Dragnet: The Big Filth

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You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a juvenile detail. Four children in your city have apparently been abandoned by their mother. There's no trace of the woman's whereabouts. There's a possibility of foul play. your job investigate.

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travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police violence, from beginning to ends, from crime to punishment. Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

It was Friday, February 8. It was raining in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of juvenile detail. My partner, Frank Smith, the boss is Captain Powers. My name is Friday. I was on my way back from juvenile hall, and it was 7.46 p.m. when I got to 13.35 Georgia Street,

the office. Joe? Yeah, Irene. You talk to Captain Powers? Yeah. It looks Frank's gonna be tied up in court for a couple of days going kind of hard game more isn't it? Yeah seems like everybody in town is claimed on this one really making a big thing out of it. Mm-hmm Well, let's get her set. I suppose to give you a hand on anything that might come up when you just made it