The one officer I've thought was a total prick was Joe Frentess from Des Moines, IA (Season 14), he was the officer who pulled over a young male and his buddies for a minor traffic violation and while dealing with the perps he was being a total jerk the whole time yet the perps were trying to be as kind and respectful towards him, I think that was the only episode he appeared in.
While this officer wasn't exactly a jerk there was one officer who I thought acted totally snobby and unsympathetic towards a female drug user who he arrested, she was claiming that heroin makes her well when she's sick, the officer nonchalantly tells her he wouldn't know because he doesn't shoot heroin, he also nonchalantly claims he doesn't shoot meth nor does he snort coke, this was from Las Vegas (Season 10), the officer arrested 2 female drug users at a city park yet he released the male who was with them, one of the females was crying about having to go to jail because she was desperate for her next fix of heroin.
shareThis guy represents the type of cops I encountered frequently when I was young. Some are jerks who are attracted to cop work for the License to Bully, but I think some are just putting on an asshole act as a "scared straight" tactic.
shareI don't dislike her as a whole but one segment that really is hard to watch was from Season 14, Episode 24. This is one of the few episodes Lori Wilson from Des Moines appeared in. She and her Sargent were dispatched to a domestic. I won't deny that the victim of the domestic had an attitude when she came through the door, but the way she and her Sargent treated her was very bad, especially since she was the victim, being sarcastic and smug. What's even worse was her baby in the background crying. She thankfully was calmer when the situation finally became less intense. She's calmer in the other segments she's appeared in but both her and her Sargent fall under officers who don't know how to stay calm in dangerous situations in my opinion.
shareI remember the segment Lori Wilson appeared in with the victim of the domestic and I also had a hard time watching that episode because I thought Wilson and her Sergeant could've handled the situation differently, it was also my least favorite of the Lori Wilson episodes because I enjoy watching her in the other segments she appeared in, I also thought it sucked that the female victim had to get arrested because of how Wilson and the Sergeant reacted to her attitude.
I felt Lori Wilson should've given more attitude towards the naked guy on PCP than the woman who was a victim of domestic violence.
The problem was she slammed the door in the face when Wilson arrived and they charged her for interference when she says they broke the door of the house. You'd expect when there's a child crying in the background that they would be much more calmer. It upsets me that she treated the guy on PCP much better, although she did raise her voice once. I understand her reasoning why she needs to know where the other half is, but at the same time, the female half had been through a lot and could be agitated easily, I would probably too. She tells the victim/suspect don't ever slam the door again in a cop's face. I actually would rather watch Joe Frentess's segment over the domestic violence situation. I remember the mother of the victim asking Wilson if she could tell her she was wrong if she would be let go. I hope she got off easy. I wonder how the officers should have handled the situation differently.
shareI agree Wilson totally overreacted towards the woman slamming the door in the face when Wilson arrived and it shouldn't been enough to put her in jail, I agree Wilson should've been calmer with the child crying in the background, I also hope she got off easily myself, I was upset over her getting arrested and taken to jail, I do wonder what it would've been like if Joe Frentess (who I don't like) was the officer instead of Lori Wilson, I do feel if Joe Morgan was the officer of this segment he would've been calmer.
I also didn't like the follow up episode where the police call the suspect's parents because they have left the drug house yet they didn't get the marijuana they planned on getting, I thought that was a bit of a prick move on the officer's part.
Same here. Like I said earlier, I don't think Officer Wilson is totally a bad cop, but I kind of wonder if she was nervous and the pressure got to her. She was already raising her voice as soon as she asked the woman where the male half was. The weird thing is, the baby didn't seem to start crying until she was put in cuffs. I wonder if they found and arrested the male suspect?
Frentess seemed to only work the graveyard shift, as Des Moines seems to only officers on one shift and never swing shift. The only other DM officer I don't care for that much is Chad Cornwell, who seems to have a slight jerk attitude towards him.
I think Joe Morgan would have been much better on that call. The only segment he was really angry was the tire iron segment, but the two women were absolute jerks so I don't have any empathy for them.
