Cops tv show santa rosa ca

After eight weeks riding along with Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies, a camera crew with the long-running TV program “Cops” is now teaming up with Santa Rosa police officers after the city this month agreed to allow filming.

The arrangement expands national attention to the two largest local law enforcement agencies, while also extending a sharp debate about the 29-year-old TV series, which some critics say puts forward a harmful portrait of minority and disadvantaged communities.

“I have no idea what’s on the tape, but basically these programs don’t show people in a very good light,” said Jerry Threet, the director of Sonoma County’s Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach.

Threet sent an email to Sheriff Rob Giordano outlining his concerns with the program coming to Sonoma County on March 28, eight days after a cameraman and sound operator began riding along with deputies.

The independent watchdog said he was worried recent gains deputies have made building relationships and trust w

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