22 minSeason 37 • Episode 40
LatestA less lethal shotgun is used to gain compliance during a call for a man with a gun; a driver hides meth and fentanyl in a chocolate milk bottle; officers in Peoria, Ariz. respond to a house fire.
Follow real-life law enforcement officers from various regions and departments of the United States armed with nothing but with cameras to capture their actions, performing their daily duty to serve and protect the public.
Direction
Langley's 'ride-along' format invented modern reality TV.
Editing
Those guitar riffs? Iconic. The 'bad boys' theme? Brain poison.
Production
37 seasons of raw, unscripted human catastrophe.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cops became synonymous with 'copaganda'—critics argue it sanitizes policing for entertainment while the show's producers maintained they simply documented reality.
Paramount pulled Cops from air in 2020 after George Floyd's murder; it returned on Fox Nation in 2021. The 'bad boys' theme is actually by reggae group Inner Circle.
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