COPS
Chases, Stings and Rescues
TV Flash files “Chases, Stings and Rescues” as hour 807 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 22, episode 18, aired 2010-02-13, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S22E18: listed hour 807 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 18 of 36 in season 22. It aired 2010-02-13 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Coast to Coast #162” (S22E17). Next is “War on Drugs #3” (S22E19). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Five undercover officers from the Boynton Beach Police Department in Florida head up a drug sting and bust multiple dealers, while officers at the Harris County Sherriff's Office in Texas attempt to save a dog from a flipped car.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Chases, Stings and Rescues sit in the COPS guide?
S22E18 is listed hour 807 of 1267 — hour 18 of 36 in season 22, season 22 episode 18.
When did COPS S22E18 air?
Chases, Stings and Rescues aired 2010-02-13 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.**