The video below comes from the show Cops, the longest running reality show on television.

But it isn’t just any reality show, like Keeping Up with the Kardashians or The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

‘Cops’ follows real police officers, sheriff’s deputies, state troopers and federal agents during real patrols and other police activities.

In this particular clip we see an officer who has stopped a man for a reason we are unable to see from the timing of where it begins. The officer puts the suspect’s hands behind his back while allowing him the benefit of the doubt by not placing handcuffs on him yet.

The officer begins patting him down to make sure he is weaponless, but once feeling some suspicious items he asks for permission to search the suspect’s pockets.

Each answer the suspect gives becomes more and more suspicious giving the officer reason to believe that something might be up. The officer reaches back to grab a pair of handcuffs to detain the suspect until he can fully figure out what is going on but, as he does the suspect makes a run for it.

The cop keeping one hand on the suspect’s wrist allows him to get close enough to wrap up the suspect dragging him to the ground. The suspect immediately attempts to spring back to his feet to continue running but is denied as the cop refuses to let him go, dragging him to the ground once again.

Once on top, the police officer maintains control and makes his way into the mount position. The combatant on bottom wraps up the officer, initially attempting a front headlock before losing the grip. He then continues holding the officer close as he tries bucking his hips and fighting for top position.

The cop proves to be too skilled and too determined to allow that to happen. By removing the suspect’s arm from the pavement that he is using to sit up, the cop is able to fully regain top control from where he throws calculated strikes to get the suspect to cover up, allowing the officer time to grab his taser.

Using both his Taser and a few more well placed strikes, the officer is able to secure a head-and-arm choke that allows him to remain safe from any further danger until his backup is able to arrive.

This is what a well-trained, prepared police officer looks like. If you think the officer used too much force, realize that if he didn’t regain control of the situation they both could have been injured much worse than they actually were.

All the suspect had to do was quit fighting, put his hands behind his back and then it would have all been put to an end, but for whatever reason he decided to continue fighting.