WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.440 Ladies and gentlemen, the documented story you will hear during the next 30 minutes is 00:06.440 --> 00:08.200 not a subject commonly discussed. 00:08.200 --> 00:14.260 It is a criminal problem that is not yet nationwide, but it's a problem which is growing rapidly. 00:14.260 --> 00:18.020 We present it now so that you may recognize it for what it is, if and when it invades 00:18.020 --> 00:27.020 your city. 00:27.020 --> 00:29.960 The story you are about to hear is true. 00:29.960 --> 00:33.320 Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:33.320 --> 00:46.000 Fatima, best of all king-size cigarettes brings you dragnet. 00:46.000 --> 00:47.500 You're a detective sergeant. 00:47.500 --> 00:49.720 You're assigned to bunko detail. 00:49.720 --> 00:53.920 You begin to receive reports of a vicious new racket growing in your city, the television 00:53.920 --> 00:55.680 repair racket. 00:55.680 --> 01:01.480 The repairman lie, overcharge, bill you for work not done, for parts not needed, for parts 01:01.480 --> 01:03.440 they don't install. 01:03.440 --> 01:09.600 Your job, stop them. 01:09.600 --> 01:13.000 How does Fatima compare with other king-size cigarettes? 01:13.000 --> 01:18.480 Fatimas are the same length and circumference, 85 millimeters long, one and one sixty-fourths 01:18.480 --> 01:20.240 inches around. 01:20.240 --> 01:26.080 And Fatima filters the smoke exactly the same long distance as any other king-size cigarette. 01:26.080 --> 01:29.760 Tell me then, how is Fatima different from other king-size cigarettes? 01:29.760 --> 01:33.400 In Fatima, the difference is quality. 01:33.400 --> 01:39.520 Fatima gives you extra mildness, a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 01:39.520 --> 01:46.040 Remember, Fatima has all the advantages of extra length plus Fatima quality, which no 01:46.040 --> 01:48.360 other king-size cigarette has. 01:48.360 --> 01:51.120 So insist on the best. 01:51.120 --> 01:53.640 Smoke king-size Fatima. 01:53.640 --> 01:58.320 Best of all, king-size cigarettes. 01:58.320 --> 02:05.880 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 02:05.880 --> 02:09.880 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 02:09.880 --> 02:14.440 travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 02:14.440 --> 02:16.200 police files. 02:16.200 --> 02:21.320 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 02:21.320 --> 02:22.320 in action. 02:22.320 --> 02:27.600 It was Monday, January 19th. 02:27.600 --> 02:30.040 It was overcast in Los Angeles. 02:30.040 --> 02:32.120 We were working the day watch out of bunko detail. 02:32.120 --> 02:34.960 My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Captain McCauley. 02:34.960 --> 02:35.960 My name's Friday. 02:35.960 --> 02:41.600 It was 9.15 a.m. when we got to the third floor of the Los Angeles Daily News, the Assistant 02:41.600 --> 02:42.600 City Editor's Office. 02:42.600 --> 02:43.600 Hi, Friday. 02:43.600 --> 02:44.600 Come on in. 02:44.600 --> 02:45.600 Sit down. 02:45.600 --> 02:46.600 Good morning, Jack. 02:46.600 --> 02:48.120 I'd like you to meet my partner, Ben Romero. 02:48.120 --> 02:50.800 Ben, this is Jack Canette, staff writer for the Daily News. 02:50.800 --> 02:51.800 How are you, Canette? 02:51.800 --> 02:52.800 Glad to know you, Ben. 02:52.800 --> 02:53.800 Sit down, fellas. 02:53.800 --> 02:54.800 Thanks. 02:54.800 --> 02:56.960 We just left the skipper over at the City Hall. 02:56.960 --> 02:58.320 Did the captain brief you on this thing? 02:58.320 --> 03:01.880 Yeah, he gave us a partial, Phil, and we've been working on it from our end about two weeks 03:01.880 --> 03:02.880 now. 03:02.880 --> 03:05.240 Oh, Paul Price, he's our radio TV editor. 03:05.240 --> 03:08.160 Paul and I had a long session with Captain McCauley yesterday, and I guess now we're 03:08.160 --> 03:09.440 all ready to move on this thing, huh? 03:09.440 --> 03:10.800 We'll do everything we can. 03:10.800 --> 03:14.200 Would you like to fill Ben in on what you told me yesterday on the phone? 03:14.200 --> 03:15.200 Yeah. 03:15.200 --> 03:17.880 I told him about the one who began getting the first complaints here at the paper. 03:17.880 --> 03:21.080 Tremendous number of his readers wrote in complaints about being victimized by crooked 03:21.080 --> 03:22.080 television repairmen. 03:22.080 --> 03:24.120 About being charged too much for repair? 03:24.120 --> 03:25.120 Partly, yeah. 03:25.120 --> 03:27.760 Some of the people even sent in receipts with their letters. 03:27.760 --> 03:31.200 Said they felt the guys who fixed their sets were dreaming up unnecessary repairs, charging 03:31.200 --> 03:32.560 them for work not done. 03:32.560 --> 03:36.760 Some said they knew they were billed for parts not even replaced or installed in their sets. 03:36.760 --> 03:40.000 Ben, Jack told me yesterday about a letter he got from some man who said he felt he'd 03:40.000 --> 03:42.200 been overcharged and he just started to bellyache about it. 03:42.200 --> 03:43.600 Yeah, a fellow by the name of Vincent. 03:43.600 --> 03:47.000 Said he just put up an old fashioned squawk about it and the repairman brought the price 03:47.000 --> 03:48.000 down at least one third. 03:48.000 --> 03:50.000 That doesn't sound very good, does it? 03:50.000 --> 03:53.680 We kind of figured operators like that must have too many repair sets on hand that their 03:53.680 --> 03:55.640 customers can't afford to bail out. 03:55.640 --> 03:56.640 That's why they cut. 03:56.640 --> 03:58.880 Sounds like a clear case of a two bit jip, doesn't it? 03:58.880 --> 04:00.320 Well, something's got to be done about it. 04:00.320 --> 04:03.960 We're ready to give a big play in our paper, expose the fraud for what it really is. 04:03.960 --> 04:07.880 Captain McCauley says Chief Parker's okayed our plan and we can count on full police cooperation. 