and when they need you, you will fail them like cops always do and then you will wonder like a fat bald idiot why everyone hates cops. no one needs cops, cops don’t help, quit fucking deluding yourself you boomer sack of dung.
"...broken arm kids, broken leg kids, sick kids, dying kids, dead kids......." Webb tells it like it is, and that last one always gives me the chills. Did more for the image and moral of the cops than anyone before or since. Webb was the best.
when Jack Webb died, Cops all around USA flew flags at half staff, and put black on their badges. He was buried with full police honers, he earned it!!!
Unfortunately, he'd be considered a racist, xenophobe, phobophobe and any other left wing based phobe out there. And the irony is, in real life he was more liberal than conservative, but not in the radical sense.
I reads thru more than one source that Kent McCord landed the part of Officer Reed (Adam 12) because of his performance in this episode. One of the best of the entire series.
Martin Milner (Officer Malloy) was to be Jack Webb's partner during Dragnet's last years on the radio. I learned that when Kent McCord spoke at Martin Milner's memorial.
“But there’s also this... there are over 5,000 men in this city, who know that being a policeman is an endless, glamour-less, thankless job thats gotta be done. I know it too. And I’m damn glad to be one of them.” - Jack Webb 💙🖤💙🖤
Jack Webb was a great man. He also did all the voice overs in real life for LAPD training videos. He was buried with police honors when he died. RIP JACK WEBBZ THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER LIKE YOU.
@@georgemaster689 I believe it was more of R.A. Cinader's show, but Jack Webb Put up the money for it. I always thought his name should be shown somewhere. His company logo does appear at the end of each episode. MARK VII
I liked the introduction of the theme song “ Dragnet “ in 1967 the very best in my opinion !!! I like the song “Dragnet “ before the beginning of the show starts !!!
Wow... I forgot this speech from hearing it in my childhood on TV. After 30+ years of Emergency Services work and commands, I’ll vouch it is incredibly true. Jack Webb/ Mark VII productions were as close to reality TV ever until there was reality TV. Have to admit they influenced the direction of my life. One of the absolute BEST ever Cops/ Humans ever ... Charles A Attig, Jr. RIP EOW 6-10-1983. Ptlmn. SD(PA)PD Killed in a completely senseless ambush. I miss you daily my friend; I miss your voice on the radio net. Snyder County, Unit 40 Attig, 10-42. His Life Mattered, a lot, to a lot of us. He was 100 percent good and honest. Rest easy, we, your brothers, have the watch. Never forget.
@sunrisespark I think theres nothing to be afraid of around police. I've encountered them alone at night, on a dark street and they pulled over and got out and walked up to me with their lights on and asked me things, but I was cool and respectful and friendly anyway and we parted ways with mutual respect and an understanding that this town has good people, working for the law and abiding by it too. Theres bad people, sure, but not everyone.
People would be surprised at how little most are paid. That needs to change. They risk thier lives daily, they are social workers and have many hats. They disserve respect pay raises, and lots of funding. No cop should today be by themselves in a car. Should be two.
When I was an immature, aimless youngster many years ago I was one of many who pooh-poohed & laughed at the words Joe Friday spoke in that scene.Then,I got older,became a father, and finally understood the realities of life. Sometimes it ain't pretty.When I look at this scene now,I nod my head in full agreement. I get it now. Right on the money Jack.
Jack Webb greatest acting performance in my book was when he played in the movie The "D.I." a drill instructor at Parris Island 1957 movie in black in white.
I USED TO HAVE A 6TH GRADE TEACHER LIKE SARGENT FRIDAY. BEST TEACHER I EVER HAD I RESPECTED HIM THEN AND STILL DO. HE TAUGHT US SCHOOL WORK PLUS LIFE LESSONS TOLD YOU HOW LIFE WAS LIKE OUT IN THE REAL WORLD. UP TO YOU TO MAKE LIFE CHOICES. I HADN'T SEEN MY TEACHER IN ALOT OF YEARS SINCE 1968. I WONDER TODAY HOW HE IS DOING. HOPE HE IS DOING WELL.
My mother went to high school with Jack Webb at Belmont High school in Los Angeles. My mother was a freshman while Jack was the senior class president. My mother used to tell me she had a crush on Jack Webb in high school. RIP Jack Webb, the original D.I.
A few of the actors from MASH said Harry Morgan was really funny and always kept them laughing. He was a bit of a practical joker and was always telling them stories about being on Dragnet and working for Jack Webb.
