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When Cops Have To Arrest Their Friends

September 07, 2023 / 14:28

This episode discusses police interactions with friends and colleagues who break the law, featuring cases involving Buck Preston, Petra Edertton, and Corporal Scott Bzik.

The first case centers on Buck Preston, who is pulled over by officers for driving without a license. Despite his claims that a friend jumped out of the truck, the officers remain firm in their decision to arrest him. Buck's resistance leads to the use of a taser, and he faces multiple charges.

Next, Petra Edertton, an off-duty officer, is stopped for a broken brake light. During the stop, she presents herself as a police officer but fails to prove her identity. The investigation reveals she was impersonating an officer and stealing food, leading to felony charges.

Finally, Corporal Scott Bzik is involved in a car crash while under the influence. Officer Brooke Shudderly, a friend, is tasked with handling the incident. Despite their familiarity, she must treat him as a suspect, ultimately leading to DUI charges and penalties.

The episode highlights the complexities and challenges faced by officers when dealing with acquaintances who break the law.

TLDR

Police officers confront friends breaking the law, featuring Buck Preston, Petra Edertton, and Corporal Scott Bzik's troubling incidents.

Episode

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Cops are usually dealing with people and criminals they've never seen before. But
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what happens when instead it's their own friends that they have to arrest? Ain't nobody jumped out. Buck
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again, Kevin. Stay out of this, Kevin. Here are three examples of this happening. Starting with the case of
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Buck Preston. Buck. What? You know, Michael, you know you ain't got a driver's license.
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Don't do this. Please. I got to, man. God damn, Michael. Please. I got to. No. No. No. Listen to me.
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No. Please. Just listen. Sheriff sent me the sheriff. Sheriff, captain. I mean, they've seen you
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driving. We got to get you. One of the cons to small town living is that everybody knows each other,
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including the cops. The town sheriff claims to have seen Buck driving his Chevy pickup. But nearly every cop in
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town knows he doesn't have his license. So, what else is there for Buck to do to
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try and explain his way out of it? I'm I'm I'm telling you. I'm just trying to tell you something. Listen. If you
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listen, listen to me. The the person that was driving this truck just jumped out the [ __ ] over there on godamn
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late morality and goddamn I didn't have no other way to get it here, buddy. I swear to God I would I'm not going to
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drive no more. I promise I got to God damn, Michael. I 31 to 28. You 51 this way.
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That's crazy, bro. I just passed him. You just passed him? Yeah, on 67. No, he didn't. I swear to God he didn't.
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Michael, I just swear to God if you listen to me, bro. I swear to God. We're about to right now.
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state and someone jumped out behind the wheel. Yeah. And I'm trying to get my truck
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home. That's it. Buck. Bro, I swear to God. I can't get a driver's license in the
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state of Florida, dude. That's how bad it is. Buck's story is that his friend was
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driving his truck, but ditched him out near a lake, leaving him with no option but to drive back home himself.
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Unfortunately for Buck though, we are in the 21st century. And the officer reminds him he could have just called
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someone with a license to drive him back and that he still broke the law regardless of the circumstances.
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Predictably, Buck wasn't very happy about this. I get it, but man, you still can't
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drive, bro. Pull it off the road and wait for someone has a valid license. What?
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Let's go. That's crazy, dude. Would you tell him that? Let's go, Buck. Buck, I'm not playing
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this game. What do you mean? I'm not trying. I'm telling you the trees. Nobody jumped out. God damn it.
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I'm trying to tell you something. Ain't nobody jumped out. Yes, they did. Kevin, did they not
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stay out of this, Kevin? Did they not? Kevin, back off. Kevin, you stay out of this.
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Did they not jump out? Back up, Kevin. God damn, dude. I'm trying to get respect when you going
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to run from me like that. Kevin, get up. Despite the chase not lasting very long at all, all this did was add
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an extra charge to Buck's already fairly long list. And given how close everyone
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seems to be here, you just know this police chase is going to be the talk of the town. Part of the struggle on the
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ground had to be cut, but the cops reported that Buck resisted so hard that they had to deploy a taser to make him
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calm down. The footage returns when Buck was fully restrained and handcuffed. Buck was taken to the officer's patrol
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vehicle and driven back to the station. Obviously angry, he decided to make the conversation on the way back personal.
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I don't talk to you about your mom in this. This is I don't give a [ __ ] if you
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talk to me about your mom or not. Leave my family out of this dog. All I'm saying is this. Would she be
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proud of you for sticking that [ __ ] taser to me when I was not even resisting when you done that?
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You were resisting. The [ __ ] I was you had me? Yeah. That's why we had each other in
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headlocks. Whatever. Look, Buck, stop bringing my mom into it. Real proud, too, huh?
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There's little information about what happened to Buck after this video, but it's likely he was charged with driving
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without a license and resisting arrest. There's an argument that Buck could also
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be hit with fleeing to elude an officer, but this is a felony that comes with a 5-year prison sentence. It's more likely
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the officer gave his friend the misdemeanor charge worth just a couple months in jail. It's unlikely the
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suspects in this next case got the same treatments though as it wasn't just a civilian caught breaking the law but
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also their cop friend. Hello. How you doing? Reason I stopped you is your right brake light is out.
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Who do you work for? So did you stop that my right brake light is out? Yeah. Or did you stop me to ask you?
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Well, I'm asking you both. DCS. What? DCS. DCS. What's DCS? You don't know what Department of Children Services.
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As he mentioned, the suspect, named Petra Edertton, was originally pulled over for a broken brake light, but the
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officer quickly noticed something else. A police badge around Petra's neck. Firstly, this cop doesn't recognize the
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supposed officer, but it's also unusual to see a police officer driving around in a broken car. Something feels off, so
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the cop decides to investigate further. Is this your license then? Do you have your badge on you?
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Like your ID badge? ID badge for being a police officer. See, this is what you're asking me all
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those questions, right? Saying you stop my right brake light. So, if you're a police officer, you
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understand what probable cause is, right? So, what's the problem? Your right brake lights out.
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My right brake light wasn't out when you followed me out to the gas station. Yeah, it is. It's out right now.
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The car wasn't even on when you followed me out. Doesn't matter. You're driving with a
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brake light out on the streets, so it's an equipment violation. I saw it when you were pulling out.
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At this point, the brake light issue is the least of the cop's worries. It's difficult to classify what exactly an
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offduty officer is supposed to act like, but something about Pekra is triggering
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alarm bells for the cop. She's acting defensive, being closed off, and giving strange, vague answers to questions that
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a real cop would be able to answer. So, it's time to quit the games and figure out exactly what's going on here.
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Look, long story short, I just want to know who you work for. And and that's the issue. Why do you
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want to know who I work for? Because I've never seen you around here before. You're not a police officer that
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works here. You don't know who I am. You said you never seen me. Right. So, are you a police officer or
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you not a police officer? So, because a black person walks into a store with a badge and a gun is an
