Cops Season 37 Episode 15- Cuff Enough to Run

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6/1/2025

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00:00Viewer discretion is advised.

00:03Man, stand up! Get on the ground!

00:08Stop! Stop!

00:11When an officer tells you to stop, you have to stop.

00:15Let me see your hands!

00:18Stop!

00:20Stop the fight, now!

00:24Hands up!

00:26Cops is filmed on location with the men and women of law enforcement.

00:30All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

00:36So on the CRT team, there's four of us that are allotted for each bureau.

00:41We end up using each other's resources quite often.

00:44So if the South Side has something going on and needs maybe an undercover car,

00:48we can go and help them out.

00:50And then the rest of our team in marked units can go help out or vice versa.

00:54That's why I like working for the Wichita Police Department.

00:58Go ahead.

00:59Gray Chrysler sedan.

01:01Failed the signal, it's turned.

01:03Now as we're trying to stop, it looks like it doesn't want to pull over immediately.

01:07146, are you holding traffic?

01:09Hey, we're westbound on Menlo.

01:16Give us the air, we're coming to a stop.

01:19Time for the vehicle, stop.

01:22We're still slow rolling.

01:23Give it a second.

01:28Felony, stop.

01:29Driver, turn the car off.

01:31Keep the passenger door shut!

01:36No, Felony, stop.

01:37This dude's in his pocket.

01:40Keep your door shut!

01:41Keep your door shut!

01:43What are you doing, bro?

01:44Listen!

01:45My son is here.

01:47Do you speak English?

01:48No, I don't speak English.

01:50My son is here.

01:51Get in the car!

01:52In the car!

01:55We need a Spanish speaker, please.

01:56No, no, no.

01:57No, no, no, no.

01:58Drop the beer.

01:59No, no, no.

02:00Drop the beer.

02:01Sorry.

02:02Drop the beer.

02:03No, no, no, I don't know.

02:04Drop the beer.

02:05My son is there.

02:06Hey, Pollo!

02:07Pollo, no mames.

02:08Pollo!

02:09Hey, I'm driving.

02:11I am.

02:12I'm driving.

02:13Sit down.

02:14Sit down.

02:15Sit down.

02:16Sit.

02:17Sit.

02:18Sit.

02:19Sit.

02:20Sit.

02:21Sit.

02:22Sit.

02:23Sit.

02:24Sit.

02:25Sit.

02:26Sit.

02:27Sit.

02:28Don't move.

02:30Can you see that hand from the other side?

02:31Yeah.

02:32Is it empty?

02:33Yeah.

02:34He's putting something in his pocket when I see them.

02:36This one?

02:37Yeah.

02:38Okay, because there's a backpack right underneath them too, so.

02:40it's one 35, can I go ahead and have you lose back 65 at terror's tent?

02:44Hey, we've got one running, he's running in the backyards, running back to the east.

02:49Hey!

02:53Hey, Nicos.

02:54What are you doing, you're in Nicos.

02:56Yo, Nicos, aquí.

02:57Nicos.

02:58Or would you put them out and take it if you want?

03:00Nicos.

03:03Hey, Nicos.

03:05No, mommy.

03:05I'm inside.

03:06Back inside.

03:08Hey.

03:09Mommy, hold.

03:10I got him.

03:11We're going to stand up and get away from the house.

03:12He's .

03:13All right, we got the one that ran.

03:14He still have one in the vehicle.

03:17Sarge, do you want to help me get this guy out?

03:19He's maybe pretending to be asleep.

03:20He's gripping his hands really tightly.

03:22We can see that there's nothing in his hand

03:23but he's sitting on a backpack.

03:24And Nick saw him put something in his pocket, so.

03:26Step out of the car.

03:26Get on out, dude.

03:27Step out.

03:29And get rid of that out of the candy.

03:32Step out of the car.

03:35.

03:42131, more 5.

03:46Yeah, for 131, break.

03:47103, can you stand on your track?

03:51We know you're awake, man.

03:52You were awake a second ago.

03:53Stand up.

03:54Stand up.

03:55She's following it.

03:57Sorry, we walked in there.

03:59All right, she's standing probably have two in custody.

04:01.

04:03Okay.

04:05Okay.

04:06Okay.

04:07Okay.

04:08So, um, he says he's been known Juan for a couple months.

04:10Um, not very long.