Chicago's "The Policeman You Know" sums up the same message in music form. Been there. We have family members today as cops and paramedics. Their stories of today's trials are far worse than the job was 45 years ago. It was bad enough back then. But for the victims who had been saved, it was worth it.
Every working police officer and cadet needs to see this. That's the life. God bless the men and women in blue. Thank you, for the sacrifice. Jack Webb was the man.
I got my Associates Degree in Administration of Justice. My instructors used Dragnet and Adam 12 for my classes training on many occasions . Years after Jack Webb died .
I watched Adam 12 and Dragnet in my early teens. The shows influenced my decision to pursue a career as a LEO. The shows were pretty realistic and I saw the job as a way to make a difference. I ended up working 10 years in uniform and 26 years in criminal investigations. It was quite an experience.
I never knew it was any other way. There has always been a cop in my family. When I retired it was over 130 years someone from my family was a police officer. I broke my neck and retired early, I have seen the hurt kids and the dead kids. The officer who got my car after I retired, he was shot in the head a few months later. I am very tall, it would have hit me in the vest. A friend of mine made sure the shooter did not get away. I don’t know if Sgt. Joe Friday would recognize the job today. I think there is still enough cop in officers today that Joe would know who we are when we meet walking down the street. I don’t envy anyone the job today. BLUE LIVES MATTER!
There are too many bad police giving GOOD cops a bad name. Blue Lives DO Matter. I have my tailgate magnet to show support. Whenever (which is rare) I get pulled over, I always roll the windows down, turn off the engine and keep my hands on the steering wheel to put them at ease. A good friend I've known since kindergarten has told me about the job. Much respect and thanks to you!
Your response just showed up today, computers make things faster.... Thank you for keeping officers at ease during a traffic stop. If it is dark turning on the inside lights is also nice.
The difference between then and now, is a cop isn't just law enforcement, it's psychologist, social worker and a 100 other things. We need to reduce what they do, we need to stop outfitting all of them like they are the military. one Unit is all it takes, used as a last resort. We need to hold them accountable for their actions, and they need to report those who violated the rules. Because let's be honest, those who abuse power, who violate the rules aren't cops, but crooks with a badge.
Actually Ray S, there are actually extremely few bad cops giving the massive majority of good cops in staggeringly massive numbers of interactions with citizens, a bad name. But unfortunately for all of us a small army of the agenda driven using media that never existed before to spread distortion and propaganda in order to convince the weak to give up true freedom and liberty for anarchy and some form of tyranny. One of the BEST ever cops... Charles A Attig, Jr. RIP EOW 6-10-1983 Ptlmn. SD(PA)PD, Killed in a senseless ambush. I miss you my friend. Snyder County, Unit 40 Attig, 10-42.
Dragnet was so popular among law enforcement that the real-life LAPD retired Joe Friday's badge number, and this clip is a great example of why. He tells the truth about what it's like to be a police officer, including all the struggles and challenges they face. It's a valuable message for the public, who generally only deal with cops when they're in trouble.
Wonderful guidance here. Like Shakespeare, nothing he said is out of context in 2020. Thank God for the thoughtful examples of good policing across the company. Not all Police are evil nor are all people of color. All of us live in America and we damn well better learn how to get along or cease to exist.
Sergeant Friday was the epitome of what Chief Parker envisioned in an LAPD officer - Professional, Trustworthy, Honest, Focused, Fit, Fearless and Determined
He’s got such a great voice. A couple years ago I listened to all the Dragnet radio dramas. Just as good, if not better than the TV show. Given the technology, filmmaking techniques and budget constraints of the time, the TV show doesn’t hold up as well today. But with the radio drama all the imagery is in your mind. Good stuff.
I was a cop for 20 years; patrolled some bad areas and the worst thing I ran across besides being shot at was the level of refusal to cooperate from the people I was trying to help. Someone's son was shot and they knew who did it; they wouldn't tell us. Then the victim's brother would go for revenge and he'd die; now the family has lost two young men... for what? Folks don't snitch; thugs run free...... and run the neighborhood. Old people are afraid to leave the house and young ppl might not make it home from school.
Cops don't snitch; thug cops run free.....and the run the neighborhood. Old people are afraid to leave the house and young ppl might not make it home from anywhere, thanks to thug cops.
Maidendg Stop breaking laws. Stop spending more time figuring out how not to work than actually working. Stop researching the latest welfare program(s) and start researching jobs. Stop thinking the world is out to get you and get an education. How do I know you do all this? I grew up in the (south) Bronx in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Later in a trailer park in Florida. My family and neighborhood(s) were full of people who were criminals and people who spent time getting drunk, stoned, or laid. I took vocational classes in high school and later trade school. While others were roaming the streets I worked 65 hours a week to better my life.
