To be sure, Dunn has had to do some fancy footwork tracking the exploits of Duane "Dog" Chapman and his crew. Each episode revolves around the pursuit and capture of bond-jumping fugitives, and for Dunn, capturing the action can be just as treacherous as catching the bad guys.

"Andrew has had a bunch of spills," says Chapman's wife and co-star, Beth Smith. "He's had some lumps. This isn't the kind of show that cameramen volunteer to do."

Still, Dunn is unfazed. He and his cohorts at Hybrid Films specialize in capturing the reality behind some of America's diciest jobs. His resume includes field producing, directing and camera work for "Uncle Sam Wants You!" "Family Plots," "Take This Job ... ," "Homicide Squad," "Parking Wars," "Brooklyn North Homicide Squad," "Talk to Me" and "NYPD Emergency."

"We take precautions, but every situation is different," he says. "You're concerned ahead of time, but once things start happening, you operate on instinct."

"We've all been in pretty serious police situations," Dunn says of his crew. "Most of us have shaken the hands of fresh murderers. We been there at homicide scenes with mothers and their dead sons."

Dunn said he is sensitive about how Hawai'i is portrayed to the rest of the country, and he avoids the visual cliches to which many Mainlanders are accustomed.

"The thing you always see in Hawai'i productions is the sweeping helicopter shot," he says. "We're not doing that. We're down here where the people are. Wherever Duane's people are is where we are.

"Visually, we want to take the show to where it represents wherever we are," he says. "We don't try to lie. If we're at Papakolea, we're at Papakolea."

Dunn says the show touches on the humanity behind the profession, and, in particular, the unique relationships between the stars.

"The most interesting thing is the change (in emphasis) to moral issues that everybody faces," Dunn said. "There's also that aspect of family, that you can fight and still love each other.

"Everybody can relate to that," he says.