you do. -What would you do, man?
-What would I do? -If you were in my position?
-Dude, there's plenty of options.
Dude, you're young, man.
-I know, I'm 21, I'm young, man.
-Dude, I wouldn't be stealing. -I don't got no money.
I don't got a dollar to my name.
-How do you think people get dollars to their name?
-By getting a job. -Okay. That's a good start.
-But I don't have-- I don't have no diploma or a... what's it called?
-Brother, let me tell you one thing.
You don't need a diploma to be getting jobs and stuff, okay?
-I don't wanna go to jail tonight, dude.
I don't wanna go to jail, again, dude, I'm just tryin' to have a good time with...
-No-- Did I take you to jail last time?
-I don't re-- I don't remember. -You don't remember, at the Mini-Mart?
-Oh-- Oh-- I for-- Oh, yeah, I forgot about that.
I got cited. But I've never been cited or arrested
from Plaid Pantry So this is my first time
at Plaid Pantry, sir. -All right.
This is the guy that-- yeah, pooped his pants last time. Arrested him.
Beer run. -Perfect.
-So... same one. -(radio chatter)
-So, what's up, man?
-What up, big dude?
-You gonna poop yourself if we take you to jail again, or no?
-I don't want you. -I don't want to.
-I don't wanna go to jail. Not tonight.
I'm just tryin' to find my princess and have a good time.
-Oh, your princess? Is your princess behind you here on the wall?
-No. -I wish. I know, I just wanna
get messed up with her and have a good time
and kick back... -All right.
-...sir. I've never sto-- I've never-- I've never been cited
from Plaid or-- and I've never-- -I know, but, I-- I arrested you this week, though,
doing the same stuff, dude. -You did, sir.
-Do you remember that? -Yes, you did, big dude.
-H-- How can we nip this in the bud, man?
-I need to go to-- to-- to the-- the PCC or somethin' and get a job.
-Okay.
Stealin' Four Lokos? That's not the way to go, my friend.
-Yes, sir, it's not. It's not the way to go.
-Okay. -So, dude, tonight-- I gave you a break last time,
I just cited you, okay? We gotta go to jail tonight, okay?
-But I-- I haven't-- -But you stole, dude. Come on.
-I know, but I-- but look-- -This is the intervention that you need right now,
'cause you keep stealing. -Sir, but you have the merchandise.
-Okay. That is true. Does that make it
any less stolen that it-- now that I have it back? No.
-You can bring the merchandise back to the store, and the corporation
will still have its money. -But you need to be held accountable for the actions,
okay? -You're right, sir.
-That's the problem. -I know, but, eh, but me bein'-- not wantin' to go
to jail is me bein' held accountable, 'cause I don't wanna go.
-Sometimes you gotta do things you don't wanna do, right?
-Not again. -We gave you a break last time, but I just cited you
last time. -It was a different store.
-It doesn't matter, dude.
-Can I please-- Can I please keep-- Can I please keep my--
Can I please keep my hat this time?
-The hat looks stolen. -It's not stolen, I found it.
-At this point, like, what-- what do you expect from us?
-To at least let me have another chance. -I let you go l--
remember, last time I just cited you, and I let you go on your way? Okay?
-I know, but I'm giving the stuff back, and I don't wanna do this anymore.
-Okay, that was four days ago, look where we're at now.
-I don't wanna steal no more.
-We already had this-- We already had this conversation before.
I don't know if you remember that.
-(radio chatter) -Okay?
Hop in the car, bud.
-Not again, dude.
-Where are we at, right now? How-- How did we get to this point?
Where are you from? -I'm from Vancouver, Washington,
and when I came here I worked at Safeway,
and I quit my job, 'cause I started bein' lazy.
And I just wanna go back to school and get a job.
And find a wife, and have kids, and have a home,
like everybody else does. That's all I wanna do.
-Dude, I totally get where you're comin' from.
I think-- I think your-- your head's in the right space, man.
