Top Cops

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Top Cops
Country of originUnited States
Production
Executive producersSonny Grosso, Larry Jacobson
Production companiesGrosso-Jacobson Productions
CBS Entertainment Productions
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseJuly 18, 1990 (1990-07-18) 
December 8, 1993 (1993-12-08)

Top Cops is a documentary program broadcast in the United States on the CBS television network from 1990 to 1993. [1] Reruns aired on the USA Network in 1996.

Each episode of Top Cops consisted of two to three segments featuring commended police officers and dramatic recreations of the events leading to their having been honored.

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References

  1. Pat Browne; Ray Broadus Browne (2001). The Guide to United States Popular Culture. Bowling Green State University Popular Press. p. 617. ISBN   978-0-87972-821-2.