COPS
Slacker Crimes Special Edition
TV Flash files “Slacker Crimes Special Edition” as hour 799 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 22, episode 10, aired 2009-11-21, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E10: listed hour 799 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 10 of 36 in season 22. It aired 2009-11-21 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Stupid Behavior #4” (S22E09). Next is “Coast to Coast #158” (S22E11). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An officer from Arizona's Tulsa County Sheriff's Office responds to a carjacking by chasing the suspect on foot to detain him. Meanwhile the officers of Florida's Palm Beach County Sheriff's Department settle a domestic dispute between a father and two sons.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Slacker Crimes Special Edition sit in the COPS guide?
S22E10 is listed hour 799 of 1267 — hour 10 of 36 in season 22, season 22 episode 10.
When did COPS S22E10 air?
Slacker Crimes Special Edition aired 2009-11-21 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.**