LAPD: Life on the Beat

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LAPD: Life on the Beat
Genre	Reality
Narrated by	Andrew Geller (1995–1996) Hank Brandt (1996–1999)
Composer	Scooter Pietsch
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	576
Production
Executive producers	Dave Bell Dennis Bogorad
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	QRZ Media MGM/UA Telecommunications Group (1995–1997) (seasons 1–2) MGM Telecommunications Group (1997) (season 2) MGM Domestic Television Distribution (1997–1999) (seasons 3–4)
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	September 11, 1995 (1995-09-11) – September 10, 1999 (1999-09-10)
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LAPD: Life on the Beat (sometimes referred to individually as LAPD or Life on the Beat) is an American reality television series that follows officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, as they respond to various incidents within their precincts' jurisdiction.^[1] The program aired in first-run syndication from September 11, 1995, to September 10, 1999. Like its contemporary, COPS, LAPD followed police officers on patrol and during investigations. Unlike COPS, Life on the Beat only featured police officers from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The series was originally titled as simply LAPD for its first season in 1995, before adopting the expanded title in 1996, in conjunction with the introduction of an upgraded graphical look.

A typical episode featured four segments, a cold case story and usually a quiz relating to police statistics. Unlike COPS, Life on the Beat featured incidental music and a narrator. At the time of the series, the LAPD still had only 18 stations, so camera crews would cover as many stations as possible and had episodes featuring multiple areas of Los Angeles. Episodes featured routine patrol, vice units, gang units, and even SWAT calls. Many segments also featured the Air Support Division. For a large amount of patrol-based segments, cameras would flip back and forth between ground and aerial angles.