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# Renegade Reality TV Shows
Ex-Cop Launches 'KopBusters' to Catch Crooked 5-0's

By Marissa Brassfield | Published 2008-12-08 | Pop Culture
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kopbusters
References: [rawstory](http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Excop_Barry_Cooper_launches_Kop_Busters_1206.html) & [nevergetbusted](http://nevergetbusted.com/)

'KopBusters' is a brand new reality show that is bound to cause some major waves. It's headed up by Barry Cooper, an ex-cop who specialized in [drug interdiction](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/greenlane) for eight years. Cooper previously released "Never Get Busted Again," a film that teaches viewers how to avoid police drug seizures.

While 'Never Get Busted Again' didn't win Barry Cooper any fans in law enforcement, 'KopBusters' certainly will. The prime motive behind the reality show is to catch crooked cops in the act.

According to their website, for the first episode of 'KopBusters,' Barry Cooper's crew sets up a trap that, from afar, appears to be two [marijuana plants](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/women-of-weed) underneath a grow light. The plants are actually small Christmas trees. Naturally, the Odessa narcotics unit moves in on the house within 24 hours, only to be met by the 'KopBuster' attorney.

Below, watch the raw footage of the sting:

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 4.2/10
- Popularity: 40% | Activity: 79% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women
- Primary generations: Millennial
- Top markets: North America

## Categories

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## Key Themes

### Why This Trend Is Growing

- **Reality TV Shows:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create reality TV shows that expose corruption and unethical behavior in various industries.
- **Police Monitoring:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop technology or services that enable individuals or organizations to monitor the activities of law enforcement officers.
- **Undercover Operations:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Build platforms or networks that connect individuals or organizations looking to expose wrongdoing with experienced undercover operatives.

### Industries Being Reshaped

- **Entertainment:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Transform the reality TV industry by producing shows with a focus on exposing corruption and injustice.
- **Technology:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop surveillance or monitoring technologies that help individuals protect their rights and hold law enforcement accountable.
- **Security:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create specialized services or tools to assist individuals or organizations in conducting ethical undercover operations to expose misconduct or corruption.

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