Excuse me, your heart's in the right place, but I don't know
if your head's there right now.
Okay? -I know, 'cause I get messed up too much.
I should probably go to rehab.
-Okay. -But I wanna get a job and have a family,
you know what I mean? That's all-- That's all I want.
-So these are one of those, uh, rock bottom points, you know?
We hit rock bottom and we can come up from here, right?
-Correct, sir. -So we hit this, we figure out what we gotta do
in our life to better ourselves, but, you know, sometimes we gotta go through
tough love, and this is tough love right here, dude.
It's like havin' a job, you know, your boss tells you somethin',
you gotta do it sometimes, you know?
-I'll be-- I'll be-- just be depressed,and lay down, and go to jail.
And be held accountable. -All right. That's right.
This is the best thing for you, I'll tellin' you, okay?
It's one of those things, that, you know, it's not the world's biggest crime,
stealin' beer. Unfortunately, you gotta pay for your booze,
so tonight he's gonna go to jail, and this is goin' back to the owner,
and that'll be kinda it.
-Um, I'm currently assigned right now to the Traffic Safety Unit within the Bexar County
Sheriff's Office. Being specialized in gangs as well, we work 10-hour shifts
plus. You know, the group is real knit tight.
We're all pretty much a real close group of officers.
We all get along, we all have each other's backs,
make sure we get home at the end of the night,
and every night's different. But with all of us
being pretty close, it's-- it makes it fun.
It's a lot of fun.
Okay, yeah, we got a guy, got no lights on his bike. He's in the middle of the roadway.
I'll try to make contact with him.
He's taking off.
Get on the ground! Hands behind your back!
Stop resisting, hands behind your back!
Behind your back! Behind your back!
Hurry up!
Behind your back! Hurry up!
-You're scaring me!
-Tango 44, one resis-- Tango 44, one resisting.
Hands behind your back, let it go.
Let it go.
-Aah... -Let it go.
Let it go.
-(grunting) -(radio chatter)
-(groaning) -(radio chatter)
-Where'd you throw it? I saw you throw it. Where'd you throw it?
-I got scared.
-Tango 44, I just had one take off on me. I have him detained right now.
Be advised, uh, he threw some narcotics out on the ground.
What'd you throw out? There's-- There's kids here.
What did you throw out?
-(radio chatter)
-What did you throw out? There's kids here.
-I didn't. -I don't need kids to ingest any kind of narcotics.
What did you throw out on the ground?
-I didn't throw nothing, I'm scared.
-I saw you throw it. What did you throw?
-I was just throwin'. -Stand up. Let's go.
-(radio chatter)
-Stand up. Stand up.
How much you had to drink tonight? I can smell it.
-Not nothin'. -Nothing?
Why did you take off? How come you didn't wanna stop?
-I thought it was somebody I didn't know. -No, you saw who it was,
because you saw my lights.
-(indistinct) -Where are you coming from right now?
Where are you coming from right now?
-Coming from a friend's and my cousin's.
-Your cousin's?
Are you gonna have warrants?
-I might have one. -What kinda warrants are you gonna have?
-Uh, probably misdemeanor warrants.
-Misdemeanor? From county?
-Which way did he go? -I got him right here. He threw the narcs over here
somewhere. -Where?
-Just somewhere around here. He tried to put it in his mouth,
and then he threw it.
-(radio chatter) -Is it by the driveway, too?
Yeah, he put his hand inside his crotch, also.
(indistinct) How old are you? -Uh... 43.
-You're 43 years old?
At one point in time, you need to grow up.
You understand? -Yes, sir.
-Look at me. Look at me when I talk to you.
You need to grow up. There's kids that live here.
If they find this narcotics and they ingest them, that's on you.
Do you understand? Do the right thing.
If you're honest that goes a long way with me, believe it or not.
-It is, like, a little bit of weed.
-Is it weed that you threw?
