Robert Pine's actual wife Gwynn's Gilford, plays, Sergeant Gatrear's wife, Betty, in this episode.
About 3/4 of the way through this episode, there is a scene where Danny is waiting outside CHP Central for Ponch and John as several officers are leaving in plain clothes at the end of their shift. If you look closely, you can see that one of the officers leaving is David W. Harper, who was playing Jim-Bob Walton on the show "The Waltons" at that time.
Sgt. Gettaer's son is played by Marc Gilpin who was Roy Sheider's youngest son in Jaws 2 (1978).
This story features an appearance of the CHP Central Station's seldom seen Captain.