With apologies to Sgt. Joe Friday, TV's take on law enforcement has changed since the dreary days of "Dragnet." Dapper detectives and stunning investigators solve crimes from the sandy shores of ...

This thick silver, gold and blue metal badge was worn by Jack Webb, the plain-talking cyborg-like police officer on the 1960s television series “Dragnet.” Sure, Sherrard – who carried a gun ...

Eventually, “Dragnet” inspired Parker to keep using ... Whenever you see cop shows use badges of real-life police departments, those shows paid a fee to have them appear on the show.

Dragnet wasn’t just wildly popular with the ... The department provided him full police honors at his funeral and retired his badge number.