Dan Abrams

Yeah, so On Patrol Live, as you said, follows between 8 and 10 departments for three hours on Friday and Saturday nights.

This isn't just a highlight reel, right?

The idea is to show you the officers pulling over a vehicle.

And you know what?

Sometimes that's just going to be a traffic stop, right?

And other times the person's going to flee.

And suddenly there's a pursuit going on.

Or some other time there'll be a domestic call where it's just two people yelling at each other and the police leave and say there are no charges.

And another time someone will pull out a weapon.

And suddenly, in a split second, those officers are facing the possibility of a very, very serious situation.

So I think that that's one of the things that this show highlights.

But what's interesting from your question with regard to recruiting is that in the departments we follow, it actually helps a lot of them with recruiting.

And I think that's because there is an appreciation for what law enforcement does.

And that's a good thing.

It's a good thing to, you know, people say to me sometimes, well, you know, do you think that your show is turning police officers into celebrities?

And my response to them is, so actors who pretend to be someone else deserve to be celebrities.

They've earned it.

They've earned the celebrity name, but a police officer who's serving his community doesn't deserve it.

You know, it's like, it doesn't make any sense.

So, you know, I think that it does help with recruiting when,