COPS
Las Vegas, Nevada 27
Season 10, Episode 16 · Aired 1998-01-24
Synopsis
A man drinking a beer on the sidewalk in North Las Vegas decides to resist arrest. The suspect proclaims his innocence even after officers locate multiple baggies of cocaine in his pockets. When officers respond to a shots fired call, they find a bloody man on the ground who claims he was beaten and thrown from a car. Officers recover equipment stolen from a convention in Las Vegas worth $60,000. When a man runs from a car stop, officers set up a perimeter and find him hiding in a bush.
In the series
This episode is part of COPS (1989–present) on Fox.
Bad boys theme, ride-along camera — policing as vérité spectacle.