Cop Shows  

my mom deceased now was an ex cop herself and she loved Hill st blues~

I love cop shows too! SVU is by far my favorite, although I do love comedy cop shows like Monk and Psych (I'm watching Psych right now, in fact). I just started watching them about a year ago and I don't know exactly why I'm so attracted to them, but I'm addicted. I've watched some CSI, but it goes over too many different things at once and I get confused.

I'm a big fan of NCIS, CSI and SVU as well. Who isn't? lol

Two others I really like are The Closer and The Shield. I had to rent seasons of the Shield because I didn't get the cable channel it was on. Now they show reruns on another channel and I'm not sure if it's even on with new episodes anymore.

I love Kyra Sedgwick in her role on the Closer. That character is just full of personality. I was so happy when she won the Golden Globe for it!

My favorite has and always will be "Hunter" with Fred Dryer.I loved "C.H.i.P.'s" too but I'm not sure it fits into the category you're describing.As for current cop shows,does "The Shield" count?
Stephanie

Law and order and CSI are good but I no longer watch them regularly to often the shows begin to become repetative.
I miss Homicide Life on the Streets that was a great show and I can't find it in reruns right now.

Currently my favorites are on USA MONK and PSYCH

Both are not normal cop shows and have a good sense of humor. The characters are quirky enough to keep from being more of the same old stuff.

I noticed there is usually a trend in shows.

I mean it goes back and forth between cop shows, hospital shows, sitcoms, and then mix of hospital / cop shows

I grew up watching Mod Squad, The Rookies, Police Woman, Police Story, the Snoop Sisters, Ellery Queen Mysterys, the later two may be how I developed my interest in more off beat characters.
later it was Hawaii Five O, Baretta, Starsky and Hutch,
Barney Miller, [a cop show that was a sitcom], Miami Vice, Cagney and Lacey, Due South, Enos,

Not cop but detective shows / catch or trap the bad guy shows

Charlie's Angels, Rockford Files, Moonlighting, Tenspeed and Brownshoe, Feather and Father, Mission Impossible, the Avengers, the Saint, Greatest American Hero [comic book spoof, cop show, sitcom, the A-Team, McGuyver, Cosby Mysteries, Diagnosis Murder, Cover Up, Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.

To many to mention.

I have aways like all of them too. I like the old ones as well as the new ones. I like all the CSI ones and of course law and order. any of them that come on I make a point to watch. I never found one I did not like.

I remember 21 Jumpstreet! I loved that! Johnny Depp in the early years! YUMMY LOL
I watch all kinds of cop and forensic type shows now. CSI (all of them), Criminal Minds, Cops, Bones, America's Most Wanted, Forensic Files, Dr G Medical Examiner, Skeleton Stories. This is what I can think of right now that I Tivo every single week...I watch these RELIGIOUSLY! :)

this is a big coincidence (however you spell that) i was watching cop shows all day because my internet connection was down. i'm actually right now watching some cop show on "spike"
i don't watch those detective shows that much, but i do like to watch the crazy pursuits and stuff. cop shows are pimpin

I have always loved police and law dramas. I especially love the Law & Order series, CSI & SVU b/c the stories are right from the headlines. They are so informative. I still watch the Miami Vice re-runs. I just love them. The movie was nothing compared to the actual series. I even loved Perry Mason!! Barnaby Jones and all the others. I am just a huge fan of all of them.

my favorite is CHIPS. I saw it every week when I was still a little boy, now, I like 24 very much, although it's not about cop, but it still has a relationship with fighting crimes.