This is the first episode with Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner) playing Officer Steve McLeish. Erik Estrada (Officer Frank Poncherello) did not appear due to a contract dispute.
In original scripts, Toro was intended to be Ponch's brother. When the script was rewritten due to Erik Estrada's contract holdout, the part was changed to Steve's brother, owing to Bruce Jenner temporarily replacing Estrada.
Bruce Jenner broke records at the 1976 Sumner Olympics by winning the men's decathlon with a score of 8,618 points. This led him to be a popular figure on the Wheaties cereal box.