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A feisty cyclist gives a team of officers a bloody fight. A scared caregiver attempts to evict an unwanted helper from her patient's house. Mysterious tinfoil lands an unlicensed driver in hot water.
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After a tow service employee denies a woman her car back, she uses his body for batting practice. A man with a warrant explains his medicinal meth use. A couple gets creative trying to convince officers they didn't shoplift.
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A chase ends when a driverless vehicle goes headfirst into an apartment complex. A swift suspect can't scamper fast enough to evade police. On routine patrol, officers stumble upon a 7-year-old boy who left home alone.
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A patrolman plays linebacker when a fleeing thief runs right into him. Armed-robbery victims give a colorful play-by-play on surveillance footage of the crime. Officers have to get tearful children back to their estranged mother.
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Cops desperately try to get a naked man to cooperate. After a chase with a pickup truck, officers discover a 14-year-old in the driver's seat. On a routine traffic stop, police encounter loads of dope and even more lies.
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Cops are forced to take desperate measures when an unruly suspect won't stop fighting. Officers have to contain a man looking to flee with crack. Police know a tearful driver has weed in the car when he refuses to open his glove box.
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A normal traffic stop turns into an off-road race through a residential neighborhood. Police discover a runaway suspect taking refuge in a family member's closet. A domestic dispute erupts over chips and dip.
- 08
Cops attempt to piece together whether or not an erratic driver is in a stolen vehicle. A knife-wielding man complains that rude neighbors won't stop smoking pot. Officers come upon an emotional man with a blade to his throat.
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A transgender woman in a wheelchair opens a can of whoop ass on an aggressive bully. Officers find a barely dressed couple in the midst of a biting match. A reckless driver doesn't take too kindly to being pulled over.
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A fleeing suspect takes officers on a wild chase through oncoming traffic. Surveillance footage of a stabbing helps police find the vicious attacker. Cops track a subject into an uncooperative stranger's apartment.
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Officers learn that a taser can't take some suspects down. Patrol cars roll up on a couple getting undressed in a darkened pickup truck. Cops arrest one of the most polite suspects in America.
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A suspect runs through a hotel fence and then gives an employee some shocking news. Officers come upon two brothers who have just been in a knife fight. Cops arrive after an unruly man fires his BB gun at a neighbor's child.
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I'll Raise My Voice Right Back!
The new chief in town oversees a series of undercover drug buys. Officers arrest a drunken man who can't stop talking. A domestic abuse suspect admits to laying the smack down on her mooching husband.
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Officers are forced to tase a suicidal man for his own good. A familiar face makes cops chase him through a grass field. No lie is too big for a suspect who seeks refuge in a condemned house.
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Three men try to convince cops they had no idea their vehicle was stolen. Officers respond after a partygoer mistakes another guest's finger for dessert. A domestic abuse suspect makes police run through the streets.
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A group of suspects race a stolen SUV through a residential neighborhood. A drunk man has a kitchen knife and a listening problem. Two usual suspects are going back to jail for their latest escapades.
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A DUI suspect reminds an officer of one famous dude. A naked man shocks a stranger on her porch. A daughter's tantrum shakes the whole apartment when mom takes away Facebook.
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A speedy suspect makes officers chase him through a creek. A teenage Good Samaritan gets in the middle of a bizarre domestic dispute. After a woman destroys her home, she begs police to arrest her.
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A kind man gets more than he bargained for from his new roommate. Cops discover the unexpected consequences of punching a scooter. Officers stop a sober suspect who may not be from the same planet as them.
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A suspect goes out to get his haircut and winds up in jail. Officers try to piece together a puzzling street fight between a boxer and his confused friend. Cops give a suspect every chance to admit to his obvious crime.
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A defiant suspect winds up on the wrong side of a K-9 bite. A former fiancé becomes a neighborhood nuisance when he pays his ex an unwanted visit. A routine traffic stop turns into warrants, pregnancy, and Meth.
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An extremely understanding cop gives a resistant suspect too many chances. A driver reminds us why we should never let a friend borrow our car. A man with a supped-up vehicle tells an awful lie to police.
- 23
A suspect uses bizarre driving techniques to elude cops. A tough officer wades through a forest of denial before finding the crack. Police search for a man accused of shooting up the neighborhood.
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An uncooperative suspect obeys instructions from his more levelheaded relative. A dead ringer for "The Rock" uncovers some crack rock. Officers try to get the truth out of two known drug users.
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A resistant suspect thinks he sees monsters everywhere. Cops are forced to officiate a spousal wrestling match. Officers try to sort out where two motorists got their car and whose dope they possess.
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A jaywalker darts on a mad dash through the weeds. Things go badly for a suspect on a stolen motorcycle when choppers help officers track him down. A domestic dispute leads cops to a slew of unexpected crimes.
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Hitching a ride home with the wrong guy almost lands one woman in the slammer. A known prostitute won't be going on a second date. When a domestic partner refuses to leave home, officers intervene.
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A man's wife can't help him stay out of jail no matter how much he calls for her. One thief tries to give back his stolen loot. When approached by officers, a woman goes from passed out to out of control.
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Hiding in an attic doesn't work out so well for a man who comes crashing through a ceiling. Cops stop a man with a broken car and a broken heart. Neighbors call the police when non-stop cussin' interrupts their night.
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A well-known local nuisance gets caught bothering people once again. Officers get a kick out of a usual suspect with money in his shoe. Cops try to make sense of a man who's barely coherent and barely dressed.
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Unhappy about getting stopped for drinking while biking, a man takes off on foot. A woman in her PJs doesn't know how she wound up in a stolen vehicle. Officers discover a couple smoking Meth in front of a young child.
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A man can bail on child support payments, but can't escape the police. One woman's retaliation almost gets her girlfriend run over. A sluggish suspect denies the pile of marijuana in his car is his.
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An irate man begs the police to shoot him. A drunken woman gets nasty after being arrested for domestic assault. Cops wade through lies as they make sense of a most dysfunctional family.
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