Real Stories of the Highway Patrol

This was my favorite of all the cop shows that were on in the early-mid 90s, and it's one of many shows that gets me nostalgic for my late childhood/early teen years For anybody that's not familiar, it usually had 4 stories per show, one was a dramatized re-enactment (usually for a more serious crime) and a safety tip at the end. Like a few of you guys have said, one thing I always liked about it over Cops are the aftermaths of every segment (go figure Cops lasted and this didn't!). The reenactments were my favorites, that's what got me interested.

I think it was best in the beginning. The 1993 episodes still looked pretty 80s, and they seem more overproduced and dramatic ("Unsolved Mysteries" was like that too). The reenactments were like movies with lots of narration (did anybody notice that decreased over time until it totally stopped?).

I'm the most familiar with the middle era around '95. That's when it had that hiphop theme song ("I'm Lookin Out for You") and the reenactments were a teeny bit more entertaining, as opposed to the slightly scarier and dark early ones. They also started doing little mini stories over the credits at the end (sometimes funny or unusual stuff) which I liked. The last couple seasons seemed to get lazy, the re-enactments were still kinda cool, but didn't have narration and seemed watered down.

I wish they'd come out with DVDs (seasons would be best, but even just a collection of re-enactments would be cool, esp if it focused on the early years). I have some on tape, but there's lots more I vaguely remember and probably some I never saw in the first place. it's a bummer they don't show it on TV anymore, I'd love to see it again.

Man i remember watching this when i was little every morning id be with my dad eating cup of noodles watching real stories of the highway patrol. it was the best show. Most people thing that a highway patrol job would be pretty boring for the most time, which for some it could very well be, but this shows the high points of the job. i guess it just pretty much hit home since my dad works for the highway patrol. The best part was seeing my dad on there twice! They shouldn't have canceled it, i mean it might not be as fast moving as cops but it sure was entertaining! you got to see what happened to the guys after they were arrested unlike in cops where all you see is them getting arrested and that about it you think they'd make a DVD of all the episodes?

What a good show! Want a bad "cop" type show? Read my pan of "Cop Rock". I'm about the only one who hated it. I compared it to "Evita". R.S.H.P was a winner. They need to bring it back. My favorite episode featured the inbred red necks who are partying with a live "Band" (who sounded like a cat stuck in a room full of rocking chairs). A few of the unibrow partiers power-brake a pickup truck on a wooden bridge on the property raising a cloud of white tire smoke. Mom calls the law. They show up and she explains what happened, and I quote, "They was spinnin' on the bridge, and set it afire!". Something about her accent and the way she said it just cracked me up! Wish someone had a copy of that one!

An excellent real-life show featuring the real exploits of police officers. While most of the show focussed on highway chases and pullovers, there were also such features as police officers making drug busts and foiling robberies. At the end, the host would always provide a safety tip (for driving or otherwise).

I thought that this show was very good but not quite as exciting as COPS and this show deserves more recognition, it mainly focuses on pullovers and drug busts and there is a safety tip at the end of the show and if you loved COPS or America's Most Wanted, then you'll love Real Stories of the Highway Patrol and I hope that it comes back on television, I think the show lasted from 1993-97 and the final season wasn't that great compared to the earlier seasons.