Maidendg - If you want to persuade people, you shouldn’t use loaded words like “thug”. You imagine your reader doesn’t agree with you, and you want to change his mind. You lose that reader when you use words like “thug”. Also, it’s easy to criticize, but it takes effort to think of possible solutions. Say you are a mayor; what would you do to stop bad police officers? How do you protect whistleblowers from retaliation?
@@recoveringnewyorker2243 What laws am I breaking? lol How do you know I'm not in law enforcement? I love how a dimwit is telling a stranger what to do, think and be. No one cares what you did in your life.
From watching Kent McCord in his days from Ozzie & Harriet, I never thought of him as a good actor but I was in front of my every Friday night watching Officer Jim Reed & Officer Pete Malloy. I thought it was a treat when Jack Webb would be on a cross over event before they were called cross over events.
When I was a teenager, me and everyone my age thought it was hilarious watching Friday chasing hippies and druggies (like "Blueboy) and giving them lectures on right and wrong. Here's another tight-ass, establishment cop who doesn't "understand". But when I watch this show now, I get it. Jack Webb risked looking foolish and uptight because he really cared. He was acting out of compassion and a sense of responsibility. He hated seeing a whole generation fry their brains on drugs and he wanted to use his position in the media to fix what he saw as a serious problem. He could have stuck to conventional crime stories but chose not to. Getting wasted in the '60's was cool, before anyone knew better. No one disputes the evils of drug abuse now. His message has stood the test of time.
+Duff Mason Well put. It takes a lot of experience and maturity to understand what Gannon is saying here. We live in an imperfect, broken world and the cop is the one society expects to pick up the busted pieces.
Well put. It takes a lot of experience and maturity to understand what Friday is saying here. We live in an imperfect, broken world and the cop is the one society expects to pick up the busted pieces.
When Dragnet '66 came out I was all of 10 years old, and Sgt. Friday scared the living crap outta me. Guy was all business and gave no one safe quarter; had me so scared of the cops I never wanted to chance getting in trouble because with my luck Sgt. Friday would bust my ass and life as I knew it would be over. This episode and this scene had a lot to do with that. What Jack Webb did for LAPD at a time when the police were persona non grata can't be overstated. Webb pushed back against the "Pig" mentality of the time and between him and our new Governor (Reagan) they might have influenced my conservative views on law & order more than I realized.
I grew up watching dragnet also.but it wasn't sgt Friday who scared me.it was my mom and my grandmother. My grandma caught me when I was 8 trying to steal a candy bar. Man it got real ugly real fast.ive never stolen since. Even today af 61 years old I think her and mom would come out of the ground and get me
You know I have been working in the Law Enforcement field (security, police, military police, undercover, patrol supervisor, etc) for over 17 years now, this SGT Friday's speech on "what it like to be a policeman" somehow ring true in what we do in this kind of work
Jack Webb was class president at Belmont High School, Los Angeles, Class of 1938. I was Class of 1976, and we were really damn proud of Jack. When he was at Mark VII Productions, he would gives us guys from Belmont a lot of EXTRA work.
I tuned in a minute before this speech began & noticed McCord...so I watched. The words resonate on a level beyond EXPERIENCE. One of the greatest on TV ever made. As for McCord, he's a great guy In the 70s my BF carpooled w the McCords we all went to school together. I stayed over a lot so I was packed in w the bunch too The first time I went Kent walked his girls out holding baby Michael Megan got in and then said daddy you forgot my hug. Then he hugged my friend Misty so I just looked at him & smiled. He said who's this? Lol My friend told him and he laughed asking if I needed one too. OF COURSE I DID🤣 from then on if ever we saw him school we'd run up behind him and hug him. Nicest guy ever!
I remember those early years. Before California reguired law enforcement to provide anything but safety equipment. The rest was out of your pocket. And the pay, well I got a $50.00 a month increase over what I was making working for the Post Office in L.A. And I got the chance to go through 800 hours of training at the Police Academy that was structured on Marine Corps basic training. I had already done this when I was 18. Five years later it was a tad more difficult. And then you hit the streets, back then it was just you and your partner in a black and white. No portable (Rover) radios. No ballistic vests. When you went "Code 6" (out for investigation), and got out of the car it was just the two of you. Glad that it is much better now, but society has become so much more violent. To all those still pushing a black and white down the streets, stay safe, and thank you.
