COPS
Stupid Criminals Special Edition #2
Season 20, Episode 12 · Aired 2007-11-24
Synopsis
When Detective Carl Jones of the Rialto, CA, Police Department spots a stolen vehicle in an alleyway, the driver attempts to evade officers and causes an accident involving a patrol car and two parked cars. Still thinking he has a chance to escape, the suspect flees on foot before he is caught and hauled off to jail. Also featured is Deputy Kelly Simpkins of the Brevard County, FL, Sheriff's Office, who spots a suspicious male lurking in a known drug area. When the suspect is caught red-handed, his family shows nothing but tough love.
In the series
This episode is part of COPS (1989–present) on Fox.
Bad boys theme, ride-along camera — policing as vérité spectacle.