Dr. Insanity - when cops have to arrest their friends

Episode Date: December 25, 2025

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Cops are usually dealing with people and criminals they've never seen before. But what happens when instead it's their own friends that they have to arrest? Hey nobody jumped out, Buck! Get they done! Kevin! Stay out of this, Kevin! Here are three examples of this happening, starting with the case of Buck Preston. Buck?

What? You know, you ain't got a driver's license. Don't give this, please. I got to. Man, goddamn, Michael, please. I got to. No, no, listen to me. No.

The sheriff sent me. The sheriff, captain, I mean, they've seen you driving, we got to get you. One of the cons to small town living is that everybody knows each other, including the cops. The town sheriff claims to have seen Buck driving his Chevy pickup, but nearly every cop in town knows he doesn't have his license. So what else is there for Buck to do to try and explain his way out of it? I'm telling you, I'm just trying to tell you something. Listen, if you're listening, the person that was driving this truck just jumped out of the fucking

on goddamn late morality and god damn i had no other way to get it here buddy i swear to god i i'm not going to drive anymore i promise you i got to god damn michael i please 31 to 28 you 501 this way that's crazy oh bro i just passed it you just passed him yeah on see he said no he didn't i swear to god he did michael i just swear to god if you listen to me bro i swear to god we're about to right now sure if he's stating someone jumping out behind the wheel yeah and i'm trying to get my truck home that's it but bruck I swear to God, brother. You can't get a driver's license in the state of Florida, dude.

That's how bad it is. Buck's story is that his friend was driving his truck, but ditched him out near a lake, leaving him with no option but to drive back home himself. Unfortunately for Buck, though, we are in the 21st century, and the officer reminds him he could have just called someone with a license to drive him back, and that he still broke the law regardless of the circumstances. Predictably, Buck wasn't very happy about this. I get it, but man, you still can't drive, bro.

Pull it off the road and wait for someone has a valid license. Go, that one. What? Let's go. That's crazy, dude. Would you tell him? No, let's go, Buck. I'm not playing this game.

What do you mean? I'm trying. I'm telling you the truth. Nobody jumped out. Don't get on it. Don't get on it offwood! Man, I'm telling you tell you something. I'm not.

Nobody jumped out, Buck. This again. Kevin, did they not? Did they not- Stay out of this, Kevin! Did they not? Kevin, back off. Kevin, you stay out of this.

Did they not jump out? Go ahead. I'm telling you. I'm telling you. I'm going to run for me like that. Despite the chase not lasting very long at all, all this did was add an extra charge to Buck's already fairly long list. And given how close everyone seems to be here,

you just know this police chase is going to be the talk of the town. Part of the struggle on the ground had to be cut, but the cops reported that Buck resisted so hard that they had to deploy a taser to make him calm down. The footage returns when Buck was fully restrained and handcuffed. Buck was taken to the officer's patrol vehicle and driven back to the station. Obviously angry, he decided to make the conversation on the way back personal.

I don't talk to you about your mom and this. Leave my family out of this dog. I'm saying, would she be proud of you from the... for sticking that fucking taser to me when I was not even resistant when you got that, not that. You're resisting. How the fuck out?

What? You had me? Yeah, that's why we had each other in headlocks. Whatever. Look, Buck. Stop bringing my mom to it. There's little information about what happened to Buck after this video, but it's likely he was charged with driving

without a license and resisting arrest. There's an argument that Buck could also be hit with fleeing to elude an officer, but this is a felony that comes with a five-year prison sentence. It's more likely the officer gave his friend the misdemeanor charge worth just a couple months in jail. It's unlikely the suspects in this next case got the same treatments, though, as it wasn't just a civilian caught breaking the law, but also their cop friend. Hello. How are you doing?

The reason I stopped for you is your right brake light is out. Who do you work for? So, do you stop me when my right brake lot is out? Yeah. What I'm asking you both? DCS. What? DCS.

What's DCS? You don't know what DCS? Department of Children of Services. As he mentioned, the suspect named Petra Edgerton was originally pulled over for a broken brake light, but the officer quickly noticed something else, a police badge around Petra's neck. Firstly, this cop doesn't recognize the supposed officer,

but it's also unusual to see a police officer driving around in a broken car. Something feels off. So the cop decides to investigate further. See your license then? Do you have your badge on you? Like your ID badge? ID badge for being a police officer.

See, this is what you're asking for all those questions. Right. It's not my right brake motor. So if you're a police officer, you understand what probable cause is, right? So what's the problem is on? Your right brake lights out. My right brake light wasn't out. We'd probably be out of the gas station.

Yeah, it is. It's out right now. The car wasn't even on. Doesn't matter, you're driving with a brake light out on the streets, so it's an equipment violation. I saw it when you were pulling out. At this point, the brake light issue is the least of the cop's worries. It's difficult to classify what exactly an off-duty officer is supposed to act like, but something about Pectra is triggering alarm bells for the cop.

She's acting defensive, being closed off, and giving strange, vague answers to questions that a real cop would be able to answer. So it's time to quit the games and figure out exactly. exactly what's going on here. Look, long story short, I just want to know who you work for. And that's the issue. Why do you want to know who I work for? Because I've never seen you around here before.

You're not a police officer that works here. You don't know who I am. That's right. Right. So are you a police officer or are you not a police officer? So because a black person walks into a store with a badge and a gun, it's an issue. It has nothing to do with you being black. Are you a police officer or you're not a police officer?

You're not a police officer? No. So why would you go into quick trip and get free food with you? your badge and gun? It does. You don't have to be a police officer to go in there. I've been doing it for three months. So you're not a certified police officer?

