Passaic County, NJ - Officer Jason DeGroat assist another officer in a foot pursuit. Maui, HI - Officer Nicholas Krau performs a traffic stop where the driver runs away and abandons his vehicle with crystal meth inside. Passaic County, NJ - Corporal Joe Petrocelli arrests a male observed buying drugs in the housing projects in Paterson.

War on Drugs

Coast to Coast

Mardi Gras 2003

Bad Girls - Mardi Gras

Rescues

Portland, OR - Suicidal man climbs a construction crane. Maricopa County, AZ - Deputy Brandon Uptain arrests a man beating a woman. San Bernardino County, CA - Deputy Hank Valencia attends the rescue of a man stranded on a truck in a river.

Portland, OR - Officer Jason Preston responds to a naked man riding a bike. Des Moines, IA - Officer Michael Coughlin catches a tattooed man naked in the back of an SUV. Des Moines, IA - Officer Lori Wilson arrests a naked bleeding man who tries to escape by breaking through a fence.

Naked Cops

Resisting Arrest

Cpl. Damiano of New Jersey's Passaic County Sheriff's Department detains a suspicious male he saw sidestep into a nearby apartment building.

New Jersey Riding With Corporal Damiano

Bad Girls!

Sgt. R. Ragili of the Palm Beach, FL, County Sheriff's Office conducts a reverse-prostitution sting designed to capture suspected ""johns."" Deputy Lisa Whiddon poses as prostitute in an attempt to attract interested clients. The first suspicious ""john"" is taken into custody after offering Deputy Whiddon $10 for oral sex.

Ho Ho Ho Special Edition

Palm Beach County, FL - Deputy James Tacktikos arrests a shirtless man who threatens to sue. Wichita, KS - Officer Chad Cornish interviews a shirtless man accused of fighting with his neighbours. Indio, CA - Sergeant Jeff Hicks takes female parolee into custody for domestic violence against her girlfriend.

Foolish Criminals

Passaic County, NJ - Detective Derin Catli chases three suspects in a Honda Civic that crashes into a parked car. Palm Beach County, FL - Deputy Jeff Lower pursues a vehicle reported stolen by the driver's mother. Jacksonville, FL - Sergeant John Anderson organizes a prostitution sting.

Love Hurts

Passaic County, NJ - Corporal Anthony Damiano busts the same person for second time in a week for buying drugs. Albuquerque , NM - Officer John Guilmette responds to a trespassing call to find a man hiding under a mattress. Wichita, KS - Officer Justin McCluskey assists another officer to catch a bike thief.

Stupid Criminals

Jacksonville, FL - Officer Tom Hemsley responds to a shots fired call to find a body on the floor of a trailer home. Spokane, WA - Officer Jason Uberuaga assists officers on a warrant call where they send a K9 into the basement of a house. Pierce County, WA - Deputy Erik Clarkson attempts to perform a traffic stop on a Chevrolet El Camino but the driver shoots at him and refuses to pull over.

Armed & Dangerous

Jacksonville, FL - Officer Frank Canaday finds a vehicle traveling on the freeway that escaped from a chase in another police zone. Whittier, CA - Officer David Elizarraras searches for a driver that escaped on foot from another officer. Maui, HI - Officer Cliffor Pacheco pulls a van over, but lets the driver go when someone reports an assault with a pipe close by.

Guns & Drugs

From Passaic County, New Jersey: Police call in a K-9 unit to search for narcotics after a foot chase. From Witchia, Kansas: Two suspicious people are sitting in a car in front of an abandoned house. One is arrested for possesion of drug paraphernalia. From Palm Beach County, Florida: An officer arrests a man for domestic battery.

Philadelphia, PA - Officer Neil Carr chases a young man on a bicycle who swallows his drugs. Spokane, WA - Officer Brian Eckersley responds to a call where a business owner sits on a rottweiler dog to keep it from biting anyone. Des Moines, IA - Officer Mike Moody observes a biker outside a bar in an altercation with his girlfriend.

Spokane, WA - Officer Rob Boothe pulls over a tattooed man who gets tasered when it appears he's going to fight the smaller officers. Portland, OR - Officer Tim Manzella arrests a man on a bicycle who flees after they observe him with a known prostitute. Wichita, KS - Officer Eric Smith responds to a domestic dispute between a father and son at a rural trailer home.