The last segment was a total waste, as it was just about young kids trying to get marijuana.
As much as I thought Wilson handled the incident badly, her sergeant was just as bad in handling the situation. I remember the victim trying to make a point, but the sergeant was like, you're rude to me when I'm trying to help you and saying how nice it was for her crying in front of her child in a sarcastic manner. Nothing against Wilson, though, just upset about the way she handled the incident.
I thought Joe Morgan had every reason to be angry towards the two women with the tire iron because they were being total jerks, I do like Wilson and I know it can be hard dealing with certain things under pressure, I don't remember who Chad Cornwell is to be honest, I also wonder if they ever found the male suspect or not, it's been a long time since I've seen this episode and I remember having a hard time watching that episode, I don't remember too much about the sergeant other than him having a little attitude, Joe Frentess only appeared in one episode which is fine by me.
Another Lori Wilson episode where I thought she handled the situation very well was her being in a filthy home with children and how she told the mother she has 24 hours to clean up the residence or she's gonna call CPS on them.
I felt bad for the teenagers getting questioned over a little bit of marijuana, I remember JR Mendoza (the secondary officer in that clip) appearing in another episode I liked where he arrested a couple for having crack cocaine in their pickup truck, I remember JR Mendoza stating he was also going to college full time while being a police officer, what did you think of JR Mendoza? Me I didn't have any issues with him.
Cornwell appeared in two segments, one being a stolen motorcycle where the cyclist fled and ended up stopping in an industrial area, and the other a problem neighborhood where he and his partner regularly called out to. It involved several neighbors and talked about 8 people in one apartment. They tell him they're moving to a different neighborhood and Cornwell says that they don't know what they're going to be in for and they're going to deal with them at their new place.
The sergeant was actually another female officer. She did nothing in the segment except put her in cuffs, and she's later seen trying to look for the suspect.
Officer Wilson did a good job the whole time in the filthy house. She was calmer asking where the male half was in that segment. That was a little hard to watch too with the kids crying but that's how she should have handled the other domestic.
I really like JR Mendoza and also like the fact he was paired with Antonio Maldonado in several segments.
I remember the episode with the Cornwell episode with the stolen motorcycle and I don't remember him being all that bad, I felt his anger was justified considering the suspect ran from him, I'm gonna have to check out the other Cornwell episode you mentioned because I don't really recall that one.
I thought it was hard to watch the house being filthy but I did admire Wilson with the way she handled the situation, I do wish we would've gotten to see a follow up episode of that.
I wish both JR Mendoza and Antonio Maldonado would've appeared in the Season 17 episodes of Fort Worth, I remember another episode where JR Mendoza and Antonio Maldonado did a traffic stop on a guy who left a crack house and the guy tried swallowing the crack while being questioned.
I too thought his anger was justified considering the suspect running. The other episode he seemed a little arrogant to me. He's not bad but he's not my favorite either.
I too wondered what happened when Officer Wilson and her partner returned to the house. I also wonder with the other domestic incident if she rode with her partner if it would have made a difference in how calmer the incident would have been. Her partner also did a great job dealing with the house and was calm the whole way.
I wish we had more Mendoza and Maldonado in season 17 and less Brian Clark. The swallowed crack attempt segment was in the same episode of the domestic and traffic stop over marijuana.
I didn't get why Brian Clark got to appear in the Season 17 episodes instead of Maldonado and Mendoza, I prefer watching the episodes with Maldonado and Mendoza over Clark, I know Mendoza had to be in his early 20's because he was attending college at the time of the Season 14 episodes, even John Ost who appeared in a few Season 12 episodes got to appear in a Season 17 episode.
I wish I can remember the other episode Chad Cornwell appeared in, I didn't mind him in the episode I saw of him.
I do wish Lori Wilson and her Sergeant would've handled the situation different with the upset woman of a domestic violence situation, I know people can get agitated easily when motions are running high, I do wish it was her partner who appeared in the domestic episode with the agitated woman instead of her sergeant, I did like how she handled the filthy house situation.
