COPS
Coast to Coast 79
Season 17, Episode 34 · Aired 2005-07-16
Synopsis
When a concerned convenience store customer witnesses a suspect stealing beer, the older man chases the suspect. Fortunately, Officer Jeff Garwacki of the Fort Worth, TX, Police Department crosses their path and assists with apprehending the suspect, who, they later realize, broke free from handcuffs when he was detained earlier that day. While following Las Vegas, NV, Metropolitan Police Officer Gibron Smith, cameras capture a domestic disturbance involving a separated couple. The disturbance escalates when the woman is caught selling her husband's work tools for a pack of cigarettes.
In the series
This episode is part of COPS (1989–present) on Fox.
Bad boys theme, ride-along camera — policing as vérité spectacle.