As the officers approach a car that went through a stop sign, they get a surprise. The driver is actor Broderick Crawford, who stared as Dan Matthew's in Highway Patrol, the hit 1950s series that similar to Chips. Ponch is in trouble when he doubles all the bets for the bowling, unaware that later that day, while he and Jon are pursuing motorcycle riding thieves, Jon badly injures his hand having hit on a fence during pursuit!