Posted on 03/21/2023 6:40:48 AM PDT by MCSETots
FOX NATION
SHOW: COPS
SEASON: 34, EPISODE: 15
TITLE: PIT STOP
AIRED: 03-17-23
FIRST CLIP:
LOCATION: Riverside County, California
PO-LICE DEPARTMENT: Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Perris Station
OFFICER: Deputy Sheriff Cari Carrico
Fade from introduction.
Deputy Carrico: So, I’ve always wanted to be a cop, ever since I was a little kid. My grandpa was killed by a drunk driver, so that was my main influence. I pride myself on talking to people and if I can just make a difference in one person’s life and change their direction, when they’re going the wrong way, then I’m happy with that.
[view late evening, through windshield of patrol vehicle grey colored four door Lexus is shown approaching a stop sign, with right headlight does not appear to be working]
[10:22PM TRAFFIC STOP]
Deputy Carrico: All right. So, we’re going to stop this car. Front right light is out. It’s a violation of the California vehicle code.
[Deputy Carrico has activated emergency lights and the Lexus stops at the stop sign and Deputy Carrico stops behind the suspect car. Approaches driver side of the suspect car with flashlight. No additional backup is seen at this time. It is unknown if Deputy Carrico has called for backup.]
Deputy Carrico: How you guys doing?
Driver: [mumbles something unintelligible]
Deputy Carrico: What’s that?
Driver: The light?
Deputy Carrico: Yeah, the light.
Deputy Carrico: You got a driver’s license, man?
Driver: No, actually I lost my license.
Deputy Carrico: You lost it, like you don’t know where it is?
Driver: [mumbles unintelligible]
Deputy Carrico: To your house?
Deputy Carrico: (to passenger) Do you have an ID on you?
Passenger: I don’t, I just got change and masks.
Deputy Carrico: So, neither one of you have an ID?
[Deputy Carrico uses her flashlight to illuminate the area behind the driver’s seat]
Deputy Carrico: What’s the stuff in a bag on the floor back there?
Driver: What’s that?
Deputy Carrico: Is there anything in this car I need to know about?
Driver: There was some weed.
Deputy Carrico: Anything other than weed?
Driver: There might be a little bag of [unintelligible], I don’t know, [mumbles something unintelligible].
Deputy Carrico: Okay. I’m gonna have you guys both stop out of the car.
Driver: I’m not sure . . . if there is or not. Turn it off (the car) or what?
Deputy Carrico: No, you can leave it on if you want, I don’t care. But you guys both step out of the . . .
Driver: The battery, actually . . .[turns of the ignition and removes the keys]
Deputy Carrico: Okay. Put the keys up on the dash.
Driver: Where?
Deputy Carrico: On the dash. Just go an have a seat on the curb next to the stop sign ma’am.
[view of driver and passenger sitting on curb by stop sign]
Deputy Carrico: (to driver) You’re right over there next to her.
Deputy Carrico: Okay. Are either of you on probation or parole?
Driver and Passenger: No.
Deputy Carrico: Any warrants for your arrest that you know of?
Driver: No.
Deputy Carrico: “America’s Most Wanted”?
Driver: I do have a misdemeanor. I just found out the other day. Hey I said, I’m trying to . ..
Deputy Carrico: Okay, so do you have a warrant?
Driver: A misdemeanor.
Deputy Carrico: Okay. And you’re telling me there might be a baggy of something in your car right now?
Driver: I know there’s some weed, um, . . . I really don’t know.
Deputy Carrico: Honesty goes a long way, man.
Driver: There, uh . . .
Deputy Carrico: Honesty goes a long way with me.
Driver: I know, and there might be a broken pipe in there, a tube or something.
Deputy Carrico: Meth pipe?
Driver: Yeah.
Deputy Carrico: Okay. Is there any meth in the car?
Driver: There may be a little bit, but I didn’t really have, I didn’t have nothing, so.
Deputy Carrico: Okay. If there was a little bit, where would it be?
Driver: It would be in the car somewhere. I’m in shambles anymore. I mean, I’m moving out of the place and just . . . [mumbles unintelligible] kind of having a hard time. That’s all.
Deputy Carrico: Okay. When’s the last time you used?
Driver: Probably two days ago.
