C.O.P.S.

C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists) is a late 80s' animated series created by DiC Entertainment that aired between 1988-1989. This show is based on a toyline of action figures, known as C.O.P.S. n' Crooks, that were created by Hasbro the same year the show first aired. The show aired again in 1993 on Saturday mornings in syndication as "CyberCOPS" to avoid confusion with the live action version of COPS, the reality TV show. The series is all about a team of futuristic police officers lead by Special Agent Baldwin P. Vess (C.O.P.S. Codename: Bulletproof) who strives to bring a powerful criminal leader Brandon "Big Boss" Babel and his army of criminal thugs to justice and restore law and order in the streets of Empire City in the year 2020. The show contains only 66 episodes and has gained many fans who grew up enjoying the series along with its unforgettable characters such as Bulletproof (My all time favorite character), Buttons McBoomBoom, Big Boss, Nightshade, Mace, Berserko, Highway, Sundown, LongArm, Barricade, Dr. BadVibes, and many others.



In my honest opinion, the cartoon has the strongest appeal. The toys and the comic books both should have been made into exact replicas of all the characters as seen in the show and made into the exact format of the cartoon series itself; all made to promote the cartoon and include in the series Mainframe, Mirage, Nightshade, Ms. Demeanor, Brian O'Malley, Whitney Morgan, Commissioner Highwaters, and Mayor Davis. It has all of the delightful combinations of light-heartedness, interesting stories, humor, action, excitement, awesome, unique characters, each with personalities that makes all of them special in their own right, a vessel known as The Ultimate Crime Machine, a Big Boss look-a-like, a brilliant Berserko, a big blimp, a retired cop, a green car, a romantic, loving relationship between a COP and a Crook, a "pardner" in crime, an African-American woman who's also the President of the United States, trained bugs, The Bad News rock band, a clownmobile, a lucky penny, thieving toy robots, instant justice machines, bad cookies, a crimeboss who despises illegal drugs (let alone a dirty suit), a little girl who dresses up like a superhero, unforgettable battle cries of "It's Crime Fighting Time!" and "Crime's-A-Wasting!", a COP, who acts like a sportscaster, a conscience band, baby-size crooks, a chip off of a COP's own block, a boxing kangaroo, speed suits, ghost suits, and so much more! It has a lot more OOMPH in it than the toys and the comic book version of the series all put together.

This is the cartoon that had a strong influence in my life ever since I went to high school when it first aired on Fox and on WGN channel 9 in the Chicago station. I love that cartoon very much and I don't want it to be forgotten at all, ever. There are many who may have forgotten about the series, but I am determined to keep the memories and the influence of the series alive and bring them right back atcha' and help people everywhere rekindle the memories of C.O.P.S. and hopefully elevate the series to an absolute cult classic filled with die-hard fans, both old and young.

There's also another reason why I'm bringing this up. I'm having a petition drive to release all episodes of C.O.P.S. on DVD. Thus far, Shout Factory has released the first 22 episodes of the series on DVD, but seeing only 22 episodes while there's in fact 65 episodes and
one lost episode The Case of The Boy Nobody Wanted out there is not enough. It is better to see all the episodes than a few handfuls, don't you think?

Here's the page from Shout Factory that has the DVD up for sale.

C.O.P.S. Page From Shout Factory

Unfortunately Shout! Factory have decided to not release the rest because of poor sales, which I find to be inexcusable. Shout must release all C.O.P.S.
episodes on DVD and I need all of your help to accomplish this goal.

About a year ago, I made up a petition to release all episodes on DVD and have tried to spread the word all over the internet about it in every which way I can only to get major setbacks, drawbacks, and a tiny
trickle of signatures added to it (Please don't tell me online petitions won't work because Shout does pay attention to petitions, whether it's online or hand written, to see how many people would like to relive all the times of watching classic shows such as C.O.P.S. for instance and respond to them). I totally hate it when it happens and right now I'm getting real tired of all sorts of obstacles standing in
my way, the setbacks, the drawbacks, the stumbling blocks, dead ends, forks in the road, and seemingly little or no responses whatsoever. Every pleading I made fall seems to fall on blind eyes, let alone deaf
ears. And I'm getting really desperate here finding a lot of people who are willing to sign the petition. That's why I'm posting this to beg and plead with you all to sign the petition to release all 66 episodes,
including the lost episode, on DVD. It doesn't matter whether you not heard of the show before, forgotten the show, or fondly remember the show. All I need is help in adding 1,000 signatures (or better) to my petition to release all episodes on one huge 12 CD boxset and on 3 separate 22 episode boxsets. That should be enough to convince shout factory that we want all C.O.P.S. be released on DVD.

Thus far, I have 368
signatures on my petition. The deadline for petition signatures is DROPPED! Feel free to sign the petition anytime. All I want from you is full participation and support in reaching my goal of 1,000 signatures added to this petition,

Sign it now!

That's all I ask of you, please support the cause and sign the petition to release all episodes of C.O.P,S. on DVD!