COPS
Coast to Coast 107
Season 18, Episode 35 · Aired 2006-07-15
Synopsis
When Officer William Hutchinson of the Palm Springs, CA, Police Department responds to a call regarding a man who allegedly attempted to steal a truck in the parking lot of a strip mall, the hostile suspect tells police that he had been drinking and believed he was in his own vehicle. Another segment features Officer Mike Reddy and Officer Jerry Kabala of the Pittsburgh, PA, Bureau of Police, pulling over a vehicle after it is seen leaving a lot frequented by heroin users. The female driver and male passenger tell the officers they were just looking for the driver's mother. An investigation reveals a different story.
In the series
This episode is part of COPS (1989–present) on Fox.
Bad boys theme, ride-along camera — policing as vérité spectacle.