WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:12.040 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:12.040 --> 00:23.200 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:23.200 --> 00:24.840 You're a detective sergeant. 00:24.840 --> 00:27.080 You're assigned a robbery detail. 00:27.080 --> 00:30.880 You get a call that a downtown hotel has been held up by a bandit who carries a sawed-off 00:30.880 --> 00:32.440 shotgun. 00:32.440 --> 00:38.000 Your job, find him. 00:38.000 --> 00:46.120 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 00:46.120 --> 00:50.720 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 00:50.720 --> 00:55.160 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 00:55.160 --> 00:56.840 police files. 00:56.840 --> 01:01.920 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 01:01.920 --> 01:02.920 in action. 01:02.920 --> 01:08.520 It was Sunday, October 9th. 01:08.520 --> 01:09.960 It was cool in Los Angeles. 01:09.960 --> 01:11.680 We were working the night watch out of robbery detail. 01:11.680 --> 01:14.320 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss chief of detectives Thad Brown. 01:14.320 --> 01:15.320 My name is Friday. 01:15.320 --> 01:18.800 We were on our way out from the office and it was 2.06 a.m. when we got to the corner 01:18.800 --> 01:22.840 of Cinnabar Street and Grand Avenue, the Brinton Hotel. 01:22.840 --> 01:25.680 Well, I just done what he told me. 01:25.680 --> 01:29.360 I figured there was no point in getting myself all riled up. 01:29.360 --> 01:31.080 Didn't see where that would be helping, Madden. 01:31.080 --> 01:32.080 Yes, sir. 01:32.080 --> 01:33.720 Whatever he said, I done it. 01:33.720 --> 01:35.720 Hey, you fellas looking for a room? 01:35.720 --> 01:36.720 Police officers, this is Frank Smith. 01:36.720 --> 01:37.720 My name is Friday. 01:37.720 --> 01:38.720 Are you from robbery? 01:38.720 --> 01:39.720 That's right. 01:39.720 --> 01:40.720 Roberts, 1F16. 01:40.720 --> 01:42.200 You answered the call? 01:42.200 --> 01:43.200 Yeah. 01:43.200 --> 01:45.800 The description's out, Metro sending a couple of cars to help us look for the suspect. 01:45.800 --> 01:46.800 All right, good. 01:46.800 --> 01:47.800 Anything else I can do for you? 01:47.800 --> 01:48.800 No, not right now. 01:48.800 --> 01:49.800 Okay. 01:49.800 --> 01:50.800 I'll take care of the report. 01:50.800 --> 01:51.800 Thank you. 01:51.800 --> 01:52.800 We'll check with you. 01:52.800 --> 01:53.800 Right. 01:53.800 --> 01:56.120 You know, I sure would have been wrong about you two. 01:56.120 --> 01:57.120 What's that? 01:57.120 --> 01:59.120 I never would have guessed you was cops. 01:59.120 --> 02:00.120 Salesmen. 02:00.120 --> 02:01.960 That's what I'd put you boys down for. 02:01.960 --> 02:02.960 I see. 02:02.960 --> 02:03.960 Ladies ready to wear. 02:03.960 --> 02:06.080 Guess I would have missed the boat this time. 02:06.080 --> 02:07.080 Yes, sir. 02:07.080 --> 02:08.680 Would you tell us about the holdup, please? 02:08.680 --> 02:11.120 I thought their mother officers already let you in on it. 02:11.120 --> 02:13.120 We'd like to get the details from you if we could. 02:13.120 --> 02:15.920 Oh, well, I ain't got nothing better to do. 02:15.920 --> 02:17.520 Stuck here till 7 a.m., anyhow. 02:17.520 --> 02:19.520 What if we could have your name? 02:19.520 --> 02:20.520 Boxer, Tom Boxer. 02:20.520 --> 02:21.520 That's B-O-X-E-R. 02:21.520 --> 02:23.520 That's it, you know, just like a dog. 02:23.520 --> 02:25.520 What time did the robbery take place? 02:25.520 --> 02:31.120 Oh, 40, 45 minutes ago, around 1.20, somewhere in there. 02:31.120 --> 02:33.600 Wasn't 1.30 yet, I'm sure of that. 02:33.600 --> 02:34.600 Oh. 02:34.600 --> 02:35.600 See, I was listening to the radio. 02:35.600 --> 02:36.600 Stan Swift. 02:36.600 --> 02:37.600 Who's that? 02:37.600 --> 02:38.600 You know, Stan Swift. 