Cops

1989 • FOX
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Season 20 episodes (38)

1 Coast to Coast
9/8/07
Season-only
Faster your seatbelts when the 20th season kicks off featuring Officer Caleb Lenz of the Kansas City, MO, Police Department assisting in the pursuit of a car-jack suspect who has shot an officer. The department stops at nothing to track down the offender and releases a K-9, which eventually sniffs out the suspect. Also featured is Sergeant Jeremiah Marcotte of the Lee County, FL, Sheriff's Office, who responds to a domestic violence call in which a female was harmed by her "best friend".
2 Evidence What Evidence?
9/8/07
Season-only
When Officers Jason Moss and David Honick of the Pittsburgh, PA, Bureau of Police assist in the pursuit of a repeat narcotics felon, they not only find the suspect's discarded stash, but also find that a K-9 unit was hungry for a capture. Also featured is FTO Mike Helms of the Brevard, FL, County Sheriff's Office, who acts as a human lie detector when a drunk driver entangles herself in a web of dishonesty.
3 Coast to Coast
9/15/07
Season-only
When Officer Joe Maltese of the Rialto, CA, Police Department is called to the scene of a possible fight involving guns, he detains a suspect who turns out to be hiding a sawed-off shotgun in his pants. Also featured is Deputy Thomas Gunter of the Brevard County, FL, Sheriff's Office, patrolling an area known for drug trafficking and illicit behavior. When he spots a suspect who starts to flee, the suspect gives up without a fight.
4 Coast to Coast
9/22/07
Season-only
When Deputy Chris Nebel of the Lee County, FL, Sheriff's Office stops a young man for driving without his lights on, he discovers that the suspect is on probation, driving without a license, out after curfew and without proof of ownership of the golf cart. When the kid doesn't think it can get any worse, his mother does not corroborate his story, and the young man is taken to a detention center for breaking curfew. Also featured is Officer Robert Morales of the Rialto, CA, Police Department, responding to an assault with a deadly weapon call where two convenience store employees have been beaten.
5 20 Years Caught on Tape, Pt. 1
9/29/07
Season-only
Fasten your seatbelts for a chair-gripping experience! This one-hour retrospective features classic COPS car chases, super-inebriated suspects, sizzling Tasers, disheartening domestics, problematic perps and gutsy officers from coast to coast. Highlights include: Officers in Fresno, CA, question a stony suspect claiming he's not driving under the influence despite the joint visibly tucked behind his ear. In Albuquerque, NM, a male cross-dresser wearing a leopard one-piece is questioned. In Buffalo, NY, officers wrestle with a massive and hungry python hiding inside a residence. A suspect in Kansas City, MO, is so intoxicated when gets out from behind the wheel, he stumbles and lands a painful face plant. In a heroic rescue in Passaic County, NJ, officers save a man from danger in a raging river.
6 20 Years Caught on Tape, Pt. 2
9/29/07
Season-only
Fasten your seatbelts for a chair-gripping experience! This one-hour retrospective features classic COPS car chases, super-inebriated suspects, sizzling Tasers, disheartening domestics, problematic perps and gutsy officers from coast to coast. Highlights include: Officers in Fresno, CA, question a stony suspect claiming he's not driving under the influence despite the joint visibly tucked behind his ear. In Albuquerque, NM, a male cross-dresser wearing a leopard one-piece is questioned. In Buffalo, NY, officers wrestle with a massive and hungry python hiding inside a residence. A suspect in Kansas City, MO, is so intoxicated when gets out from behind the wheel, he stumbles and lands a painful face plant. In a heroic rescue in Passaic County, NJ, officers save a man from danger in a raging river.
7 Coast to Coast
10/6/07
Season-only
When Officer Deputy Rick Lee of the Brevard County, FL, Sheriff's Office patrols an area known for drug trafficking, he spots a car driving through a parking lot without its lights on. He pulls over the vehicle and the front seat passenger attempts to flee. Also featured is Deputy Robert Wiggs of the Riverside, CA, County Sheriff's called to the scene of a domestic dispute and finds the suspect hiding.
8 Crimes in Progress Special Edition
11/3/07
Season-only
When Detective Aaron Vigil of the Rialto, CA, Police Department assists fellow officers in a pursuit of an intoxicated and dangerous suspect, the situation gets intense after the bandit involves innocent bystanders. Also featured is Deputy Jeffery Grant of the Hillsborough, FL, County Sheriff's Office, who stops a vehicle in a known drug area and finds that the situation is not all it's cracked up to be.
9 700th Episode Special Edition
11/10/07
Season-only
Since the pioneering reality series debuted in 1989, COPS, in its 20th season, has consistently outperformed its competition and has cemented a place in history as one of the longest-running primetime entertainment programs. The series was instrumental in launching the reality genre with its video vérité style. COPS cameras have filmed in over 140 U.S. cities and captured over 2,000 arrests. Tonight COPS celebrates its landmark 700th episode with a vintage, action-packed half-hour of cameras following officers as they patrol and encounter unpredictable suspects and circumstances.
10 Police Pullovers Special Edition #3
11/17/07
Season-only
When Sergeant Jason Hapner of the Indio, CA, Police Department spots a vehicle listed on the hot sheet as stolen, the driver attempts to evade the Sergeant in the vehicle as well as on foot. Also featured is Officer Justin Gauker of the Las Vegas, NV, Metropolitan Police Department, who notices a vehicle stopped in an alley with passengers and no license plate and finds more than just mischief.
11 Stupid Criminals #2
11/24/07
Season-only
