COPS
Stupid Criminals Special Edition #2
TV Flash files “Stupid Criminals Special Edition #2” as hour 727 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 20, episode 12, aired 2007-11-24, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S20E12: listed hour 727 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 12 of 38 in season 20. It aired 2007-11-24 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Police Pullovers Special Edition #3” (S20E11). Next is “Coast to Coast #135” (S20E13). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
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.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Stupid Criminals Special Edition #2 sit in the COPS guide?
S20E12 is listed hour 727 of 1267 — hour 12 of 38 in season 20, season 20 episode 12.
When did COPS S20E12 air?
Stupid Criminals Special Edition #2 aired 2007-11-24 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.**