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 Homicide Detail. An elderly man is found dead in the living room of his home. There’s a single bullet hole in his chest. On the surface it appears the man took his own life but the evidence points to the opposite. It’s Sergeant Friday’s job to investigate.