The story you are about to hear is true only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Dragnet is the documented drama of an actually crime written in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police. You will travel step by step with the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

Detective Sergeant Friday was assigned to Bunco Fugitive Detail. A man tells him he has been taken for a large sum of money and he thinks it was a swindle. It’s Sergeant Friday’s job to run it down.