04:07.880 --> 04:09.240 That's the way we got it, Jack. 04:09.240 --> 04:11.600 We were told to work with you people till we broke this thing. 04:11.600 --> 04:12.600 Fine. 04:12.600 --> 04:14.400 I had a little ammunition to start with, I think. 04:14.400 --> 04:18.480 Went around and interviewed about 15 different television repairmen in various neighborhoods 04:18.480 --> 04:20.680 and about three out of five gave me the same pitch. 04:20.680 --> 04:22.280 Well, did they know you were with the newspaper? 04:22.280 --> 04:26.400 No, I told them I was a factory representative for a new kind of Roswell Co. cider company 04:26.400 --> 04:28.040 and I was taking orders. 04:28.040 --> 04:31.320 Actually, I dropped in the different stores, shot the breeze with them and they didn't 04:31.320 --> 04:32.320 seem to get wise. 04:32.320 --> 04:33.880 A couple of them even placed orders for the cider. 04:33.880 --> 04:35.000 And what'd you find out? 04:35.000 --> 04:38.440 Well, I just wanted to try and get the general attitude of some of these jip artists and 04:38.440 --> 04:39.440 I really got an earful. 04:39.440 --> 04:44.400 One of the last places I hit was a tiny little hole in the wall out near Canoga Park. 04:44.400 --> 04:47.800 As I say, about two out of five are honest, hardworking repairmen and this fellow was 04:47.800 --> 04:48.800 one of them. 04:48.800 --> 04:49.800 What are you getting at, Jack? 04:49.800 --> 04:52.800 For a while this fellow worked for a guy that employed about five men in his shop. 04:52.800 --> 04:53.800 Yeah. 04:53.800 --> 04:56.200 Finally quit him because he didn't like the way this big operator did business. 04:56.200 --> 04:57.880 The fellow's in the next office. 04:57.880 --> 05:00.040 I want you to hear it from him just as I got it. 05:00.040 --> 05:01.040 Excuse me. 05:01.040 --> 05:02.040 Yeah, okay. 05:02.040 --> 05:05.040 Hank, will you come in, please? 05:05.040 --> 05:08.320 Sure, Mr. McCauley. 05:08.320 --> 05:11.240 This is Hank Coulter, Sergeant Friday, Sergeant Ben Romero, Police Department. 05:11.240 --> 05:12.240 How are you? 05:12.240 --> 05:15.240 Hank, I wonder if you'd tell these officers a little of what you told me about Kilgore 05:15.240 --> 05:16.240 TV Specialists. 05:16.240 --> 05:17.240 All right. 05:17.240 --> 05:19.360 Now, suppose I'm a customer and I come into Kilgore's. 05:19.360 --> 05:21.520 I don't like the size of my repair bill. 05:21.520 --> 05:22.720 What were you instructed to say? 05:22.720 --> 05:25.360 Well, we generally tried to talk him out of any complaint. 05:25.360 --> 05:27.240 Suppose I complained about all the multiple charges. 05:27.240 --> 05:29.040 I wanted an explanation of the work you did. 05:29.040 --> 05:30.040 What then? 05:30.040 --> 05:31.760 You just tell you that it wouldn't do any good to explain. 05:31.760 --> 05:34.520 You wouldn't understand all the technical stuff anyway. 05:34.520 --> 05:36.680 Tell us Kilgore's attitude with the customer. 05:36.680 --> 05:38.040 You mean about the loose wire stuff? 05:38.040 --> 05:39.040 Yeah, please. 05:39.040 --> 05:43.240 Well, Kilgore used to tell us if we only charged 50 cents for fixing the loose wire, the customer 05:43.240 --> 05:46.960 wouldn't believe we really fixed his set, so we used to charge quite a lot more. 05:46.960 --> 05:49.120 Well, how much more, for example? 05:49.120 --> 05:51.600 For nickels worth of wire, we'd usually charge $4.75. 05:51.600 --> 05:53.200 Pretty fair profit. 05:53.200 --> 05:55.200 It's a real rob. 05:55.200 --> 05:56.200 What else can you tell us, Hank? 05:56.200 --> 05:59.520 Well, we never let a customer watch any of the TV repair jobs. 05:59.520 --> 06:03.400 For example, if a customer calls us as he thinks a tube's blown out and it'll only be 06:03.400 --> 06:07.600 a simple replacement job in his home, we'd tell him the parts are getting hard to get 06:07.600 --> 06:11.000 and we'd have to take his set into the shop and charge him a higher rate because we had 06:11.000 --> 06:13.280 to pay black market prices for the tube. 06:13.280 --> 06:14.280 Was there any truth in that? 06:14.280 --> 06:16.080 I mean about the tubes being hard to get? 06:16.080 --> 06:17.080 Not much. 06:17.080 --> 06:19.840 Some of them are getting a little hard to get, but we never paid any black market prices 06:19.840 --> 06:20.840 at Kilgore's. 06:20.840 --> 06:22.240 We just slugged the customer, that's all. 06:22.240 --> 06:24.880 Tell me about how you used to swap parts on a new set, Hank. 06:24.880 --> 06:28.400 Well, we'd lots of times pirate a new tube for one notch of good. 06:28.400 --> 06:30.440 One notch of good we'd put in a set with a bad tube. 06:30.440 --> 06:31.440 Yeah. 06:31.440 --> 06:34.040 And the bad tube we'd exchange at the factory under one year guarantee. 06:34.040 --> 06:35.040 Yeah. 06:35.040 --> 06:36.240 They don't miss an angle, do they? 06:36.240 --> 06:39.880 Well, that's it, you've heard from a man who couldn't stomach such practice and quit, 06:39.880 --> 06:43.480 went into business, a little bit of a shop, isn't doing too well, are you, Hank? 06:43.480 --> 06:46.080 No, but I think I can build up the business. 06:46.080 --> 06:49.920 I don't make quite as much profit as Kilgore's, but I don't chisel my customers either. 06:49.920 --> 06:50.920 Thanks a lot, Hank. 06:50.920 --> 06:52.520 I wonder if you'd wait in the next office for me? 06:52.520 --> 06:53.520 Sure. 06:53.520 --> 06:55.600 Hope I've helped a little bit to crack down on some of these guys. 06:55.600 --> 06:56.880 Well, we think you have, Hank. 06:56.880 --> 06:57.880 Thanks a lot. 06:57.880 --> 06:58.880 Nice to meet you. 06:58.880 --> 06:59.880 Right, see you later. 06:59.880 --> 07:00.880 See you later. 