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1960-1969CRIME
THE TECHNIQUES AND MECHANICS OF AN ARREST. OFFICER TRAINING FILM SHOWS PROPER AND IMPROPER ARREST PROCEDURES. EMPHASIZES PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES IN MAKING ARREST TO AVOID ENDANGERING LIVES OF OFFICERS OR BY-STANDERS. POINTS OUT THAT OFFICERS SHOULD KNOW FUNDAMENTALS OF A SUCCESSFUL ARREST AND THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A ROUTINE ARREST.

FBI. RE-ENACTED SCENES. COMBATING CRIME. J. EDGAR HOOVER SIGNATURE ON OPENING NOTE. CLASSIC 1960s CRIME SHOW MUSIC YOUNG NED BEATTY STARS AS CRIMINAL

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PAN 1960s CARS IN PARKING LOT. VANS, STATION WAGONS.
VW BUG SHOPPING MALL. MONTGOMERY WARD.
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ZOOM IN ON MAN SITTING IN HIS CAR DRINKING A CUP COFFEE IN A TAKE OUT PAPER CUP. VOICE COMES THROUGH ON POLICE RADIO
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PLAIN CLOTHES COP GETS OUT OF HIS CAR AND APPROACHES SUSPECT. IDENITFIES HIMSELF AS A POLICE OFFICER AND TELLS SUSPECT TO LEAN ON THE CAR. DETECTIVE. 1960s SLANG "WHAT'S THE BEEF?" BURGLARY SUSPECT HANDCUFFED IN PARKING LOT. CLICHE "YOU GOT A WARRENT?" CU BEING HANDCUFF
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CRIMINAL TURNS AROUND AND HITS COP OVER THE HEAD WITH ONE HAND HANDCUFFED. CU INJURED COP ON THE GROUND, BLOOD ON HIS HEAD FROM WOUND. CRIMINAL ESCAPES IN HIS CAR. ROUTINE ARREST GOES AWRY
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FBI LOGO
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FBI SPOKESMAN AT PODIUM MAKES SPEECH, TALKS TO THE CAMERA, WORDS "ARREST TECHNIQUES" ON FRONT OF PODIUM.
CHART ON EASEL. SPEAKER CROSSES HIS ARMS AS HE SPEAKS. HOLDS UP HANDCUFFS
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NIGHTTIME URBAN LIGHTS, NEON. POLICE SQUAD CAR ON ROAD POLICE OFFICERS ON PATROL, MAKING ROUNDS. CLICHE DIALOGUE CRIME RE-ENACTMENT. 1960s COP SLANG "ANY DOPE ON HIM?"
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SQUAD CAR TURNS AROUND IN FIELD'S BUICK PARKING LOT
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CU FLASHLIGHT ON SUSPECT'S CRIMINAL RECORD REPORT
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POLICE OFFICER USES POLICE RADIO, REPORTS TO STATION 10-6 INVESTIGATING SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE.
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POLICE CAR PULLS INTO PARKING LOT, COPS GET OUT TO APPREHEND SUSPECT. IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS POLICE OFFICERS AND TELL SUSPECT HE'S UNDER ARREST. ORDERED TO PUTS UP HIS HANDS AND TURN AROUND SLOWLY, TAKE TWO STEPS BACKWARDS AND LEAN ON THE CAR WITH LEGS SPREAD OUT. SUSPECT STILLS HAS CAR KEYS IN HIS HANDS.
POLICEMAN SEARCHES SUSPECT.
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CU POLICE OFFICER WITH GUN DRAWN. RESTRAINING OFFICER STAYS A SAFE DISTANCE
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CU COP SEARCHING SUSPECT FINDS A GUN.
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COP PULLS OUT HANDCUFFS AND HANDCUFFS SUSPECT
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CU RESTRAINING OFFICER WITH GUN DRAWN, ALEERT & READY
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COP CHECKS HANDCUFFS FOR PROPER FIT AND LOCKS THEM
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POLICEMAN TAKES KEYS FROM SUSPECT, UNLOCKS CAR DOOR AND SEARCHES THE CAR FOR EVIDENCE, MAKES SURE CAR IS SECURE AFTER THE SEARCH
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RESTRAINING COP PUTS GUN BACK IN HOLSTER. SUSPECT PLACED IN BACK OF SQUAD CAR BEHIND PASSENGER. "NEVER GIVE A CRIMINAL AN OPENING, HE MAY USE IT"
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NARRATOR TALKS ABOUT THE NON-PROFESSIONAL CRIMINAL.
