Wow. Not to be a jerk or anything, but there are some stupid f*cking people in this thread, holy sh*t. Honestly, the people here who claim to be seasoned and grizzled, uh, 25-year-olds (I'll let you see the irony in that), aren't nearly as mature as my 15-year-old sister.
Yes COPS is meant to make a profit, and yes the various police departments are obviously going to censor it, just like everything is censored, and no there isn't any conspiracy, that's how everything is, it's not a secret. I know from personal experience that you can get away from the cops, and I also know that if you don't know what you're doing, you won't, and you're ****ed.