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issue. That has nothing to do with you being black. Are you a police officer? You're
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not a police officer? Not a police officer. You're not a police officer? No. So why would you go into Quick Trip and
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get free food with your badge and gun? Because I'm an officer. You don't have to be a police officer to go in there.
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I've been doing it for 30 years. So you're not a you're not a certified police officer.
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It's not probable cause. It's a personal thing. There are a dozen ways for a cop to
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prove that they work for a certain agency. For example, she could give the name of her department and supervisor
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and have the cop check the names with them. This would only take a couple minutes and any real cop would know
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this. So, the fact that she's getting defensive instead and turning this into a personal thing is a huge red flag.
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It's also clear that Pectra doesn't seem to realize what she actually did wrong.
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Just minutes earlier, she was seen inside the store presenting her badge and gun to the cashier and walking out
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with free food. This isn't just cop impersonation, it's theft. So, the cop needs to get to the bottom of this. Did
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I steal from you? Yeah, if you're not a police officer. I did not steal from I went up to the
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register, spoke to the guy that works there, and told him I had to drink. So, you're presenting yourself as a
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police officer with your badge and your gun on the side. Okay. Do you understand that?
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I do understand that. But my issue with you is you've seen that. You say because
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you never seen me before. So, who do you work for? Out of the store. Who do you work for? Who is DCS?
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You're How long have you been working here? 12 years, 13 years. How do you not know what DCS is?
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There's, like I said, is it Department of Children's Services? What is it? Explain it to me.
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I don't I don't have to explain myself to you. If you're going to give me a ticket, tell like
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Okay. Is he your license? Since he's getting nothing out of PCRA, the cop decides to call up DCS himself
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and his suspicions get instantly confirmed. Who's your supervisor? What do they have to do right now? What
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it has to do with is you told me you're a police officer or you're an officer for DCS. I've got DCS on the phone. They
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say you don't work there. So, who's your supervisor? It seems that the suspect knows at least
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something about policing as she chooses to remain silent from now on. So, the cop turns his attention to the passenger
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of this vehicle who at this point hasn't said a word. When he asks for her ID, he
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gets a huge surprise. I have one of your employees here, Brandy Green. Um, she was with her friend Petra
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Edertton. Brandy decided that she was going to give Petra her badge and her gun to go into Quick Trip and get some
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food. So, I pulled them over for a broken tail light. Petra was driving. She had the badge on and the gun on.
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When I pulled them over, she identified herself as a DCS officer and then later admitted to not being a DCS officer. and
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your employee, Brandy Green, admitted to giving her the gun and the bad to go into Quick Trip to get the free food.
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After investigating just a little further, both Pekra and the actual cop, Brandy Green, admit to everything.
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Following the incident, Brandy resigned from her job at the DCS, and Pekra is facing felony charges for impersonation,
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carrying a sentence of up to 5 years in prison. There's many more examples of these cops that seem to just forget they
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also need to follow the rules. Just like Corporal Scott Bzik did on New Year's Day 2021. When Officer Brook Shudderly
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arrived at the scene of a car crash, she realized it wasn't just her supervisor at the wheel, but a good friend of hers.
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So, uh, reached out for my lighter, slammed into his ass. Oh, yeah. Not really. Not really.
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Are you okay? Oh, yeah. No, I'm good. Your car sucked up? No, absolutely. Jes [ __ ] fixed.
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Obviously, Brooke and Scott are familiar with each other. And curiously, Scott holds nothing back when describing
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exactly how the incident went down. It's clear that Scott is the one at fault here. So, before going any further,
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Brooke decides to call back to the base to ask whether or not it's okay for her to be handling this incident. this
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crash. Um, birdie is so come work it. Okay. I can't remember. It's been a long time since I've worked a crash with one
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of us in it. So, no, he's not on duty. He's in his POV. I just didn't want there to be any like conflict of
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interest type issues. All right, that was it. I just wanted to make sure. All right. Bye.
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Bye. Brooke is given the go-ahad and told that there should be no issues with her
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handling this case, but that was before she noticed this. You good? Huh? Wait on his way.
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He's not coming. Good. Walking home, but yep, I'm good. So, Birdie, you you giving me some
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indicators? Oh, listen. Listen, woman. Listen, Valdez is coming out just to I'm not going to lie to you about it.
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She's on her way. Yeah, she's on her way. I'm not really comfortable with this whole thing at
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all, but I'm not going to lie to you about it. Oh, no. I don't mean to put you in that
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indie. Yep. From now on, you know how it goes. You can't consume anything. Okay. Cuz right
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now, you you're being detained. Hey, what? It's obvious that Scott is under the influence of something. Judging by his
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slurred speech, slowed reactions, and slight loss of motor control, Brooke is fairly sure he's been drinking. At this
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point, Scott is no longer her supervisor. He's just a suspect in a case. And what's more, he's drunk and
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likely unpredictable. A combination which can be incredibly threatening to a female officer.
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Please don't make my life difficult. I would never do that to you. Okay. I am very uncomfortable right now.
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And and I apologize for putting you in that position. Are you on? Yes. Yes, I am. And I'm going to remain
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on. Fair enough. Integrity. [Music] You know you can't smoke right now. What? Cuz if I'm going to do a DUI
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investigation, it impedes it so you can't consume anything. [Music] I want to get that dog. That is a really
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cute dog. Fear aggression issue. You can always train a dog. No, you can't consume anything.
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You're killing me. I'm trying. Too late now. Good girl. After a short wait, another officer
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arrives at the scene, meaning they can finally start getting to the bottom of all of this with some sobriety tests.
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These lasted over 10 minutes, but it's not hard to tell how they went by just looking at a few seconds of them.
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You may begin the test. One, two, three. Judging by this and the overwhelming amounts of evidence against him at this
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point, the officers thought it was safe to conclude that Scott had been drinking
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that night and decided it was time to put him in cuffs, something he was far from happy about.
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There's things that we can do to fix this. Yeah, [ __ ] everything. It's got the hinge locks.
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Okay, so it despite Scott being one of the most polite and respectful suspects ever on
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this channel, he was actually hit with a better sentence than the majority of criminal cops. After blowing a.156 back
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at the station, he was charged with driving under the influence and damaging property. He was ordered to pay just
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under $1,000 in fines, serve 50 hours of community service, and take multiple substance abuse and DUI classes, and had
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his driver's license suspended for 6 months. He was also sued by the driver of the vehicle he hit, and a cash
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settlement was reached. And on top of all of that, he also was suspended without pay for a week and given a last
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chance agreement, meaning one more slip up and he was out for

