This was the first episode to feature new police uniforms and patches for the Sparta Police Officers. The uniforms now have larger name-tags, police rank worn on collars, as well as large shoulder patches showing both the rank of the character with insignia and in writing. This type of "insignia overkill" would actually be laughed at in most police departments, but appears to have been done in the series in order to emphasis the major characters and make it easier to determine their roles and identities.
First appearance of Memphis Police Inspector Hampton Forbes (Carl Weathers) in the series.