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    In 1992/3 the first show to copy the format of my favorite show Cops came along. I've read it ran until 1999/00 with as many as 600 episodes. The format went like this: Maury Hannigan then Commissioner of the California highway patrol hosts. (He was not paid for his appearances while he was commissioner) He explains what you are about to see is real and which state  each footage is coming from. Then we see footage from 3 different states of police going to a call. The fourth segment is a reenactment of an older case, sometimes with the actual cop from the incident playing himself, if not then the cop is played by a real cop. Occasionally they will feature actual dashboard camera footage if it was a chase. The segment is always broken into two parts, then Maury comes back and does a safety PSA on seatbelts for example. Then for the last minute or so there's a short funny clip of a trooper making a traffic stop. After a while of this they would mix it up by having the reenactment in the middle with no interruptions and a live call after. It could be from 3-5 segments with no last minute segment.
    The theme song is a driving instrumental piece with sound effects, but sometime during Season 2 they added a rap feel by adding a 15 second theme made just for the show called "I'm Looking Out 4 U" by Belize with lyrics "I'm looking out for you and everything's going to be all right. And I just want to do - call me when you need it. I'm looking out for you, ready when the call comes in. When you need somebody…I'm the man." It was released by Warner Brothers records as a 12" single in 1995 with Original TV Theme (4:37), TV Theme Instrumental (4:16), RV Mix (4:10), RV Instrumental (4:07) & WB Mix (4:28). Written by Carl McGregor, Bruce Fisher & Larry Brown. Produced by Spencer Proffer, Carl McGregor, & Kerry Gordy. At the end they do an instrumental of what sounds like "We've got it going on for years".
    So for the first 3/4 of the episode the show is exactly the same as Cops except for the host and the follow ups. Usually reenactments are lame, but these aren't because they include the real people who were there and they explain what happened. Later episodes featured the reenactment moved up in one segment, with real footage after, Maury introducing each segment and the short clip at the end dropped. Sometimes followups were dropped, the title s went from yellow to white, the song and announcer changed. Also Maury has three different uniforms - one has 2 stars on the lapels, 5 stars and a 5 star ring cluster. I don't have the original air dates and only have 167 episodes and they say 1993 or 94, but they could be from any year. I have written detailed descriptions I will post someday of each case below if you are looking for something specific.

“The producers were gracious enough to include a public service announcement in every single show we did, which were written by the law enforcement community. That was a relatively easy show to make because primarily what it involved was real law enforcement officers doing their jobs on the street. To me it was a very positive experience and wasn’t difficult at all.” - Maury 1999

Season 2 (1994-95)

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"I was in the Steve Ussher shooting re-enactment from California. The incident was in 1995 and I portrayed myself during the filming with my K-9 Mori. They also rode with me in 1997 when I seized $85k from a heroin dealer. The show folded before that incident was aired."

"Two bad guys who break into a home and shoot a poor clerk played by me at a 7-11 type store. One of the guys has long reddish hair that he wears in a pony tail. When they find him, they drag him out of the side door of a pickup truck, played by my fiancé, who had a few cuts from the scene. It was actually filmed in Moorfield, WV but I don't think that is where the real crimes occurred. Doing the show was great because they were shooting on location, they used local law enforcement for the scenes. Since I am a director at a local theater, they asked for me help casting, so three of my actors and I went up to do the show. It took two full days to shoot and since it was shot in a small WV town, we were definitely the thing to watch for a while." MDH

"The re-enactment episode entitled "Smooth Operator" was done in Shelton, Washington, at the Doo Wop Diner which no longer exists and at the Washington State Patrol Academy drive course. I played the "cocaine dealer" who was shot and killed by the Trooper. I also drove a rented car on the drive course for the driving shots. The director's first name was Deke and he apparently was an actor on "The Young and the Restless" before. His girlfriend at the time was the fitness expert, Cory Everson." Jim Chromey

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