<P> Several of their fellow officers were recurring characters; the most frequent were Jerry Woods (Fred Stromsoe), Ed Wells (Gary Crosby), Detective Sgt Jerry Miller (Jack Hogan), and Officer Brinkman (Claude Johnson). Shaaron Claridge, a real - life LAPD dispatcher, was the dispatcher . </P> <P> Over the course of the series, Sergeant "Mac" MacDonald was promoted to Sergeant 2 . Lt Moore was promoted to Captain, and served as the commanding officer of the division, apparently replacing Captain Grant (Art Balinger). </P> <P> The personal lives of Malloy and Reed come up on occasion, and are always tied into their duties . Malloy is a bachelor who has at least two girlfriends during the course of the series (the last being Judy (Aneta Corsaut)), while Reed is married to a woman named Jean (played by several actresses including Kristin Nelson) and later becomes a father . </P> <P> The police vehicles were central characters in that "mobile patrol units (became) associated with the black and white units made famous in such television shows as Adam - 12". It was one of the shows that portrayed "the professionalism of the officers and police departments". Ronald Wayne Rodman pointed out that the theme of Adam - 12 referred to a "military style topic while portraying a sense of contemporary action". Douglas Rushkoff noted: "Adam - 12 also marked (the) last gasp of the righteous style of cop TV ." Their set was not a squad room or an office, but the actors "watched the changes in American culture through the windshield of their squad car". </P>

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