The BEST episodes of Cops
Every episode of Cops ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cops!
COPS is one of the first (and only) true and UNSCRIPTED reality shows, it follows the activities of police officers by embedding camera crews with police units. The show’s formula follows the Cinéma vérité convention, with no narration or scripted dialog, depending entirely on the commentary of the officers and on the actions of the people with whom they come into contact. COPS has followed officers in 140 different cities in the United States and also has been shot in Hong Kong, London, and the former Soviet Union. Each episode is approximately 22 minutes in length and typically consists of three segments, with each segment being one or two self-contained police incidents.
#1 - COPS - Nashville, TN
Season 6 - Episode 47 - Aired 8/14/1993
In Nashville, Tennessee, female officers pose as prostitutes, and a suspect is found sleeping in a stolen van.
#5 - Tampa, Florida 5
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/1995
Tampa, FL - Deputy Mike Fields and Deputy Mike Russell respond to an assault call with a belligerent woman who disobeys commands and drives away. Deputy Dexter Cross gets a complaint from a Walgreens store about three intoxicated men. Deputy Don Morris checks a parked car near a closed business and finds two men sitting inside. When the passenger is searched the driver runs away.
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#11 - COPS - Nashville, TN
Season 6 - Episode 48 - Aired 8/21/1993
COPS in ""Music City"". Stories include an armed robbery suspect becomes violent, and a baby is involved in a domestic dispute.
#12 - COPS - Nashville, TN
Season 6 - Episode 49 - Aired 9/25/1993
From Nashville, Tennessee, stories include a man who claimed his stepson stole his truck, and a man cut himself during a seizure.
#13 - COPS - El Paso, TX
Season 6 - Episode 50 - Aired 12/18/1993
COPS in El Paso, Texas. Officers get called to a drunken brawl, police conduct a drug raid on a van, and a pedestrian accident is investigated.
#14 - COPS - El Paso, TX
Season 6 - Episode 51 - Aired 3/5/1994
From El Paso, Texas, police investigate a pharmacy burglary, officers are called to a neighbor dispute, and a landlord and tenant are involved in a fight.
#15 - COPS - Cleveland, OH
Season 6 - Episode 52 - Aired 12/4/1993
From Cleveland, Ohio. Police investigate allegedly stolen vehicles, officers are called to a gang fight and a bar disturbance.
#16 - COPS - Indianapolis, IN
Season 6 - Episode 53 - Aired 5/7/1994
From Indianapolis, Indiana. Police capture of an alleged car thief, and a badly injured suspect refuses treatment.
#23 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 6
Season 4 - Episode 37 - Aired 5/30/1992
(9:11 PM Shooting Call) Officer Gene Hulley says they need clothes for the dirty patients who come in to the hospital and to donate any sex or size. His partner is C.D. Hawkins. A black drug dealer goes to a house to collect money a woman owes him and when she doesn't haven't he shoots her in the ass. They go looking for him and find he has shot another woman. Her sister is in the yard screaming she saw him shoot her sister. domestic disturbance; child endangerment.
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#24 - Metro-Dade, South Florida 3
Season 4 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/7/1992
(7:01 PM Shooting Call) Officer Angel Calzadilla & Emilio Canciobello arrive at a crazy old man's house that is filled with rotting packs of dripping meat and the windowsill is buried in dead flies. man is unable to care for himself; overturned truck.
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#25 - Metro-Dade, South Florida 1
Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/22/1992
Sgt Jose Fernandez a call of a black woman and a man fighting in front of a store. Metro-Dade PD Communications Center - A call comes in about a man who has been shot, possibly killed. Officer Robert Borgmann arrives and EMS is on the scene. The man is on the driveway with a bullet wound to the chest and there is a large blood stain on the ground. Rob says it's a high drug area. A woman says she saw the victim running and fall right there. He was shot on the corner and ran there. A drunk man says the victim was making a deal with a fat guy on the bicycle. They left and the guy on the bike probably shot him. He said, "oh lord, I'm hit, I'm hit” and he dropped. The ambulance takes the victim to a LZ and a helicopter picks him up to take him to Jackson Memorial. It'll take 4 minutes instead of 20 minutes by car.
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