Former TV cop Erik Estrada has become a real-life officer after a reality TV flop gave him a new career option.
The CHipS star was among the celebrities who took part in short-lived show Armed + Dangerous, where he and LaToya Jackson, among others, trained to become police reserves in Indiana.
And the experience fired up Estrada, who is now officially an officer on the Muncie Police Department.
The actor has been working midnight shifts to keep up his reserve officer status.