COPS
Tough Takedowns Special Edition
Season 19, Episode 18 · Aired 2007-02-17
Synopsis
When Officer Brian Lee of the Boise, ID, Police Department responds to a domestic violence call, he discovers a suspect who had been arrested four hours prior and had returned to his house and apparently threatened his wife with a knife. Also featured is the crack-eating suspect detained by Officer Derrick Pendergrass of the Chattanooga, TN, Police Department. After admitting to swallowing the crack, the suspect is taken to the hospital in police custody.
In the series
This episode is part of COPS (1989–present) on Fox.
Bad boys theme, ride-along camera — policing as vérité spectacle.