COPS
Seattle; Tacoma, WA 16
TV Flash files “Seattle; Tacoma, WA 16” as hour 330 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 9, episode 20, aired 1997-02-15, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E20: listed hour 330 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 20 of 36 in season 9. It aired 1997-02-15 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Seattle; Tacoma, WA 15” (S09E19). Next is “Seattle; Tacoma, WA 17” (S09E21). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In Seattle-Tacoma, a K-9 unit helps catch a suspect who fled from a drug bust; phony police ID is found on a man alleged to have assaulted a woman at a motel; two Native American siblings request to be taken to a tribal jail.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Seattle; Tacoma, WA 16 sit in the COPS guide?
S09E20 is listed hour 330 of 1267 — hour 20 of 36 in season 9, season 9 episode 20.
When did COPS S09E20 air?
Seattle; Tacoma, WA 16 aired 1997-02-15 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.**