Media References
- CHiPs was a fictional television drama show of the 1970s about the CHP, and the CHP also helped out in the 1955 TV show Highway Patrol starring Broderick Crawford. Also the CHiPs TV series was made into a modern television film called CHiPs '99. A theatrical release motion picture version of the show has been announced, and is tentatively scheduled to release in 2011.
- Former CHP Commissioner Maury Hannigan was the host of the syndicated TV series Real Stories of the Highway Patrol, which aired in the mid-to-late 1990s. The show featured not just the CHP, but also the Minnesota State Patrol, the Nevada Highway Patrol, the Alaska State Troopers, the South Dakota Highway Patrol, the Massachusetts State Police, and in one episode, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. The series featured selected stories from state troopers and highway patrol officials from throughout North America who put themselves at great risk to apprehend those who instigated crime on their highways.
- In the science-fiction film Rise of the Planet of the Apes where they are assigned to shoot down several apes led by Caesar who have escaped from cages. The rebellious apes win the battle using a strategy plan that overwhelms the CHP and escape into the Muir Woods Forest.
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