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Dragnet: The Big Juvenile Division

Dragnet · January 17, 1952 · 29 min · 5,355 words

The transcript of “The Big Juvenile Division”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast January 17, 1952. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Thanksgiving Radio plays Dragnet free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Bye Fatima. 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 transcribed from official police fines.

From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Tuesday, October 14th, was cloudy in Los Angeles. We were working a special detail on a homicide division.

My partner is Ed Jacobs, the boss is Captain Lorman, my name is Friday. It was 1.18pm when I got to 2015 East 1st Street, the 2nd floor. How on Beck Jule, the motivation? Joe? Hi. How did you find out?

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