Dragnet: The Big Sophomore
Dragnet · July 19, 1951 · 29 min · 5,359 words
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Best of all, long cigarettes. Hahaha! Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes in cooperation of the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files.
From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. Was Tuesday, February 4th, was cloudy in Los Angeles. We were working a night watch out of juvenile bureau assigned to university division.
My partner's Ben Romero, the boss's inspector bowling. My name's Friday. We're on the way out from the office and it was 7.13 p.m. when we got to the corner of South Waverly and Chester Avenue.
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