Fletcher appeared in Bad Boys as a thick glassed computer hacking nerd. L.A.'s Finest is a spin off of Bad Boys. In the scene where Fletcher (John Salley) is looking up the license plate for Sydney (Gabrielle Union) and offers her to go to a Lakers game with him. He says "I know a guy." John Salley played for the Lakers and won a championship with the Lakers in the 1999-2000 season. The Gabrielle Union responds with "I'm a Heat Fan." Gabrielle Union is married to Dwyane Wade who played for the Miami Heat and won 3 championships with them.
The lines "give me a pack of tropical fruit Bubalicious, and some Skittles" is a direct quote from the original Bad Boys (1995), movie on which this TV show is a spin off from.