07:00.880 --> 07:01.880 Seems like a nice fella. 07:01.880 --> 07:02.880 Yeah, he is. 07:02.880 --> 07:06.160 I've checked on him and I've talked with some of his customers since I met him. 07:06.160 --> 07:07.160 He's honest. 07:07.160 --> 07:08.600 It's a pretty vicious racket, isn't it? 07:08.600 --> 07:10.840 Yeah, it ought to be stopped now. 07:10.840 --> 07:12.120 Television's a wonderful medium of entertainment. 07:12.120 --> 07:15.440 A lot of the country doesn't have it yet, but when the cable goes through and it finally 07:15.440 --> 07:18.880 opens up, the people should know about the swindlers and crooks who try to jip them. 07:18.880 --> 07:19.880 Yeah, that's right. 07:19.880 --> 07:21.480 It's the same way when radio first came in. 07:21.480 --> 07:25.200 Always seems like when anything new comes along, anything a little complicated, maybe 07:25.200 --> 07:29.160 a little too involved for the average guy, a few smart punks victimize him. 07:29.160 --> 07:30.160 Rob the consumer blind. 07:30.160 --> 07:33.920 Well, naturally, we've got to have some positive evidence before we can file a complaint with 07:33.920 --> 07:35.120 the city attorney on this thing. 07:35.120 --> 07:37.080 Yeah, you fellas, any ideas where to start? 07:37.080 --> 07:40.600 Well, the best way to crack down on these crooked operators is to catch them red handed 07:40.600 --> 07:42.520 with evidence and hold up in court. 07:42.520 --> 07:43.520 Yeah. 07:43.520 --> 07:44.800 We think maybe we've got an idea. 07:44.800 --> 07:48.720 We were talking to Dick Saunders over in our sound lab and he says that he can bungle a 07:48.720 --> 07:53.040 new TV set and we can mark it and photograph it before it goes out to be repaired. 07:53.040 --> 07:56.720 And when it's returned or after it's fixed, well, that's what we need to go to court on, 07:56.720 --> 07:57.720 huh? 07:57.720 --> 07:58.720 Yeah, that's it. 07:58.720 --> 07:59.720 We can operate right out of one of our own homes. 07:59.720 --> 08:03.360 And all we have to do is hope the repairman overcharges us or tries to jip us. 08:03.360 --> 08:04.360 Yeah, that's right. 08:04.360 --> 08:05.360 We hope it works. 08:05.360 --> 08:08.360 Well, from what we've heard, it's got to. 08:08.360 --> 08:10.680 Ten a.m. 08:10.680 --> 08:14.960 The staff writer, Jack Connett, Ben and I drove back downtown. 08:14.960 --> 08:19.040 On the way, it was decided that we'd use Connett's home as the place from which to operate. 08:19.040 --> 08:22.600 It was centrally located and in an average neighborhood. 08:22.600 --> 08:26.840 When we got back to our office, we contacted one of the local television dealers and asked 08:26.840 --> 08:29.200 for the loan of one of their sets. 08:29.200 --> 08:33.520 They recommended Kay Halbert because the chassis is easily accessible and any trouble could 08:33.520 --> 08:36.080 be located quickly because parts are visible. 08:36.080 --> 08:40.320 A 16 inch Kay Halbert console model was sent to our sound lab. 08:40.320 --> 08:41.760 Ten eighteen a.m. 08:41.760 --> 08:44.240 We met with Dick Saunders, our police lab technician. 08:44.240 --> 08:46.240 Here's the set. 08:46.240 --> 08:48.560 A 16 inch console model. 08:48.560 --> 08:51.560 Serial number is C2817901. 08:51.560 --> 08:52.560 What have you done to it, Dick? 08:52.560 --> 08:55.560 Well, first off, I tested the set and it performed perfectly. 08:55.560 --> 08:56.560 It's a good set. 08:56.560 --> 08:59.560 Brings in a fine picture, see? 08:59.560 --> 09:00.560 Twenty. 09:00.560 --> 09:04.520 Test pattern's fine, huh? 09:04.520 --> 09:05.520 Yeah, it's good. 09:05.520 --> 09:08.000 I tested all the tubes, all OK. 09:08.000 --> 09:09.000 How are you marking the set? 09:09.000 --> 09:10.000 Here, I'll show you. 09:10.000 --> 09:14.000 Get a tube out of here. 09:14.000 --> 09:19.240 Now, if you look closely here at the base of the socket, see it? 09:19.240 --> 09:20.240 What's that? 09:20.240 --> 09:21.240 This is it, isn't it, Dick? 09:21.240 --> 09:22.240 A little tiny dot of green paint. 09:22.240 --> 09:23.240 Yeah, that's right, Ben. 09:23.240 --> 09:26.920 I'm marking every part of this set with this tiny green dot. 09:26.920 --> 09:27.920 Looks good. 09:27.920 --> 09:31.560 If I didn't spot it, I doubt anyone else would, especially if they didn't know about it. 09:31.560 --> 09:33.360 Yeah, that's what we're hoping. 09:33.360 --> 09:37.040 In addition to this type marking, we've taken all serial numbers off the tubes and various 09:37.040 --> 09:41.880 parts, anything that carried any form of coating we took down. 09:41.880 --> 09:46.840 All major components have been marked, transformers, coils, condensers, tuning units, so on. 09:46.840 --> 09:48.040 Did you get any pictures of it? 09:48.040 --> 09:49.040 Yeah, we did. 09:49.040 --> 09:51.400 Took photographs of the set in and out of the cabinet. 09:51.400 --> 09:54.520 Took them from four different angles just to be sure we were well covered. 09:54.520 --> 09:55.720 Well, how did you bungle it? 09:55.720 --> 09:57.640 Well, here's what I did. 09:57.640 --> 10:02.360 To put the set out of commission, I burned out the filament of the 5U4G low voltage rectifier 10:02.360 --> 10:03.360 tube. 10:03.360 --> 10:04.800 What's the cost of that particular tube, Saunders? 10:04.800 --> 10:07.640 Well, this tube ordinarily retails for $1.65. 10:07.640 --> 10:10.160 Well, what does that do to the set? 10:10.160 --> 10:11.960 I mean burning out the tube. 10:11.960 --> 10:15.560 By burning out that filament, we cause the sound and picture circuits to be completely 10:15.560 --> 10:16.560 inoperative. 10:16.560 --> 10:19.880 It won't work at all until that particular tube is replaced by a good one, isn't it? 10:19.880 --> 10:20.880 That's right, Joe. 10:20.880 --> 10:22.640 Well, how big a job would it be to trace the trouble? 