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Cops: Season 4

47 episodes Premiered Aug 10, 1991 Updated Sep 20, 2026

Cops Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 47 episodes.

Previously on Cops

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Cops Season 3.
  • Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.

Season overview

Cops Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 47 episodes.

Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (44): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

Kansas City 1

Aug 10, 1991

(MO - East Patrol) Officer Kevin Tempel describes the Crime Tips program. Kids come up to them and they give them baseball cards with Royals players on the front and crime tips on

S4·E2 Core

Kansas City 2

Aug 17, 1991

(KS - 2:33 AM Assistance Call) Officer Zane Schuberger says it is a good town and the north end where he works is the place to be if you want to catch the bad guys - it has the mos

S4·E3 Core

Kansas City 3

Aug 24, 1991

(MO - 7:45 PM) Officer Randy Poletis responds to a disturbance in a restaurant on Main St. by a drunk, belligerent man. When he goes in the man is sitting at a table reading the pa

S4·E4 Core

Kansas City 4

Dec 7, 1991

(KS - 10:52 PM Street Patrol) Officer Bob Lane pulls up on five guys trying to start a truck with a stuck valve on the main street that are making a huge smoke cloud. Off. Gale Hal

S4·E5 Core

Kansas City 5

Sep 13, 1991

(MO - 9:13 PM Disturbance Call) South Patrol - Officer Mike Cook says neighbors want to help each other especially during robberies. They are there for victims and families and Mid

S4·E6 Core

Kansas City 6

Oct 19, 1991

(MO - 6:14 PM Warrant Briefing) Metro Tactical Unit - Sgt. Steve Majors talks about 3 warrants, only having one van and not the surveillance van since it sticks out, where to park

S4·E7 Core

Kansas City 7

Oct 12, 1991

(KS - 2:29 AM Officer Down Call) Officer Zane Schuberger races to the scene of a 1060. officer knifed; woman ties up drunken husband; jealous husband.

S4·E8 Core

Kansas City 8

Oct 5, 1991

(MO - 4:12 PM Roll Call) Sgt. Gary Schmidt hands out stop smoking class forms are put out because cops aren't allowed to smoke after 9/1 then turns it over to Cpt. Tom Daily. offic

S4·E9 Core

Pittsburgh, PA 3

Sep 28, 1991

(11:26 PM Narcotics Task Force One) Eddie Brown talks to the camera in the back seat about a new dealer named Ricky who is taking over territory causing 14 shootings in the last 10

S4·E10 Core

Pittsburgh, PA 4

Oct 26, 1991

4 (10:18 PM Domestic Disturbance) Officer Michelle McCants was the first female K-9 in the city's history and is breakin' down them walls. She gets a call to go to a bar called Jea

S4·E11 Core

Pittsburgh, PA 5

Dec 21, 1991

(8:58 PM Narcotics Task Force Briefing) Eddie Brown jokes that the officer in the Cincinnati Reds hat eating a salad is what heroes are made of. Detective Damien Wiles says the guy

S4·E12 Core

Pittsburgh, PA 6

Nov 2, 1991

(6:08 PM Drug Bust) Detective Eddie Brown says the task force in Homewood in the last eight days made 88 arrests, got 20 guns of the street and it's going back to the community, do

S4·E13 Core

Pittsburgh, PA 7

Jan 4, 1992

(12:06 AM Shooting Call) Officer Pat Logan and Officer Jimmy McGee head to a call of two people shot In the legs. In the last 5 days 9 people have been shot of drugs. Rival drugs d

S4·E14 Core

U.S. Marshal's Service Special

Feb 7, 1992

(Washington D.C.) Mobile Command Center - Red October. Sunrise is located in 5 cities - DC, Baltimore, Miami.

