Dragnet: The Big Handsome Bandit

The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Goodness, Detective Sergeant. You're assigned a robbery detail. For a week you've been on rolling stakeout looking for a gang of thieves. There's no sign of them.

On the way back to the office you get a 211 call. Your job? Investigate. Document a drama of an actual crime. 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

ends from crime to punishment dragnet is the story of your police force in action Thursday October 9th was cool in Los Angeles we're working tonight watch out a robbery details my partner's Frank Smith the boss is too but he kicked it's that run right right right away back to the office one of two eleven robbery calls

came in and it was 12 18 a.m. and we got the corner of Oxford and Barton Avenue The moyles barn grill. The officer back there. Something I can do for you? Try to get a smith, Central Robert.

Sir, it's in Unit 6, L86. You answer the caller. Yeah, I'm a partner to me. He's on the other side of the place. What do you got? Couple of guys in the woman's shop. My partner's with him now.

Uh-huh. One of them's one of the hold-up men. Yeah, did you get a description? Yeah, just put it out. Uh, got their own's a place to back there if you want to talk to him.

Yeah, we do. Did he witness the shooting? Yeah. Mr. Mom? Yeah. These men would like to talk to you. I'd like to talk to you. This is Sergeant Friday, Officer Smith. How are you? How are you?