COPS
Taken into Custody Special Edition
TV Flash files “Taken into Custody Special Edition” as hour 837 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 23, episode 12, aired 2011-01-22, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S23E12: listed hour 837 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 12 of 22 in season 23. It aired 2011-01-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Coast to Coast 176” (S23E11). Next is “Street Patrol 1” (S23E13). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department in California chases a speeding silver sedan after the driver refuses to stop after a hit-and-run. An officer of the Amarillo Police Department in Texas responds to a call from a local hotel front desk stating that a belligerent drunk is loitering in the hotel lobby arguing with guests. A deputy with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office in Florida responds to a call about a possible domestic assault.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Taken into Custody Special Edition sit in the COPS guide?
S23E12 is listed hour 837 of 1267 — hour 12 of 22 in season 23, season 23 episode 12.
When did COPS S23E12 air?
Taken into Custody Special Edition aired 2011-01-22 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.**