Dragnet: The Big Rain

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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 Tuesday, November 17th. It was raining in Los Angeles. We were working the night, watch out on homicide detail. My partner's Frank Smith, the boss is Captain Warman. My name's Friday. You're on our way back from the main jail, and it was 11, 27 p.m. and we got to room 42.

Homicide. We gotta get that car radio fixed, George's getting worse all the time. Yeah, well we can take it over in the morning. Thing almost knocked me right out of the seat when I called in the night.