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URBAN TRAFFIC. BUS. 1960s CARS.
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MAN WALKS ON SIDEWALK CARRYING A BROWN PAPER BAG WALKS UP FRONT STEPS INTO APARTMENT BUILDING.
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MAN IN HIS APARTMENT PUTS GROCERY BAG ON TABLE. TAKES OFF OVERCOAT AND HANGS ON COAT RACK. OPENS GROCERY BAG, TAKES OUT CAN OF CAT FOOD. TALKS TO HIS CAT.
BEADED CURTAIN BETWEEN LIVING ROOM AND KITCHEN. "LOOK ALFRED TUNA FISH!" CAT DOESN'T LOOK VERY EXCITED.
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ECCENTRIC MAN TALKS TO HIS CAT TELLS HIM ABOUT HIS DAY. SAD LONELY OLD MAN. TAKES HIS EYE GLASSES OFF AND CLEANS THEM. WHITE COLLAR CRIME, STEALS FROM WORK
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CU ORANGE AND WHITE CAT PLAYS WITH BEADS ON 1960s BEADED CURTAIN
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MAN FEEDS HIS CAT, KNOCK ON DOOR, ANSWERS THE DOOR.
"JUST A MINUTE, I'M COMING"
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DETECTIVES AT THE DOOR ASK IF THEY CAN COME IN.
IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS POLICE OFFICERS AND INFORM THE OLD MAN HE IS UNDER ARREST, CHARGED WITH GRAND LARCENY FROM THE MUNICIPAL FINANCE COMPANY "I'M AFRAID YOU'LL HAVE TO COME WITH US" "ANYTHING YOU SAY FROM MOW ON CAN BE USED AGAINST YOU IN COURT" OLD MAN'S LOOK GOES FROM SURPRISE TO RESIGN. HANDS OVER CAN OPENER. WHITE COLLAR CRIMINAL SUBMITS PASSIVELY.
RAISES HIS ARMS, COP SEARCHES HIM.
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OLD MAN ASKS ABOUT HIS CAT. CU CAT EATING. COPS ASSURE OLD MAN HIS CAT WILL BE LOOKED AFTER. MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS CAT THEN HIMSELF. ASKS PERMISSION TO SAY GOODBYE TO HIS CAT, COPS COMPLY.
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BAD MOVE. OLD MAN PRETENDS TO BE GETTING CAT NIP FROM DESK DRAWER, PULLS OUT A GUN AND SHOOTS BOTH POLICE OFFICERS. SAYS "I'M SORRY ALFRED" AND SHOOTS THE CAT.
OLD MAN WENT OFF THE DEEP END, CU PUTS GUN TO HIS HEAD AND SHOOTS HIMSELF. COMMITS SUICIDE.
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NARRATOR WARNS VIEWER OF THE MANY POSSIBLE REACTIONS OF SUSPECTS REGARDLESS OF HIS BACKGROUND OR APPEARANCE SUCH AS ATTEMPTS TO KILL ARRESTING OFFICERS OR TO COMMIT SUICIDE
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EXTERIOR COURTHOUSE MADE TO LOOK LIKE A CASTLE.
POLICE OFFICER AND DETECTIVE WALK DOWN STEPS TALKING, GET INTO POLICE SQUAD CAR.
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POLICE CAR ON COUNTRY ROAD PULL INTO LONG FARM DRIVEWAY
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POLICEMEN WALK UP TO FRONT DOOR OF FARM HOUSE, KNOCK ON DOOR KNOCKER, WOMAN ANSWERS THE DOOR. IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS POLICE OFFICERS, WOMAN ASKS THEM IN TO WAIT WHILE SHE GETS THE MAN, COPS SAY "I'M AFRAID YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE US ALONG WITH YOU" PROPER PROCEDURES.
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OLD MAN IN HIS WORKSHOP WEARS WHITE SHOP COAT AS HE USES TABLE SAW. KNOCK ON SHOP DOOR, COPS COME IN. IS FRIENDLY WITH THE COPS BRUSHES SHAVINGS OFF HIS COAT.
CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER, KILLED A LITTLE GIRL WITH HIS CAR. COP ALMOST SYMPATHETIC "I'M AFRAID I'LL HAVE TO PLACE YOU UNDER ARREST MR. THOMPSON"
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OLD MAN LOOKS VERY WORRIED AS HE IS SEARCHED. COP ASKS HIM IF HE IS OK. ASKS IF HE CAN PUT HIS COAT BACK ON, TAKES OFF WORK SHOP JACKET AND THROWS ON TOP OF COP.
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CU SAW AT MAN'S THROAT. TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE BUT COP PULLED THE PLUG FROM THE ELECTRIC SAW. COPS GRAB THE SAW AND RESTRAIN SUSPECT
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NARRATOR WARNS THE SHOCK OF ARREST MAKES ANY SUSPECT'S REACTION UNPREDICTABLE & POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. TRAINING, PLANNING, ALERTNESS "TRIPLE PLAY THAT GIVES THE BEST ASSURANCE OF A SUCCESSFUL ARREST" HOLDS UP THREE FINGERS
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PAN MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY TO HOTEL
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DETECTIVE ON ROOF LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS. HOTEL UNDER SURVEILLANCE. STAKE-OUT. CU BINOCULARS. POV THROUGH BINOCULARS. USES FIELD RADIO LOOKS LIKE A REGULAR TELEPHONE RECEIVER. CODE LANGUAGE.
HEADQUARTERS CALLS DETECTIVE ON POLICE RADIO IN HIS CAR. EVERYONE READY FOR ACTION. "I READ YOU LOUD AND CLEAR" VARIOUS FORMS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNICATION
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1960s WHITE SURVELLIENCE VAN PULLS INTO HOTEL PARKING LOT.
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POLICE CHIEF PRESSES POLICE RADIO BUTTON, ORDERS COP TO MEET HIM. POLICE SLANG "KRAMER'S LINED UP A HOT ONE"
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CRIMINAL ARREST PHOTOS. MUG-SHOTS
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POINTER ON BLACKBOARD, RAID AREA DRAWN IN CHALK.
POLICE BRIEFING ON RAID OPERATION. ORDERS THEM UP TO THE BOARD TO SHOW HIM WHAT THEY'LL DO FROM START TO FINISH
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POLICE RAID ON HOTEL. STATE POLICE CARS PULL INTO PARKING LOT. CAPTAIN AT HEADQUARTERS KEPT INFORMED.
GIVES THE ORDER "PLAY BALL"
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SUSPECTS CRIMINALS GETTING DRUNK IN HOTEL ROOM HIDEOUT. MAN DRINKS STRAIGHT FROM THE BOTTLE.
TELEPHONE RINGS, ANGRY CRIMINAL YELLS AT HIS ACCOMPLICE, "DID YOU TELL SOME LOUSY TWO-BIT BABE WHERE.." DOESN'T FINISH SENTENCE, ANSWERS THE PHONE.
POLICE CAPTAIN SAYS "THIS IS THE POLICE, YOU'RE COMPLETLY SURROUNDED & ISLOATED. YOU HAVE EXACTLY ONE MINUTE TO COME OUT BACKWARDS WITH YOUR HANDS OVER YOUR HEADS, THIS IS THE LAST CALL, THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE A GAS SHELL"
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CRIMINAL HANGS UP THE PHONE AND SAYS TO PARTNER IN CRIME "IT'S THE END OF THE LINE" THROWS TOWEL DOWN ON BED AND YELLS "THE COPS, THE STINKING LOUSY COPS"
PICKS GUN UP, PARTS CURTAINS AND LOOKS OUT THE WIDOW "THEY'RE ALL OVER, IT'S FINISHED"
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STATE POLICE, COPS HAVE THE BUILDING SURROUNDED, IN SHOOT-OUT POSITION. CRIMINALS GIVE UP WITHOUT A FIGHT, COME OUT WITH HANDS IN THE AIR. DETECTIVE USES A BULL HORN TO GIVE THEM INSTRUCTIONS. LEAN UP AGAINST BUILDING WALL WITH LEGS SPREAD. DETECTIVES SEARCH SUSPECTED CRIMINALS.
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