COPS
Las Vegas, NV 22
TV Flash files “Las Vegas, NV 22” as hour 353 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 10, episode 7, aired 1997-10-25, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E07: listed hour 353 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 7 of 36 in season 10. It aired 1997-10-25 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Las Vegas, Nevada 21” (S10E06). Next is “Las Vegas, Nevada 23” (S10E08). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Police pursue van-theft suspects; search the home of a man arrested for drug possession; question an alleged transvestite and two suspicious males.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Las Vegas, NV 22 sit in the COPS guide?
S10E07 is listed hour 353 of 1267 — hour 7 of 36 in season 10, season 10 episode 7.
When did COPS S10E07 air?
Las Vegas, NV 22 aired 1997-10-25 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.**