COPS (1989) s23e17 Episode Script
Coast to Coast #178
man: bad boys whatcha want, whatcha want? Whatcha gonna do when sheriff John brown come for you? Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Bad boys, bad boys 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.
Deputy Mike robertson: We're fortunate in this department that it allows us to ride as two-man units.
Some agencies don't have the manpower or the staffing levels to be able to do that.
We can potentially locate criminal activity, uh, a lot easier with an extra set of eyes.
Uh, while one person's driving, the other person can be looking around.
Mayes: We're gonna be stopping a green mitsubishi up here.
It's right brake light is out, so we're gonna stop and talk to the driver and see what's going on.
I I got him.
I got him.
Hands behind your back.
Robertson: Hands behind your back.
Hands behind your back.
Mayes: I got him.
(Panting) I got him.
Open your hand up.
Open your hand up.
(Suspect grunts) Robertson: Six five Frank one.
I mean, two.
Can you put us on a vehicle stop, and we're gonna be Mayes: Hand back here.
Robertson: I'll get you an address in a second.
We had a subject run from the vehicle; We got him detained.
(Panting) Why you running? Huh? Whose car is that? Huh? Robertson: Whose car is that? Mayes: Go back, I got him.
I just picked it up right there down the street.
Mayes: It's gonna be Jack.
Sit up.
Robertson: Our vehicle stop's gonna be at Lacreta, um, just north of a farmer house.
Get a unit over there, please.
(Dogs barking in distance) Mayes: Stand up.
Okay.
Mayes: You breaching parole? Nah.
Mayes: You're not? Nah.
Mayes: When's the last time you been in jail? Oh, shucks.
A thousand Mayes: Okay.
What you running from? Huh? I knew the damn car was stolen.
Mayes: Oh, you knew it was stolen? But I need to get home.
Mayes: But you got to get home? Yep.
Mayes: So you took the vehicle, knowing it was stolen, 'cause you had to get home.
Yes, sir.
Mayes: Who's in the car with you? Nobody.
Mayes: You were by yourself? Yes, sir.
I didn't want to get blamed for it, that's all.
Mayes: How you know it's stolen? It's obvious.
Mayes: Why is it obvious? Huh? The damn thing don't match.
Robertson: Okay, that's not gonna be the plate.
Yeah.
Robertson: Try four yellow Mayes: Spread your feet.
Real wide.
Spread your feet real wide.
It got two different plates.
That's how I knew it was Mayes: Two different plates on there? Yeah.
Mayes: So you knew it was stolen because of that? No.
I was told that it was.
I was just trying to get the hell home.
Mayes: Okay.
So I guess it is stolen.
Yeah.
Mayes: You have I.
D.
On you? Is there any way, um, I can get ahold of that, too, 'cause that don't belong to me.
That belongs to my brother's Robertson: Any get ahold of what? It's in the bag right there.
Robertson: What's in it? Um, it's, like, a drill that I borrowed from a friend.
That's what I was gonna go home with.
Robertson: Okay.
That's, uh we'll talk to you about some stuff here in a few minutes, okay? And we'll see what we can do.
Mayes: Have you have a seat in the car over here with this officer.
He's already been patted.
He got a couple things in his pocket, if you want to just check him again.
Prehoda: He tried to run from you? Mayes: Yeah, he tried to run.
He got out and bolted.
He pulled himself over right there and then bolted down secure court.
Prehoda: Okay.
Mayes: And then he got all the way down to the end of the court, ran out of room, ran out of real estate.
Prehoda: Car came back stolen? Mayes: Yeah.
He had different plates and stuff on it, so Prehoda: It's cold plated.
Mayes: Yeah, he said he knew it was stolen because a guy gave it to him, and, um, he was pretty obvious that it was stolen.
Prehoda: Okay.
Mayes: That's what he said, so that's it.
Prehoda: All right.
Mayes: Right there, okay? Prehoda: One more car thief in jail.
Mayes: That's it.
If you want to detain him real quick, be with you in a minute.
Robertson: I just got ahold of the registered owner on the phone, uh, from the victim information in the stolen vehicle.
He's gonna come out here, um, and pick up his vehicle and take custody of it.
Mayes: Okay, cool.
That way, we won't have to tow it then.
Robertson: Yeah.
Mayes: Okay.
All right, sounds good.
It's okay to talk to me? Yeah.
Mayes: When did you get that car? Not too long ago, like Mayes: Tonight or yesterday? Tonight.
Mayes: Okay, how long ago before we got you, before we stopped you? Like, three minutes.
