Dragnet: The Big Lift

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You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a burglary detail. In the past five weeks, 17 homes in your city have been stripped of all valuables. There's no lead to the thief. life. No description. Your job, get him.

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Their or king's eyes, their low in nicotine, highest in quality, best for you. 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 transcribed from official police files.

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

My partner's Frank Smith, the boss is Captain Wisdom. My name's Friday. We'd just been relieved from stakeout and we were on our way to get something to eat. It was 12, 27 a.m. when we got to the corner of Padora and Ardmore streets.

The cakes and riddle cafe. There's a couple back here, Joe. Yeah, that's fine. What'll it be, fellas? You got a menu? Up there on the board, huh? Oh, yeah. How's the hat? Doing pretty good.