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 - 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.
#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 6/22/1991
(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, NY 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.
#13 - 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.
#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 - 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.
Watch Now:Apple TV#22 - 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
#24 - Coast to Coast 62
Season 16 - Episode 37 - Aired 7/10/2004
When Sgt. Valentino Demps of the Jacksonville, FL, Sheriff's Office supervises a buy-bust sting designed to capture unsuspecting drug dealers in an area known for high drug activity, a suspect takes off on foot after completing a drug deal with undercover agents, and another sting features a suspect quickly taken into custody after he sells drugs to the undercover agent. Additionally, Officer Joe Luiz and Officer Troy Pahlke of the Portland, OR, Police Bureau investigate a dispute between a tow truck operator and a vehicle owner. At the scene, the tow truck operator informs the officers that he was in the process of removing a vehicle from a private parking lot, while the vehicle's owner claims that his girlfriend, an exotic dancer, has to perform lap dances in order to generate the money to pay the release fee. To the dancer's dismay, the tow truck operators don't wait for her to complete her routine and promptly tow away the vehicle.
#25 - Miami-Homestead, Florida 12
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/31/1996
From Miami, Florida. A motorist refuses to pull off the road, officers investigate a car theft and a suicide attempt.