

COPS follows police officers, constables, and sheriff's deputies during patrols and various police activities by embedding camera crews with their units. The show's formula adheres to a classic cinéma vérité ethos. With no narration or scripted dialog, it depends entirely on the commentary of the officers and on the actions of the people with whom they come into contact.
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30mA feisty cyclist gives a team of officers a bloody fight. A scared caregiver attempts to evict an unwanted helper from her patient's house. Mysterious tinfoil lands an unlicensed driver in hot water.
30mAfter a tow service employee denies a woman her car back, she uses his body for batting practice. A man with a warrant explains his medicinal meth use. A couple gets creative trying to convince officers they didn't shoplift.
30mA chase ends when a driverless vehicle goes headfirst into an apartment complex. A swift suspect can't scamper fast enough to evade police. On routine patrol, officers stumble upon a 7-year-old boy who left home alone.
30mA patrolman plays linebacker when a fleeing thief runs right into him. Armed-robbery victims give a colorful play-by-play on surveillance footage of the crime. Officers have to get tearful children back to their estranged mother.
30mCops desperately try to get a naked man to cooperate. After a chase with a pickup truck, officers discover a 14-year-old in the driver's seat. On a routine traffic stop, police encounter loads of dope and even more lies.
30mCops are forced to take desperate measures when an unruly suspect won't stop fighting. Officers have to contain a man looking to flee with crack. Police know a tearful driver has weed in the car when he refuses to open his glove box.
30mA normal traffic stop turns into an off-road race through a residential neighborhood. Police discover a runaway suspect taking refuge in a family member's closet. A domestic dispute erupts over chips and dip.
30mCops attempt to piece together whether or not an erratic driver is in a stolen vehicle. A knife-wielding man complains that rude neighbors won't stop smoking pot. Officers come upon an emotional man with a blade to his throat.
30mA transgender woman in a wheelchair opens a can of whoop ass on an aggressive bully. Officers find a barely dressed couple in the midst of a biting match. A reckless driver doesn't take too kindly to being pulled over.
30mA fleeing suspect takes officers on a wild chase through oncoming traffic. Surveillance footage of a stabbing helps police find the vicious attacker. Cops track a subject into an uncooperative stranger's apartment.
30mOfficers learn that a taser can't take some suspects down. Patrol cars roll up on a couple getting undressed in a darkened pickup truck. Cops arrest one of the most polite suspects in America.
30mA suspect runs through a hotel fence and then gives an employee some shocking news. Officers come upon two brothers who have just been in a knife fight. Cops arrive after an unruly man fires his BB gun at a neighbor's child.
30mThe new chief in town oversees a series of undercover drug buys. Officers arrest a drunken man who can't stop talking. A domestic abuse suspect admits to laying the smack down on her mooching husband.
30mOfficers are forced to tase a suicidal man for his own good. A familiar face makes cops chase him through a grass field. No lie is too big for a suspect who seeks refuge in a condemned house.
30mThree men try to convince cops they had no idea their vehicle was stolen. Officers respond after a partygoer mistakes another guest's finger for dessert. A domestic abuse suspect makes police run through the streets.
30mA group of suspects race a stolen SUV through a residential neighborhood. A drunk man has a kitchen knife and a listening problem. Two usual suspects are going back to jail for their latest escapades.
30mA DUI suspect reminds an officer of one famous dude. A naked man shocks a stranger on her porch. A daughter's tantrum shakes the whole apartment when mom takes away Facebook.
30mA speedy suspect makes officers chase him through a creek. A teenage Good Samaritan gets in the middle of a bizarre domestic dispute. After a woman destroys her home, she begs police to arrest her.
30mA kind man gets more than he bargained for from his new roommate. Cops discover the unexpected consequences of punching a scooter. Officers stop a sober suspect who may not be from the same planet as them.
30mA suspect goes out to get his haircut and winds up in jail. Officers try to piece together a puzzling street fight between a boxer and his confused friend. Cops give a suspect every chance to admit to his obvious crime.

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COPS follows police officers, constables, and sheriff's deputies during patrols and various police activities by embedding camera crews with their units. The show's formula adheres to a classic cinéma vérité ethos. With no narration or scripted dialog, it depends entirely on the commentary of the officers and on the actions of the people with whom they come into contact.
Harry Newman.
The catalogue lists an episode length of 30 minutes; individual episodes may vary.
The listed premiere date is 11 March 1989.