OFFICER: Have you
ever met the mom? WOMAN: Pretty very
close once upon a time. WOMAN: When my son was gone,
she packed the kids up, brought them to me, said she'd
be back in a couple hours, and never came back. [MUSIC - INNER CIRCLE, "BAD
BOYS"] (SINGING) Whatcha
want, Whatcha want, whatcha gonna do when Sheriff
John Brown come for you. OFFICER COX: I responded to back
up my partner, Deputy Fancher, on a custody exchange where
all the parties are known to have a criminal
history, and they're all known to be violent
and very emotional. Initially, we made contact
with the grandparents who had custody of the
three minor children. And apparently,
there's some bad blood between the mother of the
child and their father who was currently
incarcerated here in Nevada. OFFICER FANCHER: Long
story short, mom's here to take the kids. WOMAN: Mom can't have the kids. I have custody of the kids. OFFICER FANCHER: Do you
have documentation for that? WOMAN: Yes, I do. OFFICER FANCHER: Let me
see the court documents. WOMAN: These children
don't even know that woman. OFFICER FANCHER: Is she here? WOMAN: She walked out on
these children four years ago. That baby doesn't
even know who she is. OFFICER FANCHER: OK,
this is just a notary. OFFICER COX: Got
something from the court? OFFICER FANCHER: This
isn't from the court. So this is what I
have for you, OK? By law, she has custody
of the children legally. Well, it's always tough
when you're dealing with child custody issues. And you know, frankly, when
law enforcement gets thrust into it, we're the middlemen. This is one of those cases I
was super glad there was a court order because you really
don't know who to believe. They all have
criminal backgrounds, and you don't know the kids are
going to be better off with, the grandmother or the mother. As both parties
began to conversate, they embraced immediately. I know my partner and I were
thinking it's smooth sailing after this, but
unfortunately, you can tell that there's going
to be bad blood forever between the two of them. WOMAN: I'm on my way
to try to get them to [INAUDIBLE],, which
I guess they're not going to [INAUDIBLE]. OFFICER FANCHER: [INAUDIBLE]
you got your stuff together? WOMAN: No, I want to
just take them and go. WOMAN: How are you? WOMAN: Hi. OFFICER FANCHER: Got
your stuff together? WOMAN: I love my kids. I need my kids back. WOMAN: How are you going to
take care of them [INAUDIBLE] the motel? WOMAN: I don't live in a motel. We got a house. WOMAN: You got a house now? WOMAN: We got a house. I got a job. My kids are going to
be well taken care of. That you don't have
to worry about. If they were really
that [INAUDIBLE] would not be sitting
in prison right now. Plain and simple,
he is their father. He should be here
with them, not you. DISPATCHER: South 83. WOMAN: Michelle, I've
had these kids damn near since they were born. WOMAN: It doesn't matter. OFFICER COX: It's hard
to tell if they're really out for the best
interests of the kids or they're just trying to have a
personal victory for themselves because they dislike
the other party so much. WOMAN: I love you with
all my heart, baby. OFFICER COX: How do you think
the kids will adapt to it? WOMAN: They'll be fine once
I get them away from her. OFFICER COX: OK. WOMAN: They'll be fine. OFFICER COX: OK. WOMAN: And then I promise
you, it's going to be OK. OK? I promise. Come on. Come on. OFFICER COX: You ready? Come on. You can tell that there's
some history there, and you can see
that the kids don't want to go with their mom. You can tell they love
grandma, and they're comfortable with grandma. But hopefully, over time they
can learn to adapt to mom. And they can have a
loving relationship, and everybody can get along.
