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Yes, he drove in several episodes - when Pete's arm was in a cast, when the replacement patrol car was giving Pete a hard time, when Pete was away for a week as a counselor at a boys camp, and at the end of the series when Pete filled in for Mac the Sargeant who was away, and also when he was with a female police officer for the day.

Reed also got to drive the patrol car in an episode where the sargeant discovered that Malloy's driver's license had expired.

Log 1: The Impossible Mission (1968) Season 1 Episode 1 - 21 Sep 1968 Reed's question to Malloy at the beginning of their first shift ever together of, "Would you like me to drive?" would be a harbinger of their partnership over the entire series, where Malloy drives unless extenuating circumstances dictate otherwise.

Log 11: It's Just a Little Dent, Isn't It? (1968) Season 1 Episode 3 - 5 Oct 1968 Reed's fender bender while driving the patrol vehicle would be another harbinger of the limited amount of time he would be behind the wheel of it over the course of the series, especially when Malloy is with him.

Log 32: Jimmy Eisley's Dealing Smack (1969) Season 1 Episode 15 - 11 Jan 1969. The first time Reed is seen behind the wheel of the squad car driving, if only for a short time.

Log 34: Astro Division (1970) Season 2 Episode 13 - 10 Jan 1970 A rare occasion when Reed, when with Malloy, drives the police cruiser while Malloy is in pursuit of the suspects on foot.

Log 56: Vice Versa (1971) Season 3 Episode 23 - 11 March 1971. Malloy is embarrassed at morning inspection as Mac notices that his driver's license has expired... One of the few times where Reed not only drives for Adam-12, but that Malloy is also in the passenger side

Hot Spell (1972) Season 5 Episode 11 - 13 Dec 1972. One of the few instances when Reed is seen behind the wheel of the Adam-12 police cruiser, even rarer in that he is with Malloy in this instance.

The Beast (1973) Season 5 Episode 17 - 31 Jan 1973. Shows a rare instance where Reed gets to drive the police vehicle.

North Hollywood Division (1974) Season 6 Episode 16 - 22 January 1974. Malloy is the one doing the chase on foot while Reed is behind the wheel.

Camp: Part 1 (1974) Season 7 Episode 1 - 24 Sep 1974. A rare instance when Reed is behind the wheel of the police cruiser while Malloy is in pursuit of a suspect on foot.

Excessive Force (1974) Season 7 Episode 8 - 3 Dec 1974. One of the few instances when in active pursuit of a suspect, Malloy is on foot running, while Reed is behind the wheel of the police cruiser.

Gus Corbin (1975) Season 7 Episode 21 - 1 Apr 1975. One of the few times that Reed drives the Adam-12 squad car.

Dana Hall (1975) Season 7 Episode 22 - 29 Apr 1975. One of the few times that Reed drives the Adam-12 squad car, as with recent times as Reed is partnered with someone else besides Malloy who is filling in for Mac. .

Each call for service to the Los Angeles Police Department is assigned an incident number (log number). The numbers reset to 1 starting at midnight each night.

According to Tom Williams, one of the shows producers, the log numbers tell which LAPD police station shared the story, as well as how many each station shared, as accountability and recognition of sorts.

Back in the very late 1960s and early 1970s, the two-way 'walkie talkie' radios were very expensive and typically were only carried by sergeants or possibly detectives. Those old VHF low-band radio systems were nothing like what the police have today. ( Many departments did not even have car-to-car capability for radio communications way back then. )

In some areas, they also required a "repeater" in the squad car because the range was limited. I suppose someone who was a cop in that era can give a more thorough answer. -

Log 14: SWAT (1970) Season 2 Episode 14 - 24 Jan 1970 First time in the series when a hand held radio is used. Reed uses it to notify the Sergeant of the wounded lady in her apartment. -

Lady Beware (1974) Season 7 Episode 7 - 19 Nov 1974 One of the few instances when the police are seen using a mobile radio for communication, in this case Malloy as he is undercover patrolling the park in the pickup truck. -

Point of View (1974) Season 7 Episode 6 - 12 Nov 1974. One of the few instances when the police are seen using mobile radios, in this case Malloy in the grocery store. -

L.A. International (1974) Season 6 Episode 23 - 12 Mar 1974. One of the few instances when a mobile radio for police communication is used. -

Skywatch: Part 1 (1974) Season 6 Episode 21 - 26 Feb 1974. One of the few instances when officers are using mobile radios for police communication, in this case the officers inside the commercial skyscraper investigating the wholesaler jeweler robbery. -

Foothill Division: Mac's Boots (1973) Season 6 Episode 3 - 26 Sep 1973. One of the few instances when the use of a two-way mobile radio is seen -

No, they cannot, unless there is a reasonable suspicion that the suspect poses an immediate threat to the officer or civilians. This was decided in Tennessee v Garner in 1985. (see Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985))

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Because Dragnet was cancelled due to not-so-covertly (as Jack Webb had hoped) showcasing (promoting, really) liberal values. Webb seriously toned this down with Adam-12. Purporting to promote conservative values, Dragnet was actually penned to do the exact opposite: sway the public's opinion to the pro-legalization of drugs and other D.E.I "values". Week after week, audiences had to listen to bad guys' impassioned speeches promoting marijuana. This was liberal Jack Webb's own personal stance. He had infiltrated the living rooms of Americans under a false pretense. That show was a very bad influence at the time: it gave youth material to draw from, to defend their pro-marijuana---and other hardcore drugs---stance. It took audiences 4 years to wise up, while some more astute viewers and parents' organizations were already complaining and campaigning for Dragnet's cancellation. The show was FINALLY pulled from the air, and Webb continued to quietly produce Adam-12, where he had toned down his covert liberal antics. Unlike Adam-12, Dragnet features the color orange prominently in every episode, as a flag of sorts, proclaiming liberal "values" and poking fun at its own so-called conservative stance. Watch for orange items (clothes, furniture, lightbulbs, accessories, props etc.) prominently displayed in every episode of that show, which covertly reveals the ruse. The color Orange is the Easter Egg for Dragnet, liberalism is what it there symbolizes.

No, not exactly. Though fourteen years after the series ended stars Martin Milner and Kent McCord reunited in a cable television movie called Nashville Beat which aired in 1989. They portrayed two veteran police officers who had begun their careers with the LAPD and had transferred to the Nashville, TN police department. Cast as Captain Brian O' Neal and Lieutenant Mike Delaney, Milner and McCord were now back in uniform and with their police expertise they were now fighting big city crime again though this time in the deep south. This television movie marked the first time that these actors had worked together since the end of Adam-12 and their new characters were remarkably similar to their old Adam-12 personas.

The dispatcher is saying, "See the woman." This means that a woman has called the police and they are being told to speak with her at the address the dispatcher gives to them. By the same token, "See the man" indicates a man has called. FYI, it's my understanding that all dispatchers cast for the series were working LAPD dispatchers.