The LAPD worked closely with the television series, which some called a public relations machine for the department. Staff writer Don Page wrote in the March 10, 1967 Los Angeles Times: “Just getting ...

DRAGNET — Pictured: (l-r) Harry Morgan as Officer Bill Gannon, Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday (Photo by NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) "Just the facts, ma'am"... If you ...

If any television series past or present could be called a tribute to the Los Angeles Police Department, it would be Jack Webb’s Dragnet. Dragnet ran on television in the 1950s and then several years ...

Officer Joe Gannon on Dragnet and Colonel Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H are only two of the many memorable roles that actor Harry Morgan played in a career that spanned nearly 60 years, encompassing ...

Jack Webb’s portrayal of Sergeant Joe Friday on the classic TV police show Dragnet was stoic and cool, not too far off from Webb himself, according to renowned actor Harry Morgan. Morgan, who died in ...

To understand how much commerce has changed in recent years, consider a simple trip to the grocery store. When you drive to the store now, your movements are recorded by your cellphone provider, your ...

ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- In "Dragnet" days, police profiles were built by knocking on doors - gumshoe cops requesting "just the facts ma'am." The New Dragnet has Chicago-area police harnessing social ...

If you're a sucker for a good police procedural, then you've got yourself a wide array of options. You could go with the vast universe of Law & Order, the drop-dead gorgeous vibes of Miami Vice, or ...

Your information could end up in the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement when you apply for a driver’s license, drive on the roads or sign up for utilities, a new report has found. ICE has ...

Pioneering television crime dramas established new rules for viewers, amping up the violence and the flash-quick dialogue; and delivering reluctant, but likeable, heroes who solve complex crimes in an ...

There's no question it's a policeman's best friend, but there are those who will tell you it can be society's worst enemy. It's DNA – a single hair, saliva, semen left behind at a crime that can ...