Manatee Bad Boys: MCSO to be Featured on COPS

BRADENTON — The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office will be featured on the next season of the reality TV show COPS. Production crews have been doing regular ride-alongs with Manatee County deputies to collect footage. The shows are expected to air next spring on Fox Nation.

"I’m happy that we get to show the public all of the things that the deputies go through each and every single day at the sheriff’s office and kind of give them a better understanding of some of the challenges that we face in law enforcement today," Manatee Sheriff Rick Wells told Fox 13 Tampa Bay.

Perhaps best known for its theme song, Bad Boys, performed by reggae group Inner Circle, COPS premiered on the Fox network in 1989. It is currently in its 37th season. COPS is one of the longest-running television shows in the United States and the second longest on Fox behind The Simpsons.