
Police Capt. Adam Greer recruits a trio of "hippie cops" with checkered pasts to infiltrate the counterculture and nail the adult criminals preying on clueless young Southern Californians. This "youth squad" is made up of Pete, whose wealthy parents kicked him out of their posh Beverly Hills home; Linc, a survivor of the ghetto; and Julie, a former hooker arrested for vagrancy.

A draft protestor (Christopher Connelly), the son of a Vietnam general (Ross Elliot), faces danger in prison.

A murderer stalks the suspended priest (Sammy Davis Jr.) who heard his confession; guest Robert Duvall.

The trio splits up onto three tour buses to find the killer of a man found at a bus station.

Pete tries to help a young woman (Brenda Scott) and winds up the chief suspect in a murder; guest Richard Anderson.