The Foundation for Law and Government, also known as FLAG, is a crime-fighting organization dedicated to fighting criminals who operate above the law. It was founded in 1982 by Wilton Knight and started out as a small agency but over the decades has continue to grow in power and prominence.
History[]
Original Series[]
FLAG was founded by Wilton Knight before his death and is funded by the Knight Industries. FLAG's "pilot program" was the use of one man and one car, KITT, responsible for resolving issues that went beyond typical legal measures.
The organization was led by Devon Miles, with Bonnie Barstow acting as chief engineer for KITT, and Michael Knight acting as its top operative. The agency later employed former vigilante R.C. III as its Mobile Command Center driver and co-operative to Michael.
Team Knight Rider[]
Following Michael's retirement from F.L.A.G. in 1990. Team Knight Rider was formed to take on his duties. Though this team was seemingly either later shelved or dissolved in favor of more operatives and a wider reach for F.L.A.G.
Knight Rider 2000[]
F.L.A.G. was preparing to make the jump into becoming a freelance police organization with Devon and Russell Maddock co-leading the organization. They later brought Michael back out of retirement to test out the new Knight Industries Four Thousand. Shawn McCormick, a former police officer, later joined F.L.A.G. as an operative and helped Michael and K.I.F.T. eliminate Thomas J. Watts after the death of Devon.
With the case solved, Michael once again retired from F.L.A.G. With Shawn and K.I.F.T. taking over his duties and Russell Maddock becoming executive director of F.L.A.G.
2008 Series[]
Years after Shawn McCormick, K.I.F.T., and Russell Maddock had seemingly left The Foundation. Sarah Graiman took over the organization after her father, Charles Graiman died. Charles states that Knight Industries can reinstitute FLAG. Michael Traceur is KITT's driver, Billy Morgan and Zoe Chae are in charge of the SSC, and Sarah runs the entire organization.
Trivia[]
- In the original series the Foundation for Law and Government was almost exclusively referred to simply as "The Foundation".