“K-Ville” proves that cop shows are a relentless breed, and the New Orleans setting for the new Fox TV series is just another excuse to keep them alive.

Not only does the viewer have to digest a high speed car chase within the first 15 minutes, but also the thick tension between Marlin Boulet (Anthony Anderson of “Kangaroo Jack”) and his new partner, Trevor Cobb (Cole Hauser of “The Break-Up”). This sounds like a parody starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. Hold on, I’m getting ahead of myself.

The first scene opens on Sept. 1, 2005. Police navigate the flooded streets looking for victims of Hurricane Katrina. In the midst of chaos and hysterics, Boulet’s partner abandons him, commandeers a car at the scene and gets the hell out of Dodge. Boulet belts out a very dramatic “Nooooo, Charlie!” as the camera zooms out, revealing Boulet in disbelief and despair.

Then we travel through time two years later, and we’re dropped off at present day New Orleans. Over the opening credits are images everyone has seen over the past two years: debris, FEMA insults spray painted on wooden siding, dilapidated houses, abandoned po-boy shops. No surprises there.

At the first meager meeting we see of the NOPD, the chief assigns Boulet, the loud, obnoxious, reckless guy from the 9th Ward and his new partner, Cobb, a stoic, quiet, play-by-the-rules kind of guy from Cincinnati to cover a benefit for the 9th Ward at a French Quarter bar.

Before Cobb can properly admonish Boulet for drinking bourbon on the job, a young man sticks a gun in the bar, fires and hits the unfortunate female singer on stage. This is the first incident in a series of shooters crashing rebuilding events.

You don’t have to be a native of New Orleans to feel insulted by the delayed information about seemingly straight-laced Trevor Cobb. He confesses he’s not really a Yankee; he grew up in eastern New Orleans. He also has a criminal record.

But it doesn’t stop there. He was held at Orleans Parish Prison when Katrina hit, and he was able to escape during the confusion.

A comment posted on the Web site Nola.com by a New Orleans police officer describes the lack of credibility: “The ending was not even possibly believable. A criminal just out of jail from the storm (escapee). I know the NOPD has had its problems with ‘thug’ officers, but this wouldn’t get by the background checks in place for hiring requirements.”

I’ve never heard New Orleans referred to as “K-Ville,” and I’ll reluctantly admit that it took me a good 10 seconds to figure that one out. I’ve also never heard of a “gumbo party” that happens at the end of the pilot episode.

What can you expect from a writer whose portfolio includes “NYPD Blue” episodes and a couple of episodes from “The District?” Jonathan Lisco might know what makes the flashy world of tough-guy cops and gunfire crimes, but as far as a show about New Orleans, it’s just a disguise for a series to file under “C” for “cliche cop show.”

While the show may not be entirely accurate is an understatement, I enthusiastically invite any publicity of New Orleans to remind the rest of the country that we’re still here and we’re still fighting, and we’ll be damned if we let anyone forget that.

Watch the season premiere on Monday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m. on Fox and decide for yourself. But “K-Ville” won’t get past us locals with those flimsy attempts to depict cultural New Orleans.

Sally Tunmer can be reached at [email protected].