Cops

I wasn't doing nothing wrong.

"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 was in the Army, for just under four years.

I was medically discharged due to an injury I received...

...overseas in combat.

Once I got home, I applied for the...

...Montgomery County Sheriff's Office where I grew up.

So, I grew up in this area and, I like to help people.

It's pretty much what I like to do, it's why I became a cop.

So, we just got dispatched,

Conroe PD is in pursuit of a vehicle.

There is one patrol unit behind 'em.

There's high rates of speeds, over 90 to 100 miles an hour.

Right now, we're trying to catch up to those units...

...so we can help them assist in the pursuit.

– (POLICE RADIO CHATTER) – (SIRENS BLARING)

Sixteen, we're 73 miles an hour right now.

Clear copy, 70 miles an hour.

Stopping at the Louetta exit.

That's clear copy, stopping at Louetta exit.

They are taking back off.

That's clear copy, taking back off.

– (BEEPING) – (SIRENS BLARING)

Two-Paul-10-6, advise if the Oak Ridge Inn...

...is gonna call her a MA.

Felony traffic stop.

No No. Stay out.

Driver get out slowly!

Hey, I'll call it. Get the other side.

– Driver... Driver, let me see your hands!

Open the door with your left hand!

Step out!

Step out!

Step out!

Face away from me!

Watch out, watch out, watch out!

Hey, face the other way!

– Grab... grab him. – Don't... hey!

Don't move.

Hey, turn around, face the other direction!

Got the dog.

Walk back towards my voice.

Walk back towards my voice.

– Back, back! – (DOG BARKING)

Back, back, back.

Go to your knees. Go to your knees.

Lay out flat on your stomach.

Hands behind your back.

Passenger!

Step out!

Put the cigarette out.

Face away from me.

Walk back towards my voice.

Back, back.

Go to your knees.

Lay flat on your stomach.

You wanna cuff her?

Cuff her, yeah.

Let's walk up, it's clear.

Hands in back.

16, we got two detained.

Stop right here. Is there anybody else in the vehicle?

– No. – No one else in the vehicle?

– No one's in the passenger seat? No where else? – No, no.

Yeah, it's clear. Give me one minute.

The pursuing deputy seen them throw something out.

Hey, where do you think they threw it out at?

Between Twin Peaks and, that storage place,

...right there, outside shoulder.

About how big you think it was?

– I just saw sparks. – Main lanes?

Yeah, outside shoulder on the main lanes.

Two-Paul-10-6, it's gonna be main lanes,

...outside shoulder.

He saw sparks, so it's probably gonna be a pistol.

So what'd you try to stop 'em for?

He was driving with his high beams on.

He's cruising down the HOV lane.

He passed me, slowed down a little bit once he saw me.

The license plate's obstructed,

...and then, he was driving with the high beams,

...so I lit him up, he rides in the HOV lane for a little bit,

...then eventually pulls over to the outside shoulder,

...and as soon as I got out, he booked it.

Took off on ya? Okay. Alright.

– What's going on tonight, ma'am? – Nothing.

My husband picked me up, and we were...

...gonna go spend some time together.

– This your husband here? The one that's driving? – Yes.

Okay.

Where was he picking you up at?

From my mother's.

Where was that at?

– Off Lake Conroe. – Lake Conroe?

Do you know what he threw out the window by any chance?

– I have no freaking clue. – No clue? Okay.

So why were y'all running?

– I...I don't know. – You don't know?

– No, I don't know. – He just took off?

– He didn't say anything to ya? – No.

Okay. So you don't have no clue what he threw out the window,

– ...correct? Okay. – No.

You gonna refuse to speak to me now?

– Yes. – Okay.

All right, wait right there for me ma'am, okay?

So, Charles, what happened tonight, man?

I literally, felt like I got pulled over...

...for (BEEP) nothing, so I said, " (BEEP) it, man."

So you thought it was bull so you just?

No, like seriously man,

I’ve been getting (BEEP) with all my life like that, bro.

Seriously, in 2002, I got out of prison.

They took my license, for what?

I've been in jail, bro.

Incarcerated.

What kinda stuff you been in prison for?

Firearm.

I ain't afraid to say it. Firearm.

Okay.

You got any felony convictions?

– The firearm. – Huh?

– Firearm. – The firearm?

– Yeah. – So you have a felony conviction, that's a yes?

– Yes. – Okay so you're not supposed to have a firearm.

No I don't own a firearm, my wife owns a firearm.

– Okay why do you have magazines? – They came in my house.

They came in the house, took her to jail...

– ...for visiting. – Who is that? Is that your girlfriend?

– That's my wife! – That's your wife?

Wife of 11 years, man.

Why you got magazines in the car if you ain't got a gun?

Man, these cuffs are tight, bro, like seriously.

Yeah, I did my share fair. I ride a crotch rocket, bro.

I ride motorcycles, that's my dream.

Yeah, motorcycles, that's what we do. Boom!

I just felt like I got pulled over for nothing, dude.

– No crotch rocket today, man. – I know, man.

You couldn't even outrun a Tahoe, bud.

Yeah, I wasn't trying to outrun you, bro.

It was not trying to out run you, it was like, "Man,"

"I'm just (BEEP) fed up." Can you...

So he says before he's been arrested for felony possession of firearms.

He has two loaded magazines inside the door.

A pistol was recovered where the Conroe PD officer did see...

...him throw out something outside the vehicle.

So they actually have recovered a pistol.

He's gonna be going to jail for felony possession...

...of a firearm and evading.

Society, now has a negative view on law enforcement.

They don't understand that the majority of police officers...

...are out here to assist the public.

I work with a lot of good people and unfortunately...

...the news, it can get to you but you've just got to maintain...

...a positive attitude and come out here ready to work everyday...

...and do the best job you can do.

We're heading to a call right now of a male subject that's...

...breaking out windows with a crow bar.

He just jumped into a red SUV.

The house is right up here on the right.

Eyes, is that someone in the driver's seat right there?

Let me see your hands.

What's your name, man?

– Alex. – Alex?

Keep your hands visible.

Climb over to that seat and get out.

Walk backwards there.

Put your hands here.

You just breaking out windows, dude?

– Yes, sir. – Yes?

Where's this crowbar that you used, man?

– Is it with you in the car? – Laying down in the car.

It's in this car right here? Okay.

– Come here, man. – Yep.

Do me a favor.

Lean up against this car with your back to it.

– Back to it? – Yeah.

– What's your name? – Alex.

What's going on, dude?

– Just jealousy, dawg. – Why are you upset tonight?

Jealousy over what?

My imagination, of anything else I guess.

– Who do you live here with? – Uh, I used to live here...

...with Anthony, Brooklyn, and, uh, Thomas.

Okay, so what's this about?

I had taken, what do you call it... These uh, headache relief...

...medication, extra strength or whatever on an empty stomach.

I didn't know you had to take them on a stomach because...

I was having a headache.

And I ended up throwing up and like being delirious for...

...a little bit because of... I don't know why.

– Is this what you used, man? – Yes, it is.

– Right here? – Yes.

What other windows did you bust out besides this?

These two cars, the just front.

Okay.

How are we gonna solve this problem tonight, man?