Goofs

When Hedges goes to the academy, he is riding in a Cadillac limousine but when he arrives at the academy, he is riding in a Lincoln limousine.

There is a jump cut when the German Shepherd rips Bud Kirkland's sleeve off. First, Bud catches the sleeve thrown back to him by Hightower. In the next shot, the sleeve is already back on Bud's arm.

After Hightower and Mahoney help Nogata and Adams from the cab driver, the cab starts but doesn't drive off. The cab disappears when Adams walks off.

Just before Hooks and Fackler's car goes airborne, the car comes to a complete stop.

During the song by Sgt. Hooks and Lt. Callahan at the Policeperson's Ball, the camera alternates between shots of Lassard's cadets having fun while Mauser's cadets stay in their seats and show no emotion. When it goes to a wide shot of the room, you see Mauser's cadets dancing.

Lt. Proctor is actually wearing captain's bars on his shoulders and as collar devices, however, his name tag also says Lt. Proctor. You can see the other characters who are lieutenants actually have the correct single bar versus the "train-track" double bars.

The people at the police line-up do not resemble the suspect at all. For evidence from a lineup to be admissible in court, the line-up must include people who have the same general appearance as the suspect.

While the gang is playing music at policeperson's ball, Jones is playing a guitar with no strings. This is probably an intended joke, as Jones can effectively impersonate a guitar with his noise-making skills.

George R. Robertson's character is listed in the end credits as Chief Hurst, though in the movie he is referred to as Commissioner Hurst.

Clearly, in this particular police department, the roles of commissioner and chief are concurrent.

This movie is set in the United States, but when Lassard is looking through his binoculars at the regatta, you can see the CN Tower (from Toronto, Ontario, Canada) in the background.

The movie is set in a fictional "Anytown, USA", so it can contain any number of landmarks which resemble ones in real life.

In the ball scene when Copeland puts his hand in the punch bowl and stains Mrs. Hurst's dress, the stain is already present on the dress.

When Proctor is naked in front of the hotel elevator, his boxer shorts are visible.

When the governor makes his speech about closing one of the academies, note the three people in the audience directly behind him. A little girl, a lady, and a man in a tie. When he says "Isn't that true, Commandant Mauser and Commandant Lassard?", the camera supposedly pans to them (who are seated to his left). The same three audience members are somehow directly behind them too.

When Proctor and the stripper are in the hotel room, she ushers him out of the room and you can clearly see "416" on the door. But when he finds he's locked out, the number above his head reads 419.

The license plate number "ALK 201" is seen on at least three different cars within the first half of the film alone.

While Hooks and Callahan are singing with the band on stage, the guitarist of the band is playing the guitar back-to-front.

After the parade when Mauser is speaking to the Governor, Sgt. Jones's chevrons are missing from his left arm, yet other police officers are shown with them on their left arms.

When Proctor says, "Sir, the committee..." his lips don't move.

In the final battle, just before Nogata hits a villain, he shouts "Banzai!" but his mouth does not move.

When Proctor and Mauser are trying to get back into the overturned boat, you can see the top of a crew member's head on the backside of the boat holding the boat for them.

When Cadet Nogata is talking to Sgt. Jones about Lt. Callahan, he refers to her as "Sgt." Callahan.