To Serve and Protect

To Serve and Protect, also known as Under Arrest on streaming services, is a Canadian reality crime television series that shadows city police in Edmonton, Alberta, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Vancouver⁠, Penticton, New Westminster, Summerland, and Surrey, British Columbia.

The program was created by Dwayne Mitchell and Dan Forrer for KF Media Inc., debuting in 1993 on KVOS-TV in Bellingham, Washington.

Executive producer Dan Forrer blamed "senior officers in the Vancouver police department and RCMP.

"[4] The final episode featured footage that, according to Forrer, "Vancouver police Chief Ray Canuel did want the public to see.

The new police chief was mortified to see the program showcase some of the brutal tactics routinely employed by his force, potentially casting them in a negative light.

Located thirty minutes east of Vancouver, the suburb was famous for mullets, mustaches, and alcohol-related incidents.

"[6][7] Dwayne Mitchell sold a syndicated, half-hour version of the program to American markets in 1997 under the title Mounties: True Stories of the Royal Canadian Police.

It reportedly aired in eighty regional markets including Elko, Nevada, St. Joseph, Missouri, Salina, Kansas, Tucson, Arizona, West Palm Beach, Florida, and Agana, Guam.

[5] This show is available on the video-on-demand streaming services Netflix, Peacock, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Crackle, Tubi and Amazon Freevee (the version on the latter six services provided by FilmRise) under the title Under Arrest with episodes condensed from their original hour length to eight "Best of" seasons with each episode running 20 minutes.

Dan Forrer, creator of the Netflix series Under Arrest, originally known as To Serve and Protect.