During the awards banquet, the stock footage of the actual ceremonies shows the guests seated at tables with white or beige tablecloths, while in all the studio-filmed inserts featuring the cast members, the tables are dressed with red cloth.
Malloy and Reed respond to the Warehouse, while talking to the security guard, the guard is standing in front of a 55 gallon drum. After closeups of Reed and Malloy, now the guard is sitting on top of the barrel.
The emcee refers to those being awarded medals as "medal winners". As any member of the military, fire or police departments will tell you, their members do not "win" medals. It's not a contest. They should be referred to as "medal recipients".
When Jo Anne Thompson and boyfriend are in the back of the squad car at the warehouse, her father walks up to the car. Next, there is a camera close-up of him asking that his daughter get out of the car. The next camera shot shows an obvious stand-in actor of the father who is standing next to Reed as they look at Malloy after Pete says his daughter and boyfriend will have to go downtown.
Mac tells Reed the awards rehearsal is the next day at 10 AM and that he reserved a table for eight. It should be a table for ten - the five officers: McDonald, Malloy, Reed, Wells, Woods, and their guests.