(upbeat intro music)
(whip sounds)
- Hello everyone, I'm Sheriff Wayne Ivey
of the Brevard County Sheriff's office
and it's time for another great episode of Riding Shotgun.
Tonight, I have the honor of riding out
of our east precinct with Deputy Michael Yanick.
It's gonna be a good time, he's a go getter.
We're gonna put some bad people in jail
and protect the citizens of Brevard county.
Let's go ride shotgun with Deputy Michael Yanick.
Michael, thanks for letting me
ride with you tonight, man.
- Anytime Sheriff.
- I'm excited, I hear you do great stuff
over here on our east precinct.
What, what brought you to our agency, man?
How'd you end up becoming a law enforcement officer
and working with us?
- Law enforcement was, it was always
in my line of sight since I was a little kid.
I actually wrote in my preschool yearbook that I
wanted to be a sheriff when I grow up.
I started, I grew up in Vera county, went to
Eastern Florida State College,
got my associates degree.
Went to UCF for a couple years
and started my bachelor's degree.
(radio chatter)
And during the COVID pandemic,
I unfortunately wasn't able
to finish my bachelor's degree, and I got
the opportunity to go to the police academy,
sponsored through our Sheriff's office here.
And then after the police academy,
I started here with the Sheriff's office.
- Oh, I'm glad you did, man.
Like I say, I hear great stuff.
And you know, to Eastern Florida State's credit,
they were one of the very few police academies
that stayed opened during the pandemic.
- [Deputy Yanick] Oh yeah.
- [Sheriff Ivey] And it was a lifesaver for us
because if not, we would've had short,
you know vacancies in our agency, so.
(radio chatter)
(car chimes)
- Deputy Yanick of the Sheriff's Office, you guys
know why I'm pulling you over?
- [Man In Car] Uh, no.
None of you guys are wearing seat belts, man.
You guys are all hanging out the window.
They just let me know that someone
was even calling in about you guys.
What happens when someone hits you, you fall out,
they run you over, you know?
It's, I get you guys are just out here having fun
but you're putting your lives at risk doing so.
(wind whistling)
Alright Robert or I'm sorry, Caden.
Yeah, here's your ID back.
Do you wanna pass all your friend's ID's back for me?
- [Man In Car] Yep.
- There's your registration back.
You guys understand how dangerous
this could have been right?
- [Man In Car] What'd you say?
- You understand how dangerous this
could have been right?
- [Man In Car] Yes. Yes, sir.
- If someone rear ends you, something that's not
even your fault, you know, if someone jumps
out in front of you, you slam on your brakes,
now your friends are flying out the window.
- [Man In Car] Yeah.
- That all comes back as you as a driver, right?
- [Man In Car] Yeah. Yes, sir.
- It's not worth it, man.
I know you guys are just out trying to have fun.
Are you guys done with school now?
- [Man In Car] Well, we're out next week.
- Next week?
- [Another Man In Car] I finished yesterday.
So that's my last day.
- I get it. But let's try and have fun, but the safe way.
- [Man In Car] Okay.
(intro music repeats)
(car door slams)
- So what happened, I was coming down
Meritt towards three and she made
the right hand turn on red.
There's a sign that says no turn on red.
So I conducted a traffic stop. Came up here,
the other deputy came and backed me up.
While he was writing my warning,
I ran my narcotics canine around the vehicle.
He alerted the presence of an unknown narcotic
emitting from the vehicle.
Searched the car, found this in her, in this bag
in her purse and tested positive for methamphetamine.
(intro music continues)
- [Deputy Yanick] Hey.
Come back here.
(cars driving past)
(mic interference)
You don't see my blue lights?
- [Ramona] What's wrong?
- You didn't see my blue lights come on ya?
- [Ramona] Yeah, I was trying,
my brakes aren't very tight.
- [Deputy Yanick] Walk back over to my,
the front of my car there.
- [Ramona] Okay.
- [Deputy Yanick] The reason I stopped you
is you have to have a red light
emitting from the back of your bike,
and you have to have a white light
affixed to the front of your bike.
You can't just be holding a flashlight.
Ramona, do you have anything illegal on you?
- [Ramona] No sir.
- Okay. You have any guns, knives, bazookas,
anything like that?
- [Ramona] Knives. I have a knife in my back pocket.
- In your back pocket?
- [Ramona] Yes, sir.
- You mind if this female deputy grabs it for me?
- [Female Deputy] Back left pocket, right there?
Is that where I'm looking at?
- [Ramona] Yes ma'am.
- Okay.
- All right.
- Come on Ramona, right here, me and you.
Right here.
- [Ramona] Okay.
(flashlight clicking)
- [Female Deputy] Kentucky?
- [Ramona] Yeah.
- [Female Deputy] What brought you to Florida?
What brought you here?
- [Deputy Yanick] Empty. - [Ramona] Uh, work.
- [Female Deputy] Okay.
- [Ramona] I mean, I was with my ex and um...
- So this is just a cocaine ID wipe,
detects the presence of cocaine.
It starts out pink and you see
the white powdery all around it.
(car drives past)
You see the blue, turns blue right there a little bit.
It's hard to see, but.
- [Ramona] I don't keep track.
Go ahead and put your hands
behind your back for me, okay?
You got a warrant out for your arrest,
put your hands behind your back.
- [Ramona] What?
- Put your hands behind your back for me.
- [Ramona] Where?
- Out of Brevard county.
- [Ramona] Here?
- Yes, ma'am.
- [Sheriff Ivey] We're gonna
take care of your dog.
(Ramona crying)
We're gonna make sure that it's ready for you
when you get out of jail.
We're not gonna let anything happen to it.
- [Ramona] Oh my God, my baby.
- What's your baby's name?
- [Ramona] Buddy.
- Alright, we're gonna find Buddy, we love dogs.
- [Sheriff Ivey] And I promise you, your dog
will be ready when you get outta jail, okay?
- [Sheriff Ivey] Hey, Hannah, let's have her
drive us by and show us right where the dog is
so we can direct, yeah, we can direct A&E to it.
- [Ramona] Mommy loves you, you go be good boy.
- [Other Female Deputy] I don't want him pulling
on himself okay? Have a seat. I'm gonna see
if the van's gonna come pick you up, okay?
Don't pull your shirt back up, have a seat.
(intro music repeats)
- [Sheriff Ivey] So Michael, you know, I'm out here a lot
and I know how the citizens, you know, respond to
to what we do and how much they appreciate it.
But what's it like being a deputy
out here in Brevard county?
- Oh, it's amazing. You know, everywhere you go,
people are running up to you thanking you
for your service, giving you a handshake.
You know, offering to buy you snacks or whatnot.
It's really nice working in Brevard county.
You know other places where you trave, law enforcement
isn't supported us much nowadays.
So coming back home to Brevard county
is a really nice treat.
- [Sheriff Ivey] Yeah. We're pretty blessed, man.
We really are.
Michael, man, I had a great time tonight, brother.
Thanks for letting me ride with you
and keep doing what you're doing out here,
keeping our citizens safe.
Proud of you, brother. Be safe, man.
- [Deputy Yanick] Thank you.
(car door slams)
(car drives away)
- Well there you have it, another great episode
of Riding Shotgun. Michael's doing a great job
for us out here, keeping our citizens safe.
Doing all the things we love to see our deputies doing.
We'll see you next time, on Riding Shotgun.
(outro begins)
(whips crack)