COPS
Resisting Arrest 4
TV Flash files “Resisting Arrest 4” as hour 757 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 21, episode 4, aired 2008-09-20, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S21E04: listed hour 757 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 4 of 36 in season 21. It aired 2008-09-20 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Stupid Behavior #3” (S21E03). Next is “Black & Blue & White Special Edition” (S21E05). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Detectives in Broward County, FL, respond to a routine loitering call that escalates into physical situation and a taser gun must be used on the suspect. Also featured are officers in Las Vegas, NV, who are forced to dodge traffic when a suspect leads them on a foot pursuit down a busy street. Deputies in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, are in hot pursuit of a speeding car.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Resisting Arrest 4 sit in the COPS guide?
S21E04 is listed hour 757 of 1267 — hour 4 of 36 in season 21, season 21 episode 4.
When did COPS S21E04 air?
Resisting Arrest 4 aired 2008-09-20 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.**