>But they only ever said "Metro Police" on the side - not which city. Besides AFAIK the Chicago cops have chequered bands round their hats, like in the UK and Australia (though our cops have 3 checks abreast).
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>As for shot in LA, well that's not unusual: Cheers was too, although the establishing outdoors shots weere of teh actual so-called Cheers Bar in Boston (totally different layout inside BTW)
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>Again, Chicago is rather famous for its high skyline; I saw no evidence of that in the show.


It's pretty clear to me that they were very careful not to identify a particular city. It was just some big city in the US.

Tamar