Cops

– ( CLATTERING ) – Heads up!

I smoked some marijuana! I'm a marijuana smoker!

Hands up! Hands up!

Hold it! Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!

"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.

Been doing this job for about 12 years now,

One of the favorite things to do is...

...is locate and apprehend suspects with illegal g...

...illegal guns and illegal narcotics.

Gives... gives me a sense of purpose,

...like, getting guns and drugs off the street.

It's a way to make the community safer.

All right, we have... one of our units is behind...

...an occupied stolen vehicle right now.

We're gonna try to get behind the vehicle...

...and assist 'em when we get the vehicle stopped.

It's gonna be that blue car in front of the unit.

(OVER RADIO) Yo, Dave, if y'all are close, they're on... (INDISTINCT)

(OVER RADIO) I'm on University and Johnston right now.

He's probably gonna take off on us.

(OVER RADIO) Go ahead and force the route. We'll wait and see what he does...

...see which way he goes. I don't want to endanger anybody in the public.

– ( RADIO CHATTER ) – We got... we got a Mardi Gras parade...

...going on right now just ahead of us, so we don't want to light it up.

(OVER RADIO) Stay off the radio. I'm coming up.

A lot of times, it'll turn into vehicle pursuis with stolen vehicles,

...so we're going to give it a little bit of time...

...and try to get out of the area before it turns into a pursuit,

...that way it's less risk to the public.

– ( RADIO CHATTER ) We got a K9 that's gonna jump in front of us.

– ( RADIO CHIRPS ) – That's K9 behind you, Scott.

We're past the parade route now.

– ( SIRENS BLARING ) – He's gonna run.

We're gonna have a little pursuit here.

– ( RADIO CHIRPS ) – Taking a university approach. Now passing Simcoe.

Speed is at... 60.

– We have enough units. Everybody else... (INDISTINCT) . – ( SIREN BLARING )

(OVER RADIO) ...Mike, you want me to try and spike him at Willow and University?

– ( RADIO CHIRPS ) Yeah, 10-4.

Passing Cameron right now,

...so... get 'em out in time.

(OVER RADIO) Whole area, assist with the vehicle description, pleas.

Yeah, we... I don't think we have sight of the vehicle anymore.

– ( RADIO CHATTER ) (OVER RADIO) 10-4.

If you're back in that area, y'all start spreading out in that area.

Due to the traffic, we backed off...

...and... and we lost sight of the vehicle,

...but we have someone that's able to track the vehicle with GPS.

So, we're attempting to get an updated location of the vehicle...

...and see if we can locate it again...

– ...and... try and get it stopped. (OVER RADIO) Hey, we're back at Four Corners.

He's southbound, going southbound.

– ( SIREN BLARING ) All right, we have a K9 unit...

...that's back in pursuit of the stolen vehicle,

...southbound on one of the... one of our main thoroughfares.

All right?

So, we're trying get up in the area to assist 'em.

(OVER RADIO) Cameron approaching San Antoine,

...head towards the thruway.

Cameron. He's... – ( RADIO CHIRPS )

I'm coming down San Antoine now, Dave.

He just bailed. He just bailed. It's gonna be a foot bail.

I think he wrecked right up here.

The vehicle just crashed and bailed right ahead of us.

(OVER RADIO) On Cameron and Pierce.

(OVER RADIO) 10-4. Cameron and Pierce. He got a light pole.

They got him at gunpoint.

– ( GUNSHOTS ) – ( GLASS SHATTERS )

Back up.

Crawl out this way. Crawl... Watch out, watch out.

– Crawl out! Crawl out! – I'm coming out.

– Are you hurt or injured? – No.

No? (GRUNTS)

– ( RADIO CHATTER ) Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, you want to be careful.

– He got wires down there... – All right.

...that'll light. I don't know if they're live or not.

– You want me to sit up? – Sit up, man.

Sit up. Sit up. Cross your legs.

– There you go. – Thank you.

– There wasn't nothing on him. – Whose vehicle is that?

Uh, it was my ex-girlfriend's.

Your girlfriend's, is that correct?

– Like, my ex. – Ex-girlfriend?

– Yeah. – How long has it been ex?

– Uh, we were... – Like, when you stole the vehicle, it became ex?

– Just about, yeah, yeah. – Y'all been having some trouble for a while?

– Right then, right when I did that. – Okay, why didn't you just stop?

– Huh? – You saw the lights behind you. Why didn't you just stop?

– Uh, I just wanted to die, yea. – You just wanted to die?

Yeah. I'm... tired.

– You've been arrested before? – No.

