''The Thin Blue Line'' is an American
panel show that briefly aired weekly on Los Angeles NBC station
KNBH in 1952.
The show, contemporarily described as "unabashedly propagandistic", was produced by the
Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the municipal police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 police officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the third-large ...
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William H. Parker. It featured discussion between a moderator and a panel of experts (often including Parker, who also answered audience questions). Parker intended for the show to "accurate
y inform the public about "police affairs" and to "instill greater
ublicconfidence" in the LAPD.
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1952 American television series debuts
English-language television shows
Los Angeles Police Department