04:11They're just friends, but they were just driving.

04:12Uh, he was in the passenger seat the whole time.

04:13Y'all stopped him.

04:14And then, um, he said that when y'all stopped him, he turned over to him and said,

04:17Hey, I can't be driving.

04:18Hey, I can't be driving.

04:19Can you just hop over to this seat?

04:20And he said, nah, dude, I'm gonna sit right here.

04:21I'm gonna stay right here.

04:22I'm gonna stay right here.

04:23And he said so.

04:24He said so.

04:25He said so.

04:26He said so.

04:27He said so.

04:28He said the Juan, the other guy, was driving for sure.

04:29He said he ran because he was scared and wanted to go see his parents.

04:31Okay.

04:32Talk.

04:33Talk.

04:34Talk.

04:35Talk.

04:36Talk.

04:37Talk.

04:38Talk.

04:39Talk.

04:40Talk.

04:41Talk.

04:42Talk.

04:43Talk.

04:44Talk.

04:45Talk.

04:46Talk.

04:47Talk.

04:48Talk.

04:49Talk.

04:50Talk QV, A komen can you, Karen.

04:53Talk.

04:55Talk to Juan next.

04:56Juan, you speak English, yeah?

04:57Yeah.

04:58So he's saying that you were driving.

04:59I was driving.

05:00Huh?

05:01He was the one driving.

05:02He was the one driving?

05:03He was the one driving?

05:04I was the one driving.

05:05Who's car?

05:06It's not, it's not my car but he was the one driving it.

05:08I was just chilling in the bag.

05:10How come you're pretending you were asleep?

05:12I was sippy,

05:13I was insane.

05:14Huh?

05:15No, you weren't, bro.

05:16I walked up and you were putting some in your pocket.

05:17Come on, man.

05:19So what's the deal?

05:19Why are we acting like this?

05:20You guys just drinking in the car or what?

05:23No, I...

05:24Huh?

05:24He said that he wanted to go buy another 12-pack or 18-pack.

05:28I don't know what he got.

05:30And I was already swallowing the soup.

05:32You were in the backseat chilling.

05:33You went to get an 18-pack or whatever.

05:36Huh?

05:36I was in the front with him.

05:37You was in the front with him.

05:38I was in the front with him.

05:39I was just chilling in the back.

05:40So he had you hop in the back?

05:42I went back because I wanted to go home down the tire.

05:46Okay.

05:47All right, man.

05:48Give me a second.

05:48You doing okay?

05:55So far, we have at least an open container.

05:57We have some open beer beverages.

05:59It's like a whole pack of beer up front as well.

06:03So one of them at some point crossed over.

06:06Potentially the driver crossed over and got into the backseat

06:09or else he was hanging out in the back

06:10and the driver moved out of the passenger seat.

06:12He told me that he was in the front seat

06:14and got in the backseat at some point

06:15when they were out driving to come to here.

06:17Your front passenger is going to be going for a truck, right?

06:21Yep.

06:21So he was...

06:22Sharked in an open container?

06:23Yep.

06:23And the other guy, what we gave him a ticket with?

06:27Yeah.

06:27Okay, so windows were super dark.

06:31I can't really see who was driving,

06:32but I know you guys were all swapping seats.

06:34Whether that was you or him, I don't know.

06:36Okay, but what I do know is there's two open beers that were in there.

06:39It's called transporting an open container.

06:40You can't have it on a public street.

06:42So we're going to get you a ticket with a court date

06:44for the open beer that you had,

06:46but I'm not going to take you to jail or anything like that.

06:48You were cool.

06:49You didn't run like your buddy.

06:51You've been respectful or whatever to us.

06:53Okay, and we're going to let you go on your night.

06:55Yep.

06:57Working at Independence, it's a very active city.

07:00Most nights were always call to call to call.

07:03Working night shift, it can be kind of complicated.

07:06I recently just became a new father.

07:08Sometimes working nights and getting off at 8 in the morning can be tiring,

07:11but coming to work every day with some of my best friends

07:14and just enjoying the job and doing police work makes it all worth it.

07:19I'm going to have a 1041 license plate on a silver Hyundai Santa Fe.

07:24So this license plate does not match this vehicle,

07:28so we'll see if we can get them stopped.

07:35All right, you can go ahead and show me in pursuit.

07:38Speeds are 51.

