The motorcycle used by Sanchez in this episode is Raymond Cruz's own Moto Guzzi. Cruz was born and raised in East Los Angeles. He is also literate in both Spanish and English.
Sanchez summons the police to First and Indiana. First and Indiana is the center of East Los Angeles, where Sanchez lives, but is not a residential intersection.
This episode was the third one the series directed by Kyra Sedgwick's husband, Kevin Bacon. The other episodes directed by Kevin Bacon are Serving the King: Part 2 (2006), Blindsided (2007) and Waivers of Extradition (2009).