Episode
Dragnet: The Big Problem
Overview
Community relations is the theme, as Friday and Gannon try to narrow the gap between the Department and the citizens it is sworn "to protect and to serve." The gap is especially wide between African-Americans and the primarily Caucasian LAPD, as demonstrated when a young - and slightly militant - black man barracades himself in his apartment rather than submit to a traffic warrant.
Details
- Series
- Dragnet
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 28
- Air date
- 1968-03-28
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Big Problem is Episode 28 in Dragnet 1968 of Dragnet. It aired on 1968-03-28. The runtime is 30 min.
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