COPS
High Crimes #4
TV Flash files “High Crimes #4” as hour 779 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 21, episode 26, aired 2009-03-28, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S21E26: listed hour 779 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 26 of 36 in season 21. It aired 2009-03-28 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Dazed and Confused #1” (S21E25). Next is “Coast to Coast #151” (S21E27). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Officers in Minneapolis, MN, pursue a vehicle and the chase escalates when state troopers get involved. Deputies in Harris County, TX, respond to a domestic drunk disturbance that mixes alcohol and a pair of scissors. When deputies in King County, WA, are on a routine traffic stop, a suspicious odor calls for a K-9 unit to sniff around the vehicle.
Viewer FAQ
Where does High Crimes #4 sit in the COPS guide?
S21E26 is listed hour 779 of 1267 — hour 26 of 36 in season 21, season 21 episode 26.
When did COPS S21E26 air?
High Crimes #4 aired 2009-03-28 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.**