The WORST episodes of Cops
Every episode of Cops ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - Wild Ride
Season 36 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/29/2024
During a stolen vehicle pursuit in Independence, Missouri, a female driver rams a patrol car, disabling both vehicles. The woman is taken into custody and pleads with Officers to take care of her small dog. Officers in Wichita, Kansas locate a stolen Honda Element in a gas station parking lot and take a man into custody who claims he was just a passenger. Officers locate a bicycle with no lights. The female rider tries to avoid them but winds up hitting a curb and crashing.
#2 - Kansas City 12
Season 7 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/18/1995
In Kansas City, a suspect runs from police, officers are called to a trailer-park brawl and a domestic dispute.
#3 - Los Angeles, CA 28
Season 7 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/20/1995
In Los Angeles, officers make drug arrests, get called on a restraining-order violation and investigate a traffic infraction.
#4 - Seattle; Tacoma, WA 17
Season 9 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/1997
In the Seattle/Tacoma, Washington area, a driver ignores an officer's order to pull over, a mother & daughter have a dispute, a restraining order is violated and a lottery ticket is reported stolen.
#5 - Coast to Coast 85
Season 18 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/2005
Police are dispatched to a fast-food restaurant where a disturbed man has reportedly threatened a customer.
#6 - London Special
Season 3 - Episode 40 - Aired 8/3/1991
(Parade) A marching band parades in front of Buckingham Palace. Cops watch and patrol. Sir Peter Imbert Commissioner says Scotland Yard is the HG of the metro police, it was formed in 1829 by Sir Robert Peel, SY has traditionally been it’s HQ.
#7 - Buffalo, New York 6
Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/13/1996
Officers in Buffalo, N.Y., interview witnesses to a fight; a young man claims his stepfather threatened him with a gun.
#8 - Fresno, California 1
Season 9 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/29/1997
Fresno, Calif.: K-9 unit catches suspect; armed man; truck accident; trespassing.
#9 - Fort Myers, FL 1
Season 9 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/26/1997
A Fort Myers, Fla., infant has breathing difficulties; alleged shoplifters caught on tape; restaurant patrons allegedly refuse to pay.
#10 - Fort Myers, FL 4
Season 9 - Episode 33 - Aired 6/21/1997
Authorities inadvertently stumble upon a marijuana grow operation. An officer investigates an alcohol induced domestic call. A suspect claiming to be asking for directions is quickly busted for drugs.
#11 - Kansas City 18
Season 10 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/22/1997
Police investigate a drive-by shooting that hospitalized a 12-year-old boy; a landlord-tenant dispute.
#12 - Las Vegas, NV 25
Season 10 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1997
A woman calls 911 screaming for help. Eagle-eyed officers spot her abusive boyfriend fleeing the scene. The battered woman admits she finds it hard to leave the situation despite the beatings. A bashful man hides behind a topless club with a woman he just picked up. The honest hooker admits she enjoys her work and was paid twenty dollars for her services tonight. A trespassing call becomes a theft investigation when officers find several expensive items in the purse of a wig-wearing man.
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#14 - Kansas City 15
Season 7 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/22/1995
In Kansas City, Mo., officers respond to a call reporting gunfire; diffuse an alleged dispute; arrest a suspect locked inside a car; assist an alleged assault victim.
#15 - Los Angeles, CA 30
Season 7 - Episode 37 - Aired 7/15/1995
8:40 PM (Assistance Call) convenience store robbery; domestic disturbance; stolen car. #732. 7/15/95
#16 - COPS - Mardi Gra 2004 PT 1
Season 17 - Episode 37 - Aired 5/15/2004
Various rabble rousing from New Orleans during Mardi Gra 2004 including men flashing and getting arrested, a couple having sex, a patron spitting on a doorman and getting arrested, a man arrested for public urination and an arrest for illegal gambling.
#17 - COPS - Mardi Gra 2004 PT 2
Season 17 - Episode 38 - Aired 5/15/2004
More craziness from Mardi Gra 2004 in New Orleans. Stories during this episode mostly center around arrests involving drunken fights, groping of females and indecent exposure.
#18 - COPS - Coast To Coast
Season 17 - Episode 39 - Aired 9/11/2004
Season Premiere. From New Orleans, a man in a bar who refuses to leave. From Jacksonville, Fl, an arrest for domestic aggravated assault involving a car. And from Riverside, CA, an arrest for assault involving drinking.
#19 - COPS - Coast To Coast
Season 17 - Episode 40 - Aired 9/11/2004
Florida police officers target street-level drug dealers in an undercover sting operation and a 15-year-old is arrested in a domestic disturbance, while New Jersey officers encounter a suspect with a chronic drug habit.
#20 - COPS - Coast To Coast
Season 17 - Episode 41 - Aired 9/18/2004
COPS in New Orleans, Jacksonville, Fl, and Riverside County, California. Stories include drug busts from a Task Force operation, domestic violence involving alcohol and a meth bust in a vehicle.
#21 - COPS - Resisting Arrest 2 Special Edition
Season 17 - Episode 42 - Aired 9/25/2004
COPS in California, Nevada and Florida. Stories involve suspects resisting arrest for various violations.
#22 - Light Confusion
Season 36 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/15/2024
Officers in Wichita, Kansas stop a bicycle with no lights. When they cannot locate the man in their system, they suspect that the man has given them a fake name because he has warrants. In West Covina, California, Officers conduct a high-risk traffic stop on a Chevy Colorado that was seen driving recklessly by a Detective in an unmarked car. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police attempt to make contact with a man acting erratically and walking in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip. 3614
#23 - Catch Me If You Can
Season 36 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/22/2024
A white Impala leads Officers in Independence, Missouri on a lengthy pursuit, sometimes traveling off-road, before bailing and running into an apartment under construction. Greene County, Missouri Deputies chase a motorcyclist who admits he ran because he does not have a motorcycle endorsement on his license. Deputies in Escambia County, Florida stop a nervous man for driving without a seatbelt and discover the suspect ingested a baggie of fentanyl as he was being pulled over.
#24 - Miami-Homestead, Florida 19
Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1996
A sting operation targets suspects allegedly dealing in rock cocaine; officer arrests a suspect accused of threatening an ex-lover.
#25 - Phoenix, Arizona 3
Season 5 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/1/1993
From Phoenix, Ariz.: a narcotics team searches for drugs; a domestic disturbance call; investigation of an attempted kidnapping