COPS, the groundbreaking series that was instrumental in launching the reality genre, is also one of the longest running programs on primetime television. For 19 years, cameras have been following real officers as they go to work, answering dangerous calls, never knowing what those calls may bring, but always facing the ultimate life or death decisions.

Currently in its 19th season, the four time Emmy Award nominated series hit its 700th milestone episode this season. COPS has profiled law enforcement agencies in over 140 different cities in the United States and also has filmed in Hong Kong, London, Central and South America, Moscow and Leningrad. It was the first American television program allowed to follow the police in the former Soviet Union.