recording. >> You got anything to drink tonight? You want to take me out? Good for you. I won't get shot, will I? No. >> Nobody's getting shot. >> Just fine, sweetheart. >> My name is Officer Brown, not sweetheart. >> We ain't going to be on TikTok, are we? >> Welcome to Swamp Cop. >> How you doing tonight, sir? >> Wildlife officer. How you doing tonight, sir? >> At night, a small boat with no navigational lights displayed. >> Searching for your anchors? >> Yeah. >> All right. Where's your uh your anchor light at, sir? You don't have any light on? No, I just I see better in the dark. >> Okay. You still got to have an all around white light on. >> I know. >> All right. You got your registration for the boat? >> Yep. >> Okay. >> Probably. >> All right. If you wouldn't mind grabbing that for me. All right. At least you got your life jacket. >> Woo. That thing does look rough. Still counts. All right. You have a sound producing device of some sort on the boat. Whistle. born. >> It's It's been What's your >> 947? >> I'm Officer Brown. >> Nice to meet you, Officer Brown. >> All right. So, what's going on with your light? You just You didn't bring it tonight. You don't have one? >> Yes, sir. Absolutely. No, I have a light. I just >> Okay. >> Everything's on the sea wall. And I was like, >> "All right. >> My woman's getting a little agitated because she said she don't like that." And I was like, >> "Do >> you have any uh any warnings or tickets through us? Have you have you have you been given citations by us before by FWC?" >> Oh, yes, absolutely. But just we clear we got the uh yellow sticker. >> Yellow sticker. >> Yeah. With the when the Coast Guard and all that boarded us up and all that stuff. >> Oh, the Coast Guard. >> They put the just the dive with FWC. >> Where's uh where's your sailboat at? Your main sailboat? Our boat's tied up over there at the wall and I went out here to find the y my orange ball tied up to the anchors. >> So you got an orange ball out here with your anchor attached to it. >> Yes, cuz we had to get out cuz the storm. >> Oh, okay. Okay. >> Cuz we busted. Remember that storm like three weeks ago? Yeah. >> Busted off and just and my puppet just >> when he knocked on the boat, >> it was sitting under his uh solar pan. >> Are you looking to bring your boat back out here now or something? Not at this moment. I was just making sure our anchors People are shady out here. >> Yeah, they are. >> Just I promised that one. >> Yeah, they are. My system is down right now, so I can't look and see if you have any anchor light tickets through us. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt this time. I'm going to put in a warning that I talked to you about your anchor light. >> I have anchor tickets. >> You've had anchor light tickets? >> Yes. >> Absolutely. >> Well, you're not helping your cons right now. I'm trying to tell you. I'm about to give you a warning for your anchor light. All right. Uh, I patrol in here pretty often. If I see you out here again with unlit unlit like that actually see better in the night. >> I I understand. Well, put it behind you. You know, put put it behind you. >> I did and it started just up to the boat and all that breaking it loose. I used to have one of them lights on. >> It ain't got to be as bright as the sun, but you got to have something so people can see you. >> See if you can get close. >> What are you guys bumping off of? >> Huh? >> I felt something bump. Oh, I was just trying to keep us away from the other boats, that's all. >> This a Carolina skiff. >> Huh? >> Carolina skiff? >> Yes, sir. 16. >> So, you're going to bring that back out tomorrow? Is that the plan? >> No. No. What's the storm doing? >> Oh, this next one. I don't know. >> Me neither. It's It's like I said, I think it's last I heard it's supposed to fall. >> My woman wants to come back out and then we're looking at the storm and I was like, we least need to find the orange. I hope we're just anchors are there. Just did somebody cut her. >> Mr. Hickox, this is a warning to document that I spoke with you tonight about your uh I have an all-around white light. Okay, this me. Have you had anything to drink tonight? Yes, I've had a few. >> How many have you had? >> About six. >> Six? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Listen, because I'm talking with you. You're out here unlit. Easy, Liz. >> Sorry. >> Turn to the right. >> No, I got pushed off the just I'm tied up here, so it left with my app. >> Sorry about that. I wanted to go. >> So, listen. I'm really concerned about you being out here and being unlit and everything. I'm going home. Okay. Um, having said that, I'm going to ask you to step over to my boat for just a minute. Liz, she's going to drive the boat. I'm just going to come over here. I want you to come over. Just want to check you out to make sure you're good. Good to drive. You do that for me. >> Just come over. Let me check you out real quick. Over on the front of the boat. >> Okay. >> Here. Just come up to the front. >> Do you have your ID with you or anything like that? My ID is busted in. >> And you're George Michael Hickox, right? >> Yes, sir. >> What's your birthday? >> 302573. >> Okay. Here. Let me get these bags out of the way and just have a seat right here for me. Okay. You all right, Mr. Hickox? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. All right. >> Do you have any physical defects or disabilities? >> Oh, yeah. >> But I ain't going to go into that. Okay. So, we can't even go Yeah, I thought cancer and all >> kind. It's kind of yes or no. >> Yeah, I got back just high blood pressure and I'm just >> Okay. Okay. All right. Are you currently taking any medication or drugs? >> No, I'm out of blood pressure medicine. I'm stressed out and stuff like that. Just can't get this. >> All right. I'll go through it with you. Just give me one second. I need just a little bit of light. >> Just evaluating your ability to operate. I'm not trying to be mean to you or anything like that. Okay. >> Be my friend. All right. >> I want to go home. >> Well, I I understand, but I need >> Right. But I I need you to stay seated. Okay. All right. >> So, let me read the instructions. All right. Focus on me. Focus on me. Okay. Make a fist with both hands. Extend your index fingers and turn your palms forward. Remain in this position while I explain the task. I won't get shot. Will I No, just I just >> Fine, man. Make a fist with both hands. There you go. Extend your index finger, palms forward. There you go. Remain in this position while I explain the task. When I tell you to touch the tip of your nose with the tip of your index finger, immediately return it to your sight. All right. All right. Let me let me demonstrate it. That way I can give you every every opportunity. Okay. Begin. Okay. Left, right, left, right, right, left. Okay, open your eyes and straighten your head. All right, >> it's a great void. Everybody left. So we ain't got a con catastrophe out here. >> Okay made on. >> All right. So the next task we're going to move into is the palm pad. Okay. I want you to place your hands palm to palm with one hand up and one hand down like this. >> Are you kidding me? I'm a mechanic. My hands don't work that way. >> Like this. >> There you go. Remain in this position while I explain the task. When I tell you to begin, turn the top hand over and count out loud one. Then turn the hand back over and count out loud two. One, one, two, one, two. Repeat this. Speed up as you go. >> And do and do not stop until you are told. One, two, one, two, one, two. Unless I had to turn that hand. It just I might not have followed. It's like playing patty cake drifting past. >> Okay. Supposed to keep going though. >> Yeah. along. >> Just keep going until one, two, one, two. >> Speed up. Try to speed it up. One, two, one, two. Okay, that's fine. One, two, one, two, one, two. >> That's fine. >> Double time. >> I want you to make a fist with both hands. Place your left fist at the center of your chest and your right fist against your left fist. Like this. Like this. >> Like an American. >> Like this. Remain in this position while I explain the task. Do you understand that? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. When I say begin, you must perform four tasks. Okay. The first task is to count out loud from 1 to four while you move your fist in a step-like fashion, making contact between your fist at each step. Like one, two, three, four. >> What? Two, three, four. Like walking up. One, two, three, four. The second task is to move your fist in a step-like fashion in reverse order, counting out loud from five to eight and returning your left fist to your chest. >> Five, six, seven, eight. Five, six, seven, eight. Got it back to my heart. >> The fourth task is to open your hands, palms down, and place them in your lap. Do you understand? I can read through it again. Do you want me to? >> My hands are in my lap. >> Okay. All right. You ready to begin? Do you want me to go through it one more time? >> Oh, we're going to do it now. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. So, we're going forward first, right? You want me to go through the instructions? >> Be on Tik Tok, are we? >> No, we're not on Tik Tok. >> So, >> begin. >> One, two, three, four. Bring it back. And then, five, six. Just Are you kidding me? These tests are like just like I'm 47 years old. I'm just just >> okay. >> I've been hit with chemo and all that, so my memory is not all that well. I understand. >> Just >> I'm a grown man. I worked my ass off and all that stuff. I was just out here just >> Yes, sir. I understand. >> Bless your heart. Just >> All right. >> All right. So, here's the deal, sir. >> I know. I believe you'd be impaired. >> Just do it to it. >> All right, I'm going to put them on nice and gentle. Don't give me no issues. We'll be as gentle with you. >> This is >> All right. Not too tight. Listen, you being cool with me, I'm going to be just as cool with you. All right. I don't want to do anything too hard. >> I don't want to be rough or anything. All right. >> 614390. Just call my woman. Make sure I >> All right. All right. We got to do something with your boat. We can't keep it here. What can we do? >> Oh, dude. You could take it over to my boat over there in the canal. >> Tie it up. >> Yeah, that's why that's why I'm asking. >> That's about as loose as I can make. All right. Try not to hit you with anything else. >> Just Liz. Uh, we need to secure the boat and then we need to go to Coastg Guard Marathon. >> Coast Guard Marathon. >> Yeah. All right. Can you help us tell us where we can put your boat at? >> I just told you. right over there down the canal. You ain't listen to a effing thing I said to you. >> All right. Well, we're trying. >> You won. You won. Hey, good for you. >> We're trying to help you. >> You just took a hon No, you just took an honest man out of theing game. >> Truthfully, I was just looking for my ball sitting over there. So, what? I didn't have a light on my boat. Everything's all up toing par. And you did just And you're going to take me out. Good for you. Good for you. You know what? I ain't even going to talk [ __ ] I'm going to just see that light over there. Just head that way. >> I'll guide you into there. No, just that bright light right there. Head that way and then you make the Just >> All right. So, I got to search you. >> No, go on. Just search. I ain't got [ __ ] on me. >> All right. Anything at all I need to worry about. >> A lighter. Oh my god. That's fine. You can have a lighter cigarette. >> No, I didn't bring them with me cuz I just come out here to find my boat. >> Yeah, I understand, man. I understand. >> No, you don't. >> Is that your only pocket? >> What's the charge? >> All right. So, we stopped you for >> BUI, right? >> We stopped you for uh not having a all-around white light visible for two nautical miles. Yeah, but that ain't why I got cuffs on my [ __ ] >> And then uh we believe you to be operating the vessel while your faculties are impaired. Okay. >> The what? >> Why? Your faculties. >> Your faculties. >> Your faculties, which is your manipulations, your speech, your your mannerisms, your your ability to process information. Those are your faculties, >> [ __ ] I processed every [ __ ] bit of your information just [ __ ] fine. >> All right. >> Just fine. >> Yes, sir. >> No, you you pulled the test out. >> Yes, sir. >> You checked it. You put your checks and all that right in. Just I was honest, man. I come out here. I went just I wasn't doing no fouls or nothing like that. >> All you want. >> Okay. Where? Help help guide us in where we need to take your boat. >> Find my boat. No, it's right there. See that light? >> No, keep to your left. Just over on port side because you're going to run into the shallows of No, there's a marker over there to the right on your starboard side. You got to go that way >> and there. Right. Right there. No. Look. See? Yeah. See the brake on the wall? >> Make a turn >> now. >> Go. Yes. Go that way. Slow it. Just idle. >> Go to the port side. Keep >> an eye on your depth gauge and just idle in. >> Go. It's not that. Just go to port side. Well, you can not listen or nothing. Just I guess I'm a [ __ ] I'm soed up. I got to go to jail, right? >> And I'm guiding your guys to smoke to my house. >> I'm going to jail. I don't know where you live, sir. >> Well, I ain't so in incoherent that I can't take you there. >> You're doing just fine, sweetheart. Just keep the Just keep to the Just >> My name is Officer Brown, not sweetheart. >> Officer Brown, keep Just stay your course right now. Stay your course. You're doing me dirty. >> Have them coordinate. >> You're doing me dirty. Just >> you're doing >> not doing you dirty, sir. >> Yes, you are. >> I'm not. Well, okay. So, >> I was just searching for my home. >> And then are you going to uh jump off and tie the skiff off and all that stuff? >> Of