Deputy Carrico: Okay. You don’t mind if I look at the car?
Driver: Well, I don’t want you to.
Deputy Carrico: Okay. Well, I think there’s something in there that’s not supposed to be there, because you’re lying to me right now.
Driver: I’m lying to you?
Deputy Carrico: Mm-hm.
Driver: Go ahead, search it.
Deputy Carrico: Okay. Stay right there, don’t move.
[Deputy Carrico returns to the car, leaving the driver and passenger sitting on the curb]
Deputy Carrico: So right now I’m looking through the car.
[view of Deputy Carrico, without gloves, searching console between driver and passenger seat]
Deputy Carrico: There’s going to be something in this car somewhere.
[view of Deputy Carrico, again without gloves removing items from the console]
Deputy Carrico: And the broken pipe piece that he didn’t know where it is, is right here.
[view shows Deputy Carrico showing camera the broken pipe (without gloves) and places pipe on roof of car]
Deputy Carrico: White crystalline substance. That’s going to be methamphetamine.
[view shows Deputy Carrico (without gloves) removing a small, clear plastic package with a white substance and second meth pipe, from the console and placing it on the roof of the car with the first meth pipe]
Deputy Carrico: And there’s the rest of the meth and another pipe.
[view back to the driver and passenger sitting on curb]
Deputy Carrico: Alright. Remember how I said honesty goes a long way, man?
Driver: Yeah, and as far as I know, I’ve been honest with you.
Deputy Carrico: Okay. There’s some meth, some pipes, more than one in the car.
Driver: There’s more than one?
Deputy Carrico: Yeah.
Deputy Carrico: (to passenger) Have you ever been to Arizona?
Passenger: Yeah, I came from Arizona.
Deputy Carrico: (to passenger) You know you have a warrant for your arrest?
Passenger: I do know that.
Deputy Carrico: Okay. So, both of you guys have a warrant for your arrest.
Deputy Carrico: (to driver) Okay? You have a warrant for possession of drug paraphernalia.
Deputy Carrico: (to passenger) Yours is for DUI.
Driver: Well, I told you I knew I had it. They told me the other day.
Deputy Carrico: Yeah.
Driver: I’m trying to - - yeah.
Deputy Carrico: So, this is what we’re going to do. You just got your car, right? You don’t want, you don’t want the car to go into car jail. Right?
Driver: No, I don’t.
Deputy Carrico: Okay, I don’t, I don’t want to do that to you guys tonight. Leave you guys out here walking in the middle of the street, in the middle of the night. But we did find some meth and some pipes in the car. Okay? Simple. It’s a misdemeanor. It’s a ticket. It’s not a big deal. Because of your cooperation, I’m not going to take you to jail and I’m not going to tow your car. Okay?
Driver: Awesome.
Deputy Carrico: Sound good?
Driver: Sounds good.
Deputy Carrico: Okay. Hang tight. And I’ll be right back. All right?
Driver: I was actually going to get her (the passenger) some Sugar Babies. I’ve never heard of them, but . . .
Deputy Carrico: It’s the caramel things, right?
Passenger: Yeah.
Deputy Carrico: Yeah. Those are good. I’ll be right back. Okay, guys?
Driver: Okay.
[view Deputy Carrico filling out citation]
Deputy Carrico: So right now we’re writing a ticket for possession of drug paraphernalia, methamphetamine. Maybe see if tonight’s break can be a changer for this guy. Um, oftentimes it takes something like this to get them to turn their life around. Other times it doesn’t, but we’ll see what we can do tonight.
[view driver walking to patrol car]
Driver: These lights kind of make me dizzy.
Deputy Carrico: I know, they make me kind of dizzy too. Alright, so how long have you been using?
Driver: Since I was, um, 15 . . . (driver appears to be 55 to 65 years old)
Deputy Carrico: 15?
Driver: Mm-hmm.
Deputy Carrico: Okay.
Driver: I’ve been, I’ve done a lot of time in prison. I mean, during that time, I didn’t use.
Deputy Carrico: Yeah. What’s going to make you quit?
Driver: Um, nothing. Just something that - - times are hard. I’m not happy about nothing. You know? I got out and got married and I messed up, you know? And I’m back here and it’s just like, I’m in a bad situation. I’d rather be back in prison.
