Episode
Cops: Pittsburgh, PA 3
Overview
(11:26 PM Narcotics Task Force One) Eddie Brown talks to the camera in the back seat about a new dealer named Ricky who is taking over territory causing 14 shootings in the last 10 days. One guy named Eman is now a cripple. His partner says he doesn't know if they'll get home alive every night, that's how serious it is. Officers injured while pursuing drug dealers; suspected car thief.
Details
- Series
- Cops
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 1991-09-28
Episode context
Pittsburgh, PA 3 is Episode 9 in Season 4 of Cops. It aired on 1991-09-28.
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Episode 8: Kansas City 8
(MO - 4:12 PM Roll Call) Sgt. Gary Schmidt hands out stop smoking class forms are put out because cops aren't allowed to smoke after 9/1 then turns it over to Cpt. Tom Daily. officers fight with burglary suspect and brothers; crack-house sweep.
Episode 10: Pittsburgh, PA 4
4 (10:18 PM Domestic Disturbance) Officer Michelle McCants was the first female K-9 in the city's history and is breakin' down them walls. She gets a call to go to a bar called Jeannie's on Chestnut. Inside is a woman with a cut chin. If the man is still inside an arrest must be made. Bar patrons arrested; burglary suspects in abandoned funeral home.
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Episode 7: Kansas City 7
(KS - 2:29 AM Officer Down Call) Officer Zane Schuberger races to the scene of a 1060. officer knifed; woman ties up drunken husband; jealous husband.
Episode 11: Pittsburgh, PA 5
(8:58 PM Narcotics Task Force Briefing) Eddie Brown jokes that the officer in the Cincinnati Reds hat eating a salad is what heroes are made of. Detective Damien Wiles says the guy they are looking for is Erwin Earl in he lives in an apartment at the bottom.
Episode 6: Kansas City 6
(MO - 6:14 PM Warrant Briefing) Metro Tactical Unit - Sgt. Steve Majors talks about 3 warrants, only having one van and not the surveillance van since it sticks out, where to park when they get there, seeing the 3 houses overlook each other. There are 2 rammers and he is one of them. Officer Mark Neiman is the sacrificial lamb. officer serves warrant for drug dealing; dog is stolen.
Episode 12: Pittsburgh, PA 6
(6:08 PM Drug Bust) Detective Eddie Brown says the task force in Homewood in the last eight days made 88 arrests, got 20 guns of the street and it's going back to the community, doing what they have to do to keep the streets clean and drug free. They're here to stay. A drug deal is on Breston Ave with 5-6 people on the edge of the city near Penn Hills. They catch two black guys on a concrete staircase up a hill. drive-by shooting foiled; hit-and-run suspect apprehended.
Episode 5: Kansas City 5
(MO - 9:13 PM Disturbance Call) South Patrol - Officer Mike Cook says neighbors want to help each other especially during robberies. They are there for victims and families and Midwest people are like that. husband wields knife; woman accidentally shoots brother.
Episode 13: Pittsburgh, PA 7
(12:06 AM Shooting Call) Officer Pat Logan and Officer Jimmy McGee head to a call of two people shot In the legs. In the last 5 days 9 people have been shot of drugs. Rival drugs dealers on the edge of town. Suspect with "cop-killing'' bullets in gun; officers help confused senior.
Episode 4: Kansas City 4
(KS - 10:52 PM Street Patrol) Officer Bob Lane pulls up on five guys trying to start a truck with a stuck valve on the main street that are making a huge smoke cloud. Off. Gale Hall tries to keep a man from attacking his sister's boyfriend; Off. Mike Cook answers a disturbance call; Off. Bob Lane probes the shooting of an intruder. Domestic call results in convicted felon's capture; intruder shot.
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Episode 3: Kansas City 3
(MO - 7:45 PM) Officer Randy Poletis responds to a disturbance in a restaurant on Main St. by a drunk, belligerent man. When he goes in the man is sitting at a table reading the paper and the owner wants him out. He gets up but won't put his drink down. Randy and another officer force the drink down and take him out in the hall and search him. When they go to cuff him he fights and goes down on a couch and growls. A violent trespassing suspect; domestic disturbance turns into food fight.
Episode 15: Boston, MA 1
(11:16 PM Drug Sweeps) Area A-7 - Officer Mike Lopriore says Boston is just the right size, was a good place to grow up - not too big or too small, neighborhoods are sectioned off, good city, it's run well, nothing else he could ask for. He loves it and there's nothing else he'd rather be doing than policing the city he grew up in. He spots a drug deal in an alley as they drive by. He gets out and sneaks around back. He catches a white guy in a blue jacket and presses him against a fence. His partner Officer Peter Fontanez catches the other guy and brings him over. The guy starts choking and Mike pounds him on the back until he spits out 3 bags of cocaine. They call him an idiot. Peter cut them off with the car and enabled Mike to catch them. After he says lots of guys choke on the bags and they have to play paramedic. They bring the kid to the station and the kid says he wasn't doing anything. (11:56PM) He's charged with possession class B and possession within 1000 feet of a school, then he is mirandized. He says he has 2 kids and was going to rehab Tuesday, then counseling. Mike says he could've choked to death. (4:06 PM Roll Call) with Officer Robert Anthony. He takes the call of a woman trying to pass a phony prescription at a supermarket. Officer Ralph Amoroso questions her and she says she was picking it up for a neighbor Donna. The pharmacist says she's called before, but the information she gave didn't match up. She wanted Vicadin and gives Ralph her ID and the pharmacist calls the doctor. The woman claims she didn't know it was phony and wants to know if she is under arrest and can she leave. She's an attorney. They say they can detain her until they determine if there was a crime, the Sgt is on the way. Robert asks to see her Bar Card if she's a lawyer, but she doesn't have one. Sgt. Francis Gaughan talks to the pharmacist who says she couldn't find the name and stalled until police arrived. She said it was for Navarro. The woman says she has 2 kids in her car, but there is no one there. She is arrested for a 92C - passing a phony prescription. Francis says they have to cuff, it's the law. They check her car and find 3 additional license plates in the car. They also find prescription bags with no receipts and different names. The pharmacist comes out and checks the bags and says it's a highly addictive pill and sells for about $8 a pill. Cops say she is the best scammer they've ever seen. Sgt. Joe Flandaca has a Warrant Briefing. A couple has a 22 year old son and they have a sledgehammer to break the door down if necessary. They arrive at 4:22 pm. They get in and have to go up and downstairs to check the place. Detective Chuck Wilson questions the old man, Johnny, who owns the house if there is any cocaine there. Detective Joe Mugnano says his son will get locked up if they find any coke and it isn't his fault. The old guy understands. Joe says he has a chance of saving everyone else from being charged if he'll tell them the truth. Mike Lopriore says the guy told him where everything is, but doesn't believe it. He's arrested the son 5 times for drugs already - it runs in the family. They find bags of rocks in the Cheerios cereal. A call comes in from Tony who wants to bet on the Celtics and Joe pretends he's Johnny and takes the call making up a point spread. The phone rings again and he says that Johnny is out for a while and he's taking care of things. He takes a bet over the phone. Cops keep tearing up the place looking for drugs, in dresses in a closet, in the couch and they find nunchucks. They cuff him and Joe says they have a steady gambling habit and sell the drugs to pay the gambling bills. (8:12PM) Chuck helps Johnny into the back of his car and he can barely get in because he's 70 years old.