Dan (Harry Carey jr) is a cop-on-probation who would love nothing more
than to be an actual cop, but then he fowls up his first arrest of a
pickpocket (Frankie Darro) when he fails to take down the name of a
witness who has picked up a stolen wallet right after the pickpocket
dropped it and handed it to Dan. At first, he decides to forge his report
about the incident, but then guilt kicks in and he confesses everything to
the pickpocket's public defender Matthews (Reed Hadley), who can't help
but notice Dan has a good heart, so he urges Dan's superior (Emory
Parnell) to keep him on the force - and it was the right decision, too,
because years later, Dan is allowed to die a hero's death in the line of
duty. Rather an awful piece of crime television actually, not
only because it's preachy, has written law and order all over it, and at
the same time lacks any real suspense, but also because it carries such a
weird message that actually supports a policeman taking the place of judge
and jury, just because his heart is in the right place - while that's
exactly why we have specific laws, so that men with their hearts in the
right places cannot take law into their own hands, right? And then his
main supporter is the man who is paid to defend the man the cop has
arrested - now isn't that a conflict of interest? Shouldn't the interests
of his defendants, however guilty he is, be his concern, and not a cop who
fouls up. My oh my, what were they thinking when writing this?
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