For 25 years, that familiar refrain has introduced every episode of Fox's long-running police documentary series, "Cops." But what's the story behind the song that so many Americans can sing along to?

Inner Circle's "Bad Boys" — the unmistakable theme to the TV show “Cops,” which was pulled off the Paramount Network this week after more than 30 years on the air — amounts to a major ...

Inner Circle's Ian Lewis, the songwriter behind the 'Cops' theme song "Bad Boys," talks track's full meaning and the show's cancellation.

The story behind Inner Circle's reggae hit "Bad Boys," the theme song to "Cops," and its long and circuitous road to worldwide familiarity.

The story behind Inner Circle's reggae hit "Bad Boys," the theme song to "Cops," and its long and circuitous road to worldwide familiarity.