10:22.640 --> 10:27.400 Well, it could easily be detected by casual observation or by noting that the tube normally 10:27.400 --> 10:28.400 very hot is cold. 10:28.400 --> 10:31.440 How much time would you say it would require to make a repair like this? 10:31.440 --> 10:35.560 Oh, I'd estimate not over half hour would be required to place this set in operating 10:35.560 --> 10:36.560 order. 10:36.560 --> 10:37.560 Half hour? 10:37.560 --> 10:38.560 Okay, thanks a lot, Dick. 10:38.560 --> 10:41.040 Are you going to take care of getting the set out of the cadet's home right away? 10:41.040 --> 10:42.720 Yeah, we have his address right here. 10:42.720 --> 10:43.720 We'll get it right out. 10:43.720 --> 10:44.720 All right, fine. 10:44.720 --> 10:48.600 If you can, try to get whoever repairs this set to give you an itemized bill of all work 10:48.600 --> 10:49.760 done and parts installed. 10:49.760 --> 10:50.760 All right. 10:50.760 --> 10:56.520 In case you call more than one outfit today, here's an extra bad 5U4G tube. 10:56.520 --> 10:57.520 Thank you, Dick. 10:57.520 --> 10:58.760 Anything you'd like to know? 10:58.760 --> 11:01.080 No, I think that about covers it for me. 11:01.080 --> 11:02.080 Jack? 11:02.080 --> 11:03.080 One more thing. 11:03.080 --> 11:05.680 I was just wondering if somebody spots the trouble right away and replaces the tube, 11:05.680 --> 11:08.480 what do you think they ought to charge, Dick, labor and all? 11:08.480 --> 11:11.440 I checked through RTA on it this morning. 11:11.440 --> 11:15.560 They said to make a house call and replace the defective tube should not exceed $4.50. 11:15.560 --> 11:16.560 Okay, thanks. 11:16.560 --> 11:18.560 That does it for now, huh? 11:18.560 --> 11:19.560 Yeah, I guess so. 11:19.560 --> 11:22.560 Well, you're all set then. 11:22.560 --> 11:23.560 Think we'll get what you're after? 11:23.560 --> 11:24.560 Well, we should. 11:24.560 --> 11:27.560 The plans are all on our side. 11:27.560 --> 11:32.360 10.30 a.m., Monday, January 19th. 11:32.360 --> 11:36.480 We left the sound lab on West 1st Street and walked back to Bunko Division. 11:36.480 --> 11:39.080 We met with Captain McCauley and filled him in. 11:39.080 --> 11:44.320 We gave him the newspaper man, Jack Kinnett's address, and told him he could reach us there. 11:44.320 --> 11:48.840 The console model television set was delivered to Kinnett's home and properly installed. 11:48.840 --> 11:53.200 When we arrived at his home, we started going through the yellow classified section of the 11:53.200 --> 11:54.200 phone directory. 11:54.200 --> 11:58.400 We made a list of several TV service stores, just picked at random. 11:58.400 --> 12:00.340 We chose a wide variety. 12:00.340 --> 12:05.600 We picked stores that were listed with large boxed-in ads, stores that carried no ads, 12:05.600 --> 12:07.400 just a listing. 12:07.400 --> 12:11.680 Ben called two places and staggered the call so that the repairman would arrive about one 12:11.680 --> 12:12.840 hour apart. 12:12.840 --> 12:19.020 It was 11.30 a.m. when the first man made his service call, Bart's TV Experts on Hollywood 12:19.020 --> 12:20.020 Boulevard. 12:20.020 --> 12:21.320 It took him 45 minutes. 12:21.320 --> 12:24.160 It was 12.15 when he left Jack Kinnett's home. 12:24.160 --> 12:26.000 Must have been one of the two out of five, huh? 12:26.000 --> 12:27.000 Yeah, he seems okay. 12:27.000 --> 12:29.000 I wonder if I could see that bill, huh? 12:29.000 --> 12:31.000 Oh, here you go, Joe. 12:31.000 --> 12:32.000 Thanks. 12:32.000 --> 12:33.000 It looks okay. 12:33.000 --> 12:36.840 Replace 5U4G tube, $1.65. 12:36.840 --> 12:38.600 Service charge, $2.50. 12:38.600 --> 12:39.600 Total charges, $4.15. 12:39.600 --> 12:43.160 That kind of bears out Kinnett's thinking, doesn't it? 12:43.160 --> 12:46.000 Remember when we asked him how many men work in his shop and said he's alone? 12:46.000 --> 12:47.000 Yeah. 12:47.000 --> 12:48.560 I think you'll find that's a pretty good barometer. 12:48.560 --> 12:51.760 All the servicemen working alone aren't like this guy, but the bigger percentage of the 12:51.760 --> 12:52.760 honest ones are. 12:52.760 --> 12:54.320 What does the next one do to arrive, man? 12:54.320 --> 12:55.320 Any minute now. 12:55.320 --> 12:57.160 Called a place by the name of Cheney's Video Repairs. 12:57.160 --> 12:58.560 They're over on Beverly Boulevard. 12:58.560 --> 12:59.560 Had a big ad. 12:59.560 --> 13:01.240 Looks like a pretty big outfit. 13:01.240 --> 13:04.120 Oh, here's that other defective tube that Dick gave us. 13:04.120 --> 13:07.120 Yeah, better get it in the set. 13:07.120 --> 13:08.120 Yeah. 13:08.120 --> 13:09.600 Well, let's see. 13:09.600 --> 13:11.560 Here we are. 13:11.560 --> 13:12.560 5U4G. 13:12.560 --> 13:14.560 Okay, here you go. 13:14.560 --> 13:15.560 Thanks, Joe. 13:15.560 --> 13:16.560 Here's a new one the guy put in. 13:16.560 --> 13:17.560 Got it. 13:17.560 --> 13:18.560 Okay. 13:18.560 --> 13:22.960 I'll get this back on again. 13:22.960 --> 13:24.960 Okay? 13:24.960 --> 13:27.560 Yeah, fine. 13:27.560 --> 13:30.720 Better turn it on to make sure it's not working. 13:30.720 --> 13:31.720 I got it. 13:31.720 --> 13:32.720 How about the tube, Ben? 13:32.720 --> 13:33.720 Can you see? 13:33.720 --> 13:34.720 Is it lighting up? 13:34.720 --> 13:35.720 No, not yet. 13:35.720 --> 13:37.720 I pushed the set back against the wall. 13:37.720 --> 13:40.720 Well, we better leave it on for a while, Jack, just to make sure. 13:40.720 --> 13:41.720 Yeah. 13:41.720 --> 13:42.720 There we are. 13:42.720 --> 13:43.720 I gave you the other tube. 13:43.720 --> 13:44.720 Yeah, I got it right here in my pocket. 13:44.720 --> 13:45.720 Right. 13:45.720 --> 13:46.720 I'd like to try something. 