COPS
Fort Myers, FL 6
Season 9, Episode 35 · Aired 1997-07-19
Synopsis
A traffic stop is conducted to examine a vehicle's tags, the driver is placed in the back of the cruiser and shares a tearful goodbye with his daughter before being taken into custody. Back-up is called in a traffic stop involving two unruly men, one of which alleges that he needs medical attention and is carted off by EMTs. A domestic dispute at a Lee County trailer park is investigated, at the scene the female victim is observably badly beaten and the assailant is arrested on the spot.
In the series
This episode is part of COPS (1989–present) on Fox.
Bad boys theme, ride-along camera — policing as vérité spectacle.