COPS
Las Vegas, Nevada 26
TV Flash files “Las Vegas, Nevada 26” as hour 359 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 10, episode 13, aired 1997-12-13, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S10E13: listed hour 359 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 13 of 36 in season 10. It aired 1997-12-13 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Las Vegas, NV 25” (S10E12). Next is “Kansas City 19” (S10E14). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A burglary suspect is arrested after entering a detective's backyard; officers respond to a report of drug use in a park; a sting operation targets alleged johns.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Las Vegas, Nevada 26 sit in the COPS guide?
S10E13 is listed hour 359 of 1267 — hour 13 of 36 in season 10, season 10 episode 13.
When did COPS S10E13 air?
Las Vegas, Nevada 26 aired 1997-12-13 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.**