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To Serve and Protect (1993)

To Serve and Protect poster
Genre
documentary television program
Country
Canada
Length
15 seasons, 262 episodes
Rated
14
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series follows police officers in several Canadian cities as they respond to calls and patrol the streets. It shows the routine and incidents of law enforcement work using footage from the early 1990s.

observationalreal-lifeneutralground-levelstraightforwardunscripted

What happens

To Serve and Protect, also known as Under Arrest on streaming services, is a Canadian reality crime television series that shadows city police in Edmonton, Alberta, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Vancouver⁠, Penticton, New Westminster, Summerland, and Surrey, British Columbia. A few episodes venture to Las Vegas, and Memphis. The program premiered on KVOS-TV in 1993 using footage shot in 1991 and 1992. It is based on the American television series Cops. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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