According to the case data that can be accessed during the game, the game's timeframe spans six days from 30 March 1991 to 4 April 1991.
Ken Williams, the CEO of Sierra On-Line and the executive producer of the game, appears in the game as Mr. Cannon, the District Attorney Deputy. Several of the other actors are employees of Sierra On-Line: Cheryl Loyd, animator; Mike Pickhinke, quality assurance; John Hartin, programmer; Bob Ballew, quality assurance; Josh Mandel, writer; Cindy Walker, animation; Bill Davis, creative director; Corey Cole, co-creator of Quest for Glory series; Orpheus Hanley, sound effects; Robert Fischbach, programmer; Veronica Oldfield, sound effects.
Due to game bug, it is impossible to score the maximum 460 points, but only 450 at most.
George Esparza and Roger Griffith, who played the roles of the slow driver Juan Jose Ruiz and Officer Kevin Miller in the game, played also in the next game Police Quest: Open Season (1993) as Yo Money's bodyguard and Lieutenant Donald Block.
It is the first game in the series in which the text parser was replaced by the icon interface.