Do you remember Dave Moran who appeared in a couple of Season 8 Fort Worth episodes? He was the officer who arrested a guy who committed a robbery in a stolen white van that crashed into a car at an intersection, I normally don't like seeing officers lashing out at the suspect but this is one of the few times where the suspect deserved it, Moran was also assaulting the suspect while arresting him due to him resisting and fighting, I do like the comment he made that the suspect ruined a lot of people's days and he made his day catching him.
I know Mendoza was attending college in 2001 when the episodes were filmed. I did like John Ost though, even with a little controversy during his career.
I have seen the Dave Moran segment. I don't usually like seeing excessive force used on most suspects, but I liked seeing Moran break the glass of the window and then baton the suspect when he resisted. I didn't have any empathy for him.
By the way, Lori got married not long after the episodes aired and became a sergeant herself. She was the spokesman for about a year for the department and then moved to traffic as a sergeant. She retired after 15 years with the department and is now a realtor.
I heard about John Ost getting fired from the police department years later but I still enjoyed watching his segments, my favorite John Ost episode was the one where he did a traffic stop on a vehicle and the suspect tried to climb a fence while running from Ost, I thought Moran's anger was justified towards this suspect cause he caused several accidents on the freeway and one at the intersection.
I never knew Lori Wilson became a sergeant herself, that's why she never appeared in the later Des Moines episodes unlike Joe Morgan, that is cool she's now a realtor after retiring from the police department.
Another Fort Worth officer who I thought was an ass was Frederick Ferguson from Season 12, he's the one who did a traffic stop on a vehicle leaving a known drug house, the passenger of the vehicle then dives into the vehicle and tosses out the drugs, I thought Officer Ferguson was a total ass when he was dealing with the subjects, he also arrested the driver just for driving without a license.
I agree about Ferguson. I've seen the segment quite a few times and didn't like his attitude throughout. I didn't like how he scolded the guy for tossing the drugs and even went as far as saying "This isn't my first day on the job". He felt so superior IMO.
I know you have a list of favorite cops. What are some of your other least favorites?
My least favorites in no particular order are
Joe Frentess (Des Moines, IA Season 14)
Frederick Ferguson (Fort Worth, TX Season 12)
Tony Scott Villarreal-Dowlearn (Houston, TX Season 29)
Yariel Mata (Pinellas County, FL Season 27)
Dick Atkins (Kansas City, KS Season 10)
I can't remember his name but I didn't like the black police officer from Florida (around Season 21-22) who arrested a guy for a small bag of marijuana yet he did tell the subject he would give him a ticket if he would just be honest if he has any marijuana, I felt the officer totally lied to the subject about the situation which pissed me off.
The Florida officer was George Anthony from Broward Co.
What made Atkins a jerk?
I thought he was a little arrogant towards the elderly man who got arrested for prostitution and wouldn't let him finish the bank run before taking him to jail.
How did you like George Anthony?
I didn't like the way he treated the marijuana user, especially by lying to hin. He was OK but not great in the other segments he appeared in.
shareI thought that was a bit of a dick move for Anthony to lie to the marijuana user (I personally think marijuana should be legalized in all 50 states).
shareIt's like how Anthony knew it wasn't that bad of a drug, but still had to do his job.
That was the same excuse Officer Lenny Halloway from Okaloosa Co, Florida used in the season 19 episode to the 3 women he had to arrest for drug possession, saying he had to arrest them because he's not doing his job if he doesn't arrest them.
I remember Officer Lenny Halloway and I actually liked him, I liked his sense of humor and his calm demeanor, I did feel bad that he had to seize one of the woman's vehicle because she used it in a commission of a felony, I agree he had to do what he did, he did release one of the females since she was being cooperative which I thought was cool, since marijuana was a misdemeanor I feel Anthony could've given him a break like I've seen on some COPS episodes
shareI liked him too. I remember him in the one segment where he arrested the middle-aged white guy for drugs and the suspect was very apologetic about it.