13:46.720 --> 13:49.160 If you fellas think it'll be okay. 13:49.160 --> 13:50.160 What's that, Jack? 13:50.160 --> 13:53.240 I got a good little camera, like a 3F, you know, candid. 13:53.240 --> 13:58.240 I think maybe if I turn all the three-way lamps up to full, there's a AAA fast film 13:58.240 --> 14:01.880 that's in the camera now, maybe we can grab some shots of the guy while he works. 14:01.880 --> 14:02.880 What do you think? 14:02.880 --> 14:05.840 Well, if you're careful, don't let him get wise. 14:05.840 --> 14:08.440 Maybe you ought to shoot some of all of us just so he doesn't think anything about it. 14:08.440 --> 14:09.440 Yeah, that's what I figured. 14:09.440 --> 14:12.720 I'll just sit down on that chair over there by the set, make him think I'm just testing 14:12.720 --> 14:13.720 or something. 14:13.720 --> 14:15.880 I think I can bring it off without arousing any suspicion. 14:15.880 --> 14:16.880 Okay. 14:16.880 --> 14:20.040 If I get anything, the guy's out of line, we'll run the shots in the daily news. 14:20.040 --> 14:21.040 What do you figure I'm doing, Jack? 14:21.040 --> 14:23.480 You're going to run a series on the TV repair racket? 14:23.480 --> 14:24.480 Yeah, that's the plan. 14:24.480 --> 14:26.120 Lee Payne, he's our executive editor. 14:26.120 --> 14:28.800 He thinks it's high time somebody exposed the swindle in the paper. 14:28.800 --> 14:30.600 That'll be the next service, man. 14:30.600 --> 14:31.600 I'll let him in. 14:31.600 --> 14:32.600 Right. 14:32.600 --> 14:33.600 Better turn off the set, huh? 14:33.600 --> 14:34.600 Yeah. 14:34.600 --> 14:35.600 Television repair? 14:35.600 --> 14:36.600 That's right. 14:36.600 --> 14:37.600 I'm from Cheney's in Beverly Boulevard. 14:37.600 --> 14:38.600 Oh, yeah. 14:38.600 --> 14:39.600 Come on in. 14:39.600 --> 14:40.600 Thank you. 14:40.600 --> 14:41.600 What seems to be the trouble? 14:41.600 --> 14:42.600 We don't know. 14:42.600 --> 14:43.600 The set's right over here. 14:43.600 --> 14:44.600 Oh, thank you. 14:44.600 --> 14:45.600 Kay Halbert, huh? 14:45.600 --> 14:46.600 16-inch, nice set. 14:46.600 --> 14:47.600 What seems to be wrong? 14:47.600 --> 14:48.600 I don't know if I know, son. 14:48.600 --> 14:49.600 Nothing seems to work. 14:49.600 --> 14:50.600 How do you mean? 14:50.600 --> 14:51.600 No picture at all. 14:51.600 --> 14:52.600 How about sound? 14:52.600 --> 14:53.600 Nothing. 14:53.600 --> 14:54.600 Uh-huh. 14:54.600 --> 14:55.600 It'll be all right to pull the set away from the wall? 14:55.600 --> 14:56.600 Sure. 14:56.600 --> 14:57.600 Go right ahead and give me a hand. 14:57.600 --> 14:58.600 Oh, no, it's all right. 14:58.600 --> 14:59.600 I can handle it. 14:59.600 --> 15:00.600 Well, I'll make some tools out of it. 15:00.600 --> 15:01.600 I'll get the tools out. 15:01.600 --> 15:02.600 I'll get the tools out. 15:02.600 --> 15:03.600 I'll get the tools out. 15:03.600 --> 15:04.600 I'll get the tools out. 15:04.600 --> 15:05.600 I'll get the tools out. 15:05.600 --> 15:06.600 I'll get the tools out. 15:06.600 --> 15:07.600 I'll get the tools out. 15:07.600 --> 15:08.600 I'll get the tools out. 15:08.600 --> 15:09.600 I'll get the tools out. 15:09.600 --> 15:22.400 I'll get the tools out. 15:22.400 --> 15:23.400 How long you had this set? 15:23.400 --> 15:25.600 Oh, about two, three months. 15:25.600 --> 15:28.600 A little dark in here. 15:28.600 --> 15:30.080 I wonder if we could have a little more light. 15:30.080 --> 15:31.080 Sure. 15:31.080 --> 15:32.080 Let me get these lamps up for you. 15:32.080 --> 15:33.080 Oh, thanks. 15:33.080 --> 15:34.080 How's that? 15:34.080 --> 15:35.080 Oh, fine. 15:35.080 --> 15:36.080 Thanks. 15:36.080 --> 15:42.920 Say, that's a nice little camera you got there. 15:42.920 --> 15:43.920 What kind is it? 15:43.920 --> 15:44.920 A Leica 3F 1.5 lens. 15:44.920 --> 15:45.920 Uh-huh. 15:45.920 --> 15:48.080 I've been experimenting with some new indoor film. 15:48.080 --> 15:49.080 You mind being a guinea pig? 15:49.080 --> 15:51.080 No, it's all right with me. 15:51.080 --> 15:53.080 Shane away's good film on me, though. 15:53.080 --> 15:56.080 Think you're gonna get anything in this light, Jack? 15:56.080 --> 15:57.080 Maybe. 15:57.080 --> 15:58.080 Worth a try, anyway. 15:58.080 --> 16:00.080 I don't know about this set. 16:00.080 --> 16:01.080 What do you mean? 16:01.080 --> 16:02.080 Well, it looks bad. 16:02.080 --> 16:04.880 Hard to tell without getting it down to shop. 16:04.880 --> 16:07.520 Looks to me like your blocking transformer's gone. 16:07.520 --> 16:08.520 What's that mean? 16:08.520 --> 16:09.880 Well, I have to take the set in. 16:09.880 --> 16:11.280 Can't fix it here, huh? 16:11.280 --> 16:12.520 No, I'm afraid not. 16:12.520 --> 16:15.000 You see, parts are getting a little hard to get these days. 16:15.000 --> 16:18.800 Set manufacturers are having a tough time getting quality parts, and sometimes we have 16:18.800 --> 16:21.120 to spend several hours just tracing the trouble. 16:21.120 --> 16:25.480 Well, I guess that knocks out the ball game tonight, huh, fellas? 16:25.480 --> 16:26.480 Sorry. 16:26.480 --> 16:27.480 Take a couple of days, at least. 16:27.480 --> 16:28.920 I want to really check it over. 16:28.920 --> 16:29.920 Sure it's not a tube. 16:29.920 --> 16:31.480 We kind of thought just a tube blew out. 16:31.480 --> 16:34.840 No, that's what most people think every time their set goes out. 16:34.840 --> 16:36.320 It's definitely not a tube. 16:36.320 --> 16:40.400 Well, there might be some bad tubes, but your trouble's a great deal more than that, I think. 16:40.400 --> 16:43.000 Have you got any idea what it's going to run us? 16:43.000 --> 16:44.280 It's hard to say right offhand. 16:44.280 --> 16:45.840 Four or five dollars? 16:45.840 --> 16:48.040 No, it's going to run more than that. 16:48.040 --> 16:50.960 I'll take the set in with me now, and I'll get it back to you as soon as possible. 