• Is it age appropriate?

  About our ratings

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  Not age appropriate for kids under 14, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 14.

• Is it any good?

  2.0

• Common Sense says

  Harrowing real-life situations caught on film.

Why We Rated This for Ages 14–18

What to watch out for

• Messages:

  The show features real people in really bad situations, as captured on police car cameras and other security cameras. There's plenty of violence and swearing, and almost every sequence features someone breaking the law and usually in some dangerous situation.
• Violence:

  The show relies on footage from security cameras (usually the ones built into police cars), so there are many, many car accidents, as well as shots of fistfights and other assaults. The clips are typically filmed in black and white, with no close-ups, and though none of the action looks as dramatic or exciting as the average prime-time action show, it's much more unnerving to watch because it's all the real thing. Seeing an actual person getting punched in the head or run over by a car is a very different kind of entertainment than watching a slow-mo clip of an explosion engineered by Hollywood's stunt experts.
• Sex:

  No sex. Some people are shown naked, with blurred genitalia.
• Language:

  Frequent swearing, though many of the words are bleeped. Because the audio is often hard to discern, many conversations are printed as subtitles; the curse words are printed in the subtitles, with dash marks ("oh s--t!").
• Consumerism:

  Not an issue.
• Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

  No scenes of people drinking or using drugs, but many sequences show people who are obviously under the influence.

What Parents Need to Know

About Disorderly Conduct: Video on Patrol

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