Deputy Carrico: Yeah.
Driver: Sucks out here the way people are.
Deputy Carrico: Um, who is she (the passenger) to you?
Driver: She’s just a very pretty young woman.
Deputy Carrico: (laughs) Friend of yours?
Driver: Yeah. I’ve known her a couple of weeks. She’s really cool.
Deputy Carrico: I know times are tough, but we’ve got to find a different out, man. This stuff destroys lives.
Driver: Once I find a good woman, then that’ll make me want to do good. You know?
Deputy Carrico: Maybe you got a good one right there. Whatever it takes, you know?
Driver: I hear you. But I just lost my wife.
Deputy Carrico: I’m sorry to hear that.
Driver: Over something stupid.
Deputy Carrico: Sorry to hear that. There you go [hands driver the citation]
Driver: God bless, thank you.
Deputy Carrico: Thank you. Jen (the passenger), you want to come over here?
[view Deputy Carrico talking with the passenger]
Deputy Carrico: How do you, how do you know Richard (the driver)?
Passenger: he’s just a friend of mine. He lives across the street.
Deputy Carrico: Okay. Do you use too?
Passenger: No. I’m a drinker.
Deputy Carrico: You’re a drinker? Be careful. Okay.
Passenger: Thank you. I appreciate it.
Deputy Carrico: There’s a lot of other resources other than alcohol. Good ones. So as long as you’re not drinking and driving, drinking at home is not a problem. Okay? Don’t let that stuff consume you. Don’t let it take over your life. Try to get that warrant taken care of. So that way it doesn’t hem you up later. Okay? All right. Be safe tonight.
Passenger: Thank you.
[fade to ”COPS”]
Caveat 2: This segment was transcribed from the streamed version of the show. I did the best I could using both what I could hear and understand, as well as using the closed caption option. Nothing was intentionally added, edited or deleted when transcribed.
Caveat 3: This is NOT an indictment of any law enforcement personnel, anywhere. I, along with MOST Freepers I would guess, hold law enforcement personnel in the highest regard. Rather, this segment of this episode makes me question the policies regarding who is and who is not, taken into custody, and what the justifications for either are.
That being said, this episode opens with a Deputy Sheriff of Riverside County, California, explaining that her inspiration for being a “cop” was the death of her grandfather as a result of a DUI automobile collision.
In this first segment, Deputy Sheriff Carri Carrico pulls over a grey Lexus sedan that apparently has the right headlight out. During the interaction we find the driver, of course, does not have a driver’s license. We don’t see whether the driver has the car registration or has vehicle insurance, but more often than not in these episodes, if the driver doesn’t have their driver’s license, they usually don’t have the registration or proof of insurance. The driver also states that he doesn’t have his wallet. The deputy asks the female passenger for her ID, and of course, she doesn’t have her ID.
Deputy Carrico notices a bag behind the driver’s seat and asks the driver what was in the bag and he replied “weed, really don’t know.” Deputy Carrico removes them from the car and chats with them while they sit on curb, letting them know a couple of times “honesty goes a long way.” After asking additional questions she tells the driver that she thinks he is lying to her and asks the driver for permission to search the car. The driver initially says he doesn’t want her to search, but relents.
When she searches the car (WITHOUT using gloves), she discovers two meth pipes, bag of meth as well as the marijuana in the back seat. While talking with the driver and passenger again, we find out that the driver has been in prison, in his words, quite a bit and has an outstanding warrant for his arrest for possession of drug paraphernalia and the passenger has an outstanding warrant for her arrest for a DUI conviction. Deputy Carrico asks the driver what
So, from the viewer’s perspective, we have the driver, who appears to be a repeat offender, with an arrest record (in the driver’s words “lot of prison time”), has been using meth since he was fifteen. He has an arrest warrant for possession of drug paraphernalia, is driving a car with the right headlight not working, driving without a license (and probably without car registration or proof of insurance), is in possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of methamphetamine. The passenger has an active arrest warrant for a DUI conviction.
The end result of this episode, the driver gets another citation for possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of methamphetamine and is allowed to drive away along with passenger.
