“Police Power” is the second half of a two part episode of the National Educational Television’s (NET) series “At Issue.” NET was the precursor to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). This episode features a lively debate between law professors and law enforcement officers on citizens’ rights against random search and seizure as well as their Miranda rights which respectively come from the Fourth and Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The commentator was Gresham Sykes. The Executive Producer was A.H. Perlmutter. The producer was Andrew A. Stern. The director was Bill Heitz. The associate producer was Lois Shaw. The production manager was Robert D. Squier. The film editor was Walter Sampson. The concept of “Miranda rights” was enshrined in U.S. law following the 1966 Miranda v. Arizona Supreme Court decision, which found that the Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights of Ernesto Arturo Miranda had been violated during his arrest and trial for armed robbery, kidnapping, and rape of a young woman.

The episode opens with a police superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, Mr. Wilson, in a suit, speaking (0:20). Professor of law Fred E. Inbau from Northwestern University sits in a suit (0:39). Three men in suits sit at a round table with papers and water glasses on it (1:04). Professor Fred E. Inbau, who for several years directed the Chicago Police Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory, sits at a table with water glass and papers in front of him (1:11). Three men have a conversation at a round table (2:20). Fred E. Inbau speaks at the table (2:23). Interviewer with glasses (2:31). Yale Kamisar, professor of law at the University Minnesota and currently a professor at the Harvard Law School, wears glasses and smokes (2:33). Fred E. Inbau debates other’s ideas (2:56). Police superintendent and Fred E. Inbau speaks at the table (5:11). Yale Kamisar in glasses speaks (6:01). Men in suits argue at a round table (7:46). Yale Kamisar rests his jaw on his hand (8:08). Fred E. Inbau speaks (10:04). Yale Kamisar speaks (10:12). Fred E. Inbau speaks next to the police superintendent (10:37). Fred E. Inbau talks and uses his hands a lot when he speaks (11:36). Yale Kamisar aruges (12:11). Fred E. Inbau bites his glasses (12:49). Yale Kamisar talks (12:52). Police superintendent speaks while seated next to Fred E. Inbau (13:06). Yale Kamisar speaks while waving his finger (13:10). Police superintendent argues (13:14). Yale Kamisar shakes his head (13:17). Police superintendent argues (13:33). Yale Kamisar speaks (13:56). Man wearing glasses speaks (14:30). Profile of the police superintendent (15:00). Yale Kamisar speaks (15:23). Police superintendent talks (15:33). Yale Kamisar looks skeptical (15:36). Police superintendent talks (15:39). Yale Kamisar and a man waving his finger in front of him (15:58). Man with glasses speaks (16:04). Fred E. Inbau speaks (17:05). Men sit at a round table (18:32). Yale Kamisar waves his finger and speaks (18:36). Fred E. Inbau speaks next to the police superintendent who is smoking (19:49). Yale Kamisar argues (19:58). Police superintendent speaks (20:05). Man with glasses speaks (20:10). Police superintendent speaks and smokes a cigarette (20:17). Yale Kamisar argues and uses his hands while speaking (20:33). Fred E. Inbau speaks (21:18). Yale Kamisar speaks (21:43). Men speak at a roundtable (24:34). Yale Kamisar speaks (25:01). Men speak at a roundtable (25:05). Fred E. Inbau speaks (25:13). Yale Kamisar speaks (25:38). Fred E. Inbau speaks next to the police superintendent (25:43). Yale Kamisar argues (25:48). Fred E. Inbau speaks next to the police superintendent (25:51). Yale Kamisar speaks (25:54). Fred E. Inbau speaks next to the police superintendent (26:04). Close up of Fred E. Inbau talking (26:42). Men speak at a roundtable (27:01). Yale Kamisar speaks (27:06). Professor A.C. Germann who is a professor of police science at the California State College Long Beach smokes a pipe and talks (27:15). Fred E. Inbau and the police superintendent listen (31:25). A.C. Germann talks (31:28). Interviewer speaks to the camera (31:37). Police officers stand in two lines while the superintendent walks in between the officers (33:43).

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