COPS
COPS provides a real-life glimpse into the tireless work of law enforcement in the U.S.
Coco the Clown
An officer shows up as Coco the Clown in an undercover sting. The Vice unit conducts a reverse-prostitution sting designed to capture suspected “johns.”
Beads and Scalpers
A remorseful woman is arrested for lewd conduct during Mardi Gras. Police officers are dispatched into the busy streets of New Orleans during the super bowl in search of ticket scalpers. Police Department investigates a theft at a local store.
Mardi Gras Grifter
A suspect is arrested after officers find a loaded gun during a routine search. Two men are detained after suspected of battery. During Mardi Gras officers arrest a man pickpocketing.
Brotherly Affairs
A Special Operations Unit coordinates a city-wide “buy bust” sting designed to apprehend street level drug dealers. Officers join units in pursuit of a stolen SUV. An officer arrests two brothers for public intoxication.
Stonewalled
Officers respond to a traffic accident where a man ran his truck through a wall. An undercover officer poses as a “john” hoping to attract unsuspecting prostitutes. A vehicle is stopped due to a missing license plate.
Trouble Brewing
An officer poses as a prostitute in an attempt to attract interested “johns”. A suspect flees on foot through the woods following an assault. An officer decides to check out a local bar where a lot of illegal activity takes place.
Chainsaw Man
Detectives stop a vehicle leaving a known drug house and find a loaded concealed gun while searching one of the passengers. Local residents complain about a loud neighbor. A man is spotted walking down a road with a saw.
An Unfortunate Cycle
Officers set up a sting designed to capture unsuspecting bicycle thieves. An Officer conducts a routine traffic stop on a vehicle with fraudulent tags. An officer pulls over a vehicle after observing a suspected prostitute enter the vehicle.
Crazy as a Loon
Officers conduct a routine traffic stop on a vehicle that ran a stop sign. Officers and residents systematically retrieve birds from a fireplace and release them outside. A police department conducts a drug-reversal-buy sting.
Burrowing the Evidence
Officers attempt to pull over a suspect who was reported to have been involved in a car-jacking. A suspect is caught in the act of burying a bag filled with illegal prescription drugs. Officers attempt to pull over a vehicle with no headlights.
Spoonful of Trouble
When a driver fails to stop, a freeway pursuit ensues. Officers investigate a suspicious car parked in a commercial parking lot. Officers respond to a shoplifting call.
Wreckless Tenants
A bewildered driver claims that he did not see the lights or hear the sirens when he was signaled to stop. Officers investigate a call regarding a suspicious parked car. A manager of an apartment complex is assaulted by their intoxicated tenants.
Rooted with Problems
A sibling reluctantly called authorities when his belligerent brother refused to leave his mother's home. Officers respond to a shoplifting call at a local grocery store. Officers investigate a suspicious vehicle parked at a local gas station.
Misrepresented
An officer coordinates a reverse-prostitution sting designed to capture suspects who solicit prostitutes. An inebriated man is detained until he sobers up. Officers stop a vehicle which was reported stolen.
Jumping to Conclusions
Officers encounter an unusual situation where the victim and suspect have barricaded themselves inside the house. Officers respond to a domestic dispute at a nearby apartment complex. A man explains how his ex-girlfriend climbed into his window.
Two-Wheeling Away
A young girl may be the victim of a sexual assault. An officer spots a speeding motorcycle and attempts a routine stop. Officers serve a violation of domestic violence warrant on an inebriated guest at a local hotel.
Dark Tale
A vehicle tries to force an off-duty deputy off of the road. An officer responds to a domestic disturbance call involving a woman and her husband's potential lover. A hostile man is out-of-control at a local residence.
Bottom Fishing
At the conclusion of an extensive pursuit, the driver eventually loses control of the vehicle and runs into a stop sign. With the aid of stop sticks, a driver’s car becomes disabled. Officers stop a stolen vehicle leaving a drug house.
Avoided Obstruction
A driver takes several units on a reckless journey on the wrong side of the highway. Officers sets up a reverse sting operation designed to capture a suspected drug dealer. Officers decide to pull over a driver who intentionally avoided a road block.
College Nightmare
The victim of the home invasion robbery tells a dispatch operator that a man held him at gun-point. A man in a wheelchair is in a stand-off with campus police. Officers respond to a call about a knife-wielding assailant.
Bite the Bullet
When one of the officers attempts to grab a suspect, the suspect unexpectedly assaults the officer in an attempt to avoid arrest. An officer responds to a stabbing. An officer is flagged down by a concerned group looking for a missing child.
Barked Up The Wrong Tree
Following a brief pursuit, the desperate driver bails out of the vehicle and flees on foot. An officer responds to an assault call. When a dog owner returns home, she's informed of her dog's mayhem and given a verbal warning and citation.
Traveling Fast
Officers pursue a vehicle traveling up to 100mph on a local freeway. An officer is dispatched to a larceny in progress at a local convenience store. A man threatens an elderly woman at their residence.
Breaking Home Barriers
A female victim tells the officers that two men kicked in her front door. Three suspects attempt to steal a bicycle in an alley. Following routine questioning of a petrified wife, officer arrests the husband for domestic abuse.
Taking Flight
A desperate driver attempts to flee on foot. Officers investigate a complaint in front of a local convenience store. Officers coordinate a sting designed to apprehend suspects who patronize prostitutes.
Pitted Against Each Other
A chase ends when one of the police units successfully performs a pit maneuver which eventually disables the vehicle. An officer responds to a domestic dispute between a mother and her son. Officers attempt to pull over a vehicle with expired tags.
Messy Situation
Officers coordinate a prostitution sting. Officers pull over a vehicle with a missing license plate. Officers stop a woman driving a stolen vehicle.
Bad Fences make for Bad Neighbors
Officers are involved in a high-speed pursuit of suspected larcenists. Officers order occupants out of a vehicle and immediately give the driver a sobriety test. Officers report to a call of a dispute in a neighborhood.
Strange Pairing
Three male suspects are apprehended for solicitation. Officers respond to a domestic violence call at a nearby apartment complex. An officer is alarmed when she discovers an older male is the boyfriend of a teenager.
Follow the Tire Tracks
A decoy vehicle is strategically abandoned in a public parking lot. An officer responds to a burglary in progress call at a local tire store. Officers respond to a domestic call at a nearby trailer park.
Lightening Shock
Officers investigate two vehicles involved in an accident. Officers respond to a call involving a man with a knife. Officers respond to a call involving a man with a gun at a nearby convenience store.
Thrifting and Shoplifting
A vehicle is caught traveling in the opposite direction. A sting operation is designed to nab suspects who attempt to purchase narcotics. Officers respond to a shoplifting call at a local thrift store.
Loiter with intent
Officers are left to solve the crime after signs of an apparent stabbing. A man loiters in a private park. A driver insists that the car is his - even though he needs a screwdriver to start the ignition and the plates are stolen.
Warning shot
Officers assist on a call regarding a fight at a local residence. On a felony stop a juvenile male with a firearm is detained. Officers respond to a report of a man firing a gun in front of his residence.
Crooked as a Fish Hook
A reverse drug operation, designed to nab suspects who attempt to purchase narcotics from undercover officers, proves successful for officers in both Tampa, FL and Palm Beach County, FL. Officers are in search of a burglary suspect.
Don't Keep on Truckin
The occupants of a car try to conceal their identities. Officers investigate a vehicle lingering near a park known for illicit sexual activity. Officer investigates a robbery claim at a truck stop.
