Live PD

I love the show but one small thing that drives me crazy that officers do on the show, the same as in reality but it seems the panel is unaware of accurately understanding a simple court ruling. TERRY v. OHIO. I see the officers, as most officers do, performing the "Terry Search" of virtually everyone they encounter and hear the panel commenting that police can "frisk" everyone they encounter, a "pat down" to ensure they are not armed. This simply is not true. "A "Terry Stop" is a stop of a person by law enforcement officers based upon "reasonable suspicion" that a person may have been engaged in criminal activity". This must be based ""specific and articulable facts" and not merely upon an officer's hunch". They use the "consensual contact" reasoning which is true in some but not all of the situations on the show. In a "consensual contact" situation, the person must be able to, without interference from law enforcement, be free to leave by saying they are not interested in talking or saying nothing at all and walking away. To do a "Terry stop" "frisk" the police must have "reasonable suspicion the person is armed and dangerous", a fear for the safety of himself and others, the officer may conduct a carefully limited search of the outer clothing in an attempt to discover weapons that might be used to assault him or her. This does not include going through pockets or asking the person to empty their pockets (which is the same as if the officer did it himself). They act as if they cry out TERRY STOP that they are free to do as they please. Not true.

Like Cops but Dan Abrams, Tom Morris Jr and Sean Larkin offer fair and entertaining insights and comments. As cameras from around the U.S follow police on their often unpredictable and wild evenings.

I was amazed at the raw reality of what our officers face every day which this television series presents. Time and again I find myself relaxing with Live PD after a hard day's work.

This is an interesting show. Every episode is 3 hours and its live. It cameras following different police departments from all over the United States. However the show should be called "I smell Marijuana" because every 2 minutes that is what is said on this show.

Most of the time the cops seem to arrest black people people because they have a small amount of drugs on them. Most of the time the amount they have is very little! Its obvious for personal use but if its over a certain amount they get busted for "Intention Sell" (Which is bulls**t). Then while the cops are searching the suspects car they always call for back up and there ends up being on average 6 policemen on a low level drug possession. This explains why there is never a cop around when you need one.

To me all drugs should be legal and just stop with this drug war. Regulate it like booze. If you want to see how we can save money in this country then watch this show.

I also want to point out that Dan Abrams is an excellent legal consultant & talking head. He is not a comedian so he needs to stop with his jokes. There not funny. There not an offensive type of joke there just not funny. The last I checked he was hired as a host and legal consultant. He wasn't hired to tell jokes.

I have to admit I did not have a very good opinion about police officers until I saw this show. It's amazing how officers try to protect people and look out for their welfare. I totally respect and honor all policeman after viewing the show.