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- Narrator: The law enforcement officer's tracking down of a criminal presents its own peculiar problems. Sometimes the results are tragic; most of the time they are routine. On April seventh, Patrolman Jerry March spotted a stolen car driven by Frank Cullen, a killer who would kill again if necessary. The Highway Patrol's apprehension of Cullen presented consequences far beyond those usually resulting from the normal pursuit of criminals.
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- [Following the line-of-duty death of her patrolman husband, Patty March became a dispatcher at Highway Patrol headquarters]
- Patty March: Headquarters to two-one-five-O.
- Dan Mathews: Twenty-one fifty by.
- Patty March: Landline call from ex-officer Wylie. He would like you to call 'im at home.
- Dan Mathews: I think you mean Officer Wylie. Tell 'im I got the message.