Jim Reed

 is a fictional police officer and one of the main characters from the American crime drama series Adam-12, which aired on NBC for seven seasons from 1968-1975. Played by actor Kent McCord, the character was introduced in the pilot episode of the series, "The Impossible Mission" and appeared in all 174 episodes of the show in total.

Overview
is a police officer for the Los Angeles Police Department during the late 1960s and 1970s. A young impressionable rookie with a wife and small child, he graduated top of his class at the Academy and was partnered with Pete Malloy.

Cases
Jim and Pete responded to an odd domestic dispute involving two men fighting in the middle of the street; apparently in defense of a young woman who was reported as acting strangely in her car - perhaps even having a seizure. The woman eventually revealed that she was looking for a pet salamander she had purchased from her son, which she believed had escaped from its box. Upon further inspection however, the salamander was exactly where she left it.

Their next call involved a string of burglaries that had taken place in various shops and convenience stores. Two male suspects were seen driving away from the crime scene in a green Buick. Malloy and Reed interviewed a store manager, and then got a bead on the suspects. They pursued them in a high-speed chase and eventually forced their car off the road into a gulley where it caught fire. Reed and Malloy arrested the two men at gunpoint.

They then received a call about a medical emergency at the home of two young parents. Their infant daughter Gladys has stopped breathing and the ambulance has not arrived yet. Malloy administered, while Reed was saddled with the uncomfortable position of informing the parents that their child would not survive. Miraculously however, Malloy was able to resuscitate the baby.

Jim then demonstrated his ability to respond quickly under pressure. They responded to a call involving a shoot-out between some local thugs and a neo-Nazi. Reed saw an opening and circled around behind them, getting the drop on the thugs.