This show was written by Gerald Petievich, a former (until 1985 when he retired to write) US Secret Service agent that had also written the script for the similar-themed To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). In that film, Secret Service agents in LA pursue a counterfeiter. The film premiered 26 days prior to the air date here.
The majority of the car chase involving the AMC Gremlin is recycled footage from a previous season.