Dragnet: The Big Watch

Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Dragnet. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a robbery detailed.

You've been looking for a suspect in a market robbery for three weeks. Finally an informant calls you with information. Your job? Check it out. It was Tuesday, February 17th. It was cold in Los Angeles.

We were working the day, watch out of Robbie's detail. My partner's Frank Smith, the boss of T-V-Gek, is bad rounds. My name's Friday. We're on our way out from the office. It was 1056 for the time we parked our car and got to 4278 Winona.

The Balinese room. Hi, Joe Frank. Hey, man. Hi, man. I'm walking around, about all I can expect. Sit down. Got your earring? No, no, no. Just paid a fresh pot of coffee and back like a cup.

Yeah, I might go for one. How about you Frank? Sure, I'll get it. Hey boy, take it black, don't you? That's right. Yeah man. What was it you want to talk to us about? What?

I say what was it you wanted to see us about? I'm just a minute, I'll be right with you. You want to take one of these cups? Yeah, let me give you a hand here.

Alright. You go Frank. Thanks. What do you got for us man? I read in the paper a couple of weeks ago where you had a stick up at that big market out in the of valleys there right yeah he made it was close to $7,000 you got anything on it or what the guy look like well description we got with 28 to 30 5 8 5 10 145 pounds