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Episode Highlights

  • Buck's Arrest
    Cops confront their friend Buck about driving without a license, leading to a tense standoff.
    “You know you ain't got a driver's license.”
    @ 00m 20s
    September 07, 2023
  • The Cop Impersonation
    Petra Edertton is pulled over for a broken brake light, revealing a shocking truth.
    “I have one of your employees here, Brandy Green.”
    @ 08m 36s
    September 07, 2023
  • Drunk Driving Incident
    Officer Brooke discovers her friend Scott is driving under the influence after a crash.
    “Please don't make my life difficult.”
    @ 11m 58s
    September 07, 2023

Episode Quotes

  • Ain't nobody jumped out. Buck again, Kevin.
    When Cops Have To Arrest Their Friends
  • I got to, man. God damn, Michael.
    When Cops Have To Arrest Their Friends
  • I swear to God if you listen to me, bro.
    When Cops Have To Arrest Their Friends
  • Leave my family out of this dog.
    When Cops Have To Arrest Their Friends
  • It's unlikely the suspects in this next case got the same treatments.
    When Cops Have To Arrest Their Friends

Key Moments

  • Tense Standoff00:24
  • Unexpected Arrest01:42
  • Impersonation Revealed08:06
  • Drunk Driving Discovery11:46
  • Consequences Unfold13:51

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