Cops

In the 24th-season opener, undercover cops are held at gunpoint in Las Vegas. Also: Narcotics and a concealed weapon are found in a car in Tampa; and police in Lafayette, La., check out a suspicious car and make arrests for solicitation and prostitution.

A car pulls away from a known drug house and won't stop for police in Corpus Christi; an undercover cop's work leads to the arrests of two pimps and a prostitute in Las Vegas; an officer in Tampa witnesses a driver make several traffic violations.

In Boynton Beach, Fla., a cop goes undercover as a hit man and is hired by a woman to murder her husband.

Police in Savannah find a recently released convict in possession of marijuana; officers in Sacramento County, Cal., assist in the pursuit of a domestic-violence suspect; a cop in Lafayette, La., pulls over a traffic violator who admits to taking drugs.

Police pursue a shooting suspect with two warrants in Hillsborough County, Fla.; in Corpus Christi, a patrol officer happens upon a woman with a warrant for terroristic threats, while fellow officers catch kids spray painting an electrical box.

In Lafayette, La., a woman claims a man threatened her with a gun, and twin sisters accuse their sibling's boyfriend of choking her; in Hillsborough County, Fla., an officer responds to a hit-and-run accident involving a driver who appeared intoxicated.

A DWI disturbance in Missouri involves claims of assault; drugs are found on a jaywalking offender in Georgia; police respond to a reckless-driving call in Florida and discover the driver stole the car while the owner was changing the car battery.

In Springfield, Mo., drugs are discovered during a routine traffic stop and drug paraphernalia is found on a jittery suspect walking down the street; suspects fleeing a speeding violation in Lafayette, La., are caught and admit to hiding drugs.

Iowa police arrest a driver who possesses marijuana, but does not possess a valid driver's license; a Missouri traffic violator admits to smoking marijuana; a deputy in Florida responds to a call concerning a knife robbery at a cell-phone store.

In Hillsborough County, Fla., police arrest a store patron who pulled a knife on a security guard; and sheriffs respond to a "shots fired" call. Also: Officers in Lafayette, La., stop a reckless driver who has drugs and a baby in his car.

Las Vegas police try to curb prostitution by having a cop pose as a cabbie looking for hookers, while other undercover officers pose as prostitutes; in Texas, a driver caught in a compromising position can't recall the name of his supposed girlfriend.

Spokane police must evict a homeless man from a store's handicapped parking spot and disperse a couple engaging in lewd behavior on a stranger's lawn; officers in Des Moines, Iowa, question a man who may have used a pocket knife to threaten someone.

A high-speed chase in Springfield, Mo., ends with police pulling people out of a burning car; a Spokane officer responds to a lewd-conduct call; a cop breaks up a violent altercation between a father and son in Corpus Christi.

Spokane police chase a suspect by car and then on foot before making an arrest for theft and assault; a sheriff in Hillsborough County, Fla., deals with a domestic-abuse situation involving a BB gun; Corpus Christi police pull over a swerving vehicle.

Two men are hauled in for vandalizing a fence in Des Moines, Iowa; Savannah police go undercover to catch a drug dealer; and a man asks to be arrested while lying naked on the street in Springfield, Mo.

An SUV flips over during a high-speed chase in Springfield, Mo.; a driver tries to eat his supply of marijuana before the police find it in Chattanooga; and a man threatens his wife and infant with a gun in Hillsborough County, Fla.

A suspect runs from a traffic stop in Las Vegas; police in Des Moines, Iowa, hear contradictory stories about a drug-related assault; a prostitution bust escalates in Spokane.

New Orleans police pursue a car with no license plates; a dispute between neighbors in Spokane County, Wash., results in a gun being fired; Las Vegas cops question a suspect about a stolen luxury vehicle and then find drugs on the suspect.

A stolen wallet is found on a suspect in Springfield, Mo.; a man with crack cocaine is arrested in New Orleans; an officer in Corpus Christi must break up a racially charged argument at a bus stop.

An officer of the North Las Vegas, NV, Police Department finds a drugged-out, paranoid man crouching in a driveway and arrests him for burglary, obstruction of justice and drug paraphernalia. Then, an officer of the New Orleans Police Department responds to a hit-and-run and finds a pack of "mojo," an artificial marijuana narcotic, on the suspect. Finally, a policeman of the Alameda County, CA, Sheriff's Office finds a gallon-sized bag of marijuana in the trunk of a vehicle.

An officer of California's Alameda County Sheriff's Office questions a suspicious man who attempts to flee, and winds up hiding in his four-year-old daughter's bed. Then, an officer of the Chattanooga, TN, Police Department finds both cocaine and marijuana in a suspect's car after the suspect runs a red light. Finally, an officer of the Hillsborough County, FL, Sheriff's Office sends two armed men to jail for aggravated assault.