I think drug users should go for treatment and jail, and I did like that Halloway mentioned that she needed help. I hope she got the help she needed.
I remember the other episode where Halloway arrested a guy for drugs, he seems to be very respectful towards dealing with the public which I like, I do wish if the drug users will get their criminal records expunged if they complete their treatment.
Another officer who I thought came across as manipulative and passive aggressive was Officer Kypps Poliard of Broward County, Florida (Season 15, Episode 8, middle segment), he did a traffic stop on a vehicle that had tags that belonged to another vehicle, while questioning the female driver she claims she didn't have a license and came back from the pawn shop, turns out she had some stolen tools inside the trunk of her car, I thought Officer Poliard acted very passive aggressive towards the female driver by telling her if she confesses where she got the items from it's gonna be the best break she's gonna get, he also tells her he's trying to help her out the best he can if she cooperates.
Fortunately a couple of Lowe's employees recognized the tools that were stolen from their store out of the trunk and were able to retrieve their tools and the woman gets taken to jail.
What did you think of Officer Kypps Poliard? Me I don't dislike him but I did get annoyed with him being passive aggressive towards the female.
Yeah, I thought Poliard was a bit passive aggressive, kind of like how Jeff Lower was when he told the one suspect he had 30 seconds to tell him where he was going relating to the drug arrest or otherwise he was going to jail. I still think Poliard's the better cop.
shareI prefer Poliard a lot more than Lower because he seems more chilled, I can see Poliard being a bit like Lower although not as mean thankfully, I remember Lower being a total ass towards the two subjects although I was happy he didn't arrest the driver, I wish Poliard appeared in more episodes since I did like his "calm" demeanor although he can be passive aggressive at times.
shareI agree! Despite the passive aggressiveness, Poliard was cool throughout but Lower was mean and intimidating, almost a scared straight type.
shareAnother officer I didn't care for that much was Paul Gasca. He only appeared in the Las Vegas Heat special in season 17 and appeared in two segments, one with a homicide suspect and the other a car thief. I didn't feel sorry for either one, but I thought Gasca was a bit condescending to both. He wore a yellow uniform and had spiked hair.
shareI'm currently watching the stolen vehicle segment of the Las Vegas Heat special and I agree Paul Gasca can come across a bit of a prick, I liked his partner Gerard Bello a lot better because he is at least more polite and respectful while dealing with the criminals.
Another officer I did not like is Tony 'Scott' Villarreal-Dowlearn from Houston (Season 29), he was the officer who did a traffic stop on a truck parked outside of a business in the wee hours of the morning, inside the truck was a middle aged black guy who happened to be on parole and the truck was also reported stolen, while Villarreal-Dowlearn told the suspect to get on the ground he complied although at a slow pace, Villarreal-Dowlearn was totally going ballistic on the suspect for no apparent reason, while I don't feel sorry for the suspect getting arrested for violating his parole and him being in a stolen truck I feel Villarreal-Dowlearn could've handled the situation a lot better, oddly he appeared in another segment where he did a traffic stop on a suspect late at night, while Villarreal-Dowlearn was checking him for warrants the suspect throws a small bag of marijuana in the bushes, Villarreal-Dowlearn was shocked and appalled by it and ends up arresting him and told the suspect he was dumb, he also tells the suspect he just went from a misdemeanor to a felony tossing the marijuana in the bushes and if he hadn't done that he could've possibly got off with a ticket, I can understand why Villarreal-Dowlearn got upset over the situation but he at least kept his cool dealing with him.
I wasn't a big fan of Dowlearn either. He was so aggressive with the guy in the truck, especially by pushing him in the dirt. I did like his calmer demeanor in the other segment. He reminds me of Brian Clark.
I really like Officer Bello as he is very polite compared to his partner.
I thought he didn't need to be aggressive with the guy in the truck along with pushing him in the dirt, the suspect never posed any threat towards the officer, he also reminds me somewhat of Kevin Brandon (plain clothes officer from Kansas City, Season 7) although Brandon doesn't get agitated nearly as easily, I thought it was comical seeing Dowlearn react towards the suspect tossing the marijuana in the bushes in the other segment, I probably would've been more upset with Dowlearn if he arrested the suspect for the marijuana he had if he never tossed it.
