Daniel N. Cooke

You probably don't know his name, but odds are you've seen his badge: Los Angeles Police Dept. Badge 714, as seen during the credits of the old Dragnet TV series. Cooke, LAPD's official spokesman, not only briefed the news media on spectacular crimes (the Charles Manson murders, Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, the police shootout with the Symbionese Liberation Army after Patty Hearst's kidnaping), but also served as a technical advisor to many police shows, including Dragnet and Adam-12. He joined LAPD as a foot patrolman in 1953, became a media relations officer in 1964, and retired in 1988. Badge 714 will now reside at the Jack Webb Museum at the department's Police Academy. Lt. Dan Cooke died April 30 of bladder cancer at home in Rancho Bernardo, Calif. He was 72. From This is True for 2 May 1999 Suggestions for further reading: Three Ways to Die by Lee Goldberg Amazon Price: Customer Review: I wasn't sure about this as I've never read books along this line. From the first page I was caught and couldn't stop. I cringed, I worried, I laughed, I wondered, and I laughed some more! Incredible clever is the best I can say to sum it up.   Complete Plays of Aristophanes (Bantam Classics) by Aristophanes Amazon Price: $5.95 Customer Review: Several years ago, during my first year of college, I purchased and read one of Aristophanes' better known plays, The Clouds. I thoroughly enjoyed the translation, and I made a mental note to read more Aristophanes as time provided. Many years pass...   My Name's Friday : The Unauthorized but True Story of Dragnet and the Films o... by Michael J. Hayde Amazon Price: $14.21 Customer Review: Jack Webb was one of my heroes growing up in the Mississippi Delta. I discovered "Dragnet" listening to the radio one night and it was years before I missed an episode. By the time I graduated from high school, I thought I knew everything there was t...   The Badge: True and Terrifying Crime Stories That Could Not Be Presented on T... by Jack Webb Amazon Price: $10.17 Customer Review: THe Badge is from Jack Webb creator and star of Dragnet and is a collection of cases from the Los Angeles Police Department highlighting their efforts to grow and improve the abilities of a fine crime fighting force. James Elroy read it as a young ma...   Just the Facts, Ma'Am: The Authorized Biography of Jack Webb by Daniel Moyer, Eugene, Ph.D. Alvarez Amazon Price: Customer Review: Please tell the authors that I really enjoyed their book. Thank you so much for writing about one of my favorite TV detectives. It's very interesting. Thank you.   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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