COPS
Miami-Homestead, Florida 12
TV Flash files “Miami-Homestead, Florida 12” as the first listed hour of season 9 — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 9, episode 1, aired 1996-08-31, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E01: listed hour 311 of 1267 in the COPS guide, first listed hour of season 9. It aired 1996-08-31 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Orange County, California 3” (S08E43). Next is “Miami; Homestead, Florida 13” (S09E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In Miami, a tracking device leads to a suspected car thief; a driver ignores instructions to pull off the road; a woman is questioned about an alleged suicide by her boyfriend.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Miami-Homestead, Florida 12 sit in the COPS guide?
S09E01 is listed hour 311 of 1267 — first listed hour of season 9, season 9 episode 1.
When did COPS S09E01 air?
Miami-Homestead, Florida 12 aired 1996-08-31 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.**