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come on, nobody knows? maybe it wasn't actors, maybe it was regular people. but i don't think so. and maybe it was just funny like in a stupid way and not in a dry way, i don't remember, Could have been either way. and i still don't know what they were, park rangers, cops, sheriff? something else? pretty positive it was a small town
Edited by cantremembershowI have no idea how well this fits (I've never seen it, I literally just came across it in on a trope page tonight and remembered this query). It's set in Dallas, so probably fails the town size requirement but it was a short-lived show about cops that fits the year so I thought I might as well suggest it. Could it be The Good Guys?
still no luck. i keep trying to remember but i can't. pretty positive it was a small town, the more i think, it seems to come back as regular people and not actors. kind of every day people being interviewed almost, but maybe not, so possibly not limited to police but also townspeople, but for the life of me i can't come up with more details. it was american television.
Try a show literally called "Small Town Security." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Town_Security)
I only remember it from clips on "The Soup," but it checks all your boxes. (Reality show, small town, American, kooky people in interviews, etc.)
OMG!!!!! I just found it!!!!! It was called small town security! I’m so fucking stupid and couldn’t remember shit about it that’s why my hints were useless and why it took me SO LONG to find it, I can’t fucking believe it, thank fuck! Only downside is that it’s not in demand, not sure how I’ll find episodes, I guess that’s my next project. Jesus Christ!

NOT BRICKLEBERRY NOT NORTH WOODS LAW NOT COPS NOT RENO 911
it was some tv show only a couple seasons max, i can't remember if it was real or actors, i think it was actors though, like a mockumentary, it was like a small town, think of it as if every character / actor was nick offerman, that type of comedy. either very late 2000's like 08/09 to about 2015 at the newest, i can't remember, i know my clues have been useless i apologize but i NEED to see whatever this show was again, or i'm checking myself in.