– Never for stolen vehicle? – No.

– First time getting arrested? – Yeah, for anything.

So, what got into you today, to make you do all this?

– Drugs. – What kind of drugs you do, ma?

– Smoke a lot of weed. I don't know. – Weed?

– Yeah. – Anything besides weed or just weed?

I used to, like, trip a lot, but that's it.

– Acid? – Yeah.

Nothing else? Anything today?

Hm-mmm. I think I smoked earlier today.

– Marijuana? – Like... yeah. Like... yeah.

– Is it worth all this? – Oh God, no. No, no.

– Well, I mean... do... – Yeah. No, trust me.

It boggles my mind that you're just laughing about the whole thing and then...

...I mean, 'cause I don't know what the (BLEEPS) I'm doing.

I mean, like, what the (BLEEPS) was that?

– I don't know. – So?

Yeah. I mean, I used to be in engineering.

– Used to... – Used to be an engineering student?

– Used to use my brain. – How old are you?

Twenty-one. I just turned 21.

– You in school right now? – Uh-uh.

What gets me is you're just kinda nonchalant, laughing about it the whole time.

Yeah, that's what gets everyone, I guess.

You know, you're lucky... you're lucky the K9 didn't...

Yeah, that dog... jeez. That's an official dog.

– That was awesome. – Yeah, they're good dogs.

– I was like, "Oh my God!" – You're lucky the passenger airbag is...

– ...what slowed the dog down. – I know! Definitely slowed it down.

– It's like, "Holy (BLEEPS) " – I mean, you... you're lucky,

...considering how fast you were driving and you didn't hurt yourself,

– ...somebody else... – Yeah, I was...

...one of us. Or that dog didn't do...

– ...didn't do more damage than it did. – Well, I'm alive now.

– I just really wanted to die. – What's that?

I'm glad I'm alive now, I guess.

You feel like you want to die now? Or do you want...

– I just wanna... – You wanna live.

...get over this slump...

– All right, well, this is what's gonna happen. – ...and then... yeah?

– Due to the minor dog bite... – Uh-huh.

– ...and the crash... – Uh-huh.

...you're gonna be taken down to the hospital,

– ...get you checked out... – Okay. Okay.

...get you clear for incarceration,

...and then we'll bring you down... down to Lafayette...

– ...to the Parish jail. – Sounds good.

All right, anymore questions, man?

Thanks for pulling me over, 'cause I'm glad I didn't kill anyone.

Well, I was hoping you'd pull over. That's the problem, you didn't pull over.

Oh yeah, well, I pulled over, and then, you know...

– Can't be that thankful. – Pulled over now.

All right, man. Hang tight.

He's a character. Said he wanted to die,

...that's why he was driving like that.

And once we got him out, he says he's okay,

...now he wants to live, so.

– Well, good. – And so... I mean, he's all over the place, so.

Well, at least we have him now and we have him safe, so all right.

Awesome, man. Good job.

Born and raised here in Louisiana.

I've lived here all my life.

I enjoy...

...various outdoor activities, hunting and fishing,

...horses. I've had horses pretty much all my life.

I love training horses.

One good thing about Lafayette PD,

...they offer a mounted patrol division,

...which I was lucky... lucky enough to be a part of.

– ( RADIO CHATTER ) – ( SIREN BLARING )

Committed an armed robbery, at a local convenience store.

(OVER RADIO) Hey, the Cadillac's 2-11.

We have a Cadillac that's fleeing from us.

We're trying to catch up to him.

(OVER RADIO) He just almost hit me. Hold your traffic.

He just... (INDISTINCT) Hold your traffic.

Did you just get him out?

The driver's still in the Cadillac.

He just... (INDISTINCT)

He's right here! I need a K9. He's right here by the car.

He's right outside the car. I don't think he has a gun on him now.

– Just lock it down! – ( DOMINGUE GRUNTING )

Let me see your hands!

– ( MAN SCREAMS ) – Okay!

– ( GRUNTS ) – ( SCREAMS )

What the hell?

Hey!

All right, man.

Hey!

Okay. Watch him.

– Roll over, man. – ( GRUNTS ) I can't breathe. I can't...

– ( DOG BARKING ) – I don't have... I don't have nothing.

I can't breathe, brah.

– Roll over, though. Roll over. – I can't breathe.

I can't... Hey! (SCREAMS)

– Stand him up? – Stand him up.

– ( MAN MUTTERING ) – Stand up, man.

Okay, John, walk you to your car.

I can't... I can't walk. Officer, my...

You should've thought about that before you ran from the police.