Dragnet: The Big Mustache

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You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a robbery detail. A supermarket in your city has been robbed. The thief wore a disguise. You don't know who he is or what he looks like. Your job, find him.

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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 violence. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

It was Wednesday, August 13th, it was warm in Los Angeles. We were working today to watch out a robbery detail. My partners Frank Smith, the boss at Chief of Detective's Bad Round. My name is Friday.