07:39He's still going to go southbound 435,

07:42and he's going to commit.

07:46Southbound 435 from Truman.

07:48Silver Hyundai Santa Fe.

07:521, 18 wheeler in front of us.

07:54We're going to switch back to the number two lane.

07:56Speeds are 85.

07:59Right now, Kansas City is monitoring our traffic.

08:03Unfortunately, we're on the highway,

08:04so they will not assist on the highway,

08:06but if he takes an exit, they will assist us.

08:09We turn for 70 on the ramp.

08:11At the moment.

08:13Independence 220 to KHP.

08:15We're going to be terminated at the state.

08:18Take that a little bit.

08:1920 to 2900.

08:22And so vehicle heel from the right.

08:24Independence 220 to Independence Mars.

08:27We are going to terminate at Florida.

08:29We're going to shut it down now.

08:3032 copies of shutdown for suit.

08:33Because the vehicle crossed over into state lines,

08:36my sergeant said terminate due to the nature of the crime.

08:40Lee Wood PD in Kansas City, Missouri Police,

08:46has both of our suspects, the driver and a passenger.

08:50So we're going to go over here and make contact

08:51and see what information we can find.

08:53How are you guys?

09:01We were told that Lee Wood located the vehicle off the exit,

09:06and then they observed two individuals

09:09that matched these gentlemen's description

09:12walk over here to Quintra.

09:14Okay.

09:15And that's when we got called,

09:16and that's about all we know.

09:18We observed these two individuals sitting here,

09:21detained them,

09:21and now all I know is that Independence is far out

09:23and doing the rest of it.

09:25Yes, sir.

09:25We appreciate the help.

09:26Yeah, yeah.

09:26Absolutely.

09:27This gentleman did let us know

09:28that he had run out of fuel over there with that vehicle

09:33and that he had walked over here.

09:34This is what he said.

09:35He walked over here,

09:36and he was waiting for someone to come out here

09:39to help him get fuel.

09:40So that was the story that I got before we...

09:42Okay.

09:42So your car ran out of gas?

09:43Yeah.

09:44You were my driver then?

09:46I was the one driving that car down there.

09:48Okay.

09:48Awesome.

09:49Who are you, sir?

09:50Who are you to this guy right here?

09:51I work for him.

09:53You work for him?

09:54Okay.

09:55Fair enough.

09:56Well, we are going to get you guys seated in cars for now,

09:58and you guys are going to go with us for the night, okay?

10:01I might be.

10:02You guys were in a car that ran from us.

10:05I was a driver.

10:06That's fine.

10:07We'll figure that out.

10:08Go ahead and stand up for him.

10:08Thank you, sir.

10:10Go ahead and stand up.

10:11That's right there.

10:13Is this your buddy?

10:16How do you...

10:16You say you work for him?

10:17Yeah.

10:18Where were you guys coming from prior to all this?

10:20Uh, we have...

10:21We've lost work.

10:22You're good.

10:23We're going to go to the backside of this car real quick.

10:25Like I said, I was asleep in the car.

10:27Sleep?

10:27I woke up and...

10:28We were parked.

10:29The process was all done.

10:30I was like, what?

10:30You woke up parked?

10:31You're a hard sleeper like that?

10:32Sleep good.

10:33You sleep real well.

10:34I was fired.

10:35We put in a lot of work today.

10:36Yeah.

10:43Hey, boss, man.

10:44What's your name?

10:45Oh, Stuart.

10:46Stuart.

10:46You ran out of gas right there where your car is at?

10:49Uh-huh.

10:49Was that before or after you ran from Independence Police?

10:53Um, was that before or after I ran from Independence Police?

10:56Was that...

10:56That was...

10:56I...

10:57I didn't run from him, but I'll say that I didn't stop for him.

11:01You didn't stop for him.

11:01You ran, but you didn't stop.

11:02That's right.

11:03Fair enough.

11:04You didn't stop for us, but you didn't run from us.

11:06That's correct.

11:07That is a new one, sir.

11:08It was a simple traffic stop, and you just gunned it on us.

11:10Nothing to say about that at all?

11:11I'll remember gunning it on you.

11:15Uh, you just remember not stopping, that's all.

11:17That's all.

11:17Just remember not stopping.

11:19I will keep that in mind in my report, sir.

11:25Jerry?

11:25All right.

