Rookie Cop #28

Officer Sam Harris recognizes trouble when a well-dressed gentleman purchases the most expensive diamond ring in Pop's jewelry shop—a $2,000 stone intended for delivery to a fancy address. But when Harris checks the man's face against police files, he discovers the buyer is actually Henry Leeds, a wanted thief and swindler using an assumed name. Racing to stop the delivery, Harris arrives at 415 Linden Drive just as Leeds and his accomplice Hazel make their move, forcing Harris to see through their clever cover story before the criminals can escape with their prize.

Dopey Danny Dee lands a new job at a drugstore, but his first day on the job puts his customer service skills to the test when a misunderstanding over what a customer actually needs nearly leads him astray. This quick, punny tale from 1956 pokes fun at our well-meaning but dim-witted rookie as he learns the ropes of retail pharmacy.

Officer Sam Barton, a keen-eyed rookie cop on the late-night beat, notices a suspicious car lurking near a laundry company night after night—and begins to suspect something darker is afoot. When he pieces together that a local delivery driver regularly carries cash collections, Barton realizes the car's occupants are waiting for their chance to strike. Acting on his hunch and sharp observations, he races to intercept the would-be robbers before they can make off with the money.

When rookie officer Sam Barton catches a young trespasser named Tommy Yates in the freight yards, he offers the boy a second chance at the Police Athletic League instead of hauling him to the station—but weeks later, Barton's patrol turns up Tommy running with the very gang of freight car thieves he's been hunting. Realizing the boy he'd tried to set straight has apparently turned to crime, Barton faces a gut-wrenching pursuit through the yards with Officer Dunn. What begins as betrayal takes a shocking turn when Tommy's true loyalties are revealed in a desperate note, forcing Barton to question everything he thought he knew about the case and the kid he believed in.