The BEST episodes of Cops season 4

Every episode of Cops season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Cops season 4!

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: 8/20/2025Network: Fox NationStatus: Continuing
Metro-Dade, South Florida 3
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10.00
4 votes

#1 - 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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10.00
4 votes

#2 - 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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Metro-Dade, South Florida 13
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10.00
4 votes

#3 - Metro-Dade, South Florida 13

Season 4 - Episode 40 - Aired 6/27/1992

Narcotics Unit Miami Beach Sgt Fred Silber says they got a call from customs that there is a 50-100 pound package of pot, $100,000 worth, stuffed into fish on Air Jamaica Express from Kingston, Jamaica. Palm Beach County Sheriff Deputy Charles Hicks says s kid named Edwin called that a man with a knife is trying to get in his house. Ft. Lauderdale - Broward County Sheriff's Dept - Deputy Tincu Taranu says you see a lot of weird things.

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10.00
4 votes

#4 - Metro-Dade, South Florida 10

Season 4 - Episode 36 - Aired 5/16/1992

(11:47 PM Street Patrol) Sheriff's Office - Deputy Charles Hicks spots car making a dope deal and hunts it down after losing sight of it. bank robbery arrest; public disturbance; hit and run.

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10.00
4 votes

#5 - Metro-Dade, South Florida 9

Season 4 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/9/1992

Metro-Dade Sgt. Fred Silber explains how undercover cops confiscated vases full of drugs. At a Win Dixie two men go over to the car with a shopping cart and take the boxes and are arrested by Lt. Robert Diers. Sgt. Michael Roy also finds $6000 in cash. Palm Beach A man calls 911 about a deaf girl who wants to kill herself. Deputy Charles Hicks goes to the house where 15 year old Kathy cut her wrists. Miami - Sgt. Debra Dozier talks about a reward of $72,000 for a guy who killed a cop. Cpl. Glenn Stolzenberg is called to a cock fighting ring. Officer Carlos Garcia translated for the owner. The owner says animals killed the dead roosters, they didn't die during cock fights. He welcomes them to come back and check.

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Metro-Dade, South Florida 11
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10.00
4 votes

#6 - Metro-Dade, South Florida 11

Season 4 - Episode 38 - Aired 5/30/1992

Ft. Lauderdale Broward Co. Deputy Robert Lahiff is off to set up a checkpoint. Next cops set up a fence operation and put the word out they are looking for heavy equipment. They have spent $61,000 to recover $1.8 million worth of stolen goods. A guy sells plastic explosives and comes in with Jack Daniels.

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4 votes

#7 - Metro-Dade, South Florida 2

Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 2/22/1992

Sgt Ralph Capone is on his way to wire an undercover informant to buy an ounce of coke. Kmart parking lot, stop a guy in a red car, block her in, pull her out and cuff her. When they tell her she's getting 3 years she cries and hits her head on the car. Miami Beach Domestic Disturbance Call) Officer Henry Doce says a child called that her sister was beaten up by her boyfriend and is pregnant. Sgt. Bob Dorigo assists. He tries to smoke a cigar, but is cuffed and put in a car. Bob goes back in and she says he deserves it, he gets away with it and he'll keep doing it and she went through it before.

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Metro-Dade, South Florida 1
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10.00
4 votes

#8 - 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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10.00
4 votes

#9 - Metro-Dade, South Florida 12

Season 4 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/13/1992

(1:26 AM Crime Suppression Unit) Beach Police Department - Officer Bill Guillem and his partner Officer Tony Sammarco says they work residential areas, hot spots where burglaries are and try to catch prowlers before they strike. They go to a business where the window was broken out and watch the area to make sure no one robs it until the emergency board up team arrives. A looter; car stuck on train tracks; drunken driver arrested.

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9.80
5 votes

#10 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 3

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/25/1992

(10:58 PM Armed Robbery Call) Officer Jeff Clark drives to the scene of a crime, unknown who is responsible, shots fired, victim is D.O.A. A 60 year old white man was who was a volunteer probation officer got robbed and shot five times and is dead. A black man in a black jacket was seen fleeing the scene and is apprehended down the street. robbery investigation yields murder victim; disturbance call.

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9.60
5 votes

#11 - Metro-Dade, South Florida 8

Season 4 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/2/1992

(5:17 PM Roll Call) Lt. Noel Rojas announces that Officer Emilo Cancibello is officer of the month. Capture of armed suspects; arrests for lewd behavior.

Boston-Lynn Massachusetts 1
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9.33
6 votes

#12 - Boston-Lynn Massachusetts 1

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/9/1991

Officers Mike Stratton and Greg Brown catch a man observed buying cocaine, but he manages to swallow it before they can force him to spit it out. Officer Mike Lopriore brings toys and and children's clothing to a mother after the father sold his children's clothing to buy crack. Officers Tito Whittington and Robert Rogers of the Ant-Gang & Violence Unit assist in an arrest after a stabbing.

Metro-Dade, South Florida 5
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9.33
6 votes

#13 - Metro-Dade, South Florida 5

Season 4 - Episode 30 - Aired 3/21/1992

(Weapons Inspection) Metro-Dade Police Department - Corporal Ronald Dignazio is the inspector and tells the officers to line up, draw their weapons, eject their cartridges to the floor and present their weapons for inspection. Another officer checks them. Officer Federico Chacon says he doesn't take sides, make problems personal and just tries to make the best decision. (7:24 PM Street Patrol) A car chase; man assaults friend; drug bust.

Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 1
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9.25
8 votes

#14 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 1

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/11/1992

(Narcotics Unit Briefing) Detective Leo Hampton says there is a 65 & 63 year old white couple selling pot out of their house and he wants to get them all in one room. They bought from the woman before and she is supposed to have 4 or 5 pounds of marijuana there. 10:07 PM they head out and he says she is known to carry a .22 and is not afraid to use it. (10:17 PM Warrant Served) Elderly couple distributed narcotics; assault.

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9.20
5 votes

#15 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 5

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/15/1992

(12:52 AM Street Patrol) Officer Gene Hulley has been there 3 years. It's all he ever wanted to do, all he could think about doing in high school, can't imagine doing anything else. He's got a seat on the front row of life and is enjoying it. His family thinks he's crazy for doing it, knows he could get shot, but most families are like that. officer's wife barricades herself in bathroom against intruder.

Kansas City, Missouri; Kansas City, Kansas 3
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9.00
9 votes

#16 - Kansas City, Missouri; Kansas City, Kansas 3

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/24/1991

Officer Randy Poletis responds to an incident at a restaurant where they meet a uncooperative male who quickly becomes aggressive and resists arrest before he can even be questioned. Officer Scott Caron responds to a domestic disturbance which turns out to be a food fight, and decides to leave because no physical contact occurred. While responding to a burglary in progress call, Officer Richard Keith meets a woman who gave forty dollars to help someone get a tow truck, but wants the money back.

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8.86
7 votes

#17 - Metro-Dade, South Florida 6

Season 4 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/11/1992

(6:40 PM Narcotics Unit Briefing) Metro-Dade Department - Sgt. Fred Silber says Moe's CI from the 50K reverse drug buy was compromised when he owed $40,000 and Columbian leg breaker enforcers were hired to get his family. They'll wire Moe and if he is threatened they'll bust the Columbians. Suspects threaten informant and family; suspected drunken driver.

Kansas City, Missouri; Kansas City, Kansas 7
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8.75
12 votes

#18 - Kansas City, Missouri; Kansas City, Kansas 7

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/19/1991

The Kansas City Metro Tactical Unit reassures a young boy that he won’t go to jail after they serve a warrant at his parents house. Officer Mike Cook returns to a house several times before recovering a lady’s stolen dog. Officer Scott Caron apprehends a juvenile with warrants for his arrest.

Boston-Lynn Massachusetts 6
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8.63
8 votes

#19 - Boston-Lynn Massachusetts 6

Season 4 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/21/1992

(8:28 PM Buy/Bust Operation) Officer Mike Lopriore says a guy on probation is part of the we deliver network. he goes to drug meetings and then delivers coke all night. He beeped all his customers to meet in a parking lot an some undercover detectives are going in to bust buyers and sellers. Drug sting at gas station/Roll call - treat everyone like they are armed/Stabbing of husband by his drunk, drugged wife/Shooting by armed gang/Booking of suspect.

Washington State 3
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8.63
8 votes

#20 - Washington State 3

Season 4 - Episode 43 - Aired 7/11/1992

(8:22 PM Domestic Disturbance Call) Cops arrive and the family points to the woods where the man has run after beating his wife. They chase him with a K9 through the neighborhood, catch him and hog tie him since he is insane. He has a cruelty to animals warrant and in the police bathroom goes insane, but is just kidding. (9:57 PM Fight Call) Ronald Morrison, a black man in a yellow shirt, attacks a man in a bar with a baseball bat and beats him 25 times because 6 days earlier the guy shot at him 3 times. (10:42 PM 911 Call) Christopher Jones, an 18 year old man assaults a woman and leaves with a shotgun and goes home. The police surround the home and call him out and he is only wearing small blue underwear.

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8.63
8 votes

#21 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 6

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/21/1991

(6:08 PM Drug Bust) Detective Eddie Brown says the task force in Homewood in the last eight days made 88 arrests, got 20 guns of the street and it's going back to the community, doing what they have to do to keep the streets clean and drug free. They're here to stay. A drug deal is on Breston Ave with 5-6 people on the edge of the city near Penn Hills. They catch two black guys on a concrete staircase up a hill. drive-by shooting foiled; hit-and-run suspect apprehended. #412. 11/2/91

Washington State 2
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8.56
9 votes

#22 - Washington State 2

Season 4 - Episode 42 - Aired 7/4/1992

(5:57 PM Felony Warrant Assistance) Pierce Co. Sheriff's Dept. - Deputy Shawn McDonald likes working there because his dad worked there as a deputy for 30 years. There's lots of good people, sometimes you run into bad guys, nice place to work, a close knit group that's real fun to work with. Felony suspect is arrested; hysterical shoplifting suspect. King Co.

Washington State 1
star
8.56
9 votes

#23 - Washington State 1

Season 4 - Episode 41 - Aired 6/20/1992

(7:31 PM Person with a Weapon Call) King Co. Officer Sydney Jackson pulls over a blue car. confusing weapons call; teen threatens mother. AKA Seattle/Tacoma.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 4
star
8.56
9 votes

#24 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 4

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/26/1991

(8:58 PM Narcotics Task Force Briefing) Eddie Brown jokes that the officer in the Cincinnati Reds hat eating a salad is what heroes are made of. Detective Damien Wiles says the guy they are looking for is Erwin Earl in he lives in an apartment at the bottom.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 3
star
8.50
10 votes

#25 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 3

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/28/1991

Detective Eddie Brown assists other officers to catch two drug dealers. Officer Deborah Germany and Officer James Rohm mediate between a group of men waiting twelve hours to move into an apartment and the former tenant who is slowly moving out. Officer Edward Eckle and Officer Thomas DeTemple are flagged down while on street patrol by victims of a hit and run accident caused by a drunk driver.