
Just the facts, ma'am. Every week, Sgt. Joe Friday follows the clues, interviews witnesses and spews a lot of crime jargon as he tries to catch one perp or another. For the majority of the show's 1950s run, he was partnered with Officer Smith, but when the show was brought back in 1967, he had Officer Gannon as a partner.

Dogs come out as the main suspects in a rash of purse snatchings.

An evangelizing woman lures "prospectors" into her illegal money-making scheme.

Men posing as police officers swindle businessmen by soliciting ads for a magazine.

Friday and Gannon use an unusual method to clear a fellow officer.