Dragnet: The Big Sour

The story you're about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a robbery detail. Two armed bandits invade the home of an elderly couple in your city.

The aging husband has tortured unmercifully before he reveals the hiding place of his valuables. The two thieves make good their escape. Your job? Get him. The document had 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 transcribed from official police files.

From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. With Saturday, October 3rd, it was hot in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of robbery detail.

My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Harry Diddy and Captain of Robbery. My name's Friday. It was 11.38 p.m. when I got to Georgia Street receiving hospital. Room 5. Treatment room. Joe? Hi. How's it going, Ben?

I'm not going to be able to talk to him anymore tonight. Dr. said maybe late tomorrow morning. How's the old man making a... He's resting a lot better. Dr. gave him a sedative. Old fellow sure had a rough time.

Well, how about since I've been gone, do you tell anything else? No, just kept repeating the same thing. Two guys forced the way into his house. Beat his wife. tortured him to call the jewelry at the body.

Well, I put in a call to the office. I got a broadcast out of the information that we have. There's not much to go on. We should be able to pick up a little something more tomorrow.