Talk:COPS (TV series)

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[edit] Canada

Was COPS ever filmed in Canada? I thought I remember seeing an episode based in Toronto. --209.226.183.16 02:55, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Not to my knowledge.  Denelson83  02:06, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

They did have episodes in the United Kingdom. I do believe that their was an episode in Toronto once.

I did add constables to the list as they did have a couple of scences with one of the Tarrant County, TX preceints Constable's Office.

There's a version called "To Serve and Protect" that films in Seattle, Vancouver, and Edmonton, and maybe some other locations. Bobanny 02:58, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Constables

Constables...is there a part of the United States where this term is used to describe police officers? If not, should this word be used? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.73.82.69 (talk • contribs)

Some depts in the U.S., such as in Texas, use the term constable.--TruckOttr 08:10, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
Look here for more on the title of "Constable" and how it's used in the US and elsewhere. -Maverick 20:58, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
Either way, when a constabulary duty's to be done, to be done, a copper's lot is not an 'appy one. Wahkeenah 02:23, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
In Pennsylvania, local circuit courts refer to their uniformed officers as "constables", whose duties include transporting prisoners to courts from county prisons and serving criminal and traffic warrants on defendants. Kepiblanc (talk) 19:44, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Theme Song

Does anyone know what theme song Cops used before Bed Boys?

4:35pm, 6 March 2007

  • Car 54 Where Are You? Wahkeenah 02:22, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Release / Consent?

Does anybody know about forms for release or consent forms suspects sign to appear in episodes? They must sign something, as their likeness is being used in a 'for profit' format, so I imagine criminals agree to be shown on TV, and likely are paid for the appearance.

Seems pretty obvious to me there must be a release form, considering that some episodes have suspects with blurred faces, plus, if I were being arrested, I'd love to have an extra bill to post bail with.

Anyways, wondering if somebody knows more about this, it would be nice to include this in the article. TotalTommyTerror 20:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

According to the book The Jump-Out Boys, written by COPS producer/soundman Hank Barr, all subjects appearing on the show generally need to sign a release form. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. If they don't, the clip usually isn't aired, and if it is the subject's face is blurred out. In any case, nobody gets any money out of it, except for the police officers doing their job and the COPS crew doing theirs. -Maverick 09:36, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

That's something I've always wondered, too. HOW do they get suspects to sign releases, especially when some of them are in extremely embarrassing or humiliating positions? Is there any evidence that the producers pay off families and suspects? -76.4.52.247 15:42, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article assessment

I've rated this article as start class. It contains some of the information you would expect but is missing some sections (see Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Television programs). I've rated the importance as mid because of the high number of other shows influenced by this one. To improve the article start adding some more sources.--Opark 77 23:04, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Episode Numbers

In the infobox to the right, it says that there are nearly 2,000 episodes aired (circa April 2007), and then in the introductory paragraph, it states a "milestone" of 650 episodes (circa 2006). There is surely a mistake one way or the other, or one of either of those numbers need to be specified. Thought I'd bring this to everyone's attention. Mattygabe 20:32, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Okay...

So this article contained a very large amount of unreferenced material. I have removed the gibberish and hid the stuff that is useful. I have also fixed all the messiness in line with the manual of style. Any new stuff, or any attempt to bring the hidden stuff back in, will need references. See WP:V, WP:ATT, WP:NOR. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 01:39, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This article is crap?

It contains almost no information about the show and is 80% a list of parodies. Rubbish.

Agreed. Feel free to add sourced material to improve the article instead of complaining, eh? --Edward Morgan Blake 21:15, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
I've split off the material noted above (including a list of shows influenced by COPS and a rundown of references to COPS in popular culture) unto their own article, COPS in popular culture. --Edward Morgan Blake 22:17, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No mention of the harassment, brutality, attempted murder, & assault by the cops?

Atleast half of each show is chock full of cops committing all sorts of crimes - mainly assault and attempted murder. Where's the mention of that in this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.100.229.240 (talk) 01:49, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

I dunno, but I always wonder why they never show the criminal getting away. -Rolypolyman 15:44, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Probably because the actions that you see are not crimes because they occurred during the course of their duties. Equinox137 (talk) 02:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Cops Logo.JPG

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:06, 2 January 2008 (UTC)