course. >> Okay. Will you allow me one cigarette before you take me to jail? >> I cannot, sir. >> Of course not. >> Well, All right. So, I got to put this on you. >> [ __ ] insult. >> It's It's policy, man. It's not me. It's policy. >> Yeah. You and your policy. >> It's going to ruin you. >> If I don't do it, I get in trouble. >> Where's Yet at? >> So, what you did to me? You just locked me into the courts and all that stuff. Just right. So, I can't live no more. >> The seaw wall. Hey, love. Hey, love. Come up. I'm going to jail. >> Going to jail. >> For what? >> Cuz he's anshole. >> Man, we need to we need to find a way to secure his boat. Uh, can we put it right here on the seaw wall? >> Cuz I went out and look for our ball so we can go. >> Pull up right here. Yep. >> I told you not to go. >> Watch. Why are you going to jail, though? You did nothing wrong. >> He's under arrest for boating under the influence. >> Yeah. >> All we were trying to do was go home. That's all That's all he was doing. He was going home to find our anchors so we can go home after the storm. >> Okay. Well, I need to turn this boat over to somebody who's going to take it. Get the boat, love. I can't stand up because then I get shot and killed and all something like >> Nobody's getting shot. Just just >> just have a seat and calm down. Okay. >> You know this sucks, don't you? >> I'm just out here doing my job. >> Yes, it's really happening. Hey, love. Keep in mind that our boat's right there on that bulkhead right there too. Keep in mind on that the pump's in there and just put the 12 volts on it. Those where it's going to sink. >> You could have given him a warning or anything. >> We did give him a warning >> of what? >> For being out being out there with no light. You couldn't even see him. >> Right. I understand. So, we conducted a field of exercises and he is impaired. I smelt it. I saw it. >> He just got off work a hour ago. >> You got camera? >> Yeah. >> You have children? I do not. >> All four of us. >> Yeah. Okay. >> All right. Mr. Hicks, go ahead and stand up and walk back here. >> This is my supervisor, Kenny Getter. Go ahead and step up. >> Okay. >> Or you can step right there. >> Just or right there. Either or. >> No. No. Watch this. There you go. I can do this. Just I'm handcuffed. So, I'm just >> Yeah. You don't hurt yourself on me. >> Hold on. There's one thing I haven't heard yet. >> My morandom rights. Those have not been read to me or nothing. Huh. So, are we forgetting how the process used to really work? >> No. been arrested several times back in the day. >> Well, you're not the first person I've ever arrested. So, uh, >> don't I have rights? >> You do have rights. >> Well, read them to me. >> Okay. >> And where's that waiver where I sign that waiver? >> Well, when I start asking you my random rights >> when I start asking you questions about your criminal activities, just your stuff just please read me my rights cuz you should have read them before you took me into custody. >> Absolutely not, sir. You're incorrect. No, absolutely. >> But I'm not going to I'm not going to uh >> Oh, sure. Are you >> argue that with you? >> But truthfully, they should have been read before I was put in the vehicle because then just on the ride down home just everything I said couldn't be used to this. So, >> ask your lawyer, sir. >> Honestly, no. I'm I'm asking you. >> Ask your lawyer. >> So, this is the uh operator appraisal and interview. You sure you don't want to provide a sample? Because it's about to ask you. >> Cut the games. Let's get on. >> I give everybody just let's get on with this one. >> All right. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. Do you understand these rights >> and understand them before you ask them because you should ask me that that before you even ask me questions before you put me in handcuffs. >> I understand you did not follow protocol. I understand that one. >> Do you want me to read them again? >> It's too late cuz you already held. >> Yes, I understand my rights. I understand my rights. >> And with your rights in mind, do you wish to answer some of my questions? >> No. >> No. >> Okay. >> Why would I answer your questions? You have been less than honest with me. >> Okay. >> And you're trying to do a dance and surrender it just >> uh if you would. Signing no just means refused. Okay. >> Sign. >> All right. You got it on camera. It's all recorded and all that. Just know you should have read my rights before you put me in. Okay, so I'm done with you. Uh, you can see the intake nurse. Now, >> if you want to watch one more, here are some of our best swamp cop videos. Thanks for watching.