Dragnet: The Big Net

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You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a robbery detail. 14 women in your city have been robbed and beaten. You've got a half dozen descriptions of their attacker. None of them match. The man's still free.

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police violence from beginning to end from crime to punishment. Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Wednesday November 26th. It was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. My partners Frank Smith, the boss's chief of detectives Thad Brown. My name is Friday. I was on my way