11:26I just want some more clarification on the story from what you gave me.

11:29So, you're asleep through all of that.

11:31That's what you're sticking through, right?

11:32I was out.

11:33Out.

11:33Yeah, I woke up there.

11:34We were stopped, and there's flashing lights.

11:36It's all there.

11:37So, I got out of the car because I was like, where the hell are we?

11:40Yeah.

11:41And nobody else was in the car.

11:42I got up and I walked out, and I ran into him on the street.

11:45And he said, we ran out of gas.

11:48But you were supposed to go home, though, right?

11:49The deal was take you home, you just fell asleep on the way?

11:52Fell asleep.

11:52So, we can hit 100 miles per hour, and you still sleep.

11:55I'm going to sleep through probably about 150.

11:59Through all that?

12:00150?

12:00Yeah.

12:01That's like Dukes of Hazzard speed, fella.

12:03Look, I sleep.

12:04All right.

12:04So, when he ran out of gas at the bottom of the on-ramp, did he wake you up?

12:09No, I woke up in the car.

12:11But who woke you up?

12:12I just woke up.

12:14So, you woke up when the car stopped, but not when it's going 100 miles per hour.

12:18I just woke up when the car stopped.

12:19I was like, where am I?

12:21And I saw the blinkers were on.

12:22I was like, what happened to the car?

12:24You're a different character.

12:25You know that?

12:26I will give that to you, Jerry.

12:27Step out.

12:27So, my partner ran your name.

12:29You're all good.

12:29Okay.

12:30I would advise calling a ride for you because you are out here kind of in the middle of nowhere.

12:36Yeah, I am going to call around.

12:36But I appreciate you being honest with us.

12:38Even if you can sleep through 100 miles per hour, Stuart will get to think about his actions.

12:45Eating a bologna sandwich, you get to go get a taquito roller or something out of there.

12:50So, I appreciate your cooperation, boss.

12:52You are a free man.

12:53All right, Stuart.

12:56You sleep?

12:57Oh, man, Stu.

13:00All right, so check this out.

13:01Yeah.

13:01All right, you are going with us tonight.

13:02You're going to jail for fleeing from the police.

13:05And I get it.

13:06You didn't run.

13:06You just didn't stop.

13:07Okay.

13:07Next time you see red and blue lights behind you, what are you going to do?

13:13Pull over.

13:14Pull over and stop, right?

13:17Okay?

13:17Okay.

13:18Fair enough.

13:19Thank you, Stuart.

13:20Okay.

13:20I've been in law enforcement for about five years now.

13:24I've spent the last two years at the Paris station.

13:27We have a small group of guys, and we patrol some pretty rural areas.

13:30Prior to being in law enforcement, I was in the military for eight years.

13:33I worked with a lot of small teams, and I feel like it transitioned really well into the law enforcement field,

13:39just because we do work together a lot.

13:42So, we're on our way to back up a partner right now.

13:45He has a vehicle stopped that was in the area of a shots fired call.

13:51Hey, cuffs, cuffs, cuffs, cuffs.

14:07They're in the law.

14:12How am I being weird?

14:13A gun.

14:14It's a gun.

14:17Yeah, of course.

14:18I'm a recovery agent.

14:20Okay.

14:20Well, until we determine that you're in lawful position in a firearm.

14:23Yes, I'm a recovery agent for 13 years.

14:25Okay.

14:25Is it registered to you?

14:26Yes, it is.

14:26Everything is.

14:27Well, you're not transporting it correctly because it's in plain view, man.

14:29No, no.

14:30Everything is.

14:31Okay.

14:32You're going to be in the team right now, okay?

14:33No, you know my dad.

14:34My dad works with the sheriff's department.

14:35Okay.

14:36My dad's been with you guys for 13 years.

14:38Do you have anything on you?

14:38No, nothing.

14:39I'll cut you down, all right?

14:40Yeah, of course.

14:47And it's loaded.

14:51So we found this firearm in plain view in this vehicle back here on the floorboard.

14:57And we're going to see if there's a round in the chamber.

15:00There is not.

15:01We got a report of shots fired up on 3rd Street, and this vehicle was seen in that area.

15:09So we are here for that reason.

15:12So the subject also had an expanded shell casing in his pocket, which matches the shell casing

15:17we found in front of his house.

15:19Hey, there's another bullet up here.