It's not probable cause. It's a personal thing. There are a dozen ways for a cop to prove that they work for a certain agency. For example, she could give the name of her department and supervisor and have the cop check the names with them. This would only take a couple minutes and any real cop would know this. So the fact that she's getting defensive instead and turning this into a personal thing is, thing is a huge red flag. It's also clear that

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Just minutes earlier, she was seen inside the store presenting her badge and gun to the cashier and walking out with free food. This isn't just cop impersonation, it's theft. So the cop needs to get to the bottom of this. Did I steal food from the trip? Yeah, if you're not a police officer. I did not steal food. I went up to the rectsue, spoke to the guy that works there and told him I had a

So you're presenting yourself as a police officer with your badge and your gun on the side. Okay. Do you understand that? I do understand that. But my issue with you is, you see that, you say because you never seen me before. So who do you work for? Who do you work for? Are you working?

How long have you been working? 12 years, 13 years. So how do you not know the DCS is? Like I said, is the Department of Children's Services? What is it? Explain it to me. I don't have to explain myself. Since he's not myself, you know, if we want to give me a six, so like, you know what's your license? Since he's getting nothing out of Pectra, the cop decides to call up DCS himself, and his suspicions get instantly confirmed.

Who's your supervisor? What does that have to do with you, is you've told me your police officer, or you're an officer for DCS. I've got DCS on the phone. They say you don't work there. So who's your supervisor? It seems that the suspect knows at least. something about policing as she chooses to remain silent from now on. So the cop turns his attention to the passenger of this vehicle, who at this point hasn't said a word.

When he asks for her ID, he gets a huge surprise. I have one of your employees here, Brandy Green. She was with her friend, Pectra Edgerton. Brandy decided that she was going to give Pectra her badge and her gun to go into Quick Trip and get some food. So I pulled them over for a broken tail light. Pectra was driving. She had the badge on and the gun on. When I pulled them over, she identified herself as a DCS officer and then later admitted to not being a DCS officer. And your employee, Brandy Green, admitted to giving her the gun and the baths to go into quick trip to get the free food.

After investigating just a little further, both Pectra and the actual cop, Brandy Green, admit to everything. Following the incident, Brandy resigned from her job at the DCS and Pectra is facing felony charge. for impersonation, carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison. There's many more examples of these cops that seem to just forget they also need to follow the rules, just like Corporal Scott Burtzik did on New Year's Day, 2021. When Officer Brooke Shutterly arrived at the scene of a car crash, she realized it wasn't just her supervisor at the wheel, but a good friend of hers. So, uh...

Reached out for my lighter, slammed him to his ass. Not really. Not really. Are you okay? Oh yeah, no, I'm good. Your car sucked up. No, absolutely. Which I just right now.

Fucking fucked. Obviously, Brooke and Scott are familiar with each other, and curiously, Scott holds nothing back when describing exactly how the incident went down. It's clear that Scott is the one at fault here, so before going any further, Brooke decides to call back to the base to ask whether or not it's okay for her. her to be handling this incident. This crash, um, Bertie, ASO come work it?

Okay. I can't remember. It's been a long time since I've worked a crash with one of us in it. So, no, he's not on duty. He's in his POV. I just didn't want there to be any, like, conflict of interest type issues. All right. That was it.

I just want to make sure. Yay. Bye. Brook is given the go ahead and told that there should be no issues with her handling this case, but that was before she noticed this. You good? Uh, way. Huh?

Way down his way. He's not coming. Good? Walking home, but yep, I'm good. So, Bertie, you're giving me some indicators? Oh. Listen, listen. Listen.

Daldez is coming out just to, I'm not going to lie to you about it. She's on her way? Yeah, she's on her way. I'm not really comfortable with this whole thing at all. But I'm not going to lie to you about it. Oh, no. I don't mean to put you in that indie? Yep.

From now on, you know how it goes? You can't consume anything, okay? Because right now you're being detained. Hey, what? It's obvious that Scott is under the influence of something. Judging by his slurred speech, slowed reactions, and slight loss of motor control, Brooke is fairly sure he's been drinking. At this point, Scott is no longer her supervisor.

He's just a suspect in a case. and what's more, he's drunk and likely unpredictable, a combination which can be incredibly threatening to a female officer. Please don't make my life difficult. You all saw the heiress tour. Now it's time to go backstage. Discover the story behind the phenomenal heiress tour in Taylor Swift, the end of an era, on Disney Plus.

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I'm very uncomfortable right now. And I apologize for putting you in that position. Are you on? Yes. Yes, I am. And I'm going to remain on? Fair enough. Integrity.

You know you can't smoke right now. Why? Because if I'm gonna do a DUI investigation, it impedes it, so you can't consume anything. I want to get that dog. That is a really cute dog. Fear aggression issue. You can always train a dog. No.

You can't consume anything. You're killing me. I'm trying. Brian. It's too late now! After a short wait, another officer arrives at the scene, meaning they can finally start getting to the bottom of all of this with some sobriety tests. These lasted over 10 minutes, but it's not hard to tell how they went by just looking at

a few seconds of them. You may begin the test. One, two, three. Judging by this and the overwhelming amounts of evidence against him at this point, the officers thought it was safe to conclude that Scott had been drinking that night and decided it was time to put him in coughs, something he was far from happy about. There's things that we can do to fix this way. They have been fucking everything.

It's got the hinge locks. Despite Scott being one of the most polite and respectful suspects ever on this channel, he was actually hit with a better sentence than the majority of criminal cops. After blowing a 0.156 back at the station, he was charged with driving under the influence and damaging property. He was ordered to pay just under $1,000 in fines, serve 50 hours of community service, and take multiple substance abuse in DUI classes, and had his driver's license suspended for six months. also sued by the driver of the vehicle he hit and a cash settlement was reached and on top of

all of that he also was suspended without pay for a week and given a last chance agreement meaning one more slip up and he was out for good