Cops: Season 17
Season 17 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Cops Season 16.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 17 Progress Shield
COPS - Mardi Gras 2004 Pt 1
May 15, 2004
(7:20 PM Roll Call) Sgt. Al Miller gives the rules about flashing. A man dressed as a pirate flashes his penis and gets arrested. A female impersonator is caught showing it's breas
COPS - Mardi Gras 2004 Pt 2
May 15, 2004
(10:23 PM Fight in Progress) 8th District - Officer Patrick Rose and Leon Benoit III patrol looking for pick pockets, drunks and lewd conduct. Watch out for fights and hopefully no
COPS - Coast to Coast 67
Sep 11, 2004
(New Orleans, LA - 9:22 PM Disturbance Call) 8th District - Officer Patrick Rose and Leon Benoit III say there is great camaraderie especially when backup is needed. God forbid a 1
COPS - Coast to Coast 68
Sep 11, 2004
(Jacksonville, FL - 3:18 PM Narcotic Sting Briefing) Narcotics Unit – Sgt. Randy White talks about a buy/bust operation and they call up a dealer whom Detective Linda Morgan has hi
COPS - Coast to Coast 69
Sep 18, 2004
(New Orleans, LA - 6:55 PM Suspicious Activity) 6th District Task Force – Officers Bryan Lewis and Melvin Williams like being in the task force because it’s different. They see thr
COPS - Resisting Arrest 3
Sep 25, 2004
Special Edition (Fort Worth, TX - 10:07 PM Suspicious Vehicle) East Division – Officer Sara Stratten likes working there. It’s fish in a barrel, you don’t have to look far to find
COPS - Tazed & Confused Special Edition
Nov 6, 2004
COPS in Norwood and Cincinnati, Ohio, and Pierce County, Washington. Stories include an Officer needs assistance call, a domestic dispute in a bar resulting in a tazing, and a warr
Grand Theft Auto 2 Special Edition
Nov 13, 2004
(Pierce County WA - 10:28 PM Pursuit in Progress) Lakewood - Officer Monti Minion and partner Officer Dave Butts pull over and wait for the pursuit of a mini van to pass them. Stop
Bad Girls! 6 Special Edition
Nov 19, 2004
(Fort Worth, TX - 8:56 PM Officer Assistance Call) East Division – Officer Brett Mills goes to where a woman in a red van is stopped in a parking lot. She is told to get out and sh
COPS - Coast to Coast 70
Dec 4, 2004
(Fort Worth, TX - 1:33 AM Shots Fired Call) East Division Crime Response Team – Officer Jamey Pinkston and Officer Brett Mills take the call of a man leaving the scene with an AK-4
Las Vegas Heat #1 Part 1
Dec 4, 2004
Note: this episode looks nothing like any episode before. It has completely different fonts for the calls, doesn't list the times and they start small and expand outward. (Homicide
Ho! Ho! Ho! 2
Dec 11, 2004
COPS in Nevada, Ohio and California. When Santa Ana, CA, Police Officer Jose Gonzales questions a known prostitute, the woman insists that she is doing nothing wrong and claims tha
COPS - Maui Wowie Special Edition
Jan 8, 2005
COPS in Las Vegas, NV, Jacksonville, FL, and Maui, Hawaii. Stories include the passenger of a stolen car is tossed out on the street, a driver with a suspended license won't stop f
Got A Habit Special Edition
Jan 22, 2005
COPS in Texas, Ohio and California Stories include using stop sticks to bring a drunk's high speed chase to an end, a car is pulled over and the passenger arrested for drug possesi
Busts Special Edition
Jan 29, 2005
(Forth Worth, TX - 10:49 PM Warrant Briefing) - East Division - Officer G.W. Hull says they are serving a warrant on Eisenhower and have been there 3 tomes for crack. They load up
COPS - Resisting Arrest 4 Special Edition
Feb 5, 2005
(Pierce County WA - 12:02 AM Armed Robbery Call) Officer Joe Kolp goes to set up a containment area. Officer Russ Martin is on the scene. A man has his bosses' truck from work and
High Crimes Special Edition
Feb 5, 2005
