Training Division episode

Today, I watched the "Training Division" episode of Adam-12. The opening scene depicted a felony stop of two armed suspects that resulted in the deaths of the first four Los Angeles Police Department responding officers. As the camera zooms out, we learn this was just a training reenactment of a real life incident that they did not elaborate.

But because I attend street survival training when I carried a badge, I quickly realized how this opening scene resembled the infamous "Newhall Incident" where four California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers were murdered by two armed suspects. The "Newhall Incident" occurred in April 1970 and this Adam-12 episode aired in 1973.

For those interested in learning more, read the following:
https://www.chp.ca.gov/home/about-us/the-history-of-the-california-highway-patrol/milestones-in-time/the-newhall-incident