COPS
Chases and Takedowns Special Edition
TV Flash files “Chases and Takedowns Special Edition” as hour 734 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 20, episode 19, aired 2008-02-16, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S20E19: listed hour 734 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 19 of 38 in season 20. It aired 2008-02-16 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Wild Chases Special Edition” (S20E18). Next is “Bad Girls #11” (S20E20). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When an officer in Riverside, CA, spots a woman with a warrant out for her arrest, a struggle ensues and the wild woman wrestles with the officer until backup arrives. In Las Vegas, NV, an officer encounters a stolen vehicle case which reveals the details of a woman making a desperate drug deal. Also, in Pomona, CA, a stolen-vehicle suspect is questioned and officers are reminded that looks can be deceiving.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Chases and Takedowns Special Edition sit in the COPS guide?
S20E19 is listed hour 734 of 1267 — hour 19 of 38 in season 20, season 20 episode 19.
When did COPS S20E19 air?
Chases and Takedowns Special Edition aired 2008-02-16 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.**