So two people with outstanding arrest warrants, driving around in an “unsafe” vehicle with methamphetamine and marijuana n the car (it’s probably fair for the viewers to assume that the drugs are used in the car), are allowed to just drive away with just “ticket.” We can only hope that this driver never hurts anybody as a result of driving under the influence of meth.
Does anybody know what the policies are regarding a situation like this in Riverside County, California. Do they not honor arrest records for own state, let alone a neighboring state? Makes you wonder why we have laws in the first place if they are not going to be enforced.
WITHOUT using gloves, had she stumbled upon a stash of fentanyl, she could be hospitalized or worse...................
The cop should be fired.....
I was given hell by cops when I phoned in a small baggie of crystal meth and I told them I took a taste.
I didn’t take a taste, but he told me that could have been the last thing I did.
I found a small bag with some crack rocks in it walking thru a nature trail park near home one time.
I just poured them out and ground them into the dirt with my shoe. Didn’t bother with the police..........................
WOW! Do you get paid by the word?
Not even a good story. I liked War and Peace better.
🤣🤣🤣👍
I looked down, and she was holding a large size ziploc bag, the gallon size heavy bags. I could tell it was almost packed to the max with something that appeared to be green. Now, one of the things about New Mexico is that we love our green chile. Hatch green chile, to be specific. If it ain't Hatch green chile, it ain't green chile. As such, many folks I knew, myself included, would buy a whole lot of roasted chiles in the parking lot of the local Albertsons every Hatch season, take them home, peel them and freeze them. It was not uncommon for us to have one smaller floor freezer dedicated to our annual green chile stash, where we kept large freezer bags of green chile to be used over the winter and spring.
Well, my first thought on seeing the bag in her hand was, "What are you doing with a bag of green chile?" She looked at me somewhat disturbed and said, "This isn't green chile."
I got down off the roof and, sure enough, as soon as I was within 4 or 5 yards of her, I could smell it. Just a big gallon bag stuffed with a pound or two of some skunky smelling weed.
Being that I was actively running for public office, I wondered if someone were messing with me. I figured that probably wasn't the case. My campaign wasn't all that high profile, after all. Still, in the interest of doing what is right, I called the popo.
A little while later, a Bernalillo County SHeriff's Deputy shows up, I hand him the bag and told him what had happened. He said they had chased someone through the neighborhood the previous night, and this was likely dumped in my backyard when the suspect was running from police. He thanked me, didn't take any of my info like I figured he would just for the report. Nope, he didn't even give me a card. I watched him walk to his car, toss the bag in the trunk & leave. Never heard any more about it.
Moral of the story? Cops always got the best stuff.
I would have just burned it.
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A little at a time...........................
They also didn't have their driver's licenses.
I was caught driving w/o my license, insurance or car registration - I'd run out to pick up my son who was less than a mile away - got pulled over for having not having a seat belt on, it was under my arm - I'm small and was in my husband's truck, the seat belt cuts across my neck (almost got a ticket for not wearing a seat belt - but cop told me his wife does the same thing).
The computer in the officer's car wasn't working for some reason - he was going to tow my car but since I had a small child with me, he allowed someone to come and pick me up and my husband to drive the truck home.
This was an AUTOMATIC trip to court - all I had to do was show my driver's license, proof of insurance and car registration to a judge - took less than 30 seconds but cost me a day of work and the agony of sitting in court for hours listening to people's BS (I was near the bottom of the roster).
Yet these people were let off?
Maybe things have changed or are different out in Riverside?
Now if those meth-heads without driver's licenses (and most likely no car insurance) caused an accident - could the police be sued (as well they should)?
I wanted to, so bad, but...all I was thinking was my campaign. Lol
She knew a lot about both driver and passenger early on. Backup apparently was not present, wonder if she patted them for weapons before she sat them on the curb and turned her back on them.
That in itself was a stupid thing to do...She needs a different line of work...
I hear you. I liked War and Peace Better as well.
Unfortunately, because COPS is exclusively on Fox Nation, without a subscription the segment couldn’t be viewed. So, to be fair, all I could do was a complete transcription to keep from misleading anybody.
i have been watching cops for a long time, some are very good some hard just assholes!!! just transcribing this from the stream, does not due it justice at all..
and yes it edited for 20 minute segments
I agree!
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