16:50.960 --> 16:51.960 You're going to take the whole set? 16:51.960 --> 16:55.520 No, I'll just pull the chassis out of the cabinet, leave the cabinet here. 16:55.520 --> 16:57.560 Oh, say by the way. 16:57.560 --> 16:58.560 Yeah? 16:58.560 --> 17:00.320 If everything turns out, I'd sure like to see those pictures. 17:00.320 --> 17:13.440 Yeah, if everything turns out, you will. 17:13.440 --> 17:17.760 You are listening to Dragnet, authentic cases from official police files. 17:17.760 --> 17:20.640 Now let's look at our Fatima files. 17:20.640 --> 17:24.680 Listed under B, Bella. 17:24.680 --> 17:27.040 James Warner Bella, distinguished author. 17:27.040 --> 17:32.080 He says, a man who smokes as much as I do wants a cigarette that's extra mild. 17:32.080 --> 17:34.800 And I like Fatima's different flavor and aroma. 17:34.800 --> 17:38.680 Listed under S, Scanlon. 17:38.680 --> 17:41.660 Louise Scanlon, Stork Club cigarette girl. 17:41.660 --> 17:46.320 She says, more and more of my Stork Club customers are smoking king-size Fatimas. 17:46.320 --> 17:50.280 They're elegant, distinctive, and really extra mild. 17:50.280 --> 17:55.800 Friends, our files show Fatima sales are going up, up every day. 17:55.800 --> 18:02.680 The reason for Fatima's ever-increasing popularity can be summed up in two words. 18:02.680 --> 18:04.160 Fatima quality. 18:04.160 --> 18:09.280 Fatima gives you extra mildness, a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 18:09.280 --> 18:13.100 If you smoke a king-size cigarette, remember this. 18:13.100 --> 18:19.520 Fatima has all the advantages of extra length plus Fatima quality, which no other king-size 18:19.520 --> 18:21.320 cigarette has. 18:21.320 --> 18:24.660 In Fatima, the difference is quality. 18:24.660 --> 18:27.480 So insist on the best. 18:27.480 --> 18:29.960 Insist on king-size Fatima. 18:29.960 --> 18:35.100 Next time, buy Fatima in the distinctive gold and yellow package. 18:35.100 --> 18:40.560 Best of all, king-size cigarettes. 18:40.560 --> 18:49.540 Thursday, January 22nd, 930 a.m. 18:49.540 --> 18:54.840 The TV set was returned to reporter Jack Kinnett's home after having been repaired by a servicing 18:54.840 --> 18:58.540 company called Chaney's Video Repairs. 18:58.540 --> 19:02.520 We found that the man who had come to Kinnett's home to make the service call was Robert V. 19:02.520 --> 19:05.240 Chaney, the owner of the service outfit. 19:05.240 --> 19:09.540 Well, as soon as the set was returned, we called the sound lab and had it picked up 19:09.540 --> 19:11.640 and taken downtown. 19:11.640 --> 19:16.240 Sergeant Marshall Zeno, who was working with us out of bunko detail, called and said that 19:16.240 --> 19:20.640 Dick Saunders had finished his investigation and wanted to see us right away. 19:20.640 --> 19:22.080 1030 a.m. 19:22.080 --> 19:24.800 We went down to West 1st Street, the police sound lab. 19:24.800 --> 19:29.040 Saunders went over his findings with us. 19:29.040 --> 19:32.180 Here are the photographs before and after. 19:32.180 --> 19:35.640 Before we go over these, let me show you what we found out about your repair job. 19:35.640 --> 19:36.640 Okay. 19:36.640 --> 19:37.640 Over here. 19:37.640 --> 19:42.240 Here's that receipt Chaney gave you when he returned the set. 19:42.240 --> 19:43.240 Yeah. 19:43.240 --> 19:49.320 Here's what the repair bill states, replaced vertical blocking transformer, replaced 5U4G 19:49.320 --> 19:53.160 tube, 6AU6 tube, and 12AU7 tube. 19:53.160 --> 19:54.640 And the charge was $32.50. 19:54.640 --> 19:58.240 Plus 98 cents tax, or a total of $33.48. 19:58.240 --> 20:00.040 How does that break down, Dick? 20:00.040 --> 20:05.280 It appears that the 98 cents tax was for $28 worth of material used in the repair. 20:05.280 --> 20:07.080 Did they really put in all that stuff? 20:07.080 --> 20:09.720 You got yourself a prize package in that outfit. 20:09.720 --> 20:12.520 All they did was to replace the 5U4G tube. 20:12.520 --> 20:13.520 That's all they did, huh? 20:13.520 --> 20:14.520 Yeah. 20:14.520 --> 20:15.520 Here's the capper. 20:15.520 --> 20:19.000 The 5U4G is a war surplus tube, but it works okay. 20:19.000 --> 20:20.360 What else did you find? 20:20.360 --> 20:25.520 According to the photographs and coding system, no vertical blocking transformer, 6AU6 tube, 20:25.520 --> 20:28.600 or 12AU7 tube were replaced. 20:28.600 --> 20:32.760 Let's get back to the photos here. 20:32.760 --> 20:34.440 You can take these along for your package. 20:34.440 --> 20:35.440 Thanks, Dick. 20:35.440 --> 20:37.080 You can see in the set here. 20:37.080 --> 20:38.080 Yeah? 20:38.080 --> 20:39.080 Let me show you. 20:39.080 --> 20:43.800 You see, this tube is the only part mentioned in the receder otherwise that doesn't carry 20:43.800 --> 20:45.600 our green paint coding system. 20:45.600 --> 20:46.600 Uh-huh, yeah. 20:46.600 --> 20:49.000 Let me turn the set around here. 20:49.000 --> 20:50.320 All right. 20:50.320 --> 20:52.440 Joe, try the channel selector here. 20:52.440 --> 20:53.440 What, this? 20:53.440 --> 20:54.440 Yeah. 20:54.440 --> 20:56.560 That's the tuning knob to bring in the stations. 20:56.560 --> 20:57.840 Channel selector, they call it. 20:57.840 --> 20:58.840 Turn it. 20:58.840 --> 20:59.840 Okay. 20:59.840 --> 21:01.240 Falls off pretty easy, doesn't it? 21:01.240 --> 21:02.240 It sure does. 21:02.240 --> 21:03.240 Here, Dick. 21:03.240 --> 21:04.240 Thanks. 21:04.240 --> 21:07.140 They left out the spring clip in here. 21:07.140 --> 21:10.480 It should have been put back in because that's what holds the knob secure to the shaft. 21:10.480 --> 21:12.120 I've had that happen on radio sets. 21:12.120 --> 21:15.360 Yeah, sometimes they're a little stubborn to put back in, but a good repairman never 21:15.360 --> 21:16.360 leave it out. 21:16.360 --> 21:17.360 Yeah. 21:17.360 --> 21:18.360 Something else here. 21:18.360 --> 21:19.360 Turn the set around in the back again. 