Initial TV appearance of Brigitte Burdine. Her next role was Too Young to Die (1984), which turned out to be a foreshadowing of her life. The actress was killed at age 48 in a hit and run crash in Los Angeles.
This is the only time Officer Bobby "Hot Dog" Nelson is seen eating a hot dog.
While Ponch and Nelson were correct in pursuing the dog thief, investigating such crimes is in the jurisdiction of local law enforcement. In reality, CHP officers would have returned to the scene of the crime and told the witness to file a criminal report with the local P.D.
When the lady in the motor home drops off Kevin at Edward's AFB, she hears the call over her CB radio about people looking for Kevin. She turns up the volume on her in dash mounted AM radio. You cannot hear CB radio broadcasts on an AM radio.