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

Drag nets.

You're a detective sergeant. You're a detective sergeant.

You're assigned to burglary division.

You get a call that an important piece of religious art has been stolen from the oldest church in Los Angeles.

There's no lead to its whereabouts.

Your job? Find it.

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 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's 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. I sat down at a table in the

squad room and I started to address the cards when Frank walked in carrying a stack of Christmas boxes.

Hi, Joe. Hi. Christmas cards, huh? A little late, aren't you?

Well, I wasn't going to send him out Monday, but we had that stake out.

You ought to get married, Joe.

Yeah?

It's the only system.

Pay does all that stuff for me.

Laundry, mails cards.

Only system.

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