Mayes: So right after we saw you, and then that's you just picked up the car from someone.
How you know this guy? He's a friend of yours or? No, I-I don't really know him.
Mayes: Uh-huh.
I don't really know the guy, but I used to help a guy that used to live there move there.
Mayes: Were you walking on foot and then he flagged you down? I was on foot.
Mayes: And then he just said, "I got this stolen car.
" He gave you the keys or the keys were already in it? No, the keys were already in it.
Mayes: Okay, so you hopped in, started it up, and then took off? Yep.
Mayes: The guy's name do you remember his name? You don't know his name? Nuh-uh.
Mayes: Okay, so was it a white guy? It's an Asian dude.
Mayes: Asian guy? It's an Asian dude, yeah.
Mayes: All right, and he was at this House of someone else that you knew from before.
He wasn't in there, he was outside.
Mayes: He was outside? So you went over to see your buddy, and at that house and stuff, and then you saw this guy.
Yeah.
Mayes: And then you said, "hey, I want to get home.
" He said, "there's a car right there.
"Go ahead and get that.
" And it was already unlocked? Yes.
Everything was unlocked.
Mayes: All right.
And the keys were in and the car was unlocked, and then you just started and took off, and then we got in behind you.
Did you see us when we got behind you and started following you or you didn't? Did you notice that we were there? No, I-I really didn't notice.
Mayes: When did you know the cops were behind you? When, um, I seen the light.
Mayes: Okay.
And then you pull over and then took off? Yes.
Mayes: Main reason you were running, because it's a stolen car.
Yeah, 'cause I knew that.
Mayes: Anything else to add to it? No.
Mayes: Have you ever gotten a stolen car from him before? No.
Mayes: So this is your first time? Mm-hmm.
Mayes: All right.
Okay, got it.
Robertson: When your vehicle is stolen um, the keys are in the ignition.
How was it stolen? Did you have it running somewhere or? No, this is my only key.
Robertson: So is that a shaved key then, probably gonna be? Yeah, that's not my key.
Robertson: Actually have not okay, it is I haven't removed the key yet.
This key comes back to a dodge or not comes back, but it's for a dodge.
You can see the "dodge" on it.
So what they'll do is, on these older Hondas, they'll shave these keys, and, uh, they'll put them in the ignition, and this one happened to start your car.
So it doesn't look like your ignition is-is damaged.
They're just using a shaved key to start your car, which is real common.
Okay.
Robertson: So your car was locked, locked up? Yeah, locks.
This is the only key, actually, this is the only key I have.
Robertson: In front of your house? In front of the house Robertson: What time was it stolen? Sometime in the morning.
Robertson: Okay.
Okay.
Um, no one's supposed to have the vehicle or anything like that? No, no one's supposed to have it.
Robertson: Okay, no one else has permission to be driving it or anything? Nope.
Robertson: Okay.
Okay, so it looks like he didn't take your car and crash it.
So we were able to get your vehicle back, and bad guy's in custody.
Deputy Robert Carpenter: I'm a member of the sheriff's department SWAT team.
I've been a defensive tactics instructor and a firearms instructor.
I've had a number of different career rotation assignments as a deputy sheriff, but after patrol the most.
I think we make the biggest impact as a law enforcement officer out on patrol, responding directly to emergency situations and resolving those situations safely.
Safely as possible.
(Siren wailing) We're responding to a disturbance right now.
Neighbors are calling because an individual is going off inside of his apartment, wrecking furniture, ripping his air conditioning unit out, and apparently, sometime during the process he cut his fingers off.
So we're gonna go see what's going on.
(Siren ceases) (Over radio): 350, 20-251.
(Over radio): He just came out of the neighborhood.
(Continues indistinctly) (Over radio): It's 624th and where? Carpenter: What's going on? Drop everything.
I don't have anything! Carpenter: Okay.
Just drop everything.
I'm taking off my shirt.
Carpenter: Why are you taking your shirt off? Because I want you to see I don't have anything.
Carpenter: Okay, get down on the ground.
No, I'm not gonna get down on the ground, sir.
I'm gonna stand up.
I would like you to respect me.
I'm a former military policeman, okay? Carpenter: That's fine.
I would like to verify with you that on these grounds, there are federal guidelines not being confirmed to.
And there's authorization Carpenter: 350.
Do you have another unit en route here? For federal authority, for, uh, financial profit.
Section eight housing, and their, sir, as well Their health is in danger.
Carpenter: We might have my hands full in a second.
Buddy, no, you're not gonna have your hands full.