15:22And then looks like there's another firearm down here that he told us is under the passenger

15:27seat.

15:28So we'll cover that one as well.

15:33And that one's going to be loaded also with no rounds in the chamber.

15:40No rounds in the chamber?

15:41No, none in the chamber.

15:42The magazine's loaded?

15:43Yes.

15:43Okay.

15:44It's loaded.

15:45Is there a serial number on the firearm?

15:47It's right here.

15:48There is a serial number?

15:49There is.

15:49Okay, cool.

15:50Good.

15:50And it's a Glock.

15:57So this looks like it's going to be a 20-round magazine.

16:01In the city of California, the capacity you're allowed to have is 10.

16:04So we'll confirm that here shortly.

16:06But that's how it looks so far.

16:14So this is going to be an unserialized AR, also known as a ghost AR.

16:22We just got a records check done.

16:24He is on county probation.

16:25He's also showing an out-of-state warrant out of New Mexico.

16:29Unfortunately, there's no extradition on that, so we're not going to worry about that.

16:32However, being on probation, county probation, he's not supposed to have any weapons in his possession.

16:37So that's going to be an added charge on him, the probation violation.

16:41Yeah, this is a ghost gun.

16:42That one's serialized.

16:43It's just not registered with the DOJ.

16:45So there's no record of it found.

16:47And then this is a ghost AR.

16:49Plus of him being on probation.

16:51And this is a high-cap mag as well.

16:54And also, the rounds he has matches the shot spotter over there.

16:57So, what's, uh, where's he at?

17:00Is he in your back right here?

17:01He's in the back right here, if you want to go ahead.

17:02Is he cool talking to you, or?

17:04Yeah.

17:04Yeah?

17:04Yeah.

17:05All right.

17:10Hey, sir.

17:11Remind me of your first name again.

17:12Is it John?

17:12John.

17:13Hey, John.

17:14My name's Epity Bross.

17:15I'm with the Sheriff's Department.

17:16And I want to talk to you about what we found in your car, okay?

17:18No, no, exactly.

17:19Okay.

17:19Tell me about those guns, man.

17:21What's going on with those?

17:22The thing is, uh, I don't know.

17:27I don't know whose they are.

17:28You don't know whose they are?

17:29No.

17:30Okay.

17:30Do you know how they got in your car?

17:32I have no clue.

17:33No clue?

17:33Mm-mm.

17:34Okay.

17:34Are they your guns?

17:36No.

17:36None of them are registered to mine.

17:38None of them, I don't know whose they are.

17:39Okay.

17:40Um, where do you stay at, bro?

17:42Um, I don't know.

17:45You don't know where you stay?

17:46I'm kind of a little bit homeless.

17:47A little homeless.

17:48Okay.

17:49Um, have you ever fired those guns?

17:51Not today.

17:52No?

17:52No, never.

17:53Did you know they were in your car?

17:55No.

17:55No?

17:56Okay.

17:57Um, anything you want to tell me about what we found in your car?

18:01To be honest, I'm as clueless as you guys are.

18:05You are?

18:05Yeah.

18:06So you're just driving around, had no idea that you had a loaded, uh, AR in your car?

18:11I wouldn't know because the fence is open.

18:13I've found so many people in my house, so to be, I don't know, maybe people planted them in there.

18:19Can you think of a reason why somebody would want to plant two firearms in your vehicle?

18:23Well, just because they, you know, if there's any animosity or any kind of resentment, then, you know, somebody's going to do something to do something.

18:32Okay.

18:32You know, I can't really say why or what rhyme or reason.

18:36The only thing I can say is I don't know whose guns they are, and I don't know where they came from.

18:42Okay, I hear you.

18:43Has this ever happened to you before where guns, you think guns have been planted in your car?

18:48That's what I'm trying to say is, like, I don't know, I don't know where they came from.

18:51I don't know whose they are.

18:52I don't can do anything with them.

18:53I don't even know what they are.

18:55Like, I don't know guns.

18:57Okay.

18:58John, are you a felon?

18:59Well, I have DY.

19:01That's about it.

19:02Okay, I got you.

19:03All right, man, well, because of those guns that we found and the fact that you have—

19:06But they're not mine.

19:07And I hear you.

19:08Because they're in your car, which you are responsible for the contents of that vehicle, okay, you are going to be going to jail today for those guns, okay?