COPS
Las Vegas Heat 1 Part 2
TV Flash files “Las Vegas Heat 1 Part 2” as hour 619 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 17, episode 12, aired 2004-12-04, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E12: listed hour 619 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 12 of 36 in season 17. It aired 2004-12-04 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Las Vegas Heat 1 Part 1” (S17E11). Next is “Ho! Ho! Ho! 2” (S17E13). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After an autopsy discussion at the morgue, detectives plan to investigate stolen credit card use, to acquire video of the suspect. An undercover officer in a painter disguise acts as bait for theft and quickly has a person steal money. The police catch the thief as he threw the money down before arrest. Suspect has long rap sheet. Credit card usage video giving a good face image of the suspect that is now clean-shaven. A uniformed officer surprises a woman urinating under a crane truck. The detectives receive a tipline call of an informant that had contact with suspect and was asked to buy brand new pool cue sticks in a case, and when asked how he got them the suspect said he killed a guy for them. A man jaywalks dropping women's clothes that were probably shoplifted and had beer cans in a pocket and one in his underwear. Detectives search hotel room of the suspect for evidence and find bloody red shirt and the bartender's wallet with ID. The suspect appears before judge and pleads not guilty. The prosecution is seeking the death penalty.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Las Vegas Heat 1 Part 2 sit in the COPS guide?
S17E12 is listed hour 619 of 1267 — hour 12 of 36 in season 17, season 17 episode 12.
When did COPS S17E12 air?
Las Vegas Heat 1 Part 2 aired 2004-12-04 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.**