Carpenter: Turn around and put your hands behind your back.
I'm not putting my hands! I'm not going to jail! I'm not going to jail! If you would like me to go to jail, then you respect me! Carpenter: This is for your safety.
Okay, I'm gonna have you get down on the ground right now.
No, I'm not gonna get down on the ground, sir.
Carpenter: Get down on the ground or I'm gonna tase you.
Okay.
Carpenter: Get down on the ground or I'm gonna tase you.
There you go.
Carpenter: All the way down, face down.
I'm not putting Carpenter: Face down or I'm gonna have to tase you.
All the way down.
Yes, sir.
Carpenter: Hands in the air.
Stay in that position.
Yes, sir.
Carpenter: You make any sudden movements, you're gonna be shot, you understand? Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
(Radio beeping sporadically) (Sirens approaching) Carpenter: Bring your hand back here.
Thank you, sir.
(Over radio): 350, advising one detained.
Carpenter: Go ahead and cancel the beeper.
(Over radio): You want fire truck in? Carpenter: Yeah, have 'em come in.
Okay, that wasn't too bad, was it? Go ahead and roll up onto your side.
Bring your knees up for me.
There we go.
There you go.
Okay, now take a Stand up for me.
There we go.
We're gonna go over to my patrol car here.
We'll get your jacket and stuff in a second.
Quit walking like that.
So, do you know why we're out here? Yes, sir.
Carpenter: Why are we out here? Because I've been destroying my apartment.
Carpenter: Why did you destroy your apartment? Because, sir, there are federal guidelines that are being violated, and it's my health.
Carpenter: It's your health? Yes, sir.
Carpenter: Do you live alone? Yes, sir.
Carpenter: You want to put your shoe on? Got it? 'Cause that'll work for me.
(Indistinct radio transmission) Here, just lean back there for right now.
Why don't you explain to the fire department why we're out here today? Well, sir, I have since last July, uh, I requested medicinal use of marijuana.
Yeah? And I went to the veteran's administration.
And at that time they declared me mentally incompetent, okay? What's going on tonight? That's what I'm getting to, okay? All right.
And they took my son away from me, okay? He's handicapped.
He has five to ten seizures a day.
I was taking care of him for the last four years by myself.
Slow down, slow down.
Okay.
Well, they took him away.
This is my kid, okay? My boy.
And they took him away, okay? And I haven't seen him since.
Do you have any substances tonight? Any drugs at all? Yes, sir, I have.
What'd you have? I use methamphetamines.
Meth? Okay.
Yes, sir, and as well, as well, I use marijuana.
Marijuana and meth.
Do you take any psych meds at all? I don't want to.
Are you supposed to? No, I'm not.
I I Do the doctors want you to? The doctors want to tell me what to do.
Yeah? They're violating section eight housing people by denying the medicinal use of narcotics.
Carpenter: He admits to taking methamphetamines and medical marijuana.
He's despondent right now because he says the government refused to give him a prescription for marijuana.
(Indistinct radio transmission) And he says he's in a lot of pain right now, so we're gonna go look at his The involuntary treatment act requires that if he's a danger to himself, to others or to property, then we can involuntarily commit him.
And it looks like he's a danger to himself, so we're gonna be involuntarily committing him today.
Did he do all this today? Yeah, he did all this today.
And he just started spazzing out.
Turn around, he was going around tearing off the vents around the house.
Carpenter: Did you see what he cut his hand with? Yeah, he cut himself right there at the vent right there.
The ac right there.
Carpenter: So he was taking the ac out? Yeah, he was taking that out.
And then he was taking the windows out.
Carpenter: Okay.
So, yeah, it looks like he tore his air conditioner out there.
That's what he cut his fingers on.
See all the blood there.
Tore the heater out.
Yeah.
What else you got? Back window's shattered.
Carpenter: Back window, okay.
There's blood everywhere, so we can take him to the hospital for that.
All right.
(Indistinct radio transmission) We're gonna go get Terence a medical evaluation.
He'll be admitted into a crisis center where he'll get some mental, mental health help.
It's gonna be a medical aid call, so he'll be involuntarily committed to the hospital for 72 hours.
And hopefully get him balanced out so he doesn't keep doing this.
Deputy Michael Baroni: I've been an officer for just over ten years.
I grew up in Sacramento.
I actually grew up in this area.
We get the opportunity to ride with a partner.
It's a huge help, because I don't have to wait for cover when I'm going to a hot call.
We know what each other's thinking.
We're both very safe.
