COPS
Miami-Homestead, Florida 14
TV Flash files “Miami-Homestead, Florida 14” as hour 313 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 9, episode 3, aired 1996-09-21, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E03: listed hour 313 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 3 of 36 in season 9. It aired 1996-09-21 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Miami; Homestead, Florida 13” (S09E02). Next is “Miami-Homestead, Florida 15” (S09E04). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An annual memorial service is held to commemorate the brave Miami Police Officers who risked their lives in the line of duty. A wanted fugitive may face some hard-time after authorities arrest him in connection to a residential burglary report in Miami, FL. Miami-Dade's finest investigate a report of a group of juveniles breaking into homes, the three suspects are quickly located and after a bit of interrogation the officers learn that this is a part of a much larger problem.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Miami-Homestead, Florida 14 sit in the COPS guide?
S09E03 is listed hour 313 of 1267 — hour 3 of 36 in season 9, season 9 episode 3.
When did COPS S09E03 air?
Miami-Homestead, Florida 14 aired 1996-09-21 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.**