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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.
Dramas involving police procedure, private detectives, and espionage have been a mainstay of programming since the early days of broadcasting. Although police radio dramas reached their popularity during the golden age of radio and were largely displaced by television, they continue to be produced in many parts of the world today.
The area now known as Reseda was inhabited by Native Americans of the Tongva tribe who lived close to the Los Angeles River. [1]In 1909 the Suburban Homes Company, a syndicate led by H. J. Whitley, general manager of the Board of Control, Harry Chandler, H.G. Otis, M.H. Sherman and O.F. Brandt purchased 48,000 acres of the Farming and Milling Company for $2,500,000. [2]
Calling All Cars is an old-time radio police drama in the United States. It was broadcast on the CBS West Coast network [1] and on the Mutual-Don Lee Network [2] November 29, 1933 – September 8, 1939 and carried by transcription on stations in other areas. The program was notable for being one of the first police dramas on radio. [3]
Police Headquarters was a 1932 crime radio drama.Bruce Eells Associates produced this series which was syndicated to West Coast NBC radio stations. [1] Each program lasted for about 15 minutes: music was featured in the first part of the show, an announcer would do a commercial or two, then the 12 minute episode would follow.
A retiring Miami police sergeant used the police radio on Thursday morning to lambaste the department’s leadership, accusing brass of backstabbing, lying and destroying officers’ morale.
HuffPost reviewed logs documenting complaints inside state youth prisons recorded between 2008 and 2012. Those logs show that several of the YSI facilities that received positive “quality assurance” reviews also generated an outsize share of staff arrests, youth injuries and allegations of excessive force.
The title indicated the show's focus, as each story began and ended with a lineup of suspects in a police station [1] in San Francisco. [3] Sergeant Matt Grebb, who was heard giving instructions to participants in each lineup, was "quick-tempered and often bored", while his boss, Lieutenant Ben Guthrie, was "soft-spoken and calm."