And are primary goal is to be able to go home at the end of the night and spend time with our families.
(Indistinct radio transmission) (Over radio): Okay, it looks like the right plates.
I'm southbound howell.
Deputy Jeff long: We're going to cover our k-9 unit who may have fallen in behind an occupied stolen vehicle.
So we're heading to that area, see if we can't back him up.
(Siren wailing) (Over radio): On a gray Honda civic four-door.
Baroni: Right now, we're still waiting for air support unit to get overhead.
They're about three minutes out.
Um, once they get overhead then we'll affect a stop, or attempt to affect a stop on the stolen vehicle.
Long: And we're stopping at the red light at arden.
(Over radio): Ten-four.
Baroni: Since the first car that's behind the occupied stolen, it's easier for him to concentrate on driving.
The second car is a two-man unit.
It's easier for us to call it.
That way if it does go to pursuit, we can concentrate on just following him.
(Over radio): I'm with him, and we have enough units on this right now.
Long: It's CHP's helicopter that's above us right now maintaining a visual on everybody.
And it looks like we're pulling into the turn Lane to go westbound arden from fulton.
Baroni: He's making circles.
Long: So as soon as the aircraft gets an actual visual on on us, we'll go ahead and make the stop.
So that way, if something does happen after that, he can maintain visual on the suspect and all the officers involved.
And we're westbound.
(Over radio): Okay.
Long: And we lit him up westbound arden just west of fulton.
Looks like he's going to yield.
(Siren wailing) Make that pursuit.
He failed to yield.
And we're number two.
Speed's about 60, westbound arden approaching howell.
We're now in pursuit.
Or k-9's in pursuit, we're number two.
The vehicle, as we lit it up, failed to stop or yield to peace officers.
So we're now going to pursue it.
Continuing westbound through bell.
And we're coming up to howell Avenue.
And ran the red at howell.
Northbound howell from westbound arden.
T.
C.
Into the parking lot.
(Over radio): Ten-four.
(Sirens wailing) Long: Suspect's westbound through the parking lot.
Dog's on him.
(Dog barking) (Man yelling) Get down! Get down! Hands! Hands! Hands up! Hands! Deputy Mark Limbird: Nice dog.
Get on there.
(Dog barks) Baroni: I'm going to go back and secure the car.
Deputy Heather Feil: Up.
I'm bleeding? Deputy Robert French: Okay.
It's number two.
French: Let's go ahead and double lock him.
Hold on.
You want me to him? (Over radio): We're in the clear.
Looks good, guys.
Feil: Do you have any I.
D.
? No.
French: What's your name, partner? Your date of birth, son? (Man speaks softly) (Helicopter blades whirring) Feil: Okay, have a seat.
Watch your head.
Baroni: K-9 got in behind a vehicle, ran the license plate.
Came back stolen vehicle.
We lit up the car to try and initiate a stop.
At first it seemed like he was going to pull over.
And then he took off on us.
Couldn't negotiate a corner.
Continued losing control probably because the air bags deployed and eventually ended up here.
He took off on foot.
He was subsequently taken down by the k-9 and a few officers.
And we have him in custody now.
Limbird: It looks like we're going to go ahead and charge him with a possession of a stolen vehicle, auto theft, felony evading, since he decided to take off on us and not stop a and he's got an outstanding no-bail warrant out of the juvenile court system.
Here's the deal.
I mean, the bad part was that you were in the stolen car.
But you made it a lot worse by deciding to run.
And it was very fortunate tonight that when you came around that corner, there wasn't a car there, there wasn't a pedestrian crossing the street.
And that you also didn't get hurt by hitting one of those trees.
I mean, you narrowly missed it.
And then when you took off, I sent the dog.
I mean, it's not something that I prefer to do or enjoy doing by any means at all.
But I don't know you, you don't know me.
And I don't know if you're armed with anything or anything like that.
And it's just a lot safer for the dog to apprehend you.
The cool thing is, is hopefully you'll use tonight as a learning lesson.
We're all young once, and even when we're adults we make mistakes.
And if you can learn from those mistakes and better yourself as a person, then, you know, it's not that big of a deal.
All right, man? Good luck to you.
Baroni: There's only a little bit of damage to the tree.
The sign's messed up.
The car's not too bad.
Was able to get between two trees that are approximately ten feet Long: Ten feet apart.
Baroni: He clipped one of the trees, but if he would have hit it head-on he would have, uh, he would definitely making a trip to the hospital or even worse than that.
So, I'd say he's very lucky.
Long: He's going to jail and the owner gets his car back.
