COPS
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon 13
TV Flash files “Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon 13” as hour 28 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 2, episode 13, aired 1989-12-16, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E13: listed hour 28 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 13 of 32 in season 2. It aired 1989-12-16 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Portland, OR #12” (S02E12). Next is “San Diego County, California 1” (S02E14). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Multnomah County Sheriff Sgt Loren Caddy is called in to perform an intoxilyzer test. Sgt John Bunnell arrests a grandmother drug dealer. Det Doug Ross leads team to a marijuana operation. Ofc Harry Jackson talks to three known prostitutes.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon 13 sit in the COPS guide?
S02E13 is listed hour 28 of 1267 — hour 13 of 32 in season 2, season 2 episode 13.
When did COPS S02E13 air?
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon 13 aired 1989-12-16 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.**