WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:02.280 My name's Nate Holiday and I'm a deputy 2 00:00:02.280 --> 00:00:04.380 with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office. 3 00:00:04.380 --> 00:00:06.300 We protect life and property. 4 00:00:06.300 --> 00:00:08.910 We proactively enforce South Carolina laws 5 00:00:08.910 --> 00:00:11.880 through vehicle stops, pedestrian contacts 6 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:13.770 and we extra patrol businesses, 7 00:00:13.770 --> 00:00:16.860 residential areas in order to prevent crime. 8 00:00:16.860 --> 00:00:19.620 I do a lot of driving, a lot of talking to people, 9 00:00:19.620 --> 00:00:21.220 deal with people at their worst. 10 00:00:22.230 --> 00:00:24.540 I'm a problem solver. 11 00:00:24.540 --> 00:00:26.250 A deputy will wear many hats. 12 00:00:26.250 --> 00:00:28.890 Sometimes we're counselors, 13 00:00:28.890 --> 00:00:31.950 sometimes we physically restrain people, 14 00:00:31.950 --> 00:00:34.620 sometimes we physically seize people. 15 00:00:34.620 --> 00:00:36.390 We deal with drugs a lot, 16 00:00:36.390 --> 00:00:38.340 we deal with guns, we deal with violence. 17 00:00:38.340 --> 00:00:41.370 Or we could deal with a simple civil disturbance. 18 00:00:41.370 --> 00:00:45.120 So every day is a new day, every call is a new call. 19 00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:46.740 It could be a plethora of different things 20 00:00:46.740 --> 00:00:49.320 that we come in contact with. 21 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:51.360 The other day I was driving in between calls 22 00:00:51.360 --> 00:00:52.950 and I had a gentleman 23 00:00:52.950 --> 00:00:55.050 that pulled out in front of an 18 wheeler 24 00:00:55.050 --> 00:00:58.440 in the lane beside me, and I was in the left lane 25 00:00:58.440 --> 00:01:00.390 and he basically pulled out in front of both of us, 26 00:01:00.390 --> 00:01:01.830 almost caused a wreck. 27 00:01:01.830 --> 00:01:05.040 So I stopped him for the improper turn. 28 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:06.570 I approached the vehicle. 29 00:01:06.570 --> 00:01:09.660 He's showing me extreme signs of nervousness 30 00:01:09.660 --> 00:01:12.150 beyond that of the innocent motoring public 31 00:01:12.150 --> 00:01:14.610 and also his vehicle smells like marijuana. 32 00:01:14.610 --> 00:01:15.990 So in the state of South Carolina 33 00:01:15.990 --> 00:01:18.570 that'll give us probable cause to search. 34 00:01:18.570 --> 00:01:23.570 So before we dove into that, I saw some evidence 35 00:01:24.960 --> 00:01:26.340 that there would be a firearm in the vehicle 36 00:01:26.340 --> 00:01:30.300 and asked him, "Hey man, how many guns are in this car?" 37 00:01:30.300 --> 00:01:33.270 And he admitted to the presence of one firearm, 38 00:01:33.270 --> 00:01:35.430 said it was underneath his seat, 39 00:01:35.430 --> 00:01:37.830 said he did not have the proper documentation 40 00:01:37.830 --> 00:01:39.600 to carry that firearm in that manner. 41 00:01:39.600 --> 00:01:42.300 So we got some backup rolling. 42 00:01:42.300 --> 00:01:45.630 But I was able to take him into custody by myself, 43 00:01:45.630 --> 00:01:48.210 and he was charged with unlawful carry 44 00:01:48.210 --> 00:01:49.830 and he's now a documented gang member 45 00:01:49.830 --> 00:01:52.020 because of my traffic stop. 46 00:01:52.020 --> 00:01:55.440 I guess one of our divisions is civil process. 47 00:01:55.440 --> 00:01:59.070 So something that you don't think of when you watch "Cops." 48 00:01:59.070 --> 00:02:01.230 They don't show the deputies going out 49 00:02:01.230 --> 00:02:05.010 and telling people, Hey, you're now on trespass 50 00:02:05.010 --> 00:02:07.500 at X business or whatever. 51 00:02:07.500 --> 00:02:09.930 Or Hey, here's some family court paperwork 52 00:02:09.930 --> 00:02:11.790 that you need to be served 53 00:02:11.790 --> 00:02:14.370 in order to fully understand the process 54 00:02:14.370 --> 00:02:17.700 that you're going through within the justice system. 55 00:02:17.700 --> 00:02:19.860 So I would say civil processes is something 56 00:02:19.860 --> 00:02:21.990 that not a lot of folks know about. 57 00:02:21.990 --> 00:02:24.300 A lot of folks know about, like traffic enforcement 58 00:02:24.300 --> 00:02:26.970 or we go to a domestic violence call 59 00:02:26.970 --> 00:02:28.110 or an active shooter call, 60 00:02:28.110 --> 00:02:30.873 but there's a lot of just mundane, 61 00:02:31.740 --> 00:02:34.200 routine stuff that happens. 62 00:02:34.200 --> 00:02:37.383 It's mixed in with the action stuff that you see on TV.