Serves as a commercial of sorts for the American Motors Corporation, which had recently begun providing cars (AMC Ambassadors) for the show. An American Motors dealership is robbed and the thief leads much of the department on a high speed chase in a 1972 AMC Javelin, which ends with it crashing into a tree.
Fred Stromsoe plays one of the car clouters who is stealing radios from cars. Starting the following week, Stromsoe would go on to his series recurring role of Officer Jerry Woods, partner of Officer Ed Wells, played by Gary Crosby.
This is the first of two shows where the "hippy" Volkswagen Camper Bus makes its appearance. The second one is Harbor Division (1973) In this one, the bus is painted green with stars, moons, Peace symbol, shooting stars, etc and it has a black broad front bumper.
The odometer shows only 659.2 miles on the car. Usually older vehicles with many more miles are used for training.
Code 30 = emergency, officer needs help.