When Detective Carl Jones of the Rialto, CA, Police Department spots a stolen vehicle in an alleyway, the driver attempts to evade officers and causes an accident involving a patrol car and two parked cars. Still thinking he has a chance to escape, the suspect flees on foot before he is caught and hauled off to jail. Also featured is Deputy Kelly Simpkins of the Brevard County, FL, Sheriff's Office, who spots a suspicious male lurking in a known drug area. When the suspect is caught red-handed, his family shows nothing but tough love.
12 Coast to Coast
12/1/07
Season-only
When Officer Shawn Ford of the Las Vegas, NV, Metropolitan Police Department is patrolling the Strip, he stops a man who can't seem to keep his hands to himself. When Officer Ford attempts to question the suspect, he doesn't want to cooperate and trouble ensues. Also featured is Deputy Robert Gizzi of the Lee County, FL, Sheriff's Office, who, while patrolling a known drug area, detains a suspect in possession of more than drugs.
13 Coast to Coast
12/8/07
Season-only
When Officer David Lee and Corporal Shannon Whent of the Sacramento, CA, Police Department check up on a suspect with an outstanding warrant, the person flees and the K-9 unit takes over. Also featured is Officer Kenneth McCaffery of the Las Vegas, NV, Metropolitan Police Department stopping a vehicle driving the wrong way down a street.
14 Family Feuds Special Edition
12/15/07
Season-only
Officers from coast to coast handle domestic disputes including Officer Curtis Lawrance of the Las Vegas, NV, Metropolitan Police Department aiding fellow officers in a domestic-violence call.
15 Coast to Coast
1/19/08
Season-only
Officers in Kansas City, Mo., patrol a known drug area and detect trouble when spotting shirtless men wobbling through the middle of the street. In Rialto, Calif., a foot pursuit leads officers to a suspect that reportedly threw a bag of narcotics before hiding in a nearby apartment. Highlighting this episode is a suspect detained for walking in the fountain at The Mirage in Las Vegas, Nev. When officers question the man, they give the coin scrapper a warning for stealing money and make him empty his pockets and return the money to the fountain. Moments later officers are called back to the scene.
16 Coast to Coast
1/26/08
Season-only
When officers in Rialto, CA, are led on a high-speed car chase through busy nighttime streets, the suspect attempts to flee on foot and officers are forced to use a tazer. Cameras also capture a high-speed chase in Sacramento, CA, and a officers in Kansas City, MO, responding to an assault call.
17 Wild Chases Special Edition
2/2/08
Season-only
When officers in Spokane, WA, spot a stolen truck, the suspects take off down country roads and outpace police in an off-road chase through a heavily wooded area. As one officer attempts to keep up with the well-equipped truck, his vehicle catches fire, adding fuel to an already intense situation. Also featured are officers in Rialto, CA, and Palm Beach County, FL, encountering uncertain circumstances when they respond to calls of suspicious behavior and the suspects flee.
18 Stupid Behavior #1 Special Edition
2/2/08
Season-only
When officers in Pomona, CA, become involved in a high-speed chase, a helicopter patrols overhead, and the pursuit is terminated when the fast-moving suspect speeds through an intersection and impacts another vehicle. Also featured are police officers patrolling the streets of Lansing, MI, and Las Vegas, NV, questioning suspects that struggle to remember their name and age.
19 Bad Girls #11 Special Edition
2/16/08
Season-only
When an officer in Riverside, CA, spots a woman with a warrant out for her arrest, a struggle ensues and the wild woman wrestles with the officer until backup arrives. In Las Vegas, NV, an officer encounters a stolen vehicle case which reveals the details of a woman making a desperate drug deal. Also, in Pomona, CA, a stolen-vehicle suspect is questioned and officers are reminded that looks can be deceiving.
20 Chases and Takedowns Special Edition
2/16/08
Season-only
When officers patrolling an area known for drug use in Portland, OR, discover drug-related behavior, they are forced to tackle the suspect as he attempts to swallow the evidence. In Spokane, WA, officers respond to a suspicious-behavior call about a prowler, and when the suspect is approached, he takes flight through a neighborhood. In Leon County, FL, a K-9 unit is used to detain a suspect fleeing in a stolen vehicle.
21 Stupid Criminals #3 Special Edition
2/23/08
Season-only
When officers in Kansas City, MO, pursue a vehicle driven by a homicide suspect, the chase comes to a climatic conclusion when the car careens into a gas station. In Rialto, CA, officers respond to a domestic-violence call involving an angry woman hammering her man for not having enough respect for their intimacy. An officer and his K-9 partner in Sacramento, CA, track an extremely drunk driver.
22 War on Drugs #2 Special Edition
1/23/08
Season-only
When officers patrol the streets of Las Vegas, NV; Kansas City, MO; and Rialto, CA, to fight the war on drugs, skittish suspects attempt to hide their habits by eating, stashing and ditching evidence. One suspect, who is on probation, conceals more than narcotics and faces additional charges.
23 Coast to Coast
3/1/08
Season-only
When officers in Rialto, CA, respond to a disturbance call, an intoxicated suspect attempts to flee on foot. In Las Vegas, NV, officers conduct a bait car operation, and when the suspect drives off in the vehicle, a chase ensues through a crowded casino parking lot. Also featured are officers in Wichita, KS, who arrive at the scene of a domestic disturbance where it's very apparent that there's been physical violence.
24 Coast to Coast
3/8/08
Season-only
When a DUI suspect in Leon County, FL, is pulled over, officers discover the suspect is concealing more than his sobriety. Members of the Portland, OR, Street Crimes Unit make a drug bust in a city park. In Cincinnati, OH, officers respond to public disturbance involving two men fist fighting.
