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Deputy Martin Perez of the Bexar County Sheriffs Department attempts to make a traffic stop on a car that is speeding with a rear donut tire. The car stops, but when the deputy gets out of his cruiser, the vehicle speeds off. A high-speed pursuit ensues through several neighborhoods. The suspect drives down a dirt road and crashes in a large culvert. The suspect then flees the vehicle on foot along the drainage ditch. The Street Crimes Unit sets up a perimeter and catches the suspect hiding under a car nearby. While being questioned, the suspect admits his wrongdoing and admits owning the marijuana that is found next to his car. Deputy Martin Perez explains to the 17-year old that it is not too late to turn his life around. The suspect is booked on evading, reckless driving and marijuana.
Officer Villarreal is called to a domestic disturbance complaint in which a woman claims there’s a man refusing to get out of her car. On scene, they find the man in the passenger side of the caller’s vehicle, but the caller is nowhere to be seen. He says the two are married and that she just walked off down the street, taking the keys with her. He says he would walk home, but he’s paralyzed over half his body. The officers locate her a block away and wrangle her back to the car. It turns out the argument started over their mutual crack habit but got heated because of their roommate, who also uses it. After talking to everyone, they all decide to turn their lives around and quit crack immediately.
Deputy Ayres with the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office makes a traffic stop on a vehicle occupied twice. The nervous driver makes a slow stop and upon contact, he states that he is driving his girlfriend to a hotel because of troubles she is having with her parents at home. Deputy Ayres ask the driver to step out and talk with him and the driver goes on to tell Ayres that he is no longer an active gang member even though he is registered. The man then claims to have no knowledge of narcotics or firearms in his girlfriend’s car but minds if there is a K9 called out for a sniff only because he says the car is not his. The girlfriend eventually gives consent to search the vehicle and states that there are no drugs or guns inside. Ayres conducts a search of the vehicle and finds a loaded handgun between the center consul and front passengers seat. The girlfriend says she has no knowledge of her boyfriend owning a weapon and reminds Ayres that she was sitting in the back seat. The driver explains to Ayres that the handgun was not within his 
Officer Perry responds to a call of a “beer run”, where an individual stole four beers and a bag of chips from a local convenience store. A man fitting the description is found drinking a beer with two other cans stashed in his back pockets. Officer Perry knows the individual because he had cited him a couple days before for the same crime at another convenience store. The male keeps saying he was “just trying to find his princess and have a good time”. He admits that he has a drinking problem, but keeps asking the officer what he would do if he had no money, to which Officer Perry gives numerous better options. Officer Perry returns the stolen beer to the convenience store and the subject is transported to jail.