"The story you are about to see is true, only the names have been changed to
protect the innocent." So began the familiar opening to TV's long-running police
drama, Dragnet. TV's favorite copy, Sgt. Joe Friday, solved crimes in this
popular series from 1951-1959. The show's realistic portrayal of true cases
drawn from the files of an actual police department make it all the more
exciting when justice is served in the end.
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