21:19.360 --> 21:20.360 No, I'll get it, Dick. 21:20.360 --> 21:21.360 Oh, thanks, Ben. 21:21.360 --> 21:24.360 You see here? 21:24.360 --> 21:28.040 You see how loose the chassis is in the cabinet now? 21:28.040 --> 21:29.040 Yeah, it sure is. 21:29.040 --> 21:32.920 Wasn't that way when we got it from the Kay Halbert dealer, any more than the channel selector 21:32.920 --> 21:33.920 was faulty. 21:33.920 --> 21:34.920 In perfect shape from the guy. 21:34.920 --> 21:36.480 Look at the size of that chassis. 21:36.480 --> 21:37.480 That's pretty heavy. 21:37.480 --> 21:38.480 Yeah, it is. 21:38.480 --> 21:41.960 Originally, there were four screws used to hold the chassis in the wood cabinet. 21:41.960 --> 21:44.040 Chaney's repair outfit only put one back in. 21:44.040 --> 21:45.560 One screw to hold that heavy chassis. 21:45.560 --> 21:47.400 It's a pretty sloppy job, all right. 21:47.400 --> 21:49.680 You know what they'd probably tell you if you asked them about this. 21:49.680 --> 21:51.040 That only requires one screw. 21:51.040 --> 21:52.240 Yeah, that's it. 21:52.240 --> 21:56.760 The bad repairman can always improve on factory standards, usually for his own convenience. 21:56.760 --> 21:58.000 Certainly doesn't improve the product. 21:58.000 --> 21:59.880 Well, it looks like we got what we were after. 21:59.880 --> 22:01.160 Think we got enough, Joe? 22:01.160 --> 22:02.160 I do. 22:02.160 --> 22:03.160 Let's see what the city attorney thinks. 22:03.160 --> 22:11.080 We collected all the evidence in the case against Chaney's video repairs. 22:11.080 --> 22:14.760 We met with Captain McCauley and took it up to the second floor of the city hall. 22:14.760 --> 22:18.440 We met with assistant city attorney Boyd Taylor and showed him our findings. 22:18.440 --> 22:22.200 He issued a warrant for the arrest of Robert W. Chaney, charging him with violation of 22:22.200 --> 22:25.160 section 484 PC, one count. 22:25.160 --> 22:28.200 1130 AM, Thursday, January 22nd. 22:28.200 --> 22:30.040 Ben and I drove out to make the arrest. 22:30.040 --> 22:33.320 Jack Connette went along with us. 22:33.320 --> 22:35.320 This is it, Chaney's video repair. 22:35.320 --> 22:38.560 Yeah, come on, Jack. 22:38.560 --> 22:41.720 There's Chaney behind the counter. 22:41.720 --> 22:42.720 Yeah. 22:42.720 --> 22:43.720 Hello there. 22:43.720 --> 22:44.720 Hi. 22:44.720 --> 22:45.720 How's the set working? 22:45.720 --> 22:46.720 All right. 22:46.720 --> 22:47.720 We did a good job on that one. 22:47.720 --> 22:49.440 Gave you a better break on the price than I thought we could. 22:49.440 --> 22:51.400 Yeah, police officers, you're under arrest. 22:51.400 --> 22:53.280 Are you kidding? 22:53.280 --> 22:54.280 What for? 22:54.280 --> 22:55.280 Petty theft. 22:55.280 --> 22:56.280 Come on, let's go. 22:56.280 --> 22:57.280 Petty theft? 22:57.280 --> 22:58.280 Well, I don't understand. 22:58.280 --> 23:01.080 You're the fellows I fixed that set for up on Crescent Drive, aren't you? 23:01.080 --> 23:02.080 That's right. 23:02.080 --> 23:03.080 Your bill was a little high, wasn't it? 23:03.080 --> 23:04.080 Oh, now, wait a minute. 23:04.080 --> 23:06.040 If that's all that's bothering you, let's talk it over. 23:06.040 --> 23:07.040 Come on, let's go. 23:07.040 --> 23:08.880 Look, I can fix that up with you guys. 23:08.880 --> 23:10.880 Just tell me how much you want to pay and we'll work out something. 23:10.880 --> 23:13.800 Well, it seems to be the way you worked our repair deal right from the start, doesn't 23:13.800 --> 23:14.800 it? 23:14.800 --> 23:16.080 Only you didn't consult us about it till now. 23:16.080 --> 23:18.280 Well, look, you know how it is in this business. 23:18.280 --> 23:21.440 If you don't charge some customers a little money, they don't think you did anything to 23:21.440 --> 23:22.440 their sets. 23:22.440 --> 23:25.320 You ought to try charging them for just the work you do. 23:25.320 --> 23:26.560 Can't we get together on this thing? 23:26.560 --> 23:28.440 Let's just forget the whole deal. 23:28.440 --> 23:29.440 You don't owe me anything. 23:29.440 --> 23:30.440 Now, here. 23:30.440 --> 23:31.440 Here, I'll refund all your money. 23:31.440 --> 23:32.440 We'll call it squared. 23:32.440 --> 23:33.440 Never mind. 23:33.440 --> 23:36.200 Just leave the money in the cash register and get your code. 23:36.200 --> 23:37.280 Can't prove anything anyway. 23:37.280 --> 23:38.280 We think we can. 23:38.280 --> 23:40.760 Just step around the counter this way. 23:40.760 --> 23:44.360 Look, mister, you're not a cop, are you? 23:44.360 --> 23:45.360 No, I'm not. 23:45.360 --> 23:46.840 Well, then tell them it's not a fair deal. 23:46.840 --> 23:47.840 I'll give you back your money. 23:47.840 --> 23:50.080 I'm afraid it's a little late for that, Cheney. 23:50.080 --> 23:52.400 If all this gets in the papers, I'll be ruined here. 23:52.400 --> 23:53.560 Run out of business. 23:53.560 --> 23:54.560 That's the way we got it figured. 23:54.560 --> 23:56.480 How many men you have working here for you? 23:56.480 --> 23:57.480 Four, why? 23:57.480 --> 23:58.480 This, right here. 23:58.480 --> 24:00.120 You ever read this? 24:00.120 --> 24:02.920 Well, what is it? 24:02.920 --> 24:06.880 Oh, the thing from the RTA. 24:06.880 --> 24:07.880 Here. 24:07.880 --> 24:09.880 Read Article 2, would you? 24:09.880 --> 24:10.880 2? 24:10.880 --> 24:13.160 Yeah, that's right. 24:13.160 --> 24:17.920 I'll conduct myself and my business in an honest and straightforward manner, meriting and 24:17.920 --> 24:20.120 inspiring the confidence of my customers. 