Cops: Season 23
Season 23 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 22.
- 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 23 Progress Shield
800th Episode Milestone
Sep 11, 2010
On the 23rd season premiere, COPS celebrates a monumental 800th episode milestone with all the action indicative to the long-running series, including a chase, drug busts and more.
California Border Patrol Special Edition
Sep 18, 2010
Officers from the Rio Grande City Customs and Border Protection in Texas engage in a sting operation to catch undocumented aliens crossing the border and wind up busting some for m
Roadside Crimes Special Edition
Sep 25, 2010
Officers of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police break up a fist-fight over a financial discrepancy that leads to a juvenile heading to a detention center. Meanwhile, the Portland Pol
Couples in Crime Special Edition
Oct 2, 2010
Officers from the Amarillo Police Department in Texas respond to a domestic-violence call and end up being faced with a challenging detainment. Later, officers with the Portland Po
Weapons Drawn #2
Oct 9, 2010
Officers from the Amarillo Police Department in Texas respond to "shots fired" call and team up to detain a suspect barricaded inside his house with a gun.
U. S. Marshals
Nov 6, 2010
A member of the United States Marshals Service, Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, briefs the local police on a kidnapping case involving a 4-year-old boy and two Hispanic men
Probable Cause
Nov 13, 2010
During a routine traffic stop, officers from the Nye County Sheriff's Office in Pahrump, NV, pull over a vehicle for a missing headlight and end up busting the suspect for possessi
Morons on Parade #3
Nov 20, 2010
The Nye County Sheriff's Office in Pahrump, NV, is forced to lay down spikes in the road to detain a suspicious vehicle failing to yield at first siren. While officers of the Hills
Coast To Coast
Dec 4, 2010
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Florida engages in an undercover operation to cease the illegal selling of pills at pain-management clinics. The Amarillo Police Departm
Ho! Ho! Ho! #8
Dec 11, 2010
When an officer from the Amarillo Police Department in Texas approaches a woman on the street about her suspicious late-night behavior, the interaction turns into a chase on foot.
Coast to Coast
Dec 18, 2010
The Pierce County Sheriff's Department in Washington responds to a call about a belligerent tow-truck operator. Members of the Amarillo Police Department in Texas respond to a call
Taken Into Custody
Jan 22, 2011
Officers chase a driver who refuses to stop after a hit-and-run; a belligerent drunk argues with guests in a hotel lobby.
Street Patrol No. 1
Jan 29, 2011
A suspect on a bike tries to flee while being questioned by officers; a woman with a warrant out for her arrest claims she was assaulted; a man claims a neighbor chased him with a
Street Patrol No. 2
Feb 5, 2011
A rock-throwing neighbor is assaulted; cops chase a suspected cell phone thief; officers respond to a road rage incident.