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A dragnet is any system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects; including road barricades and traffic stops, widespread DNA tests, and general increased police alertness. The term derives from a fishing technique of dragging a fishing net across the sea bottom, or through a promising area of open water.
Dragnet is an American media franchise created by actor and producer Jack Webb and owned by his company Mark VII Limited and Universal Pictures.It follows Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Joe Friday and his partners as they conduct by-the-book police work and solve crimes in Los Angeles.
The parable of drawing in the net, also known as the parable of the dragnet, is a Christian parable that appears in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 13, verses 47–52. [1] The parable refers to the Last Judgment. [2] This parable is the seventh and last in Matthew 13, which began with the parable of the Sower. [3]
Dragnet may refer to: Dragnet, a fishing net used in seine fishing; Dragnet (policing), a coordinated search, named for the fishing net; Media. Dragnet. Dragnet ...
The hand holding the stamp belongs to Harold C. Nyby, Jack Webb's construction foreman.(The logo is a moving image with sound, of which a still is displayed here.) Mark VII Limited was known for its production logo attached to the end of its productions.
Dragnet was an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show took its name from the police term " dragnet ", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
Dragnet – later syndicated as Badge 714 [3] – is an American crime television series, based on the radio series of the same name, both created by their star, Jack Webb. The shows take their name from the police term dragnet , a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
A Yugo is prominently featured as an unmarked police car in the 1987 film Dragnet. In a voiceover, Dan Aykroyd identifies it as a 1987 model, and states it was the only vehicle the Los Angeles Police Department was willing to issue his character after his previous two cars were destroyed. He describes the car as "the cutting edge of Serbo ...