
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 suspected child-beater (Marlyn Mason) kidnaps her son from foster parents and disappears.
An investigation into a hospital narcotics ring uncovers a case of euthanasia; guests Howard Duff, Martha Scott.
An ex-con (Ed Nelson) masterminds a robbery to provide for his pregnant wife, who doesn't know she has cervical cancer.
Linc poses as a high-steel construction worker to find a friend's killer; guest Fernando Lamas, Jim Backus, Carmen Zapata.