When Rabb and Lt. Rivers go to the police station, the external shot of the station is the former Newhall Area California Highway Patrol office.
Years later the U.S. Congress would pass a law called the stolen valor act. Anyone who falsely claimed to serve and who falsely claimed was awarded military medals like the Medal of Honor could be charged with a felony.
Lt. Curtis Rivers was played by actor/talk show host Montel Williams. Williams was a real military veteran who served in the Marines Corps and was the first black Marine accepted into the four-year officer training program at the U.S. Naval Academy. He retired in 1996 at the rank of Lieutenant Commander.