COPS
Broward County, Florida 13
TV Flash files “Broward County, Florida 13” as hour 13 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 1, episode 13, aired 1989-06-03, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E13: listed hour 13 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 13 of 15 in season 1. It aired 1989-06-03 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Broward County, Florida 12” (S01E12). Next is “Broward County, Florida 14” (S01E14). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Detective Howard Rudolph goes undercover inside an RV for the Organized Crime Division's "Trojan Horse" sting, lead by Sergeant Robert Deak. Deputy Mike Hoffman responds to domestic dispute between two elderly sisters. Later, Deputy Hoffman responds to a homicide inside a residential trailer. Officer David Magnusson, Miami Police Department's "1988 Officer of the Year," engages with the community, arrests a man for possession of narcotics, and assists a missing elderly gentleman with dementia.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Broward County, Florida 13 sit in the COPS guide?
S01E13 is listed hour 13 of 1267 — hour 13 of 15 in season 1, season 1 episode 13.
When did COPS S01E13 air?
Broward County, Florida 13 aired 1989-06-03 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is there a host or a script?
Ride-along vérité: handheld cameras, minimal narration, chaos scored to "Bad Boys." The format is the author.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Handheld ride-alongs set to a reggae hook: policing as weekly spectacle, no narrator required. The format that taught reality TV how to chase, cuff, and cut. Controversial by design — vérité as entertainment, neighborhoods as set, and a chorus that still follows every squad-car clip. View it as craft and as argument; it was always both.
Visual first: handheld grain, a reggae hook, neighborhoods framed as set, no narrator to soften the silhouette. John Langley and Malcolm Barbour's Fox series premiered in 1989 and became a syndication staple through the 1990s. *Ride-along vérité as weekly spectacle.* Inner Circle's *Bad Boys* is inseparable from the brand — the chorus that still follows every squad-car clip. **This was not a procedural costume; this was policing photographed as entertainment.**