Anthony Carrigan (Squire Naljaimon) and Hale Appleman (Baron) have been best friends in real-life for many years.
The LAPD recruits jogging across the film's final frames are indeed real. The filmmakers captured them candidly after the LAPD sergeant generously offered to keep his recruits jogging on the spot for the 5 minutes it took Wyatt Bunce to deliver his denouement-monologue. When the recruits finally ran across camera, the filmmakers didn't stop rolling.