History Series / WorldsWildestPoliceVideos

* StupidCrooks: Quite a few of the criminals featured in the clips aren't exactly the sharpest tools in the shed. As Sherriff Bunnell puts it in Season 4 Episode 7, "Some criminals out there are so bold, and their getaways so ridiculous, it makes you think that somewhere deep inside, they just want to get caught." In the clip that follows said quote, a car thief not only steals [[HighlyVisibleNinja the most easily visible vehicle in town]], but also then drives into a narrow winding road with no turn-offs and steep cliffs on both sides, where he finally loses his focus on the road before finally wiping out and getting arrested.

* StupidCrooks: Quite a few of the criminals featured in the clips aren't exactly the sharpest tools in the shed. As Sherriff Bunnell puts it in Season 4 Episode 7, "Some criminals out there are so bold, and their getaways so ridiculous, it makes you think that somewhere deep inside, they just want to get caught." In the clip that follows said quote, a car thief not only steals [[HighlyVisibleNinja the most easily visible vehicles in town]], but also then drives into a narrow winding road with no turn-offs and steep cliffs on both sides, where he finally loses his focus on the road before finally wiping out and getting arrested.

* StupidCrooks: Quite a few of the criminals featured in the clips aren't exactly the sharpest tools in the shed. As Sherriff Bunnell puts it in Season 4 Episode 7, "Some criminals out there are so bold, and their getaways so ridiculous, it makes you think that somewhere deep inside, they just want to get caught."

* WouldHurtAChild: Some of the most intense situations officers must face involve criminals who are willing to put children in harm's way. In Season 5 Episode 12, a drugged-up man in the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} takes an 11 year old girl hostage at knifepoint, forcing police to intervene. After several failed attempts to resolve the situation peacefully, the officers are forced to take drastic measures and shoot the man from behind, with the man subsequently dying from his wounds while the girl escapes relatively unharmed.

* WouldHurtAChild: Some of the most intense situations officers must face involve criminals who are willing to put children in harm's way. In Season 5 Episode 12, a drugged-up man in UsefulNotes/{{The Philippines}} takes an 11 year old girl hostage at knifepoint, forcing police to intervene. After several failed attempts to resolve the situation peacefully, the officers are forced to take drastic measures and shoot the man from behind, with the man subsequently dying from his wounds while the girl escapes relatively unharmed.

->''"Look around. No matter where you are, at any second... it could happen to you. Because desperate criminals use desperate measures, no matter who gets in the way. For the next sixty minutes, you'll get a close up view of what officers see every day. You'll ride shotgun in the most terrifying chases on the road. You'll feel the heat of the most explosive acts of criminal insanity ever captured on tape. Much of this footage has never been viewed by the public. Police and news agencies send us their most shocking videos so that you can know what they know: not to let your guard down, even for an instant, could mean disaster. So crank up your TV, and don't turn away."''

->''Crime, criminals, and the cops who stop them - this is the real thing. We have gathered footage from around the world, from crimes in progress, news investigations, undercover stings, and surveillance cameras. Much of this footage has never before been seen. From chases to shootouts, this show will take you for a walk on the wild side.''
-->-- Introduction (season 1)

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: A routine traffic stop quickly turns into one of these for officer Michelle Jeter, with the suspect subjecting her to a brutal beating before fleeing the scene. The beating was so severe, in fact, that [[YouDoNotWantToKnow it couldn't be shown on screen]], and it was only [[HeroicBystander thanks to the intervention of a nearby driver]] that her superiors were able to send an ambulance, thus allowing her to survive her ordeal. The man is later caught and charged for her assault.

* TheMentallyDisturbed: Quite a number of clips involve police facing suspects with severe mental illness. In one such video, a man in UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} suffering from paranoid schizophrenia begins threatening nearby passersby with a samurai sword, believing himself to be possessed by demons, with the sword being his method of slaying said demons. Using various non-lethal weapons including a high-powered water cannon, the police are eventually able to subdue the man and he is subsequently taken to a nearby medical hospital, where Sheriff Bunnell notes he will be able to face his inner demons with a doctor instead of a sword.

->''Crime, criminals, and the cops who stop them - this is the real thing. We have gathered footage from around the world, from crimes in progress, news investigations, undercover stings, and surveillance cameras. Much of this footage has never before been seen outside the law enforcement community. From chases to shootouts, this show will take you for a walk on the wild side.''

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: On the rare occasion where lethal force is employed, the host makes it very clear it is only to be used as a last resort, when all other options have failed. This is demonstrated in a clip where a group of officers are facing down an AxCrazy gunman who most certainly would have killed them all along with nearby civilians had they not intervened.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: Quite a number of clips involve police facing suspects with severe mental illness. In one such video, a man in UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} suffering from paranoid schizophrenia begins threatening nearby passersby with a samurai sword, believing himself to be possessed by demons, with the sword being his method of slaying said demons. Using various non-lethal weapons including a high-powered water cannon, the police are eventually able to subdue the man and he is subsequently taken to a nearby medical hospital, where the host notes he will be able to face his inner demons with a doctor instead of a sword.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: A routine traffic stop quickly turns into one of these for officer Michelle Jeter, with the suspect subjecting her to a brutal beating before fleeing the scene. The beating was so severe, in fact, that [[YouDoNotWantToKnow it couldn't be shown on screen]], and it was only [[HeroicBystander thanks to the intervention of a nearby driver]] that her superiors were able to send an ambulance and she was able to survive. The man is later caught and charged for her assault.