S4·E15 Core

Boston, MA 1

Nov 16, 1991

(11:16 PM Drug Sweeps) Area A-7 - Officer Mike Lopriore says Boston is just the right size, was a good place to grow up - not too big or too small, neighborhoods are sectioned off,

S4·E16 Core

Boston, MA 2

Nov 9, 1991

(11:16 PM Drug Sweeps) Area A-7 - Officer Mike Lopriore says Boston is just the right size, was a good place to grow up - not too big or too small, neighborhoods are sectioned off,

S4·E17 Core

Boston, MA 3

Nov 23, 1991

(5:54 PM Disturbance Call) Area D Briefing - The Sgt. talks to Officer John Ridge & Officer Bill Reynolds about liability. He's mentioned it before that if you have a situation whe

S4·E18 Core

Boston, MA 4

Mar 21, 1992

(7:38 PM Drug Buy Calls) Officer Mike Lopriore calls a dealers beeper and then has to go to another phone on Chelsea to they know it is set. His partner is Officer Peter Fontantez/

S4·E19 Core

Boston, MA 5

Dec 7, 1991

(4:52 PM Domestic Disturbance Call) Guy bleeding from fight from being stabbed and claims to have AIDS/Guy ate a banana without paying/Drug surveillance buying crack. violent drug

S4·E20 Core

Boston, MA 6

Dec 14, 1991

(8:37 PM Warrant Briefing) East Boston - Officer Robert Anthony listens as the detective talks about a house dealing coke out of it. They’ll take a sledgehammer if needed and there

S4·E21 Core

Boston, MA 7

Apr 4, 1992

(8:28 PM Buy/Bust Operation) Officer Mike Lopriore says a guy on probation is part of the we deliver network. he goes to drug meetings and then delivers coke all night. He beeped a

S4·E22 Core

Memphis, TN 1

Jan 11, 1992

(Narcotics Unit Briefing) Detective Leo Hampton says there is a 65 & 63 year old white couple selling pot out of their house and he wants to get them all in one room. They bought f

S4·E23 Core

Memphis, TN 2

Jan 18, 1992

(11:22 PM Street Patrol) Shelby Co. Sheriff’s Station – Lt. Mike McEachren congratulates the group on last nights pursuit. It started gloomy, but there was no damage and they all s

S4·E24 Core

Memphis, TN 3

Jan 25, 1992

(10:58 PM Armed Robbery Call) Officer Jeff Clark drives to the scene of a crime, unknown who is responsible, shots fired, victim is D.O.A. A 60 year old white man was who was a vol

S4·E25 Core

Memphis, TN 4

Feb 15, 1992

(12:52 AM Street Patrol) Officer Gene Hulley has been there 3 years. It's all he ever wanted to do, all he could think about doing in high school, can't imagine doing anything else

S4·E26 Core

Memphis, TN 5

May 30, 1992

(9:11 PM Shooting Call) Officer Gene Hulley says they need clothes for the dirty patients who come in to the hospital and to donate any sex or size. His partner is C.D. Hawkins. A

S4·E27 Core

Memphis, TN 6

Feb 1, 1992

(5:13 PM Shooting Call) Officer Matt Pugh responds to a call on the 600 block and arrives to find a black woman who took a shotgun blast to the chest and blows her finger off. She

S4·E28 Core

Miami, FL 1

Mar 7, 1992

(7:01 PM Shooting Call) Officer Angel Calzadilla & Emilio Canciobello arrive at a crazy old man's house that is filled with rotting packs of dripping meat and the windowsill is bur

S4·E29 Core

Miami, FL 2

Feb 22, 1992

(10:17 PM Disturbance Call) Sgt. Jose Fernandez says they are losing Officer Anthony Magrino to homicide. Jose asks him if he wants to say a few words, but he doesn't. Officer Robe

S4·E30 Core

Miami, FL 3

Feb 22, 1992

(2:47 PM) Broward Co. FL Sheriff's Department - Sgt. Ralph Capone is on his way to wire an undercover informant to buy an ounce of coke for $850. The signal is to put his hand thro

S4·E31 Core

South Florida 1

Mar 14, 1992

(Narcotics Unit Briefing) Key West - Sgt. Steve Hammers is undercover and has a drawing of the area of Terry La. and Petron St. where they are working. He'll be in the blue van - t

