Dragnet: The Big Genius

Dragnet. Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Detective Sergeant, you're assigned a juvenile detail. A woman reports that a teenage boy has been stealing food from her home.

She says she's seen him several times. Your job? Check it out. The document had drawn over 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 end from crime

to punishment. Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Tuesday April 12th was warm in Los Angeles we were working the day watch out of juvenile detail. My partner's Frank Smith the boss is Captain Powers my name is Friday I was on my way into the office and it was 757 a.m. when I got to the second floor

of Georgia Street juvenile squadroom. I don't try to tell me I needed three hours I was gonna make a simple phone call. He was arrested at one o'clock this morning. That's right. I didn't hear about it until I took four.

Now why weren't we contacted immediately? My wife was half out of a box. We're sorry about that. Oh, morning, Joe. Morning. Mr. Knapp, this is my partner Sergeant Friday. How are you? This is Vincent Knapp's father, Joe.

I see. Were you in on this thing too, Friday? That's right. Took both of you to arrest a 15-year-old boy, dude. They made the arrest together? Why? I might be ashamed to admit it. Well, just what seems to be the trouble, Mr. Knapp?