Harlan Arliss
| Harlan Arliss | |
| Actor | Lou Wagner |
| Appears in | Seasons 2 through 6 (1978 - 1983) |
| Call Numbers | none |
| Badge Number | none |
Harlan Arliss is a mechanic for the California Highway Patrol at their Central Los Angeles headquarters.[1]
His life-long dream is to be a CHP...but he's two inches short of the height requirement.[1] He is 5' 3 7/8" tall and when the LAPD lowered their height requirement, he almost became an officer, but his eyes weren't good enough.[2]
Harlan has a dog named Dave, a former drug sniffing police dog.[1]
At one point, Harlan apparently tried to learn the trombone, but gave up and had it in a garage sale.[3] Harlan has his mom buy his shoes because he has small feet.[4] He has a talent for siphoning gasoline out of state vehicles. He also beat Getraer at chess. Grossie would have beaten him at chess if he didn't knock over the board.[5]
In one episode, Harlan's personal information was shown on a malfunctioning computer screen. It listed his license number as #Z9023741. He lived at 9246 Beech Drive, Los Angeles, California 90222. (No such address actually exists.) He had 10 moving violations, including 03-17-79, 06-22-80, 09-13-80, and 10-21-80.[6]
His current whereabouts are unknown.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Episode 201: "Peaks and Valleys"
- ↑ Episode 610: "Fallout"
- ↑ Episode 513: "Breaking Point"
- ↑ Episode 506: "Anything But The Truth"
- ↑ Episode 521: "The Game of War"
- ↑ Episode 525: "Overload"