25 Strange Behavior #1 Special Edition
3/15/08
Season-only
When a 70-year old parole violator leads officers on a high-speed chase in Kansas City, MO, spike strips, helicopter patrol and hounds become involved in the pursuit. In Las Vegas, NV, officers investigate a dispute involving two transvestites accused of disturbing the peace. Police officers in Rialto, CA, respond to a traffic accident involving an abandoned and stolen vehicle.
26 Coast to Coast
3/22/08
Season-only
When officers in Las Vegas, NV, respond to a shooting call at a hotel, the suspect gambles and leads a nighttime chase down local streets. Luck runs out for the suspect when the officers combine their evidence with victims' details. In Spokane, WA, officers arrive at the volatile and violent scene of an assault involving two men. Officers in Portland, OR, follow a driver suspected of running drugs.
27 Coast to Coast
3/29/08
Season-only
Shocking footage is captured when officers in Las Vegas, NV, utilize spike strips to slow a speeding stolen vehicle. In Leon County, FL, deputies patrol a known crime area and investigate a suspicious vehicle parked in the middle of the street and smelling of marijuana. Also featured are officers in Lansing, MI, respond to domestic disturbance call.
28 In Denial Special Edition
4/19/08
Season-only
Officers in Portland, OR, follow leads from a confidential informant tied to narcotics trafficking, and when a K-9 unit arrives at the scene, stashes of insurmountable evidence are sniffed out. Also featured are members of the Kansas City (MO) Police Department responding to a "shots fired" call, and officers in Las Vegas investigating a dispute over a bed.
29 Caught In The Act #2 Special Edition
4/26/08
Season-only
When officers in Las Vegas, NV, respond to an armed robbery, they locate the fleeing and sweaty suspect and detain him immediately. As the investigation unfolds, a surveillance camera reveals that shots were fired and crime charges escalate. In Brevard County, FL, a shirtless suspect is chased down and questioned for theft at a local store. Security cameras have captured the crime and the suspect is eventually arrested. Also in Kansas City, MO, officers detect suspicious behavior in front of a house known for meth.
30 Stupid Criminals #4 Special Edition
5/17/08
Season-only
In Portland, OR, officers pull over a suspicious vehicle only to discover a befuddled trio of men and "a 7-year supply" of ecstasy. In Las Vegas, a stabbing suspect causes chase and takes cover in a laundry room dryer. The Sacramento, CA, Police Department collars a criminal with the help from their canine companions.
31 Coast to Coast
5/31/08
Season-only
When officers in Portland, OR, conduct surveillance and detect drug activity, the suspect attempts to swallow evidence. A deputy from Martin County, FL, performs a traffic stop and discovers evidence linking the passenger to a recent crime in the area. In Las Vegas, officers respond to a "shots-fired" call.
32 What Were They Thinking #1 - Special Edition
6/7/08
Season-only
Officers in Palm Beach County, FL, encounter an armed robbery suspect "sleeping" in the woods. When officers in Las Vegas, NV, respond to a home invasion call, they soon discover the suspect may be no stranger to the victim. Officers in Rialto, CA find a man on parole for involuntary manslaughter suspected of drug possession and dealing.
33 What Were They Thinking #2- Special Edition
6/14/08
Season-only
Officers in Palm Beach County, FL, encounter an armed robbery suspect "sleeping" in the woods. When officers in Las Vegas, NV, respond to a home invasion call, they soon discover the suspect may be no stranger to the victim. Officers in Rialto, CA find a man on parole for involuntary manslaughter suspected of drug possession and dealing.
34 Stupid Behavior #2 Special Edition
6/21/08
Season-only
Palm Beach County, FL, deputies search a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot that leads to a discovery of unexpected measures. Officers in Las Vegas respond to a call about a pickup truck driving the wrong way on a one-way street, as well as a call about a stolen vehicle where the driver claims he left his keys inside his sports car when he walked his date to the door.
35 Coast to Coast
7/12/08
Season-only
A deputy with the Martin County, FL, Sheriff's Office is on patrol in a flea market that is accustomed to shady characters. Officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department stop a suspicious driver in what turns out to be anything but a routine traffic stop. Also featured are officers from the Palm Beach County, FL, Sheriff's Office who pull over a car with a driver who's high.
36 Coast to Coast
7/19/08
Season-only
When officers in Pomona, CA, respond to a burglary call at a restaurant, a K-9 unit sniffs out suspects inside looking for more than a free meal. In Martin County, FL, officers pull over a vehicle with a busted brake light, and discover that the driver, who was just released from jail for possession, hasn't cleaned up his act. Also in Palm Beach County, FL, a narcotic search on a crack house has some sobering consequences.
37 Coast to Coast
7/26/08
Season-only
Deputies in Palm Beach County, FL, pull over a vehicle for running a red light and the situation escalates when a foot chase ensues. When officers in Rialto, CA, pull over a vehicle, they discover some incriminating evidence. Also featured are officers in Riverside, CA, responding to an attempted suicide call.
38 Police Pullovers #4
8/2/08
Season-only
Deputies in Palm Beach County, FL spot a vehicle without the proper tags in a known drug-trafficking area and the situation goes from bad to worse for the suspect. An officer with the Portland, OR, Police Bureau makes a traffic stop on a vehicle without the proper tags and license plates. When a deputy in the Palm Beach County, FL, Sheriff's Office spots the passenger of a moving vehicle rolling a joint, things get sticky.

