The BEST episodes of Cops season 12

Every episode of Cops season 12, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cops season 12!

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.

Last Updated: 1/4/2025Network: Fox NationStatus: Continuing
Albuquerque, New Mexico 19
star
10.00
1 votes

#1 - Albuquerque, New Mexico 19

Season 12 - Episode 34 - Aired 7/15/2000

Undercover officers follow an alleged prostitute back to her motel room; police handcuff an unruly suspect.

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Albuquerque, New Mexico 20
star
8.67
6 votes

#2 - Albuquerque, New Mexico 20

Season 12 - Episode 35 - Aired 7/22/2000

In Albuquerque, N.M., police officers make a major drug bust; an undercover john snares an alleged prostitute.

Fort Worth, Texas 25
star
8.50
8 votes

#3 - Fort Worth, Texas 25

Season 12 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/18/2000

In Fort Worth; helicopter assists in pursuit; alleged prostitute admits to crack use; battered woman won't press charges.

Fort Worth, Texas 28
star
8.40
5 votes

#4 - Fort Worth, Texas 28

Season 12 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/22/2000

In Fort Worth; driver speeds away from traffic stop; woman claims a man tried to rape her; suspect's cell phone rings during questioning.

Albuquerque, New Mexico 16
star
8.40
5 votes

#5 - Albuquerque, New Mexico 16

Season 12 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/6/2000

Albuquerque, NM - K9 unit Officer Rick Garcia commands a man with a knife to get down on the floor. Officer Duffy Ryan and Officer Troy Weekley find two men sitting in a car while patrolling and discover one is carrying a gun. Seargent Clarence G. Davis runs a sting with police posing undercover as band members.

Albuquerque, New Mexico 15
star
8.25
8 votes

#6 - Albuquerque, New Mexico 15

Season 12 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/29/2000

Albuquerque, NM - Seargent Jeffery Ferner assists other officers in stopping a truck observed leaving a known drug house. Officer Tom Sholtis checks on an abandoned apartment that neighbours say is being used to sell drugs. Officer Timothy Gonterman responds to a disturbance with three juveniles trying to pass counterfeit money at a convenience store.

Indianapolis, Indiana 8
star
8.20
5 votes

#7 - Indianapolis, Indiana 8

Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1999

Indianapolis, IN - Officer Robert Cook finds a robber bloody and unconscious on the pavement and the victim sitting nearby. Officer Jon Daggy goes to a house where a man was scratched and beaten when he tried to deliver a VCR. Officer Kimberlee Carmack works undercover in a prostitution sting.

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Fort Worth, Texas 27
star
8.20
5 votes

#8 - Fort Worth, Texas 27

Season 12 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/8/2000

In Fort Worth; driver owes thousands in tickets; father and son fight older man; marijuana found in cereal box.

Fort Worth, Texas 23
star
8.13
8 votes

#9 - Fort Worth, Texas 23

Season 12 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/19/2000

From Fort Worth, Texas. Police stake-out car thieves, see an alleged drug deal in progress and a man fights with his mother's elderly boyfriend.

Albuquerque, New Mexico 13
star
8.13
8 votes

#10 - Albuquerque, New Mexico 13

Season 12 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/26/2000

Albuquerque, NM - Deputy Leonard Armijo chases a car with occupants that shot at a police. Officer Gary Barboa visits an emotionally distraught woman who called 911. Officer Gary Barboa responds to a disturbance at a motel where they find a man being held down and tied up.

Fort Worth, Texas 24
star
8.00
6 votes

#11 - Fort Worth, Texas 24

Season 12 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/4/2000

In Fort Worth; carjacking suspects, indecent exposure in a park, man with a suspected prostitute.

Albuquerque, New Mexico 14
star
8.00
6 votes

#12 - Albuquerque, New Mexico 14

Season 12 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/15/2000

From Albuquerque, New Mexico. Suspicious suspects in an automobile, theft of a cross-dresser's purse and cake is thrown in a woman's face.

Albuquerque, New Mexico 17
star
8.00
2 votes

#13 - Albuquerque, New Mexico 17

Season 12 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/13/2000

In Albuquerque; prostitution sting; officers find narcotics; grandmother's car stolen.

