34 Crazy Times When Missouri was Featured on the TV Show ‘COPS’

I'm not sure I would brag about this if I were the state of Missouri. I've done some intense TV show math and have learned that almost no state has been featured on the TV show "COPS" more than Missouri.

If you're somehow not familiar, COPS has been on TV most of my adult life beginning in 1983 and continuing through at least 2023. According to IMDb, here are all the episodes featuring the Arrest Me Show Me State. Notice that Kansas City was an early favorite for the COPS crews:

• S4.E1 ∙ Kansas City 1 - Sat, Aug 10, 1991
• S4.E2 ∙ Kansas City 2 - Sat, Aug 17, 1991
• S4.E3 ∙ Kansas City 3 - Sat, Aug 24, 1991
• S4.E4 ∙ Kansas City 4 - Fri, Sep 13, 1991
• S4.E6 ∙ Kansas City 5 - Sat, Oct 5, 1991
• S4.E7 ∙ Kansas City 6 - Sat, Oct 12, 1991
• S4.E8 ∙ Kansas City 7 - Sat, Oct 19, 1991
• S4.E14 ∙ Kansas City 8 - Sat, Dec 7, 1991
• S7.E16 ∙ Kansas City 9 - Sat, Nov 19, 1994
• S7.E21 ∙ Kansas City 10 - Sat, Feb 4, 1995
• S7.E25 ∙ Kansas City 11 - Sat, Mar 11, 1995
• S7.E26 ∙ Kansas City 12 - Sat, Mar 18, 1995
• S7.E27 ∙ Kansas City 13 - Sat, Apr 1, 1995
• S7.E28 ∙ Kansas City 14 - Sat, Apr 8, 1995
• S7.E30 ∙ Kansas City 15 - Sat, Apr 22, 1995
• S7.E31 ∙ Kansas City 16 - Sat, Apr 29, 1995
• S10.E9 ∙ Kansas City 17 - Sat, Nov 8, 1997
• S10.E11 ∙ Kansas City 18 - Sat, Nov 22, 1997
• S10.E14 ∙ Kansas City 19 - Sat, Jan 10, 1998
• S10.E15 ∙ Kansas City 20 - Sat, Jan 17, 1998
• S10.E17 ∙ Kansas City 21 - Sat, Jan 31, 1998
• S10.E23 ∙ Kansas City 23 - Sat, Feb 28, 1998
• S10.E29 ∙ Kansas City 24 - Sat, Mar 7, 1998
• S10.E31 ∙ Kansas City 25 - Sat, May 2, 1998
• S10.E34 ∙ Kansas City 26 - Sat, May 16, 1998
• S10.E36 ∙ Kansas City 27 - Sat, Jul 18, 1998

• S20.E15 ∙ Coast to Coast #7 - Sat, Jan 19, 2008
• S20.E23 ∙ Stupid Criminals #2 Special Edition - Feb 2008
• S20.E27 ∙ Strange Behavior #1 - Mar 2008
• S22.E13 ∙ Ho! Ho! Ho! #7 - Sun, Dec 13, 2009
• S22.E19 ∙ War on Drugs #3 - Sat, Feb 20, 2010
• S24.E17 ∙ Caught in the Act #3 - Sat, Feb 4, 2012
• S25.E4 ∙ Chases, Guns & Cars #2 - Sat, Jan 19, 2013
• S25.E9 ∙ Street Patrol #3 - Sat, Feb 23, 2013

This is actually not even the absolutely complete list as we know that the Greene County Sheriff's Office near Springfield, Missouri signed a contract to allow the COPS crews to follow them around in April of 2023 according to Ozarks First. Keep in mind that this also doesn't feature the many Coast to Coast episodes where Missouri was a small part of a show.

I will admit that I was very amused how proud the City of Springfield seems to be about having COPS filmed there again. Back to my original thought. I'm not sure I'd be bragging about being on COPS so much, but that's just me.