Boy, Jack had it right. It's the memory of the abused and battered and especially the dead kids that you can never forget. He didn't mention that cops have the highest suicide rate, the highest alcoholism rate and the highest divorce rate of any profession. Some of my friends ate their guns. It's no joke. I'm glad I got out in one piece
Don’t care what people say this was a damn good show. Jack Webb and Henry Morgan rocked. Like the men from Adam-12 great shows. Today they make the Police look like thugs and wusses.
Webb was a good actor but his real strength was as a creator producer of the 3 iterations of Dragnet I find the radio version the best Adam 12 was created for TV and was better suited to that medium and of course his Collaboration with RA Cinadar on Emergency was probably the pinnacle
I remember Joseph Wambaug who wrote The Choir boys a pretty bad late 70's movie once said something very interesting about Police work that I'm sure is true. He said the worst thing about being a cop is you only see people at thier worst. I don't doubt for one second that's true.
When I was a kid in the 70's I was told that "Dragnet" episodes were used as training films in police academies. I don't know if it true, but it should have been!
True. Saw a couple in my police academy. Not for the purpose of showing techniques or procedures, but rather for the morality lessons in some episodes.
There's a lot of power to what Jack Webb/Joe Friday says. I sometimes wonder how a cop can see the things he describes and retain his or her sense of humanity.
Baar Bear , it's really hard. Many see the actual worst of society, and it slowly destroys them. I know one who this happened to. It almost cost him his marriage, Being exposed to constant mayhem in patrolling inner city Chicago neighborhoods for 30+ years took its toll on his health. Fortunately, he survived, retired, moved out of state, and started the long road to recovery. He is making success, but many others were not so fortunate. We need to respect our police, and encourage them. They need our help, in more ways than one.
Jack Webb is a boss. This scene is important for anyone considering Law Enforcement, if anything the purpose of this scene is a powerful life lesson. When you make a decision on a long term investment, you need to consider the CONS vs the PROS, because unfortunately the CONS do matter.
Uniforms aren't cheap, either. $47.00 for a single, long-sleeve uniform with the zipper, pants just shy of $100.00, and don't get me started on the leather. Uniform allowances are your friend (if you're lucky enough to have one)
I spent 3500 dollars for all of my equipment and uniforms after I after I graduated the NYC Police Academy on 1986. 5 pairs of uniform pants, a pair of dress uniform pants, 5 short sleeve and 5 long sleeve iniform shirts, a duty jacket, summer and a winter dress uniform jackets, 2 pairs of uniform shoes, and 5 uniform pairs of socks, my duty belt and my service revolver. My parents bought my off duty revolver as a graduation present and the PBA bought me my body armor since the city would not....I almost had a stroke when I added up the bills...LOL! Fortunately my father was a CPA and I got a hell of a return on my taxes that year...😊
We didn't get overtime pay, we got "Comp" time i.e. days off to match the overtime we put in. The problem was we had to use it in a specific time period or lose it. Only problem, we were always so shorthanded, they couldn't spare us.
@@hongo3870 LAPD cops now retire with a pension that pays 90% of salary at 33 years of service. No need for a 401(k) when you take a paid vacation for the rest of your life in your 50s.
"Your rookie partner orders his first coffee, he says "can I get a cup of coffee?". I tell him it's not a cup of coffee. It's a Jug of Java, Lug of Lava, Mug of Mud, Cup of Crud..."
He forgot to mention the rich who will slide their way out of cases, corporations who have pull and sway over your boss, and the anger that sometimes spills out onto people unfairly. He forgot to mention to keep your biases in check, working with one set of people for 15 years doesn't give you the right to prejudge every person from that set, lest you overlook evidence. He forgot to mention the outright hate you get for the mistakes of others. You'll forever be the parent to a unruly rebellious violent teen, who is looking to do you over and justifies everything for their own logic. ...and he forgot to mention the satisfaction when you do something right, that leads to justice being served.
This just popped up on my utube feed. I saw this episode when it first came out, I was 10 years old. I remember Jack Webb and Harry Morgan, as (Detective) Sergeant 'Just the Facts, Ma'am, just the facts' Joe Friday and (Detective) Officer Bill Gannon. Later, Kent McCord played Officer Jim Reed on Adam 12 with his partner Pete Malloy, played by Martin Milner. I remember that episode and the powerful speech from Webb. Very meaningful, even today!
An accurate way of life for the men and women in blue protecting us, Mr. Webb depicts this well. Even is like this today, bless those that protect us 🚔👍
I remember this one. The future “Adam 12” star was being defended by Friday on a charge of taking money from a bookie. Jack Webb was the man, Dragnet, Adam 12, and Emergency, he produced them all. Those were three of my favorite shows as a child.
