The BEST episodes of Cops season 23
Every episode of Cops season 23, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cops season 23!
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 - Coast to Coast #178
Season 23 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/5/2011
In Sacramento County, CA, a man admits to driving a stolen car after getting pulled over for a broken brake light; police in Pierce County, WA, respond to a call about a man destroying furniture and possibly harming himself.
#2 - Coast to Coast #180
Season 23 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/11/2011
Officers in Pierce County, WA, deal with a woman accused of breaking into her ex-boyfriend's place; police in Hillsborough County, FL, search for two repeat offenders; and deputies in Palm Beach County, FL, break up a dispute between neighbors.
#3 - Couples in Crime Special Edition
Season 23 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/2010
Officers from the Amarillo Police Department in Texas respond to a domestic-violence call and end up being faced with a challenging detainment. Later, officers with the Portland Police Bureau in Oregon attempt to track down a suspect in a hit-and-run and find a bystander taking the blame. Finally, the Brevard County Sheriff's Department in Florida responds to a battery case involving a roommate, a hammer, a sandwich and a big misunderstanding.
#4 - Odd Arrests #3
Season 23 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/12/2011
A man claims his pregnant wife was kicked by their landlord in Amarillo, Texas; officers in Cook County, Ill., respond to a call concerning an evicted animal hoarder.
#5 - U.S. Marshals
Season 23 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2010
A member of the United States Marshals Service, Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, briefs the local police on a kidnapping case involving a 4-year-old boy and two Hispanic men in suspect who demanded $100,000 ransom for the child. Another investigator from the same Task Force recruits the local police to arrest a fugitive suspicious of possession of drugs
#6 - Coast to Coast
Season 23 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2010
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Florida engages in an undercover operation to cease the illegal selling of pills at pain-management clinics. The Amarillo Police Department in Texas responds to a call regarding a major traffic accident between a motorcycle and a vehicle where the driver flees the scene.
#7 - Coast To Coast #179
Season 23 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/2011
Police in Amarillo, Texas, end a bar fight by using a Taser; armed neighbors argue about a barking dog in Hillsborough County, FL; officers catch thieves trying to steal digital equipment from a high school in Palm Beach County, FL.
#8 - Ho! Ho! Ho! #8
Season 23 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/2010
When an officer from the Amarillo Police Department in Texas approaches a woman on the street about her suspicious late-night behavior, the interaction turns into a chase on foot. Meanwhile, in Hillsborough County, Florida, officers on the late-night patrol team up to respond to a call regarding a hand-to-hand transaction at a local motel
#9 - Morons On Parade #4
Season 23 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/2011
A Sacramento cop sends his K-9 after a motorcyclist possessing drugs; a man in Pierce County, WA, tells police he was attacked by a woman who fought him over a cigarette; three kids are questioned about a rock-throwing incident in Cook County, Ill.
#10 - Morons on Parade #3
Season 23 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2010
The Nye County Sheriff's Office in Pahrump, NV, is forced to lay down spikes in the road to detain a suspicious vehicle failing to yield at first siren. While officers of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Tampa, FL, call for back-up units to help break up a fight between neighbors involving aggravated battery and gunfire
#11 - Coast to Coast #181
Season 23 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/18/2011
In the 23rd-season finale, police in Sacramento County, CA, look for a parolee who may be armed. Also: A deputy in Palm Beach County, FL, deals with a domestic dispute involving a knife; and a deputy in Pierce County, WA, finds drugs in a vehicle pulled over because it was missing a license plate.
#12 - Roadside Crimes Special Edition
Season 23 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/2010
Officers of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police break up a fist-fight over a financial discrepancy that leads to a juvenile heading to a detention center. Meanwhile, the Portland Police Bureau in Oregon arrests suspects in a stolen vehicle, and sheriffs in Florida make a drug bust in a strip-mall parking lot.
#13 - Street Patrol No. 1
Season 23 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2011
Sacramento police find a handgun and drugs on a man who tried to bolt from them on a bike; a wanted woman in Amarillo, Texas, claims her boyfriend abused her; a man in Pierce County, Wash., tells an officer that his neighbor chased him with a knife.
#14 - Dazed and Confused
Season 23 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/2011
A suspect making suicide threats is subdued by police in Pierce County, WA; passengers in a car admit to possessing marijuana in Cook County, Ill.; a suspect is caught driving with a suspended license and unpaid tickets in Hillsborough County, FL.
#15 - California Border Patrol Special Edition
Season 23 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/2010
Officers from the Rio Grande City Customs and Border Protection in Texas engage in a sting operation to catch undocumented aliens crossing the border and wind up busting some for more than anticipated. Later, members of the border patrol in Nogales, AZ, arrest illegal immigrants trying to pass through the city by way of cargo trains.
#16 - Taken Into Custody
Season 23 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/22/2011
Officers chase a driver who refuses to stop after a hit-and-run; a belligerent drunk argues with guests in a hotel lobby.
#17 - Coast to Coast
Season 23 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/2010
The Pierce County Sheriff's Department in Washington responds to a call about a belligerent tow-truck operator. Members of the Amarillo Police Department in Texas respond to a call with location information about a subject with a probation violation warrant, who is subsequently arrested for narcotics possession. Officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department respond to a call for backup on a not-so-routine traffic violation
#18 - Street Patrol No. 2
Season 23 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2011
In California, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department is taken on a foot chase over fences and through a field to catch a suspected cell-phone thief. The Pierce County Sheriff's Department in Washington responds to a call about a road-rage incident where a man allegedly assaults his neighbor.
#19 - 800th Episode Milestone
Season 23 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/2010
On the 23rd season premiere, COPS celebrates a monumental 800th episode milestone with all the action indicative to the long-running series, including a chase, drug busts and more. An officer from the Boynton Beach Police Department in Florida chases a man fleeing his car by foot only to find what the suspect failed to hide. Another officer from Boynton Beach receives a call about a boa constrictor spotted in a residential area. Meanwhile, officers from the Harris County Sherriff's Office in Texas stop a victim for a routine traffic violation that ends in a drug bust and a charge of grand theft auto
#20 - Probable Cause
Season 23 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2010
During a routine traffic stop, officers from the Nye County Sheriff's Office in Pahrump, NV, pull over a vehicle for a missing headlight and end up busting the suspect for possession after the discovery of a marijuana plant and other illegal substances. Meanwhile, officers in Amarillo, TX, report to a major vehicle crash on a busy highway to eventually make an arrest for a DUI
#21 - Weapons Drawn #2
Season 23 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/2010
Officers from the Amarillo Police Department in Texas respond to "shots fired" call and team up to detain a suspect barricaded inside his house with a gun.
#22 - Home Assaults Special Edition
Season 23 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/19/2011
Cops in Sacramento arrest armed home invaders; police in Pierce County, WA, investigate a fight between brothers with weapons; officers in Palm Beach County, FL, respond to a call about a father holding a knife on his daughter and son-in-law.