Cops (Seasons 1–37)

No actors. No script. Cops (1989) is the American reality series you can watch online on iFILM — the show that built the ride-along documentary format from scratch. Camera crews embedded with patrol officers across the United States and captured law enforcement work exactly as it unfolded.

Arrests, domestic calls, traffic stops, foot chases: nothing staged, nothing scripted. Fox launched the series in 1989 and it ran through more than thirty seasons, influencing every raw-footage police show that followed. Its theme — Inner Circle's "Bad Boys" — is arguably better known than most of what happens on screen. Stream all seasons of Cops online on iFILM.