IRAQ: Adam-12 in the Euphrates
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Saddam Hussein tried to restrict how much Western culture his nation could absorb.
But ‘Adam-12,’ starring Kent McCord and Martin Milner as L.A. cops, was deemed OK and developed a following through reruns.
Mark Wilson, who retired from the Escondido police department, now works as a consultant for the State Department in Iraq. He uses references from the show in trying to get Iraqi police to stop strutting around with AK-47s. He’s had some success.
‘I tell them, hey, the L.A. cops patrol some pretty rough areas, but they don’t need AK-47s,’ Wilson said. ‘They know it’s true from watching ‘Adam-12.’ ‘
— Tony Perry in Hit in the Euphrates River Valley.