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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 from official police files.

From beginning to end, from crime to punishment,

Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

It was Wednesday, December 24th. It was cold in Los Angeles.

We were working the day watch out of burglary division.

My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Bernard.

My name's Friday.

I'd gone across the street to buy stamps for some Christmas cards I was sending out.

It was 9.15 a.m. when I got back to room 45.

Burglary.

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