COPS
Police Chases Special Edition
TV Flash files “Police Chases Special Edition” as hour 687 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 19, episode 8, aired 2006-11-18, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S19E08: listed hour 687 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 8 of 36 in season 19. It aired 2006-11-18 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Florida Heat #1” (S19E07). Next is “Bad Girls! 10 Special Edition” (S19E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When a suspect ditches a stolen vehicle, Deputy Todd Holland of the Brevard County, FL, Sheriff's Office comes to the aid of another officer and joins the wild foot pursuit. Also featured is Officer Cary Carrillo of the Palm Springs, CA, Police Department, teaming with several units in a dangerous high-speed chase through populated areas and a business district on the all-new COPS: POLICE CHASES SPECIAL EDITION
Viewer FAQ
Where does Police Chases Special Edition sit in the COPS guide?
S19E08 is listed hour 687 of 1267 — hour 8 of 36 in season 19, season 19 episode 8.
When did COPS S19E08 air?
Police Chases Special Edition aired 2006-11-18 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.**