

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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30mOfficers arresting a man for mooning a crowd. Three men fight when one of their female friends is groped. A man is arrested climbing down a drainpipe. Officers close the celebration clearing the streets with horse-mounted officers, and a fight is ended by the officers.
30mOfficers charged two women with public intoxication and disturbing the peace after their alleged fight. Girls in street with just body paint on her top. Guy arrested for consensual licking a girl's breast. Girl from Arkansas is warned for allowing gropes for beads. A female suspect is arrested for vandalism after pouring beer on a cameraman's equipment. Guy arrested for unzipping his jeans and exposing body part. Three men fight when one of them gropes a female victim. Girl slugs another girl with fist in front of officers.
30mOfficers assist in rescuing a man from a rushing river. A suspect taunts officers during a slow speed chase. Officers assist a rescue team with the extraction of a man from his vehicle after a car wreck. An officer spots an apartment fire.
30mA vehicle is stopped in a known drug area; a suspect suffering from delirium holds his wife as a hostage; a man is rescued out a flooded waterway only to return to try to save his truck.
30mA man wearing women's underwear exposes himself. While on patrol officers question a naked man in the backseat of a vehicle who explains to officers that he's camping. It takes several officers to take down a deranged naked man.
30mAn intoxicated woman fights with OH Ofc Chris Manson after an accident. K-9 helps Sgt Hartman with drug arrest. Deputy Meaux and three officers subdue trailer park wife-beater.
30mPassaic County New Jersey Sheriff's Deputy Cpl. Anthony Damiano detains a suspicious male he saw sidestep into a nearby apartment building and discovers he was smoking pot in a hallway; a man is questioned and admits to possessing crack cocaine but tries to convince a sheriff's deputy to let him go.
30mCop stops guy with wrong drive-through order. Officer assists another fighting with couple that stole car keys from a valet, the girl bites officer. Uncooperative woman in traffic stop. Girl stopped has drugs she gives from bra, becomes violent.
30mA disastrous carjacking results in an arrest. Officers make an arrest in a domestic abuse call involving two women Officers find drug paraphernalia on a man who's suspiciously parked in the middle of the street.
30mOfficers question a couple looking to score drugs. Officers respond to a domestic violence call. Officers assist on a shots fired call in which the suspect asserts that the weapon went off "accidentally".
30mProstitute sting operations prove successful for undercover officers in both Wichita, KS and Palm Beach, FL. Officers inform an unsuspecting John that the individual offering up services is likely not who he thinks they are.
30mResidents beat and detain a prowling suspect who was caught peeping in neighbor's windows; officers stop a suspicious acting Lincoln Towncar and during a search, find drugs and thousands of dollars; and after a burglary drugs are found in a bicyclist's backpack.
30mOfficers engage in a high-speed chase with a motorcycle going 100 mph. A Florida man becomes verbally abusive with a woman and her mother. Police arrest a man who is pulled over for expired tags and end up seizing a rifle and 20 rounds of ammo.
30mPolice use video to make an arrest for burglary, battery and resisting arrest. Police respond to a disturbance call and officers attempt to help the two neighbors reconcile their differences. Officers arrest a woman for domestic violence.
30mA man is arrested for stealing a large amount of copper wire from a business owner. A young man on a bicycle is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and public intoxication. A man whose tags expired by a few years is pulled over.
30mA dangerous high-speed pursuit quickly comes to a head after the driver loses control. In Florida a man is pulled over in a stolen vehicle and asserts the car belongs to his parents. Arrests are made in a Florida prostitute sting.
30mA suspect attempts to discard drugs during a foot chase. A man fails to pull over for minor infraction and then bails out his car on foot. A man is arrested after being spotted in a drug transaction.
30mUndercover officers set up a sting operation to nab people looking to buy drugs. A woman tries to conceal drugs in her mouth. Then a repeat offender who has a history of threatening officers with a tainted needle is arrested.
43mAlbuquerque, NM Ofc John Bode stops woman from choking man with a sock. Ft Worth Ofc William Paine talks to a woman with two black eyes that won't press charges in domestic dispute. Jacksonville, FL Sheriff's Dep Joseph Rusin finds a boyfriend pushing his girlfriend in fight over not using an outdoor payphone. Virginia Beach, VA Ofc Kevin Murphy separates a fighting husband, wife, and her boyfriend. Pierce County, WA Dep John Delgado resolves a dispute between a fighting couple that refuses to come outside to speak to officers. Pierce County, WA Sgt John Solheim finds a woman who claims she only accidentally stabbed her boyfriend.
43mMiami, FL Ofc Freddie Cruz won't say how her false teeth got out the window to the building awning below her window. Virginia Beach, VA Ofc Chet Hamilton talks to a man who kicked in his locked door when his girlfriend locked his apartment doors. Sarasota, FL Sgt Steve Burns on a domestic call where a jealous girlfriend hits boyfriend on side of his head. Police get her glasses back from the man. Lee County, FL on a domestic battery call finds a woman with major bruises and a new 'shiner' and teeth knocked out of her mouth. Kansas City, KA Ofc Mike Bowman stops a husband-and-wife fist-fight that started when he wanted to take one baby picture. Mesa, AZ Ofc Tom Intrieri finds a woman bleeding from her head after a beating from her boyfriend. L.A. CA Dep Scott Anger finds aftermath of fight between boyfriend and girlfriend. Bystanders saved her by restraining him until he turned blue. Providence, RI Ofc Fabio Zuena finds a man with knife wounds and a woman holding a bloody carving knife.

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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.