Officer (Over radio): I've got him at gunpoint.
Dispatcher: At gunpoint, Cover is code three.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Deputy Mike robertson: We're fortunate in this department that it allows us to ride as two-man units.
Some agencies don't have the manpower or the staffing levels to be able to do that.
We can potentially locate criminal activity, uh, a lot easier with an extra set of eyes.
Uh, while one person's driving, the other person can be looking around.
Mayes: We're gonna be stopping a green mitsubishi up here.
It's right brake light is out, so we're gonna stop and talk to the driver and see what's going on.
I I got him.
I got him.
Hands behind your back.
Robertson: Hands behind your back.
Hands behind your back.
Mayes: I got him.
(Panting) I got him.
Open your hand up.
Open your hand up.
(Suspect grunts) Robertson: Six five Frank one.
I mean, two.
Can you put us on a vehicle stop, and we're gonna be Mayes: Hand back here.
Robertson: I'll get you an address in a second.
We had a subject run from the vehicle; We got him detained.
(Panting) Why you running? Huh? Whose car is that? Huh? Robertson: Whose car is that? Mayes: Go back, I got him.
I just picked it up right there down the street.
Mayes: It's gonna be Jack.
Sit up.
Robertson: Our vehicle stop's gonna be at Lacreta, um, just north of a farmer house.
Get a unit over there, please.
(Dogs barking in distance) Mayes: Stand up.
Okay.
Mayes: You breaching parole? Nah.
Mayes: You're not? Nah.
Mayes: When's the last time you been in jail? Oh, shucks.
A thousand Mayes: Okay.
What you running from? Huh? I knew the damn car was stolen.
Mayes: Oh, you knew it was stolen? But I need to get home.
Mayes: But you got to get home? Yep.
Mayes: So you took the vehicle, knowing it was stolen, 'cause you had to get home.
Yes, sir.
Mayes: Who's in the car with you? Nobody.
Mayes: You were by yourself? Yes, sir.
I didn't want to get blamed for it, that's all.
Mayes: How you know it's stolen? It's obvious.
Mayes: Why is it obvious? Huh? The damn thing don't match.
Robertson: Okay, that's not gonna be the plate.
Yeah.
Robertson: Try four yellow Mayes: Spread your feet.
Real wide.
Spread your feet real wide.
It got two different plates.
That's how I knew it was Mayes: Two different plates on there? Yeah.
Mayes: So you knew it was stolen because of that? No.
I was told that it was.
I was just trying to get the hell home.
Mayes: Okay.
So I guess it is stolen.
Yeah.
Mayes: You have I.
D.
On you? Is there any way, um, I can get ahold of that, too, 'cause that don't belong to me.
That belongs to my brother's Robertson: Any get ahold of what? It's in the bag right there.
Robertson: What's in it? Um, it's, like, a drill that I borrowed from a friend.
That's what I was gonna go home with.
Robertson: Okay.
That's, uh we'll talk to you about some stuff here in a few minutes, okay? And we'll see what we can do.
Mayes: Have you have a seat in the car over here with this officer.
He's already been patted.
He got a couple things in his pocket, if you want to just check him again.
Prehoda: He tried to run from you? Mayes: Yeah, he tried to run.
He got out and bolted.
He pulled himself over right there and then bolted down secure court.
Prehoda: Okay.
Mayes: And then he got all the way down to the end of the court, ran out of room, ran out of real estate.
Prehoda: Car came back stolen? Mayes: Yeah.
He had different plates and stuff on it, so Prehoda: It's cold plated.
Mayes: Yeah, he said he knew it was stolen because a guy gave it to him, and, um, he was pretty obvious that it was stolen.
Prehoda: Okay.
Mayes: That's what he said, so that's it.
Prehoda: All right.
Mayes: Right there, okay? Prehoda: One more car thief in jail.
Mayes: That's it.
If you want to detain him real quick, be with you in a minute.
Robertson: I just got ahold of the registered owner on the phone, uh, from the victim information in the stolen vehicle.
He's gonna come out here, um, and pick up his vehicle and take custody of it.
Mayes: Okay, cool.
That way, we won't have to tow it then.
Robertson: Yeah.
Mayes: Okay.
All right, sounds good.
It's okay to talk to me? Yeah.
Mayes: When did you get that car? Not too long ago, like Mayes: Tonight or yesterday? Tonight.
Mayes: Okay, how long ago before we got you, before we stopped you? Like, three minutes.
Mayes: So right after we saw you, and then that's you just picked up the car from someone.
