Truant

Season 4 - Episode 7: Truant
Overview
Truancy is on the rise in the district and Reed has a plan to pick up truants on the street, which was approved after a garage break-in by two truants. Results show a drop in crimes committed by truants, in one case two truants were stopped by the police and were implicated in a burglary, and one of the two truants involved in the garage break-in is brought in on another incident. Other incidents include arresting two heroin smugglers who hid the stash in their car's gas tank, which leaked some of the contraband making the car stall, and stop car thieves from stripping parts to build a dune buggy. Starting with this episode, Officer Ed Wells is promoted to Police Officer III (just under Malloy's rank of Police Officer III+1).
Episode Information
TV Show
Adam-12
Season
Season 4
Episode Number
7
Air Date
November 3, 1971
Runtime
30 minutes
Guest Stars

Vincent Van Patten
Virgil Stephens

Gary Crosby
Officer Ed Wells
Art Balinger
Capt. Grant
Natalie Masters
Katie Anderson

Charles Lampkin
Myron Bradley

Robert Clarke
Tom Bennett
Crew

Hollingsworth Morse
Director
Michael Donovan
Writer
John Sturtevant
Set Decoration
Frank Comstock
Music

Jack Webb
Executive Producer
Lester Green
Art Direction