Indianapolis, Indiana 11
star
8.00
21 votes

#14 - Indianapolis, Indiana 11

Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1999

Indianapolis, IN - Officer John Reichle attempts to pull over a car, but the driver bails out of the car while its still moving leading to a foot chase. Officer Jay Travis stops three shirtless young men who were trying to get a dog away from animal control officers. Speedway, IN - Officer Mike Clupper responds to a report of shoplifting in progress to find two women in a car parked with the trunk open and clothing with the tags still attached.

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Indianapolis, Indiana 15
star
7.93
15 votes

#15 - Indianapolis, Indiana 15

Season 12 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/2000

Indianapolis, IN - Officer Andrew Stradling helps a man who is slow to cooperate with paramedics after being shot in the chest by his brother. Marion County, IN - Deputy Dave Whitesell gets called to a trailer park where a fight between two girls escalates to the point parents become involved. Marion County, IN - Deputy Mark Myler goes to a house where a woman's seven year old boy has locked her out and won't let her in.

Indianapolis, Indiana 12
star
7.86
14 votes

#16 - Indianapolis, Indiana 12

Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1999

Indianapolis police nab a suspect wanted in Boston; car sale goes awry; woman claims her husband assaulted her, and she fears retribution.

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Fort Worth, Texas 22
star
7.78
9 votes

#17 - Fort Worth, Texas 22

Season 12 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/2000

In Fort Worth: Officers chase a narcotics suspect; suspect's pants are full of plastic baggies; suspects are seen driving away from a drug house.

Fort Worth, Texas 15
star
7.75
16 votes

#18 - Fort Worth, Texas 15

Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1999

Fort Worth, TX - Officer John Ost stops a driver who repeatedly asks to have his lawyer present. Officer Jerry Dalton responds to a report of a snake in a woman's bedroom. Officer Randy Watkins finds a woman on the hood of a car without any pants while a man is in the driver's seat.

Albuquerque, New Mexico 12
star
7.75
8 votes

#19 - Albuquerque, New Mexico 12

Season 12 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/19/2000

Albuquerque, NM - Officer James Badway responds to a 911 hang up call from a known eccentric lady. Officer Michael Riley assists a bicycle officer in the pursuit of a man on another bicycle. Officer Michael Riley goes to a motel where a man was arguing with a woman contemplating prostitution.

Albuquerque, New Mexico 18
star
7.67
6 votes

#20 - Albuquerque, New Mexico 18

Season 12 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/20/2000

Albuquerque officers conduct a prostitution sting; question a driver suspected of running a van off the road; tackle and handcuff an uncooperative suspect who was beaten after allegedly harassing a man's girlfriend.

Indianapolis, Indiana 10
star
7.59
17 votes

#21 - Indianapolis, Indiana 10

Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1999

Indianapolis, IN - Officer Frederick Hamer searches for the driver of a green truck that speeds away when he tries to stop it. Speedway, IN - Officer Alan Jones pulls over an SUV on the freeway and the driver admits to possessing marijuana. Officer Bradley Weaver responds to a child neglect call at a motel across from the racetrack.

Fort Worth, Texas 18
star
7.54
13 votes

#22 - Fort Worth, Texas 18

Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/1999

From Fort Worth, Texas: A man accused of stealing a car flees from the police, a suspect hits another man who is asleep with a beer bottle and a car stop in a known drug area leads to a search and a struggle with police.

Indianapolis, Indiana 14
star
7.53
15 votes

#23 - Indianapolis, Indiana 14

Season 12 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1999

From Indianapolis, Indiana. A fleeing suspect leaves marijuana in the car, a driver crashes into a telephone pole and a foul-mouthed suspect quarrels with a landlord and harasses his tenant.

Indianapolis, Indiana 9
star
7.53
19 votes

#24 - Indianapolis, Indiana 9

Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1999

Narcotics suspect flees; a woman drives her SUV into the wall of a building; gun-brandishing suspect has pot; in Indianapolis.

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Indianapolis, Indiana 7
star
7.39
28 votes

#25 - Indianapolis, Indiana 7

Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1999

Indianapolis, IN - Officer Genae Gehring chases and catches a man in a foot pursuit who claims the drugs found in his pocket are Kool-Aid. Marion County, IN - Deputy Mark Myler responds to a call where a man drove his pickup truck over a child on a bicycle. Indianapolis, IN - Officer Richard Wilkerson enters a house and finds the caller beaten up in the bathroom.