The LAPD during the Vietnam years and soon after were largely vets and they were tough but sympathetic to servicemen.
In 1967 when I was trying to hitchhike back to the bus station to get to Camp Pendleton from L.A. very early one morning, an LAPD cop stopped to see who I was - I was in civvies. Once he found out that I was a Marine, he called a "highway cruiser" unit who picked me up and ran me all the way back to my barracks at about 120 mph the whole way! (about 100 miles) Nice guys.
We Vietnam vets didn't have too many friends back then so I really appreciated those cops.
thank you for your service to this country then and now.
teeman