How you know this guy? He's a friend of yours or? No, I-I don't really know him.
Mayes: Uh-huh.
I don't really know the guy, but I used to help a guy that used to live there move there.
Mayes: Were you walking on foot and then he flagged you down? I was on foot.
Mayes: And then he just said, "I got this stolen car.
" He gave you the keys or the keys were already in it? No, the keys were already in it.
Mayes: Okay, so you hopped in, started it up, and then took off? Yep.
Mayes: The guy's name do you remember his name? You don't know his name? Nuh-uh.
Mayes: Okay, so was it a white guy? It's an Asian dude.
Mayes: Asian guy? It's an Asian dude, yeah.
Mayes: All right, and he was at this House of someone else that you knew from before.
He wasn't in there, he was outside.
Mayes: He was outside? So you went over to see your buddy, and at that house and stuff, and then you saw this guy.
Yeah.
Mayes: And then you said, "hey, I want to get home.
" He said, "there's a car right there.
"Go ahead and get that.
" And it was already unlocked? Yes.
Everything was unlocked.
Mayes: All right.
And the keys were in and the car was unlocked, and then you just started and took off, and then we got in behind you.
Did you see us when we got behind you and started following you or you didn't? Did you notice that we were there? No, I-I really didn't notice.
Mayes: When did you know the cops were behind you? When, um, I seen the light.
Mayes: Okay.
And then you pull over and then took off? Yes.
Mayes: Main reason you were running, because it's a stolen car.
Yeah, 'cause I knew that.
Mayes: Anything else to add to it? No.
Mayes: Have you ever gotten a stolen car from him before? No.
Mayes: So this is your first time? Mm-hmm.
Mayes: All right.
Okay, got it.
Robertson: When your vehicle is stolen um, the keys are in the ignition.
How was it stolen? Did you have it running somewhere or? No, this is my only key.
Robertson: So is that a shaved key then, probably gonna be? Yeah, that's not my key.
Robertson: Actually have not okay, it is I haven't removed the key yet.
This key comes back to a dodge or not comes back, but it's for a dodge.
You can see the "dodge" on it.
So what they'll do is, on these older Hondas, they'll shave these keys, and, uh, they'll put them in the ignition, and this one happened to start your car.
So it doesn't look like your ignition is-is damaged.
They're just using a shaved key to start your car, which is real common.
Okay.
Robertson: So your car was locked, locked up? Yeah, locks.
This is the only key, actually, this is the only key I have.
Robertson: In front of your house? In front of the house Robertson: What time was it stolen? Sometime in the morning.
Robertson: Okay.
Okay.
Um, no one's supposed to have the vehicle or anything like that? No, no one's supposed to have it.
Robertson: Okay, no one else has permission to be driving it or anything? Nope.
Robertson: Okay.
Okay, so it looks like he didn't take your car and crash it.
So we were able to get your vehicle back, and bad guy's in custody.
Deputy Robert Carpenter: I'm a member of the sheriff's department SWAT team.
I've been a defensive tactics instructor and a firearms instructor.
I've had a number of different career rotation assignments as a deputy sheriff, but after patrol the most.
I think we make the biggest impact as a law enforcement officer out on patrol, responding directly to emergency situations and resolving those situations safely.
Safely as possible.
(Siren wailing) We're responding to a disturbance right now.
Neighbors are calling because an individual is going off inside of his apartment, wrecking furniture, ripping his air conditioning unit out, and apparently, sometime during the process he cut his fingers off.
So we're gonna go see what's going on.
(Siren ceases) (Over radio): 350, 20-251.
(Over radio): He just came out of the neighborhood.
(Continues indistinctly) (Over radio): It's 624th and where? Carpenter: What's going on? Drop everything.
I don't have anything! Carpenter: Okay.
Just drop everything.
I'm taking off my shirt.
Carpenter: Why are you taking your shirt off? Because I want you to see I don't have anything.
Carpenter: Okay, get down on the ground.
No, I'm not gonna get down on the ground, sir.
I'm gonna stand up.
I would like you to respect me.
I'm a former military policeman, okay? Carpenter: That's fine.
I would like to verify with you that on these grounds, there are federal guidelines not being confirmed to.
And there's authorization Carpenter: 350.
Do you have another unit en route here? For federal authority, for, uh, financial profit.
Section eight housing, and their, sir, as well Their health is in danger.
Carpenter: We might have my hands full in a second.
Buddy, no, you're not gonna have your hands full.
Carpenter: Turn around and put your hands behind your back.
