A real LAPD dispatcher who made extra money dispatching on "Adam-12".
Her husband was a real LAPD officer.
Ms. Claridge was nominated for a "Favorite Heard-But-Not-Seen Character" TV Land Award, but she actually makes a credited appearance in the 1973 Adam-12 episode "Suspended.".
After her mother named her after she was born, her father added the second "a" in her name "just to contribute to naming her".