-(indistinct) It's like a little bit.
-'Cause I guarantee you were not running because of weed.
-No, but if it's a little bit of weed.
-What did you throw on the ground?
-Is that, like, the most serious?
-I have narcotics coming, they're gonna find it.
Just be honest.
So what type of drug are we looking for right now?
-It's, uh... -Be honest.
-I'd rather not say nothin' till I speak to my lawyer. Can I just...
-(indistinct) -Okay, that's fine. Go and have a seat in the car.
He tried to take off on me right here.
-This way? -Yeah. He tried to ingest it,
and then he threw it. -(radio chatter)
-Somewhere in this general direction.
This is where it's gonna be, somewhere around here.
This is gonna be it right here.
It's gonna have teeth marks, he bit threw it.
And that smells like marijuana also, as well.
I'll go talk to him, see what he wants to say about it.
Jose?
So, this is gonna be what I found, okay?
This is exactly what you threw when you and me were fighting.
Okay, and there's teeth marks on it. You bit through it.
I gave you the chance to come out of this vehicle and point where it was at,
so these kids in this house don't find it.
Why didn't you wanna admit to what you did?
-(radio chatter)
-What's that?
-(radio chatter) -Tell me about your drug problem.
What's goin' on with you? -I'm a heroin addict.
-You're what? Speak up a little bit. -Heroin-- Heroin addict.
-You're a heroin addict? -Heroin addict.
-How much are you using? -Well, I've been trying to slow down,
but... I pull panhandles, I make 30 bucks and buy... a gram.
(indistinct)
-Okay, but how much are you using a day?
-(indistinct) if I make $50, $50.
-So whatever you can panhandle, that's what you're using? -Yeah.
I've been tryin' to slow down.
-You need to, brother. -Oh, I don't wanna be a heroin addict.
Believe me, I-- ooh, believe me, I've tried.
I have tried, sir, I've tried.
I've been doing it for 23 years, and I've seen people that are normal
and I'm, like, man, I wish that I was normal like that,
I wish... I had a car, I wish I had a life, I'm, like, look at me.
I get stressed out, I mean, am I gonna always be a heroin addict?
-Well, Jose, at the end of the night-- At the end of the day,
you know you have a problem.
So that's step one, is you know, and you're recognizing it.
But now you need to do something within yourself
to try to get off of it. -I tried.
-Twenty-something years is hard. Again, I'm not a judge. I don't judge people.
-I know it. -Okay? And I'm not tryin' to judge you at all.
Whatever happened over here, it's done.
Now, what I'm tryin' to tell you, is you do need to get some help.
-I've gone to that one on North (indistinct), the detox?
-Mm-hm? -Like eight times, and I come out all anxious
to put that needle in my arm, I mean, oh, man...
and it's weird, it's mental too, like, uh...
it's like you-- you've gotta learn how to live all over again, like,
you only know this lifestyle for 23 years and you're like...
it's like you're scared of life, like, what do I do?
Like... like... I never even really been in a relationship, not like--
Just-- you know... -All you know is the street.
-Well, I know you want some help, so tonight you're gonna be going to jail.
For the evading, the possession of marijuana, the resisting,
and the destruction of evidence, okay?
-Yes, sir. -Jose, look at me.
And tonight, get some help in the jail.
That's gonna be your best bet is to help break inside the jail.
-I know. Yeah, I'm gonna have to. Once you're in there, you ain't goin' nowhere.
-I understand. -You're gonna break.
-Use it. Use that time
to find something to hold onto to get off of that. Try.
I know 20-something years is a hard time, but at the end of the day, you-- you gotta
hold onto something to get off that narcotic.
-I wish I would've got help in a different way, but if this is what it took...
this is what it took. -Get some help.
-All right. -Okay?
-132 and Bush, I've got him at gunpoint.
-Dispatcher: Okay, gunpoint, 132 and Bush.
Cover is code three.
-(overlapping police radio chatter)