Dragnet: The Big Actor

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Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police files.

From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Monday, October 23rd. It was foggy in Los Angeles. We were working a day watch out in narcotics detail.

My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Captain Colonel. My name's Friday. It was 7 16 a.m. when we got to St. Christopher's Hospital. The pharmacy. How you do? Yes. Police officer, sister. We'd like to see sister Mary Benedict?

I'm she. Mother Superior, Senator, you said we're investigating the narcotics robbery? Yes, there have been quite a few policemen here in the past hour. I believe it was the fingerprint men who just left. Just a minute, I have their kind.