 The production company (ZIV Television Programs, Inc.) made a  determined effort to avoid any perception that children or minors  were being exploited. The official ZIV writers guide for "Highway  Patrol" specifically stated that juvenile delinquents were forbidden  and that it had to be obvious that any delinquent was an adult. The  guide also stated that the show did not do kidnapping stories unless  the person kidnapped was obviously an adult.