A domestic violence call in Lafayette, Louisiana, turns into a melee when a male suspect resists while his girlfriend interferes with his arrest and attacks an Officer. Greene County, Missouri, Deputies conduct a traffic stop on a reckless driver who attempts to flee but crashes into a telephone pole and another motorist. Fontana, California Officers respond to a call of someone impersonating the police and locate a Chevy Silverado with detachable blue and red flashing lights.
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.