S4·E32 Core

Miami, FL 4

Mar 21, 1992

(Weapons Inspection) Metro-Dade Police Department - Corporal Ronald Dignazio is the inspector and tells the officers to line up, draw their weapons, eject their cartridges to the f

S4·E33 Core

South Florida 2

Apr 11, 1992

(6:40 PM Narcotics Unit Briefing) Metro-Dade Department - Sgt. Fred Silber says Moe's CI from the 50K reverse drug buy was compromised when he owed $40,000 and Columbian leg breake

S4·E34 Core

Miami, FL 5

May 30, 1992

(8:22 PM) Ft. Lauderdale Broward Co. - Deputy Robert Lahiff is off to set up a checkpoint. As long as they stop either the first, second or third cars and remain consistent it'll w

S4·E35 Core

Miami, FL 6

Apr 25, 1992

(5:59 PM Narcotics Unit Briefing) drug sting; suspect motorist; prostitution sweep

S4·E36 Core

Miami, FL 7

May 2, 1992

(5:17 PM Roll Call) Lt. Noel Rojas announces that Officer Emilo Cancibello is officer of the month. Capture of armed suspects; arrests for lewd behavior.

S4·E37 Core

Miami, FL 8

Jun 13, 1992

(1:26 AM Crime Suppression Unit) Beach Police Department - Officer Bill Guillem and his partner Officer Tony Sammarco says they work residential areas, hot spots where burglaries a

S4·E38 Core

Miami, FL 9

May 9, 1992

(7:05 PM Narcotics Unit Briefing) Metro-Dade Sgt. Fred Silber explains how undercover cops confiscated vases full of drugs from the runners who rolled over and were supposed to get

S4·E39 Core

Miami, FL 10

May 16, 1992

(11:47 PM Street Patrol) Sheriff's Office - Deputy Charles Hicks spots car making a dope deal and hunts it down after losing sight of it. bank robbery arrest; public disturbance; h

S4·E40 Core

Miami, FL 11

Jun 27, 1992

(10:57 PM Narcotics Unit Operation) Miami Beach Metro Dade - Sgt. Fred Silber says they got a call from customs that there is a 50-100 pound package of pot, $100,000 worth, stuffed

S4·E41 Core

Washington State 1

Aug 1, 1992

(7:31 PM Person with a Weapon Call) King Co. Officer Sydney Jackson pulls over a blue car. confusing weapons call; teen threatens mother. AKA Seattle/Tacoma.

S4·E42 Core

Washington State 2

Dec 12, 1992

(5:57 PM Felony Warrant Assistance) Pierce Co. Sheriff's Dept. - Deputy Shawn McDonald likes working there because his dad worked there as a deputy for 30 years. There's lots of go

S4·E43 Core

Pierce Co. WA 1

Jun 20, 1992

(8:22 PM Domestic Disturbance Call) Cops arrive and the family points to the woods where the man has run after beating his wife. They chase him with a K9 through the neighborhood,

S4·E44 Core

Pierce Co. WA 2

Aug 8, 1992

(12:24 AM 911 Call) / (6:41 PM Structure Fire Call) / (6:37 PM Child Endangerment Call) Cops buy groceries for a man and his kids living in a hotel room.

S4·E45 Core

Pierce Co. WA 3

Aug 15, 1992

(1:37 AM Shooting Call) A black man shot and killed his wife white Alicia at an apartment complex, his two year old daughter Andrea and then himself in the head. A neighbor thought

S4·E46 Mytharc

Pittsburgh, PA 6

Nov 21, 1991

(6:08 PM Drug Bust) Detective Eddie Brown says the task force in Homewood in the last eight days made 88 arrests, got 20 guns off the street and it's going back to the community, d

S4·E47 Mytharc

Pittsburgh, PA 7

Jan 4, 1992

(12:06 AM Shooting Call) Officer Pat Logan and Officer Jimmy McGee head to a call of two people shot In the legs. In the last 5 days, 9 people have been shot with drugs. Rival drug