(Pierce County WA - 1:43 AM Public Disturbance Call) South Hill Precinct – Deputy Patrick Davidson works the eat area where there’s not many cops, but lots of tweakers and dopehead
COPS - Bad Girls! 7 Special Edition
Feb 26, 2005
(Fresno, CA - 12:46 PM Suspicious Person) Southwest Policing District - Officer Joey Perez grew up in the small town of Reedly, no drugs or gangs - a good, small community. His dad
Coast To Coast 71
Mar 5, 2005
COPS in Fort Worth, Tx, Las Vegas, Nv and New Orleans. Stories include a man with warrants refusing to stop his truck, a domestic involving broken glass and disorderly conduct, and
Coast to Coast 75
Mar 19, 2005
(Pierce County WA - 12:34 AM Pursuit in Progress) Lakewood - Officer Trent Stephens joins the chase of 2 occupants driving back and forth across the city from Pierce to Tacoma. He
High Times Special Edition
Apr 9, 2005
(Pierce Co, WA - 12:07 AM Pursuit in Progress) Lakewood PD - Officer Matt Brown is going to assist in a pursuit of a stolen white Honda SR-V heading their way in the rain. Officer
Coast to Coast 74
Apr 16, 2005
(Pierce County WA - 1:02 AM Pursuit in Progress) Lakewood - Officer Matt Brown is en route to the east side after a vehicle with stolen plates that won't stop. Josh sets up stop st
600th Milestone Episode
Apr 30, 2005
(Cincinnati, OH - 9:24 PM Traffic Stop) Officer Michael Winslow says it's a full moon, lots of officers believe the myth that it makes more crime. He hasn't seen that. Cameras capt
Coast to Coast 76
Apr 30, 2005
(Pierce County WA - 4:17 AM Traffic Stop) South Hill Precinct - Deputy Mark Berry loves the northwest if you like doing things outdoors - there’s Mt. Rainer and Puget Sound. He’s a
Coast to Coast 77
Apr 30, 2005
(Hamilton County, OH - 3:55 PM Hit and Run Call) Sheriff's Office - Corporal Pete Enderle says it's satisfying to help someone with a particular problem. They thank you, it's genui
Caught in the Act Special Edition
Apr 30, 2005
(Fresno, CA - 10:02 PM Street Patrol) SW Policing District - CST Officer Paul Cervantes Officer David Miramontes are the district suppression team to respond to violent calls as a
Grand Theft Auto 3
May 14, 2005
(Pierce County WA - 12:42 AM Stolen Vehicle Pursuit) South Hill Precinct - Deputy Kris Nordstrom chases Derrick, a white guy in a stolen Honda Prelude on the freeway. He goes 70mph
Armed & Dangerous Special Edition
May 21, 2005
(Santa Ana, CA - 9:15 PM Robbery in Progress) Officer Chuck Elms was born and raised there, went away to school and came back with the intentions of being a cop. It’s good to be ba
Bizarre Calls Special Edition
May 21, 2005
(Las Vegas, NV - 1:34 AM Vandalism Call) Metropolitan PD Southeast Area Command. 911 Communications Center - A woman calls in about kids in her driveway messing with their cars and
Coast to Coast 78
Jul 2, 2005
(Pierce County WA - 7:09 PM Traffic Stop) Lakewood PD - Officer Joe Kolp has been there 6 years, 5 in Lakewood. He is in the reserves and went to Iraq for a year. He brought a flag
Coast to Coast 79
Jul 9, 2005
(Fresno, CA - 11:09 PM Man with a Knife Call) Central Policing District - Officer James Rosetti is going to Belmont Fulton. His partner Officer Bryan Craft drives, pulls up, spots
Coast to Coast 80
Jul 16, 2005
(Fort Worth, TX - 4:10 PM Flagged Down) East Division - Officer Jeff Garwacki says the thing he likes the most is when he had a ride along and the guy said nothing but good things.
Coast to Coast 81
Jul 23, 2005
(Pierce County WA - 2:14 AM Officer Assistance Call) Sheriff's Dept. South Hill Precinct - Deputy Kris Nordstrom likes the guy he works with, all the squad guys, his sgt, lt, good
COPS - Mardi Gra 2004 PT 1
Various rabble rousing from New Orleans during Mardi Gra 2004 including men flashing and getting arrested, a couple having sex, a patron spitting on a doorman and getting arrested,