I watched Dragnet and Adam-12 in syndication as a kid. Man, I really enjoyed those shows. I also watched SWAT and Emergency!
Emergency! wound up recruiting a lot of high school seniors into the local volunteer fire department and rescue squads. One high school senior had nearly a full crash kit in the back of his Chevy - The school nurse had his class schedule in case there was an accident in the shop class (and she called 911). That senior BTW was a good EMT and a fast learner, my father trained him (leutenenant on the squad and an EMT instructor).
Now today if a high school senior had the same crash kit in his car, he would be suspended due to the “zero tolerance” policy on “weapons” and “drugs”.