Actually Udie, you ever noticed that it's really never the cops that catch the criminals on "cops"?
It's funny as hell, they pull over and haul bellybutton out of the car and get a good 20 feet in front of their car before they slow down and the camera man burns 'em.
The end of a foot chase usually ends with the camera man hovering over the criminal while the criminal is hiding under some bush trying to hide from the big ol' camera light and then the cops finally show up after about 30 seconds.
They should just give the camera men the badges and guns, they'd get all the criminals and have the entire thing on film.
-SW