When Officer Andrew Clarke of the West Palm Beach, FL, Police Department, responds to a "hit" from a remotely activated LO-JACK stolen vehicle recovery transponder, officers locate the reportedly stolen truck.
Also featured is Officer William Hutchinson of the Palm Springs, CA, Police Department spotting a convertible sports car being driven erratically and exceeding the posted speed limit. The male driver explains that he was driving fast to avoid other motorists who he claims were driving poorly. The suspect appears to be intoxicated and after failing field sobriety tests, he heads to jail when breathalyzer records reveal he is indeed intoxicated - over three times the legal limit.
Called the original reality show, Cops is a gritty and unfiltered look at the seamier parts of our society as seen through the eyes of the men and women who struggle to keep the peace.
Since 1989, camera crews have traveled across the nation and into other countries providing an intimate look at police officers and the nuts and bolts of their day-to-day work.
Cops uses a modern adaptation of cin... ma v... rit?, a French documentary style of film making from the early 1920s, where life is shot as it happens, without script, narration or interference. Here, the police officer is narrator, guiding you through the shift and what happens within it, using his or her own words.