LAPD: Life on the Beat (sometimes referred to as LAPD or Life on the Beat), was an American reality television series which aired in syndication, about the Los Angeles Police Department that aired from 1995-1999, (premiered in 1997 in Portugal). Like its still-running contemporary, COPS, LAPD followed police officers on patrol and during investigations, however unlike COPS, Life on the Beat only featured police officers from the Los Angeles Polic...
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LAPD: Life on the Beat (sometimes referred to as LAPD or Life on the Beat), was an American reality television series which aired in syndication, about the Los Angeles Police Department that aired from 1995-1999, (premiered in 1997 in Portugal). Like its still-running contemporary, COPS, LAPD followed police officers on patrol and during investigations, however unlike COPS, Life on the Beat only featured police officers from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Originally the series aired as just LAPD in 1995, it wasn't till 1996 when the show really took off and had better graphics and so forth that the name was changed to LAPD: Life on the Beat.
A typical episode featured four segments, a cold case story and usually a quiz relating to police statistics. Unlike COPS, Life on the Beat featured incidental music and a narrator. At the time of the series, the LAPD still had only 18 stations, so camera crews would cover as many stations as possible and had episodes featuring multiple...
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