The BEST episodes of Cops season 20
Every episode of Cops season 20, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cops season 20!
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 - What Were They Thinking #1
Season 20 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/7/2008
Officers in Portland, WA. are called out for a hit-and-run accident, in which a K-9 crew searches down the suspect. A car crash occurs in Las Vegas while a policeman is questioning a bicyclist, who flees the scene after the accident. The driver of a suspicious vehicle is questioned by deputies in Leon County, FL. which uncovers an unexpected discovery.
#2 - Coast To Coast 142
Season 20 - Episode 35 - Aired 7/12/2008
A Martin County Sheriff's Deputy apprehend a pair of suspects who are seen running from a flea market which has been burglarized many times before. Then, a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officer makes a routine traffic stop where the driver ends up being a ex-felon who is in possession of drugs and a gun. Lastly, a Palm Beach County Sheriff Officer discovers drugs and paraphernalia inside a car during a traffic stop, in which the driver had lied about ever having been arrested before.
#3 - Coast To Coast #139
Season 20 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/22/2008
A response to a shooting at a hotel ends with a high speed car chase in Las Vegas. The Spokane police department are called in for an assault with a baseball bat. An informant flags a vehicle as a carrier for drugs, which is spotted and stopped by the Portland Police Bureau.
#4 - Takedowns Special Edition
Season 20 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/2008
From Rialto, CA, An intoxicated suspect is chased by officers on foot. In Las Vegas, a car thief is chased by police through a casino parking lot. And, officers are summoned to a domestic dispute in Wichita, KS.
#5 - What Were They Thinking # 2
Season 20 - Episode 33 - Aired 6/14/2008
An officer of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and a K-9 unit search for an armed robbery suspect who had taken cover in the woods. Then, an officer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is called to a women's residence where she has received calls from her ex-boyfriend saying he is waiting inside for her with a shotgun. Lastly, a detective of the Rialto Police Department responds to a call of a man selling drugs from a truck
#6 - Coast to Coast #137
Season 20 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/2008
Coast to Coast in California and Kansas.This weeks stories include a suspect who rams a police car during a chase in Rialto and is tased; officers in Kansas City respond to a violent argument between roommates; and a desperate man in Sacramento attempts to elude officers
#7 - Coast To Coast #138
Season 20 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/8/2008
The officers of Leon County, FL., make a DUI bust; the street crime unit of Portland, OR., stop a drug deal in a city park, and a fight is broken up by the officers of Cincinnati.
#8 - Coast to Coast 143
Season 20 - Episode 36 - Aired 7/19/2008
When officers in Pomona, CA, respond to a burglary call at a restaurant, a K-9 unit sniffs out suspects inside looking for more than a free meal. In Martin County, FL, officers pull over a vehicle with a busted brake light, and discover that the driver, who was just released from jail for possession, hasn't cleaned up his act. Also in Palm Beach County, FL, a narcotic search on a crack house has some sobering consequences.
#9 - Stupid Behavior #2
Season 20 - Episode 34 - Aired 6/21/2008
An officer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is dispatched to a call for a stolen truck. As he catches up with the missing vehicle he discovers that the victim of the crime and his brother are also in pursuit and have crashed into the thief. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office are suspicious of a vehicle with tinted windows in a parking lot. An investigation reveals a smell of marijuana, but a further search uncovers more drugs. Once again, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is summoned for a stolen vehicle, which results in a foot chase. The suspect claims the whole thing was just a joke on the car owner.
#10 - Stupid Behavior #1
Season 20 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/2/2008
Pomona, Cal., officers engage in a high-speed pursuit assisted by a helicopter. Later, Lansing, Mich., and Las Vegas officers question uncooperative suspects.
#11 - Coast To Coast #144
Season 20 - Episode 37 - Aired 7/26/2008
Deputies in Palm Beach County, FL, pull over a vehicle for running a red light and the situation escalates when a foot chase ensues. When officers in Rialto, CA, pull over a vehicle, they discover some incriminating evidence. Also featured are officers in Riverside, CA, responding to an attempted suicide call.
#12 - Police Pullovers #4
Season 20 - Episode 38 - Aired 8/2/2008
Deputies in Palm Beach County, FL spot a vehicle without the proper tags in a known drug-trafficking area and the situation goes from bad to worse for the suspect. An officer with the Portland, OR, Police Bureau makes a traffic stop on a vehicle without the proper tags and license plates. When a deputy in the Palm Beach County, FL, Sheriff's Office spots the passenger of a moving vehicle rolling a joint, things get sticky.
