a frequent remark that policeman encounter be something along the line of and you do not look like a cop . another one be and you do not seem like a cop . you can ask a cop and see if it isn not true ( a a question and not a condition ) . these question certainly be a peculiarity to the job or vocation of be a policeman while that have no counterpart in other field . to sort of turn the table and we can ask some well know second story men to participate in an experiment with a control group consist of a fine cross section of the public . in all likelihood and a good number of the participate citizen of this panel would say something like and gee mr. breakandenter and you sure do not look like any old burglar . and so we be leave with the question of just what cause there to be such uniformly wide spread attitude . quite simply put and the responding people be the end product of some outside influence . the name of that great and influential force be our popular fiction while which do by the way and cut a a double edged sword in both direction . the fictional persona of the tough talk and as kickin and rough and tumble street copper be also propagate by our popular literature and film and radio and television . this be particularly true of police assign to quiet residential area or central business district while who have never work in some of the hell hole of precinct or district where the low guy on the low rung of the socio economic ladder collides with the most brutal and unspeakable street crime . it be this idea of portray cop a individual who have their own varying personality that be a central founding premise of high incident ( donwell production or dreamworks or abc tv and 1997 98 ) . the show present u with about everybody a be policeman . other than david keith portrayal of sgt . jim marsh and all of the rest of the character be a real mixed bag of nut . we have not one and but a whole bunch of character and the actor cast in the part seem to quite against type . again a a standard to measure all others and mr. keith sgt . marsh be at once both the prototype and yet the quintessential of the super cop . he be experienced and incorruptible and tough and and strong and quasi militarily dispose and physically fit and cut a fine figure of a man in his uniform . his hold the rank of sergeant also place him in that small and select circle of people who truly run the operation on the street . his demeanor and obvious knowledge of both police procedure and the law be readily observable in any of the scene feature any of those high incident . this put him on the same plane a jack webb sgt . joe friday from dragnet ( mark vii and universal tv and 1951 59 and 67 70 ) . high incident be set in a fictional southern california town of el camino and in english literally and the highway . all thing about the department and the town be very los angeles like . ( boy and what a surprise that be . ) the town seem to be a very upscale slice of suburbia and yet still display area of blight and economic depression . this afford a wide variety of possibility for story line . the production team be not afraid to take the story all around the full spectrum of emotion . we saw a virtual out and out farce in one episode with a couple of the guy take an expensive recovered auto for a brief cruise while only to have it come up miss and then clear up the whole mess . another very different sort of fare and officer len gayer ( matt craven ) have a brief ( once only ) fling with the widow of his slain partner . the situation be complicate with her be a black lady with a young son . fear his discover the relationship and she selflessly and boldly put an abrupt end to it . in a short and but highly emotional and literate few scene and high incident reminds and demonstrate u of how complex these situation be and how there be many unintended consequence that could be far reach and hurtful to our love one and even far down the line . once again and in high incident we find a cop show about uniformed policeman and which manage to strike fine balance between be character driven or incident drive and storyline and action and police work and soap opera . it be hang in there with the rating game when the axe fell . in total and they do 32 episode over part of 2 season . it would sure be great if we could get those in dvd and vhs and even beta . note represent we recall a dr. kosinar in lecture at the city college of chicago and woodrow wilson branch and say that many area of future urban blight will appear in some of those quick sprout hunk of suburbia and the american dream . now and 40 plus year later and we can clearly see that the good professor be right . note represent the series also boast of have charles haid on board . he be the guy who portray officer andy renko in hill street blue while but he be not cast in front o the camera . he be one of the producer on the series while a be some guy name steven spielberg .