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.