Palm Beach County, FL - Deputy Grant Henderson works with undercover officers in a drug sting. Spokane, WA - Officer Charles J. Pavlischak assists in a domestic disturbance call where they kick open the front door of a house to arrest the man inside. Des Moines, IA - Officer Joe Morgan keeps a turkey sandwich ready to go on his dashboard, and gets his car stuck on railroad tracks while pursuing a motorcycle.

Portland, OR - Officer Craig Mendenhall assists officers involved in a foot chase including an officer on a horse. Palm Springs, CA - Officer Sam Steepleton assists another officer in a traffic stop involving a man wanted for burglarizing vending machines. Wichita, KS - Officer Aaron Gillespie responds to a domestic disturbance where a father won't let his son into the house.

Passaic County, NJ - Corporal Anthony Damiano pulls over a car seen leaving a known drug area, and persuades the two occupants to admit buying heroin. Riverside County, CA - Deputy Matthew Sims stops to investigate a car without working tail lights, and another officer notices one of the three occupants smells like marijuana. Wichita, KS - Officer Javier Guete sees a car at a known drug house and waits until it leaves before stopping the driver for having a cracked windshield.

Drug Busts

Caught Red Handed: 15 Greatest Takedowns

Jacksonville, FL - Officer Lance Whitaker investigates a suspicious parked car with two people inside, and one resists arrest by running away before he can be put in the patrol car. Maui, HI - Officer Nicholas Krau assists with a vehicle refusing to stop leading to a foot chase in the bush. Maricopa County, AZ - Deputy J. Gilchrist pursues a black motorcycle that resembles one stolen earlier.

Hide 'n' Seek

Spokane, WA - Officer Daniel Waters responds with other officers to a shoplifting call inside a 7-Eleven convenience store. Jacksonville, FL - Officer Jamie Eason pulls over a car for a traffic infraction after it was seen leaving a know drug house. Philadelphia, PA - Officer William Toughill respond to a domestic disturbance at an apartment involving a woman who slashed another with a knife.

Bad Girls

When Sgt. Valentino Demps of the Jacksonville, FL, Sheriff's Office supervises a buy-bust sting designed to capture unsuspecting drug dealers in an area known for high drug activity, a suspect takes off on foot after completing a drug deal with undercover agents, and another sting features a suspect quickly taken into custody after he sells drugs to the undercover agent. Additionally, Officer Joe Luiz and Officer Troy Pahlke of the Portland, OR, Police Bureau investigate a dispute between a tow truck operator and a vehicle owner. At the scene, the tow truck operator informs the officers that he was in the process of removing a vehicle from a private parking lot, while the vehicle's owner claims that his girlfriend, an exotic dancer, has to perform lap dances in order to generate the money to pay the release fee. To the dancer's dismay, the tow truck operators don't wait for her to complete her routine and promptly tow away the vehicle.

Officers respond to a father's call for help and must use a taser gun to subdue his combative and mentally ill son.

Jacksonville, FL - Officer Dan Perrotti assists along with a K9 to catch a robber fleeing on a bicycle. Palm Beach County, FL - Deputy Jeff Lower checks a car parked next to a closed business that's been broken into before. Albuquerque, NM - Officer John Corvino checks a parked car that neighbours reported in an area known for drug activity.

When Officer Tom Hemsley of the Jacksonville, FL, Sheriff's Office attempts a routine traffic stop, the driver of the car refuses to yield and stops just long enough for the passengers to flee. The suspect then leads Officer Hemsley on a high-speed pursuit on several busy highways. After the driver loses control of the vehicle and crashes into a guardrail, he bails out of the vehicle, jumps off an overpass and disappears into the night. Officer Hemsley tries to give chase, but sustains a head injury when he jumps off the overpass and is transported to an area hospital. Another segment features Officer Jonathan Acosta of the Maui County, HI, Police Department, investigating a suspicious van parked in front of the residence of a known drug dealer. The driver and passenger are ordered from the vehicle and questioned. After learning about the female's previous drug-related arrests, Officer Acosta suspects that her backpack may contain crystal methamphetamine and calls for the K-9 unit.

From Jacksonville, Florida. Police coordinate a sting aimed at street-level drug dealers and an officer in Iowa investigates a domestic complaint involving an assault on a juvenile.

Follow real-life law enforcement officers from various regions and departments of the United States armed with nothing but with cameras to capture their actions, performing their daily duty to serve and protect the public.

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