Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true.

The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

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You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to juvenile detail. Four children in your city have apparently been abandoned by their mother.

There's no trace of the woman's whereabouts.

There's a possibility of foul play.

Your job, investigate.

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Dragnet, the documented 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

files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police

force in action. It was Friday, February 8th. It was raining in Los Angeles. We were working the night

watch out of juvenile detail. My partner's Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Powers. My name's Friday.

I was on my way back from Juvenile Hall, and it was 7.46 p.m. when I got to 1335 Georgia Street,

the office. Joe? Yeah, Irene. You talk to Captain Powers? Yeah. The way it looks, Frank's

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