COPS
Chases... and Cars #2
TV Flash files “Chases... and Cars #2” as hour 873 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 25, episode 4, aired 2013-01-19, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S25E04: listed hour 873 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 4 of 16 in season 25. It aired 2013-01-19 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Street Arrests #3” (S25E03). Next is “Liar Liar #6” (S25E05). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Kansas City Police Department in Missouri trails a stolen vehicle, but the suspect drives off-course, abandons the vehicle and escapes into the woods. Later, the Kansas City Police Department takes a man into custody after they receive a call from a resident claiming the suspect was armed and threatened him with the gun. Finally, officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department interrogate the driver of a vehicle that hit a female pedestrian, and later they find alcohol in the vehicle.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Chases... and Cars #2 sit in the COPS guide?
S25E04 is listed hour 873 of 1267 — hour 4 of 16 in season 25, season 25 episode 4.
When did COPS S25E04 air?
Chases... and Cars #2 aired 2013-01-19 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.**