Fort Bend County sheriff's debut on 'Live PD' set for Saturday

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Crime show junkies, rejoice: A local law enforcement agency will soon be featured on A&E's ""Live PD"."

For fans of the show, they can see the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office featured on the show starting this Saturday night.

Crews from the show will be riding along with the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office for the next 12 to 14 weeks starting this weekend. They hope to catch one of Sheriff Troy Nehls' deputies on camera during high-octane police work. The show, which first aired in 2016, is akin to COPS by following police officers from around the country and broadcasting their interactions with the public.

But with "Live PD", everything the viewer sees is happening in real time – broadcast direct from the camera crew's lenses to the viewer's TV screen. The show boasts "unfettered and unfiltered live access" to police work on a weekly basis.

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ABC's Dan Abrams and analyst Tom Morris Jr. host the show in studio as camera crews from all across the country ride along with several agencies. Once the camera crews come along something interesting, the program cuts to live video from the camera crews.

FBCSO Spokesperson Caitilin Espinosa said the sheriff's office is excited to join the program.

"It's great to do it just so we can show the transparency here and to show what it's like," Espinosa said. "There's excitement, but there are also days where it's quiet."

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The crews will focus primarily on the Mission Bend area, which is in the northeast portion of the county near Westpark Tollway and Texas 6.

Espinosa said the sheriff's office and "Live PD"'s producers have been in talks about the partnership for about two weeks.

"We've watched the show and gotten acquainted with it," Espinosa said. "It's a unique platform where people get to see policing across the country in rural, urban and different types of atmospheres and policing."

The announcement is already generating buzz on social media, according to FBCSO Major Chad Norvell.

"Live PD" airs Friday and Saturday nights on A&E at 7 p.m.

Jay R. Jordan is a breaking news reporter at Chron.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JayRJordan.