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Yes.
I 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.
That Wal-Mart segment was very intense, especially since it was a guy sleeping in the parking lot.
They came twice where I lived, in 2012 and in 2017. The segments were interesting, but nothing really unique.
I liked it too when they showed footage at the end. They even showed more of the last segment at times too.
It'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 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.
The Florida officer was George Anthony from Broward Co.
What made Atkins a jerk?
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?
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Another 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.
I 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.
I'm really not sure about Officer Fincher. I like his humor too but I feel like he could be a little more calmer in intense situations. I've noticed in some segments he goes from calm to yelling in a split segment. I think he sometimes doesn't know when to stay calm in intense situations. The season 18 segment with the man shot at the motel was a little hard to watch.
I'm worried he could possibly kick or use other excessive force.
Officer Willoughby has appeared in a few other segments, including the one where a driver refused to pull over on a traffic stop and had a crowd of people outside yelling as he pulled into his driveway and was taken down by him.
Was that the one where the guy was shirtless and sleeping on his couch when they arrived, and as soon as they arrested him he got violent and cussed and said a bunch of nonsense words? If it is, I liked how they calmly and politely told him to wake up.