SOPHIA: 17.

I literally never even carried weed before me until today.

OFFICER: OK, listen to me.

- I don't want to go to jail, please.

OFFICER: I understand you don't want to.

[MUSIC - INNER CIRCLE, "BAD BOYS"]

(SINGING) Bad boys!

Whatcha want, whatcha want, whatcha

gonna do when Sheriff John Brown come for you.

OFFICER: The park is known for people hanging out there,

especially young juveniles, teenagers.

So we rolled up to check out what was going on there.

We saw the white sedan.

I made contact with the female driver

and noticed that there was a male passenger.

They were very cooperative with me.

When I asked them for their information.

I also asked for permission to search the vehicle.

I smelled the odor of marijuana, like that.

So right now all I have is this little marijuana roach.

If it's just that, we'll probably

document that they had drug paraphernalia,

and then let them go.

They either one of them have any records as of right now,

and it gives them a positive outlook on law enforcement.

We'll see if there's anything else.

We'll look through the bag, make sure there's

nothing illegal in the bag.

OK.

There's a handgun.

The passenger left a backpack, his backpack inside the car.

I informed him what I found so he could sit in the car

and just kind of understand the gravity of the situation.

I walked over to the female.

She started getting a little emotional.

I could tell she was scared.

She didn't really know what was going to happen to her.

- I just want to know what's going

to happen with my parents.

Because I want to get home.

I don't want my parents to find out--

- Well, as of right now, you're going

to be charged with possession of marijuana.

And as of right now, he's going to be charged

with possession of a firearm.

- How 'bout me?

What do I do?

- I just told you.

- Yeah, but tell me what I do.

Are my parents going to find out about this?

- They're going to know that you went to jail, yeah,

if I end up arresting--

- Don't arrest me, please, I've never even

had weed on me before.

This is the first time ever.

- It's a very minute amount of marijuana.

There was kind of just really enough to test it to actually

make sure it was marijuana.

So officer discretion, I felt that it would be better

to have her parents deal with her in this situation,

rather than have the law enforcement officer step in.

I understand that she's never been in trouble.

I think that we could leave this to the parents.

- I understand, I understand.

OFFICER: I understand that this is just the beginning of--

she's obviously getting into the wrong crowd,

you get what I'm saying?

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

- Oh, my god, it's my husband calling, he's going to kill me.

Can I just go home?

I'm gonna take to her--

I'm gonna to take her down, I'm gonna talk to her.

- As for the male, he really didn't have a good explanation.

He said that he was walking with some friends

and he found it in the bushes.

You know, I explained to him, why

are you not thinking about what you're doing before you do it?

You know, you can't just pick up a firearm

that you find on the side of the road.

What you have in the car tonight is

an 18-year-old boy is unacceptable.

You have no idea whose it was, if it was stolen.

If it's a murder weapon?

What this is for you is this is a learning experience.

Every action has a consequence,

He seemed generally upset.

But the question is, was he upset that he got caught?

Or was he upset that he actually did something wrong?

We have a huge issue with juveniles and handguns

out here, and we consider this a win-win.

You get a gun off the street.

You put a kid in jail.

Hopefully, it's a learning experience for him.

And you just hope for the best.

OFFICER: Is this decent stuff or is it kind of ditch weed?

GIRL: It's reggie.

OFFICER: It's what?

GIRL: It's reggie, like regular weed.

OFFICER: Oh, OK.

GIRL: Normal.

OFFICER: Well, I've got bad news.

You got to go to jail tonight.

GIRL: OK.

OFFICER: Just bring your hands up away from your body.

Wow, I don't even know if the cuffs will fit on you.