Things I've learned from watching C.O.P.S.

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[catfish1957]

I agree, this is a job hazard IMO. Still, the timing and circumstances couldn’t have been worse at this moment.

[Nailbiter]

I should have been clear in my reply- I was not blaming the officer(s).
Just commenting that I am surprised it has not happened before this occasion.

I agree that these camera persons and sound technicians are brave.

[walford]

I didn’t say you were blaming anyone. I was recognizing that in the heat of battle, there will be friendly fire incidents and we as civilians should be mindful of that should we be tempted to second-guess trained, experienced professionals.

[walford]

If contraband is found in a vehicle with 2 more more people inside, it belongs to one of three characters from the old Family Circus comic strip: “Ida Know” “Not Me” or “Nobody.”

[SamAdams76]

Up in these parts, people get all haughty when you bring the COPS show up and claim to have never watched it because of the way it patronizes the poor people.

However, many people do watch it as it is now in it's 25th season and has almost 1,000 episodes in constant re-runs on about a dozen cable channels.

Almost every show has a segment where you are taken to a ratty apartment where people live like slobs and the men hang out in wife-beater T-shirts (or no shirt at all), chain-smoking, drinking cheap liquor and saying dumb things like "Those ain't mah pants" and "I didn't do nuttin" and "She done hit me first an' I wuz defending mahself."

I have a relative who was a cop in Boston for a number of years and he tells me it's just like on the show except the cops aren't as polite as they are on camera. After a few years of dealing with these fools, you develop a cynicism and a hard edge.

[walford]

“Up in these parts, people get all haughty when you bring the COPS show up and claim to have never watched it because of the way it patronizes the poor people.”

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@COPsTV is a guilty pleasure, I suppose. And regarding the poor oppressed criminals, those who clearly don’t think things through, lack impulse control and have a sense if entitlement to do unto others tend also to be lacking in economic success as well.

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“I have a relative who was a cop in Boston for a number of years and he tells me it’s just like on the show except the cops aren’t as polite as they are on camera.”

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On one uncensored version of @COPsTV I saw an officer let one slip after chasing a guy and having several cops struggling to cuff him:

“Why are you doing this to me?”

“BECAUSE YOU’RE AN @SSHOLE!!”

[walford]

Also, if you’re from Mass, you might have seen that one episode that was shot in a town called Lynn [which I understand is the City of Sin].

A guy with a knife was walking down a highway with a knife and at least a dozen cops were following him, but staying out of range while he begged them to shoot him. “We don’t want to do that, buddy. Drop the knife!” Finally they tried jumping him and in the ensuing struggle, a gunshot is heard.

One of the cops says:

“Ya shot ‘im, Larry”

“Oh, well.”