Dragnet: The Big Mug

detective sergeant. You're assigned a robbery detail. For the past three weeks a strong arm hold-up man has been terrorizing the downtown area. You've got a description of the thief and a method of operation for him. Your job. The document a drum of an act will 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 fires. From beginning to end from crime to punishment. Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Monday May 3rd was Warman Los Angeles. We're working the night watch

out of robbery detail. My partner's Frank Smith the boss is Chief of Detective Stad Brown. My name's Franny. I was on the way back to the office that was 402 PM when I got to room 27. Robert. Hi Joe. Hi Jim how's it going? Good. What do you got here? That's a new gimmick there trying. What's it do? Close let all of us in the

room here with comes over the hot shot phone without picking it up yeah how's it work look don't show it it's not here's the volume control just turn it on put the phone on it like this yeah to adjust his soul gives most of it to your piece that's always good where do we hear through that speaker over there huh we

got another hook up in the squad room well we ought to be able to hear it any place then huh yeah you don't have to get up and pick up the receiver you can the whole call should make a lot easier we're gonna keep it I'm just trying it out the way it looks believe it in what to save a lot of steps yeah a