All right, I'm going to check out the guy that
is walking down the sidewalk.
DISPATCHER (ON RADIO): Chase, it's
going to be the guy in the gray pants and black shirt.
CHASE STIVERS: 10-4.
I'm going to go off of Hanson and wait for him to walk by.
Hey, brother, can you talk to me for a second?
What did I do?
Come here.
You all right?
Yeah, I'm all right.
All right, come back here.
- Do what? - Let me talk to you real quick.
Come back here.
What's wrong?
You know, I don't like police.
Are you flying a sign?
No, I'm not.
Actually, this is from way earlier ago.
Can I see the sign?
Yes, you can. I'm not soliciting.
OK.
I'm not asking for help.
86-06, [INAUDIBLE] 13 at Wayne and Hanson.
Will work for food.
Temporarily homeless.
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
CHASE STIVERS: Hey, can we move it?
I don't want to get hit by car or anything.
Let's move right over here, bro.
Right here.
How long did you do in prison?
I did 18 months for not snitching.
What did you get-- what did you get charged with?
At my house, manufacturing methamphetamines,
possession of chemicals, and possession and intent
to deliver, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
CHASE STIVERS: Jeez, bro.
I know.
I did 24 months.
Caleb [MUTED]?
Yes, sir.
CHASE STIVERS: OK.
Where do you live?
Now? Nowhere.
CHASE STIVERS: Nowhere?
I got put on the streets because of this virus,
you know, I lost my house.
I lost my job.
CHASE STIVERS: Because of the virus?
Yeah.
CHASE STIVERS: You've been home--
I was working in the food industry.
CHASE STIVERS: How long have you been homeless for?
- This will be my fourth day. - Fourth day?
- This time. - OK.
All right, no warrants or anything for your arrest?
- [BLEEP] no. - No?
Hell no.
CHASE STIVERS: Nothing in your backpack, right?
[BLEEP] no.
CHASE STIVERS: All right, you don't mind--
SUSPECT: Just clothes-- that's it.
CHASE STIVERS: --you don't mind if if we look?
OFFICER: I'll grab my dog, so we can abide by the law?
SUSPECT: Oh, yeah, man. Go right ahead, man.
Sniff it up, bro.
All right, stand right here, bro.
Let me get my phone. Can I get my phone?
CHASE STIVERS: No, just leave it.
Come on. - All right.
[BLEEP] Yes, get the dog out.
Right here.
SUSPECT: No hits?
CHASE STIVERS: What's in the bag, bro?
SUSPECT: Nothing. - He's allergic to it.
[BLEEP] no. There ain't nothing in there.
Yeah, let's go empty it.
Let's go empty it. - Hold on.
Hold on. Hold on.
Chill out. Chill out.
I ain't got nothing in there, bro.
If I had something in there, bro, I'd be doing it.
Here's what I'm going to do.
I'm going to put you in handcuffs, OK?
Just until we determine if there's anything in the car,
OK?
In the car?
I mean, not the car-- my bad.
[LAUGHS] The bag, bro.
SUSPECT: As you can see, I am legitimately homeless.
Funny, in America, it's illegal to ask for help.
CHASE STIVERS: It's not illegal to ask for help.
It's illegal to solicit moneys from people on the roadway.
And there's a reason why it's legal.
It causes an obstruction in the roadway,
and it's a safety hazard, OK?
SUSPECT: Mm-hmm.
CHASE STIVERS: All right, stand up.
SUSPECT: You've got to help me up, please.
Oh, be careful.
Be careful, please, man.
If I wanted to sue people, I'd be carrying
about $75,000, brother. - What?
Stand over here, man.
Don't hurt my ribs anymore than what they are.
All right, brother.
Listen, man, you're not going to jail tonight, OK?
Thank god because, honestly, if I
thought I was going to jail-- - You checked out, man.
If I honestly thought I was going to jail, brother,
do you know what would have happened?
CHASE STIVERS: What?
I would have smacked you on your shoulder, told you tag,
you're it, and you've got to catch me.
[LAUGHS] You know what I would have done?
Brother, you wouldn't have even
had time to pull your weapon. You wouldn't have had time.
I know. You know what I would have done?
You would have--
Is I would have sicced that dog after you.
- Yeah. - And then you'd have got bit.
No, I wouldn't have got bit.
I would have been arrested for-- for--
what's it called?
It's still a LEO if you hit a dog, right?
Battery on a LEO?
No, it ain't battery on LEO.
It's battery on a police canine.
But I bet you that dog would find you.
That's all right.
I bet you that dog wouldn't have been up that street
fast as I was.
All right, brother, I appreciate it.
- OK. - My name's Caleb.
All right. All right, Caleb.
All right, have a good night.
What's your name?
CHASE STIVERS: Detective Stivers.
Detective, all right.
CHASE STIVERS: Yeah.
Yeah, detective.
All the drug dealers, you know, better hide [BLEEP]
because a detective's out here.
CHASE STIVERS: They already know.
All right.
All right, so no narcotics found.
He does have a history, like I said,
manufacturing methamphetamine, possession with some chemicals,
so on, so forth.
Nothing found.
Good to go with a verbal warning.
All right?