I feel like Officer Bello can relate to the criminals more than Gasca or has better people skills.
I did like seeing Poliard keeping his cool while dealing with the suspects, as for the woman who he pulled over I can imagine her capable of being a bitch when given a chance because she did appear to be a drug addict, I wonder if she was experiencing a realization while being pulled over.
shareYeah, I thought she might have been an addict. I know she did apologize at the beginning for the tags.
shareI do feel she was being desperate over getting her next high and was doing anything she could to avoid getting arrested, I remember Poliard didn't want to hear her lies, I did like seeing Poliard be patient while dealing with her
shareI'm not surprised about her being desperate for more drugs. You could tell he didn't like her lying. I bet the usage of drugs caused her to steal quite a bit of tools.
shareWhile this officer wasn't exactly a total jerk but another officer I did not like was Charles Broussard (the officer with the strong Cajun accent) from Lafayette, Louisiana (Season 24), he came across really passive aggressive and obnoxious while dealing with a guy who was sitting at a light with the green arrow, the suspect claims the light was red the whole time, Broussard then cuts the suspect off and keeps grilling the suspect for the truth, the suspect claims all he had was a Red Bull, then he claims he took a Lortab 3 hours ago and then Broussard claims he took a Lortab 2 hours ago, I thought there was something really sketchy and shady with Broussard which made me not like him, they found another Lortab on him and ends up arresting him for it.
shareI remember that segment well. Broussard seemed aggressive for sure and he didn't like how he was stuck at the light, telling his fellow officer about how upset he was. While not the worst, I found him very rude for interrupting the suspect, acting like he knew everything about what took place beforehand. The suspect saying he took Lortab 3 hours ago could have been totally the truth.
Another officer I thought was a jerk was Scott Nastase from Vegas. He appeared in the season 22 episode where he stopped the young man for jaywalking. It starts out OK, with Nastase asking him the regular questions, although the man doesn't have an ID. Nastase then is on his phone when the man's father comes out, where the man tells him that he just got stopped. Nastase then rudely tells the father to go away and leave and the man flees but doesn't get very far. He immediately is ordered to go on the ground and apologizes, but Nastase doesn't respond. When he finally is asked why he ran, he says that he was running to his mother to get his ID, and Nastase says rudely "you run from me because you asked for your mother for an ID". He admits that he was in the wrong by running, saying thought it was OK to run but it wasn't. His father is also arrested for obstruction.
I thought the young man was a little confused about what to do and Nastase just escalated the situation by not letting him speak to the father about what was happening.
I remember the episode where they arrested a disoriented man for jaywalking and his father came out, I remember not being very happy with the outcome of the episode when I first saw it many years ago, I agree Officer Scott Nastase did come across as a total jerk dealing with the suspect's father, I agree Nastase could've handled the situation a lot differently than the way he did, I haven't seen this episode in years because it was too upsetting to watch, I've totally forgotten all about this episode until now.
I agree Charles Broussard was very rude for interrupting the suspect and him acting like he knew what the suspect was doing, the suspect did look like he was high on something because he was responding very slow to the officer's questions, I also remember Broussard asking the suspect why wasn't he honest with them.
I noticed Nastase kept asking him what's your name and at one point, the man was so fed up that he said "that's why I ran to my mother to confirm the ID". He could have been totally right that the ID was in the motel where he lived, but Nastase just ignored that completely and basically said that they had to fingerprint him at the jail. He probably shouldn't have run, but if Nastase was more patient, they probably could have saved a lot of time and avoided the jail process.
I didn't like that Broussard asked the suspect why wasn't be honest when he could have been honest.
Another police officer who I thought was obnoxious and arrogant was Officer Maurice Carroll of Las Vegas (Season 7), he was the officer who arrested a black male for assaulting his wife, the suspect left his residence when the officer arrested him.
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