24:20.120 --> 24:21.960 Yeah, I know about this. 24:21.960 --> 24:25.080 You're a member of the RTA, Radio Technicians Association, aren't you? 24:25.080 --> 24:26.080 Yeah, I am. 24:26.080 --> 24:28.760 Read Article 4, would you? 24:28.760 --> 24:32.960 I propose to charge a just and fair price for all professional services rendered. 24:32.960 --> 24:36.000 Now read this Article 7. 24:36.000 --> 24:40.800 I will engage only in fair and ethical practices recommended and approved by the Radio Technicians 24:40.800 --> 24:44.520 Association as being conducive to public confidence. 24:44.520 --> 24:46.600 Yeah, I've read all this before. 24:46.600 --> 24:48.520 It's too bad you didn't remember it. 24:48.520 --> 24:58.800 The story you have just heard was true. 24:58.800 --> 25:01.720 Only the names were changed to protect the innocent. 25:01.720 --> 25:06.280 On April 15th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 82, City and County of Los 25:06.280 --> 25:07.960 Angeles, State of California. 25:07.960 --> 25:10.120 In a moment, the results of that trial. 25:10.120 --> 25:12.320 And now here is our star, Jack Webb. 25:12.320 --> 25:13.320 Thank you. 25:13.320 --> 25:17.600 Friends, this week I'll be seeing you from page 8 of Life Magazine, this week's Fatima 25:17.600 --> 25:18.880 ad. 25:18.880 --> 25:23.200 Right across the top it says, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 25:23.200 --> 25:28.880 Well, in Fatima, the finest domestic and Turkish tobaccos give you extra mildness, a different 25:28.880 --> 25:31.000 better flavor and aroma. 25:31.000 --> 25:34.240 Compare Fatima with any other king-size cigarette. 25:34.240 --> 25:38.520 Prove as I have what a difference Fatima quality makes. 25:38.520 --> 25:42.160 Next time, buy Fatima in the golden yellow package. 25:42.160 --> 25:46.360 Best of all, king-size cigarettes. 25:46.360 --> 25:50.600 Ladies and gentlemen, in the few remaining moments, we'd like to take this opportunity 25:50.600 --> 25:54.720 to thank you once again for your many kind letters of encouragement that come in from 25:54.720 --> 25:56.240 week to week. 25:56.240 --> 26:01.120 And also, we'd like to answer a few questions about our program, which seem common to many 26:01.120 --> 26:04.640 of the letters that we receive from you. 26:04.640 --> 26:09.240 Many of you have inquired why at the end of the program, in recounting the punishment 26:09.240 --> 26:14.560 of the criminal involved in the particular case, we generally refer to the sentence received 26:14.560 --> 26:17.760 as the term prescribed by law. 26:17.760 --> 26:22.120 Well, we use this reference for the following reason. 26:22.120 --> 26:27.120 In the state of California, the length of a convicted criminal's prison term is not set 26:27.120 --> 26:31.760 by the court, but by the state adult authority. 26:31.760 --> 26:36.480 Most of the time, a criminal is merely found guilty by the court and then sentenced to 26:36.480 --> 26:39.000 the state penitentiary. 26:39.000 --> 26:44.520 After he serves a year in prison, the convict has a hearing before this state adult authority 26:44.520 --> 26:47.840 at which time his actual sentence is set. 26:47.840 --> 26:52.120 So you can see why we can't give you the actual sentence in many cases. 26:52.120 --> 26:57.080 Now, other questions common to many of your letters concern some of the authentic technical 26:57.080 --> 27:01.700 police terminology which comes up from time to time on Dragnet. 27:01.700 --> 27:05.360 With the help of George Fenomen, we'd like to explain some of the more common ones for 27:05.360 --> 27:06.360 you if we may. 27:06.360 --> 27:09.800 First, you've heard us use the term or the letters APB. 27:09.800 --> 27:17.440 APB, that's an all points bulletin, a communication dispatched to all divisions and law enforcement 27:17.440 --> 27:19.560 agencies throughout the state. 27:19.560 --> 27:23.240 And then we feel sure that you remember the term mama sheet. 27:23.240 --> 27:28.520 A mama sheet is the master information form on a criminal in a police department file. 27:28.520 --> 27:33.160 It contains his complete description, his habits, relatives, acquaintances, everything 27:33.160 --> 27:35.640 about him known to the police. 27:35.640 --> 27:39.920 Thank you, George, and thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your very fine letters from 27:39.920 --> 27:40.920 time to time. 27:40.920 --> 27:45.040 If we may, we'll take this opportunity to explain a few more of our authentic police 27:45.040 --> 27:46.760 terminology. 27:46.760 --> 27:56.480 Thank you. 27:56.480 --> 28:01.120 Robert W. Cheney, owner and operator of Cheney's Video Repairs, was tried and convicted on 28:01.120 --> 28:05.720 several counts of violating Section 484 PC petty theft. 28:05.720 --> 28:10.400 He was fined $200 and received a sentence as prescribed by law. 28:10.400 --> 28:16.680 Petty theft is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months. 28:16.680 --> 28:21.420 Ladies and gentlemen, Dragnet wishes to thank the Los Angeles Daily News and its feature 28:21.420 --> 28:26.320 writer Jack Kinnett for their valuable assistance in preparing this case for presentation. 28:26.320 --> 28:32.040 It is our combined belief and knowledge that not all television repair servicemen are dishonest 28:32.040 --> 28:34.560 and unscrupulous in their practices. 28:34.560 --> 28:39.040 A great percentage of these technicians are forthright and conduct their business in strict 28:39.040 --> 28:41.560 compliance with the code of ethics. 28:41.560 --> 28:46.800 It is these men who, when informed of the unfair conditions that exist in their trade, 28:46.800 --> 28:58.000 who drive the dishonest and crooked from their profession. 28:58.000 --> 29:02.760 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 29:02.760 --> 29:07.360 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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