Donna Dillon and her husband were winding down and getting ready to watch Netflix after spending an ideal summer evening in their home’s pool with their four children.

Dillon peered out the window at her usually quiet Knoxville, Tennessee, cul-de-sac and saw around 10 officers in the driveway, along with a cameraman filming for the “On Patrol: Live” police television reality show, she said.

“Is Jacob OK?” Dillon yelled as she came out in a panic, thinking something happened to her son who had just left home, body camera footage showed.

The expression on her face changed from concern to pure shock as an officer came behind her and put her arms in handcuffs, the video showed.

Restrained on her front steps next to her 17-year-old son, Dillon learned she was under arrest on a 3-year-old warrant she says she didn’t know existed and stemmed from a dismissed misdemeanor charge. “If this is on any social media, you all are going to be in trouble,” Dillon told the officers.

She pleaded with the officers to handcuff her arms in front to avoid causing her pain because she was recovering from shoulder replacement surgery, the video showed. While they changed the handcuffs after about 5 minutes, Dillon was kept in that agonizing position for more than four hours in the back of a patrol vehicle, she said.

A year after her arrest, Dillon filed a lawsuit in June against Knox County, the sheriff and four deputies, alleging the frightening ordeal only happened because they were filming for the show and used a stale warrant to make “dramatic content.”

About a week before the lawsuit, the sheriff’s office announced it would no longer participate in the show, without providing a reason. Legal representatives for the sheriff’s office declined to comment on the case due to pending litigation.

The sheriff’s office wrote on social media the show was an opportunity to “share a glimpse into the commitment and sacrifice of the men and women who proudly serve this community” while acting with “professionalism, compassion, and dedication.”

Such police reality TV shows have long faced criticism over allegations they exploit real people with increased risk-taking for “made-for-television” arrests and present ethical problems, often at the expense of marginalized communities.