
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.

Pete befriends a 15-year-old farm boy (Billy Bowles) searching for his widower father; guest Virginia Gregg.

Peter poses as a safecracker to infiltrate an industrial-espionage ring; guests Rene Auberjonois, William Smith.

Linc runs out of gas near a desert ghost town, where he spots a kidnap victim (Clint Howard); guest Paul Richards.

Sabotage threatens a circus owner (Edward Asner); guests Anne Archer, Parley Baer.