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''Dragnet'' is an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. ''Dragnet'' is perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. The series gave audience members a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of police work. ''Dragnet'' earned praise for improving the public opinion of police officers.〔On a March, 1953 episode, the Detroit Police Officers' Association gave ''Dragnet'' a commendation, citing the program's efforts at increasing public esteem of policemen, and furthermore describing Dragnet as the "finest and most accurate" police program on radio or television.〕 Actor and producer Jack Webb's aims in ''Dragnet'' were for realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals, and ''Dragnet'' remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in many media. The show's cultural impact is such that after five decades, elements of ''Dragnet'' are familiar to those who have never seen or heard the program: *The ominous, four-note introduction to the brass and tympani theme music (titled "Danger Ahead") is instantly recognizable (though its origins date to Miklós Rózsa's score for the 1946 film version of ''The Killers''). * Another ''Dragnet'' trademark is the show's opening narration: "Ladies and gentlemen: the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent." This underwent minor revisions over time. The "only" and "ladies and gentlemen" were dropped at some point. Variations on this narration have been featured in subsequent crime dramas, and in parodies of the dramas (e.g. "Only the facts have been changed to protect the guilty"). ==History and Creation== ''Dragnet'' was created and produced by Jack Webb, who starred as stoic Sergeant Joe Friday. Webb had starred in a few mostly short-lived radio programs, and ''Dragnet'' would make him a major media personality in his era. ''Dragnet'' origins were in Webb's small role as a police forensic scientist in the 1948 film ''He Walked by Night'', itself inspired by the violent 1946 crime spree of Erwin Walker, a disturbed World War II veteran and former Glendale California police department employee.〔''Crazy Like A Fox'', The Los Angeles Times, June 2, 1947〕〔''Man Continues to Fight Police Despite Wounds'', The Los Angeles Times, December 21, 1946〕 The film was depicted in semidocumentary style, and Marty Wynn (a LAPD sergeant from the Robbery Division) was a technical advisor on the film. Inspired by Wynn's accounts of actual cases and criminal investigative procedure, Webb convinced Wynn that day-to-day activities of police officers could be realistically depicted in a broadcast series, without the forced melodrama heard in the numerous private-detective serials then common in radio programming.〔"(Jack, Be Nimble! )" ''Time'', March 15, 1954.〕 (Interestingly enough, the film contained two elements that would transfer over to the ''Dragnet'' television series: the opening text overlay containing the phrase mentioning that the story is true and "only the names are changed --- to protect the innocent", which was then immediately followed by various shots of Los Angeles with a narrator beginning with the iconic phrase "This is the city. Los Angeles, California.") Webb frequently visited police headquarters, rode along on night patrols with Sgt. Wynn and his partner Officer Vance Brasher, and attended Police Academy courses to learn authentic jargon and details that could be featured in a radio program. When he proposed ''Dragnet'' to NBC officials, they were not especially impressed; radio was aswarm with private investigators and crime dramas, such as Webb's earlier ''Pat Novak for Hire''. That program didn’t last long, but Webb received high marks for his role as the titular private investigator, and NBC agreed to a limited run for ''Dragnet''. With writer James E. Moser, Webb prepared an audition recording, then sought the LAPD's endorsement; he wanted to portray cases from official files to demonstrate the steps taken by police officers during investigations. The official response was initially lukewarm, but in 1949 LAPD Chief Clemence B. Horrall gave Webb the endorsement he sought. Police wanted control over the program's sponsor, and insisted that police not be depicted unflatteringly. This would lead to criticism, as less flattering departmental aspects, such as LAPD's racial segregation policies, were never addressed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dragnet (radio series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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