COPS
Dangerous Arrests
TV Flash files “Dangerous Arrests” as hour 797 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 22, episode 8, aired 2009-11-07, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E08: listed hour 797 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 8 of 36 in season 22. It aired 2009-11-07 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “In Denial 3” (S22E07). Next is “Stupid Behavior #4” (S22E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department pursue a bank robber in a car chase through the streets of Vegas. Also in the episode, officers of the Victorville (CA) Police Department of San Bernadino County respond to a call from an armed man threatening to shoot innocent bystanders outside his apartment.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Dangerous Arrests sit in the COPS guide?
S22E08 is listed hour 797 of 1267 — hour 8 of 36 in season 22, season 22 episode 8.
When did COPS S22E08 air?
Dangerous Arrests aired 2009-11-07 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.**