I'm not putting my hands! I'm not going to jail! I'm not going to jail! If you would like me to go to jail, then you respect me! Carpenter: This is for your safety.
Okay, I'm gonna have you get down on the ground right now.
No, I'm not gonna get down on the ground, sir.
Carpenter: Get down on the ground or I'm gonna tase you.
Okay.
Carpenter: Get down on the ground or I'm gonna tase you.
There you go.
Carpenter: All the way down, face down.
I'm not putting Carpenter: Face down or I'm gonna have to tase you.
All the way down.
Yes, sir.
Carpenter: Hands in the air.
Stay in that position.
Yes, sir.
Carpenter: You make any sudden movements, you're gonna be shot, you understand? Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
(Radio beeping sporadically) (Sirens approaching) Carpenter: Bring your hand back here.
Thank you, sir.
(Over radio): 350, advising one detained.
Carpenter: Go ahead and cancel the beeper.
(Over radio): You want fire truck in? Carpenter: Yeah, have 'em come in.
Okay, that wasn't too bad, was it? Go ahead and roll up onto your side.
Bring your knees up for me.
There we go.
There you go.
Okay, now take a Stand up for me.
There we go.
We're gonna go over to my patrol car here.
We'll get your jacket and stuff in a second.
Quit walking like that.
So, do you know why we're out here? Yes, sir.
Carpenter: Why are we out here? Because I've been destroying my apartment.
Carpenter: Why did you destroy your apartment? Because, sir, there are federal guidelines that are being violated, and it's my health.
Carpenter: It's your health? Yes, sir.
Carpenter: Do you live alone? Yes, sir.
Carpenter: You want to put your shoe on? Got it? 'Cause that'll work for me.
(Indistinct radio transmission) Here, just lean back there for right now.
Why don't you explain to the fire department why we're out here today? Well, sir, I have since last July, uh, I requested medicinal use of marijuana.
Yeah? And I went to the veteran's administration.
And at that time they declared me mentally incompetent, okay? What's going on tonight? That's what I'm getting to, okay? All right.
And they took my son away from me, okay? He's handicapped.
He has five to ten seizures a day.
I was taking care of him for the last four years by myself.
Slow down, slow down.
Okay.
Well, they took him away.
This is my kid, okay? My boy.
And they took him away, okay? And I haven't seen him since.
Do you have any substances tonight? Any drugs at all? Yes, sir, I have.
What'd you have? I use methamphetamines.
Meth? Okay.
Yes, sir, and as well, as well, I use marijuana.
Marijuana and meth.
Do you take any psych meds at all? I don't want to.
Are you supposed to? No, I'm not.
I I Do the doctors want you to? The doctors want to tell me what to do.
Yeah? They're violating section eight housing people by denying the medicinal use of narcotics.
Carpenter: He admits to taking methamphetamines and medical marijuana.
He's despondent right now because he says the government refused to give him a prescription for marijuana.
(Indistinct radio transmission) And he says he's in a lot of pain right now, so we're gonna go look at his The involuntary treatment act requires that if he's a danger to himself, to others or to property, then we can involuntarily commit him.
And it looks like he's a danger to himself, so we're gonna be involuntarily committing him today.
Did he do all this today? Yeah, he did all this today.
And he just started spazzing out.
Turn around, he was going around tearing off the vents around the house.
Carpenter: Did you see what he cut his hand with? Yeah, he cut himself right there at the vent right there.
The ac right there.
Carpenter: So he was taking the ac out? Yeah, he was taking that out.
And then he was taking the windows out.
Carpenter: Okay.
So, yeah, it looks like he tore his air conditioner out there.
That's what he cut his fingers on.
See all the blood there.
Tore the heater out.
Yeah.
What else you got? Back window's shattered.
Carpenter: Back window, okay.
There's blood everywhere, so we can take him to the hospital for that.
All right.
(Indistinct radio transmission) We're gonna go get Terence a medical evaluation.
He'll be admitted into a crisis center where he'll get some mental, mental health help.
It's gonna be a medical aid call, so he'll be involuntarily committed to the hospital for 72 hours.
And hopefully get him balanced out so he doesn't keep doing this.
Deputy Michael Baroni: I've been an officer for just over ten years.
I grew up in Sacramento.
I actually grew up in this area.
We get the opportunity to ride with a partner.
It's a huge help, because I don't have to wait for cover when I'm going to a hot call.
We know what each other's thinking.
We're both very safe.
And are primary goal is to be able to go home at the end of the night and spend time with our families.
(Indistinct radio transmission) (Over radio): Okay, it looks like the right plates.
