The show depicted police officers targeting criminals with a high-tech bait car, rigged with hidden cameras and radio trackers.

In this crime reality series, teams of undercover officers drive the bait car to areas with high rates of auto theft, where they park it and leave it unattended with the engine running.

Unbeknownst to the criminals, a hidden camera and a radio tracker have been placed on the dashboard, and a police force is watching their every move.

[3] Bait Car operations typically call for about a dozen officers on duty, and the cases are often charged as misdemeanors.

[1] Chicago police officers stage the car in a different manner, allowing offenders to be charged with felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle, burglary, or both.

"[4] During season 5, LA prosecutors dropped charges against Keenen Alex after TV footage showed Detective Anthony Shapiro failed to read him a Miranda warning.