02:38.600 --> 02:41.320 He's on every night, midnight till 6, 7 nights a week. 02:41.320 --> 02:42.320 Oh, yeah. 02:42.320 --> 02:44.720 The nights go swifter with Swift. 02:44.720 --> 02:45.720 That's how he puts it. 02:45.720 --> 02:48.720 Gives a time signal every hour and every half hour. 02:48.720 --> 02:50.720 Remember, given the 1 a.m. 02:50.720 --> 02:55.560 I hadn't given the 1.30 yet, so it must have been around 1.20 when this fellow come into 02:55.560 --> 02:56.560 the hotel. 02:56.560 --> 02:57.560 What'd he do? 02:57.560 --> 02:58.560 Walked up to the desk. 02:58.560 --> 02:59.560 Yes, sir. 02:59.560 --> 03:00.560 I didn't even know he was there. 03:00.560 --> 03:02.560 Well, not at first. 03:02.560 --> 03:08.760 I was sitting down in that chair, kind of heading back away from the door. 03:08.760 --> 03:11.360 Didn't hear him, neither, on account of being plugged in. 03:11.360 --> 03:12.360 What was that? 03:12.360 --> 03:13.360 To my radio. 03:13.360 --> 03:16.240 Oh, I see. 03:16.240 --> 03:17.240 This here gadget, see? 03:17.240 --> 03:18.240 See? 03:18.240 --> 03:19.240 Mm-hmm. 03:19.240 --> 03:20.240 It's into your ear, like so. 03:20.240 --> 03:21.240 I understand. 03:21.240 --> 03:23.040 Let you listen without waking nobody up. 03:23.040 --> 03:25.640 Other hand, attaches to the set, like so. 03:25.640 --> 03:26.640 Mm-hmm. 03:26.640 --> 03:27.640 You mean that's a radio? 03:27.640 --> 03:28.640 Sure is. 03:28.640 --> 03:31.160 You ain't never seen this kind before, huh? 03:31.160 --> 03:32.160 No, sir. 03:32.160 --> 03:33.160 Transistor. 03:33.160 --> 03:34.160 Oh. 03:34.160 --> 03:35.160 That's what they call it. 03:35.160 --> 03:36.160 Regency transistor. 03:36.160 --> 03:37.160 Ain't got no tubes. 03:37.160 --> 03:39.160 That's what makes it so small, you see? 03:39.160 --> 03:41.640 Tied around in your pocket, if you'll mind to. 03:41.640 --> 03:42.640 I see. 03:42.640 --> 03:44.240 Real good tone, though. 03:44.240 --> 03:46.640 Plenty of volume, if you want to let it out. 03:46.640 --> 03:47.640 Yes, sir. 03:47.640 --> 03:49.640 Now, if you'd just tell us about the robbery, would you, Mr. Boxer, please? 03:49.640 --> 03:51.240 Well, ain't that what I've been doing? 03:51.240 --> 03:52.240 Yes, sir. 03:52.240 --> 03:54.040 You said this man walked up to the desk? 03:54.040 --> 03:55.040 That is right. 03:55.040 --> 03:57.680 Maybe he stood there a couple of seconds before I sensed him. 03:57.680 --> 03:58.680 Mm-hmm. 03:58.680 --> 04:01.920 Unplugged myself, got up and asked him if he wanted a room. 04:01.920 --> 04:03.560 He said he did, single. 04:03.560 --> 04:04.560 Yes, sir. 04:04.560 --> 04:06.800 Checked the boxes to see what was vacant. 04:06.800 --> 04:08.360 Had went back to him while I was checking. 04:08.360 --> 04:10.000 Didn't notice him opening up his satchel. 04:10.000 --> 04:11.000 Mm-hmm. 04:11.000 --> 04:13.560 Must have been carrying the gun there in the satchel. 04:13.560 --> 04:18.080 Anyway, when I turned around to register him, I found myself staring into the barrel. 04:18.080 --> 04:19.080 Shotgun, it was. 04:19.080 --> 04:20.080 All right, go ahead, please. 04:20.080 --> 04:21.080 This is a stick-up, he said. 04:21.080 --> 04:22.080 Do what I tell you, and you won't get hurt. 04:22.080 --> 04:23.080 I didn't know whether he meant business or not, and I sure didn't aim to test him to 04:23.080 --> 04:24.080 find out. 04:24.080 --> 04:25.080 Mm-hmm. 04:25.080 --> 04:26.080 Yes, sir, I said, you just tell me what you want, and I'll do it. 04:26.080 --> 04:27.080 Yeah. 04:27.080 --> 04:28.080 I ain't no coward, you understand, but I ain't no hero, neither, especially when I'm facing 04:28.080 --> 04:29.080 up to a shotgun. 04:29.080 --> 04:30.080 Sure. 04:30.080 --> 04:31.080 Like the man says, only real heroes are dead heroes. 04:31.080 --> 04:32.080 Yes, sir. 04:32.080 --> 04:33.080 Me, I just as soon go on living. 04:33.080 --> 04:34.080 That's why I've 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