About this show

In its milestone 25th season, the four-time Emmy®-nominated COPS once again takes viewers across the United States, profiling some of the country's finest law enforcement professionals and most interesting suspects. The trailblazing series was the first reality show to introduce the cinema vérité style to network television and has gone on to become a cultural phenomenon.

Celebrating its landmark 850th episode this season, COPS remains one of the longest-running primetime series currently airing on broadcast television.

COPS has profiled law enforcement agencies in over 140 U.S. cities and has filmed in Europe, Asia and Central and South America. It was the first American television program to follow police in the former Soviet Union. In the upcoming season, COPS will cover the U.S. from coast to coast, filming with police and sheriff's departments in California, Florida, New Jersey, Ohio and Virginia. After a long absence, the show will revisit Broward County, FL, Kansas City, MO, and Sacramento, CA, and for the first time in the series' history, COPS will visit Newport News, VA, and Toledo, OH. Additionally, the 25th season of COPS will feature another unforgettable edition of the holiday special, "Ho! Ho! Ho!"

Created by John Langley, COPS is produced by Langley Productions, Inc. and Fox Television Studios. John Langley and Morgan Langley are executive producers. Doug Waterman serves as supervising producer and Zach Ragsdale as producer. "Like" COPS on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Copstv. Follow the series on Twitter @COPStv and join the discussion at #cops.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
101 reviews
Meaghan Ferner
October 31, 2014
love your show I like it how u take the bad guys down that's my best part of the show this is meaghan ferner coming to u all the way from Canada !:-)
Bruce Wayne
May 20, 2017
They Protect and Serve The Law Including The City and Town of Innocent Civilians From the Criminal elite of Soulless Inhuman of Criminal elite.
1 person found this review helpful
Yaz Love
August 1, 2016
Hard to find the theme song nowadays, this show is always a tune in n doesn't ever get old .
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