 A spin-off of the popular NBC TV series DRAGNET!, Created and Produced by Jack Webb. After his partner is killed in a gun battle, Veteran Patrol Officer Pete Malloy, bitter and disillusioned, is teamed with an eager rookie partner, Jim Reed. Officer Malloy feeling responsible for his new partner, is determined to keep his new partner safe and alive. Stories involve daily assignments, close teamwork, and then-current law enforcement procedures right out of the files of the City of Los Angeles Police Department. The series featured real department issue badges, vehicles and patrol markings, and Patrol Stations (Rampart & Central Division Headquarters). The series was endorsed & supported by the LAPD, and the series Director - Jack Webb upon his death in 1982, was buried with full LAPD honors. Mr. Webb was issued Sergeants Badge #714, the only badge ever issued to a civilian in history of the LAPD.