According to IRC, he is A REAL cop. So I sense something interesting.

Oh Joe, I fear you'll be in for a world of pain when you see this. But who knows; maybe it'll be a case of "So Bad It's Good." Regardless, try to keep your sanity intact.

And Seagal may be a badass, but he can never hope to compare to...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN2Bx_LK2io

I am definitely going to see this..I mean come on it's Steven Segal as a cop, Steven fucking Segal.

I call shenanigans, this can't be real, it is too crazy

great review

hahaha, I so have to see that. I only hope to see someone try to resist being arrested by Seagal.. just so we can see how he'd deal with it.

This could well be the best comedy show in a long time if it works.

Wow, Seagal being deputized reminds me that Chuck Norris is an Honorary Marine.

The more you know.

oh it's real... a really bad idea. The show is a great idea. Steven as a cop is what's the bad idea.

Well, first, great video I was laughing my ass off.

It sounds as if he was deputized some years back and his basic funtion was to come down there and train officers in self defense techniques. He probably has had genuine weapons certification, and went through basic training and county and state certification. He "past" all their test. But, he has probably only recently become "active duty", or we would have heard about it by now. In some ways, this could be interesting, as this may be his first "real" experinces with true violent criminals, not actors or fellow martial artist.

Secondly, this is just going to be so funny to watch. I think that this show is going to encourage crime and violence towards the police. You could see a frat house getting drunk and driving down there just to see if they could get busted by Segal, and see if they could get him to kick thier asses or some shit like that..lol!!

I think the joke will be on him, Joe, like you said. Aparently, he and his agent have never really paid attention to what most of Americans think of Steven Segal (ie, MAD TV and other commidies). The series will probably not make it a whole season; especially if his presense starts to put "real" cops at risk.

hell yeah!!! i gonna see it!! don't buy donuts in a low-rider pimpa movil fool... you get your ass kicked.

this it's gonna be better than he's movies.

I can only take this half serious. At least until I see the first episode or something. It's just to weird to even think of.

Steven Seagal >> Chuck Norris

When your deputized you can choose to work on the streets while accompanied by another police deputy and yes you can carry a gun. Funny thing is Shaq too has been deputized, now that would be crazy to be run down by the Shaq Fu.

I don't like Steven Seagal movies, so the show is going to blow. The end.

"Holy crap they gave him a gun!"
hahaha
fake/bad idea/not going to watch it

This is so ridiculous, how have we not known he has been a cop for 20 Years! But, I want to know is when is Van Dam going to show up to be assigned his new team member?

surreal

Okay, the Schwarzenegger is the Governor, Steven Segal's a cop... what's next? Is Jean Claude Van Damme going to be on City Council.

God damn it, I think our lives are gonna be run by action movie stars!

WHAT.

Steven Seagal has been a deputy sheriff in my home state for THIS LONG and I didn't even know?

What the hell.

Wikipedia says it's true, but that's still hard to believe.

Aw HELLS YEAH! I'm gonna be watchin' it right alongside you, mah man. Well... only in Colorado.

But yeah, I think this show is gonna be awesome whether or not you like Steven Segal movies. I don't care that he's a jerk. So am I. (laughs)

Will be fun to see at least the first episode.

Ha! This is crazy! I'm going to at least catch the first episode.

No way he's been actually doing this for 20 years. Maybe he comes in and helps train once a year or something like that. Then recently they gave him a gun and a TV show. This should be funny.

This show looks brilliant lol
He is so going to use that gun for people who are littering and stuff i know it
Thanks for letting me know about it joe

Well holy damns, apparently this is true! I didn't even know anything about this until today! My mind? Officially blown.

I dont see whats the big deal and whats so weird about this. I think he could be a good cop. I just dont understand why its so crazy for him to be a cop... hes not stupid hes not going to act like an asshole.Just because people make fun of him , it means hes not capable of being a competant cop?

Neither on Wikipedia or IMDB can I find anything about him beeing a cop until now!

The rest I find are just forums with speculations about him beeing a cop, but no black-on-white-facts anywhere.

Personally I easily accept and can believe that he could be a cop NOW, but for the past 20 years? When reading this, quoted from wikipedia, I find the possibility of him beeing a cop, very hard:

"Steven F. Seagal (pronounced /s?????l/; born April 10, 1952) is an American action movie actor, producer, writer, director, martial artist, philanthropist, guitarist, and singer-songwriter.
A 6' 4" (193 cm) 7th-dan black belt in aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an aikido instructor in Japan. He became the first foreigner to operate an aikido dojo in Japan."

SPECIALLY THIS LAST QUOTE IS INTERESTING:

"Seagal is also a recording artist and guitarist and the founder of Steven Seagal Enterprises. In addition to his professional achievements, he is also known as an environmentalist, an animal rights activist and a supporter of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, and the cause of Tibetan independence. Spiritualism and Buddhism play an important role in Seagal's life and he has been recognized by Tibetan lama Penor Rinpoche as a reincarnated Tulku of 17th century eastern Tibet, Chungdrag Dorje. According to Seagal in a November 2006 interview: 'I don't give in to peer pressure, only justice'."

Him having a REAL gun is scary, when looking back on his later movies. The way he handels guns is just insanily dangerous! He can't handle shit! (This doesn't mean he's a sucker, just that he has not gotten any weapons training)

Is there anyone agreeing with me?

lal donut guy didn't wanna get out of his car so they nail his ass. *judo chop chop chop*

I watched a lot of Seagal movies growing up. Some were bad-ass and some were not, but I enjoyed them. After a while it became kinda old and I've seen him as a one-act actor since.

For me this seems more Hollywood ego-stroking than it seem genuine. Whether it's on his own account or some producers doesn't really matter.

IF they use the 'Cops' format, where you have a camera on him while they are driving around on patrol, talking about how much he enjoys doing what he does and blah blah blah, that's when I'll stop watching.

I'm surprised you didn't see the promo where he calls himself god.

"Steven Seagal just slapped a cop." That line will stay with me for a while.

Its disturbing, I'm wondering if Steven will get his ass shot

Where did Steven Seagal touch you? Point to the doll.