Robbery: The Harassing Wife

Episode aired Apr 2, 1970
30min

7.6/10

S4.E24

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As Friday and Gannon investigate a series of robberies, a vindictive woman, Jean Sawyer, makes a pest of herself by calling headquarters repeatedly to accuse her husband of the thefts. The d... Read allAs Friday and Gannon investigate a series of robberies, a vindictive woman, Jean Sawyer, makes a pest of herself by calling headquarters repeatedly to accuse her husband of the thefts. The detectives investigate John Sawyer and find no evidence against him, but the man responsibl... Read allAs Friday and Gannon investigate a series of robberies, a vindictive woman, Jean Sawyer, makes a pest of herself by calling headquarters repeatedly to accuse her husband of the thefts. The detectives investigate John Sawyer and find no evidence against him, but the man responsible for three of the robberies is found and arrested.

7.6/10

Director
- Jack Webb
Writers
- Alf Harris
- Jack Webb(uncredited)
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Herbert Ellis, Harry Morgan, and Jack Webb in Dragnet 1967 (1967)

As Friday and Gannon investigate a series of robberies, a vindictive woman, Jean Sawyer, makes a pest of herself by calling headquarters repeatedly to accuse her husband of the thefts. The detectives investigate John Sawyer and find no evidence against him, but the man responsible for three of the robberies is found and arrested. —bobbymaxwell

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A woman complains to Dragnet cops that they are lazy and do not even want to get off their chair and do some work to arrest someone. Fast forward to the future: since at least the 2000s, all cops are like that, all over Southern California and getting worse every year. Even the police dispatchers will deem your problem worthless and a waste of their time and not send any cops, unless those can get off by killing your dog. The last time there were useful cops in Los Angeles, who took you seriously, was the 1980s. It's been downhill ever since, especially in Glendale, with cops gaslighting victims who phone for help---even threaten to arrest them---so they don't have to do any work, culminating in the Defund the Police movement, well supported by Californians everywhere, due to the aforementioned.

Quotes
Sam Golden: [a store owner is annoyed that Friday isn't out looking for the robber] I gave you a perfect description: he's 5'-9" or 10"; grayish black hair; medium build, not fat or thin; his eyes are brown; his nose is straight; he combs his hair with a part on the side. Now you go out and find a guy just like that!
Sergeant Joe Friday: And you'd like us to arrest him when we do?
Sam Golden: Well, certainly I would.
Sergeant Joe Friday: I'm afraid then we've got a problem here.
Sam Golden: What do you mean by that?
Sergeant Joe Friday: Well, that description fits you too.