Cops is een Amerikaans realityprogramma van de zender Paramount Network (voorheen Spike TV). De serie ging in première op 11 maart 1989.
Cops toont wekelijks politieagenten in actie. Er zijn veel achtervolgingen te voet en in de auto te zien. Vaak eindigt de actie in een arrestatie waarbij soms met grof geweld de arrestant op zijn buik op de grond gedwongen wordt en in de handboeien geslagen. Er zijn echter ook operaties te zien waarbij agenten zich uitgeven voor drugshandelaren of (ook mannelijke) prostituees.
(Fort Worth, TX - 11:04 PM Stolen Vehicle) East Division - Officer Brian Clark says one of the useful tools they have are K-9 unit and a helicopter called Air One. It's piloted by a civilian and an officer observer. They get involved in pursuits and missing persons. It has a several million candle power light called 'Night Sun' and a Fleer system that can see heat sources on the ground and can tell a dog from a person, pretty efficient. He follows a car involved in a robbery with 3 people going east on Ave I, North on South Caller. He gives chase when a gang member driving a stolen vehicle refuses to pull off the road and later he gives chase when the suspect and his passenger bail out of the car and flee on foot. In Des Moines, IA, Officers Moody and Gallardo are called to a local bar where they learn that a suspect threw a drink at a woman when she refused to dance with him, which triggered a fight between the suspect and the woman's boyfriend. Officers answer a call at a Chattanooga, TN bar. #1422. 1/26/02