Casting
Main cast for this season consisted of:
- John Wood as Sergeant -> Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon
- Julie Nihill as Christine 'Chris' Riley
- Martin Sacks as Detective Senior Constable Patrick Joseph 'P.J.' Hasham
- Lisa McCune as Constable -> Senior Constable -> Acting Sergeant Margaret 'Maggie' Doyle
- William McInnes as Sergeant Nicholas 'Nick' Schultz
- Damian Walshe-Howling as Probationary Constable Adam Cooper
- Tasma Walton as Probationary Constable Deirdre 'Dash' McKinley
- Paul Bishop as Detective Acting Sergeant (demoted) Senior Constable Benjamin 'Ben' Stewart
Damian Walshe-Howling appeared in the full season as Adam Cooper but finished his almost five-year career on the show with the show's season five finale - "Rotten Apple (Part 2)".
Paul Bishop began his playing his part of Ben Stewart before he actually became a permanent cast member in the episode "Nine Lives".William McInnes left the series because of lack of his storyline in the show and moving on to further projects
Recurring characters for this season include:
- Peta Doodson as Inspector (formerly Senior Sergeant) Monica Draper
- Beth Buchanan as Susan Croydon
- Michael Isaacs as Clancy Freeman
- Suzi Dougherty as Dr. Mel Carter
- Axl Taylor as Len the barman
- Dennis Miller as Ex-Sergeant Pat Doyle
- Stuart Baker as "Richo"
- Reg Evans as Keith Purvis
- Terry Gill as Superintendent Clive Adamson
- Karen Davitt as Doctor Zoe Hamilton
- Don Bridges as Charlie Clarke
- Marie Trevor as Lelia Clegg
- Pauline Terry-Bietz as Beth McKinley
- Neil Pigot as Inspector Russel Falcon-Price
- Adam May as Ellis Corby
- Peter Aanensen as Merv Poole
- Jeremy Kewley as Tony Timms
- Kevin Harrington as Charlie McKinley
- Catherine Wilkin as Sally Downie
- Grant Piro as Tim Ryan
Guest actors included Shane Connor, James Condon, John Clayton, Maggie Dence, Peter O'Brien, Grant Piro, Val Lehman, Monica Maughan, Anne Phelan, Dennis Coard, Carol Burns and Sean Scully.
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