COPS
First Respond
TV Flash files “First Respond” as the last listed hour of season 24 — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 24, episode 22, aired 2012-04-07, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S24E22: listed hour 869 of 1267 in the COPS guide, last listed hour of season 24. It aired 2012-04-07 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Arrests with a Twist #2” (S24E21). Next is “Odd Arrests #5” (S25E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A "shots fired" call leads to a police chase in New Orleans; officers from the Alameda County (Cal.) Sheriff's Office question a couple found with drug paraphernalia; a Corpus Christi police officer questions a man involved in a domestic dispute.
Viewer FAQ
Where does First Respond sit in the COPS guide?
S24E22 is listed hour 869 of 1267 — last listed hour of season 24, season 24 episode 22.
When did COPS S24E22 air?
First Respond aired 2012-04-07 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.**