#13 - Coast to Coast #136
Season 20 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/2008
COPS Coast To Coast from Kansas City, Mo; Rialto, Ca; and Las Vegas, Nv. This week's stories include officers who confront a group of shirtless men hanging around in a known drug area; police engage in a foot pursuit of a man who tossed a bag of drugs when confronted; and patrolmen in Las Vegas head to the Mirage Resort, where they find a man who has stolen change from the fountain...twice in the same night.
#14 - Stupid Criminals Special Edition #2
Season 20 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/24/2007
COPS from Rialto Brevard County and Pittsburg. This week's stories include a stolen car takes off from a Detective only to suddenly stop causing the officer to hit him; a routine patrol in a high drug area yields a man with a crack pipe; and a man is tazed revealing bags of heroin in his pockets.
#15 - Crimes In Progress Special Edition
Season 20 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/3/2007
COPS from California and Florida. This weeks episode includes Rialto Police chasing a suspect that eventually crashes into oncoming traffic; Hillsborough County Deputies capture a suspect that fled into the woods; and Fresno Police respond to a home invasion in progress.
#16 - Coast To Coast #140
Season 20 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/29/2008
The Las Vegas Metro Police assist in a high speed pursuit for a stolen vehicle by dropping down spike strips to deflate the suspects tires. The Leon County Sheriff’s Office investigate a parked vehicle with a man and women inside, in an area which has been burglarized recently. Then, the Lansing Police Department make a return trip to a home with known domestic disputes have occurred, finding that a man has beaten two children belonging to his girlfriend's sister.
#17 - 20 Years Caught on Tape Part 1
Season 20 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/2007
This one-hour special will feature classic COPS car chases, super-inebriated suspects, sizzling Tasers, disheartening domestics, problematic perps and gutsy officers from coast to coast. Highlights include: Officers in Fresno, CA, question a stony suspect claiming he’s not driving under the influence despite the joint visibly tucked behind his ear. In Albuquerque, NM, a male cross-dresser wearing a leopard one-piece is questioned. In Buffalo, NY, officers wrestle with a massive and hungry python hiding inside a residence. A suspect in Kansas City, MO, is so intoxicated when gets out from behind the wheel, he stumbles and lands a painful face plant. In a heroic rescue in Passaic County, NJ, officers save a man from danger in a raging river.
#18 - In Denial 1 Special Edition
Season 20 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/19/2008
In Portland, OR. a K-9 unit is called in to sniff out possible drug possession inside a vehicle. Officers in Kansas City, MO. respond to a "shots fired" call. In Las Vegas, police officers are called for a domestic dispute which involves the possession and retrieval of a bed.
#19 - Family Feuds Special Edition
Season 20 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/2007
COPS Coast To Coast from Portland, Las Vegas and Leon County, Florida. This week's episode includes a man in a stolen car hiding from officers; another man flees police and hides in the bushes; and brothers in Florida duke it out.
#20 - Strange Behavior #1
Season 20 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/15/2008
An elderly parolee engages the officers in a high speed chase in Kansas City, two transsexuals cause Las Vegas cops to break up a fight, and a stolen car is involved in an accident in Rialto, Cal.
#21 - Coast to Coast #135
Season 20 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/2007
COPS Coast To Coast from Sacramento, Las Vegas and Brevard County. This episode's stories include a search warrant served becomes a K-9 search; a car stop turns up a couple wanted on multiple warrants; and an erratic driver is pulled over and becomes combatant with officers.
#22 - Stupid Criminals #3
Season 20 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/2008
Officers give chase to a homicide suspect in Kansas City, Mo. The police in Rialto, CA., take charge in a domestic violence case. Plus, an intoxicated driver in Sacramento, CA., is pursued by a K-9 unit
#23 - Wild Chases Special Edition
Season 20 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/2/2008
This weeks stories include the pursuit of a stolen truck leads to a police vehicle catching fire; copper thieves are apprehended after being spotted on security cameras; and a burglary suspect is spike stripped and the car comes to a crashing stop.
#24 - Stupid Criminals #4
Season 20 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/17/2008
A routine vehicle stop by the Portland Police Bureau finds a bag of Ecstasy pills on the front seat. The stories from the driver and passenger differ on how they obtained the pills. Then, a call to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has them investigating a stabbing at an apartment complex, and that the assailant may be hiding in the laundry room. Lastly, a foot pursuit occurs with the K9 unit of the Sacramento Police Department after a car is reported missing.
#25 - 20 Years Caught on Tape Part 2
Season 20 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/29/2007
A Brevard County Fla. officer pursues a drug suspect who attempts to flee on foot during a traffic stop; a Riverside County Cal. deputy responds to a domestic-disturbance call. searching for a suspect hiding in a yard; and Las Vegas Metro Officers sort out a domestic violence incident.
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