COPS
Street Patrol #3
TV Flash files “Street Patrol #3” as hour 878 of 1267 in the TV Flash guide — COPS (1989–present) on Fox, season 25, episode 9, aired 2013-02-23, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S25E09: listed hour 878 of 1267 in the COPS guide, hour 9 of 16 in season 25. It aired 2013-02-23 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Caught in a Lie” (S25E08). Next is “Dazed & Confused #5” (S25E10). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A chase ensues after officers from the Portland Police Bureau attempt to make a traffic stop and the suspect runs on foot to his home. Then, officers from the Kansas City Police Department respond to a call from a local convenience store about a man being chased by another man with a knife. Finally, officers from the Portland Police Bureau respond to reports about a man riding his bicycle naked in downtown Portland, and later they discover he was protesting global warming.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Street Patrol #3 sit in the COPS guide?
S25E09 is listed hour 878 of 1267 — hour 9 of 16 in season 25, season 25 episode 9.
When did COPS S25E09 air?
Street Patrol #3 aired 2013-02-23 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.**