Cops

I wasn't doing nothing wrong.

"Cops" is filmed on location

...with the men and womenof 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!

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?

– All right. – I ain't no criminal.

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!

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.

I ain’t no (BLEEP) criminal, 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?

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.

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?