I'm southbound howell.
Deputy Jeff long: We're going to cover our k-9 unit who may have fallen in behind an occupied stolen vehicle.
So we're heading to that area, see if we can't back him up.
(Siren wailing) (Over radio): On a gray Honda civic four-door.
Baroni: Right now, we're still waiting for air support unit to get overhead.
They're about three minutes out.
Um, once they get overhead then we'll affect a stop, or attempt to affect a stop on the stolen vehicle.
Long: And we're stopping at the red light at arden.
(Over radio): Ten-four.
Baroni: Since the first car that's behind the occupied stolen, it's easier for him to concentrate on driving.
The second car is a two-man unit.
It's easier for us to call it.
That way if it does go to pursuit, we can concentrate on just following him.
(Over radio): I'm with him, and we have enough units on this right now.
Long: It's CHP's helicopter that's above us right now maintaining a visual on everybody.
And it looks like we're pulling into the turn Lane to go westbound arden from fulton.
Baroni: He's making circles.
Long: So as soon as the aircraft gets an actual visual on on us, we'll go ahead and make the stop.
So that way, if something does happen after that, he can maintain visual on the suspect and all the officers involved.
And we're westbound.
(Over radio): Okay.
Long: And we lit him up westbound arden just west of fulton.
Looks like he's going to yield.
(Siren wailing) Make that pursuit.
He failed to yield.
And we're number two.
Speed's about 60, westbound arden approaching howell.
We're now in pursuit.
Or k-9's in pursuit, we're number two.
The vehicle, as we lit it up, failed to stop or yield to peace officers.
So we're now going to pursue it.
Continuing westbound through bell.
And we're coming up to howell Avenue.
And ran the red at howell.
Northbound howell from westbound arden.
T.
C.
Into the parking lot.
(Over radio): Ten-four.
(Sirens wailing) Long: Suspect's westbound through the parking lot.
Dog's on him.
(Dog barking) (Man yelling) Get down! Get down! Hands! Hands! Hands up! Hands! Deputy Mark Limbird: Nice dog.
Get on there.
(Dog barks) Baroni: I'm going to go back and secure the car.
Deputy Heather Feil: Up.
I'm bleeding? Deputy Robert French: Okay.
It's number two.
French: Let's go ahead and double lock him.
Hold on.
You want me to him? (Over radio): We're in the clear.
Looks good, guys.
Feil: Do you have any I.
D.
? No.
French: What's your name, partner? Your date of birth, son? (Man speaks softly) (Helicopter blades whirring) Feil: Okay, have a seat.
Watch your head.
Baroni: K-9 got in behind a vehicle, ran the license plate.
Came back stolen vehicle.
We lit up the car to try and initiate a stop.
At first it seemed like he was going to pull over.
And then he took off on us.
Couldn't negotiate a corner.
Continued losing control probably because the air bags deployed and eventually ended up here.
He took off on foot.
He was subsequently taken down by the k-9 and a few officers.
And we have him in custody now.
Limbird: It looks like we're going to go ahead and charge him with a possession of a stolen vehicle, auto theft, felony evading, since he decided to take off on us and not stop a and he's got an outstanding no-bail warrant out of the juvenile court system.
Here's the deal.
I mean, the bad part was that you were in the stolen car.
But you made it a lot worse by deciding to run.
And it was very fortunate tonight that when you came around that corner, there wasn't a car there, there wasn't a pedestrian crossing the street.
And that you also didn't get hurt by hitting one of those trees.
I mean, you narrowly missed it.
And then when you took off, I sent the dog.
I mean, it's not something that I prefer to do or enjoy doing by any means at all.
But I don't know you, you don't know me.
And I don't know if you're armed with anything or anything like that.
And it's just a lot safer for the dog to apprehend you.
The cool thing is, is hopefully you'll use tonight as a learning lesson.
We're all young once, and even when we're adults we make mistakes.
And if you can learn from those mistakes and better yourself as a person, then, you know, it's not that big of a deal.
All right, man? Good luck to you.
Baroni: There's only a little bit of damage to the tree.
The sign's messed up.
The car's not too bad.
Was able to get between two trees that are approximately ten feet Long: Ten feet apart.
Baroni: He clipped one of the trees, but if he would have hit it head-on he would have, uh, he would definitely making a trip to the hospital or even worse than that.
So, I'd say he's very lucky.
Long: He's going to jail and the owner gets his car back.
Officer (Over radio): I've got him at gunpoint.
Dispatcher: At gunpoint, Cover is code three.