This film is produced and directed by Harry Moses, photographed and edited by Vic Losick with consultancy of Morton Bard Ph.D. from Graduate School and University Center of City University of New York. The narration is provided by Don Morrow and cooperation of Oakland California Police Department and Covina California Police Department. It is produced for the Motorola Teleprogram Center by Harry Moses Productions. The film produced in 1972 is meant to show two different approaches to family disturbance police call or 415F and looks at the intervention practices at the Oakland, California Police Department.

Policeman walking on the streets (0:08). The view from the backseat of officers Frank Turkey and Jim Lindsen’s car who are officers in family crisis unit (0:26). “415 F” which happens to be a code for family disturbance (00:31). Oakland California night view as the officers are on their way to intervene in a family disturbance incident (1:06). A woman in orange shirt crying and having a heated conversation with the officer (1:24). A man and a child listening to the conversation in the same room (1:40). Officer in full uniform asking questions about the couple’s quarrel (1:50). When the officer claims that there are no signs of bruise in her body, the woman shows her broken upper jaw teeth that is false teeth (1:56). The woman sitting next to her two young girls (2:28). Officer leaning towards the lady giving her the number to the family counsellor (Marquette is the name mentioned), along with date and the place of her appointment while the young girls eagerly looking as well (2:43). Six officers in uniform sitting around a table drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes as they listen to the cassette of 415F recordings (3:10). Officers discussing whether couples go to their appointments with the family services or not (3:28). Officer Frank siting in the right edge of the table speaks about how family disturbance is not his job and rather the responsibility of a psychologist (4:12). The night view from Monty Beers and Don Brunett’s car who are also members of Oakland family crisis unit (4:57). Flashlight in the dark in front of a woman’s apartment and she refuses to open the door (5:02). Flashlight on the man’s face who is the husband (5:29). Only thing visible is the flashlight in officer’s hand (5:40). the officers trying to open the mail (5:41). Officer Tony describes how he opened the door in the debriefing session (6:00). The officer leaning towards the wall talking to the woman who has a drunkard husband (6:13). The husband standing in the middle of the living room listening to others’ conversation (6:24). He sits down in the dining table and smokes his cigarette as another officer interrogates him (6:33). Woman standing in the doorstep showing all the things the husband broke out of anger (7:02). Officer explaining to the husband what family crisis unit does (7:25). The officer lights the husband’s cigarette as they are trying to convince him to find elsewhere to live (8:50). Suited men in the debriefing meeting room listening to this incident (9:51). Officers discussing Alcoholics Anonymous or A.A. around a table (10:25). Officers asking the drunken man to get rid of all the alcohol in the house (11:05). The man proceeds to take drinks out of the refrigerator while the officers follow (11:17) and takes them to the kitchen sink (11:28). The officers open the can of beer and pours it into the kitchen sink (11:37). The drunk man pours the beer down the drain of the kitchen sink as the officer opens them (11:49). The man shakes hands with the officers as they warn him not to drink again as they will be back by Tuesday (11:54). Officers in the family crisis unit discuss this particular case (12:29). Officer Frank tries to justify the situation saying a policeman cannot spend so much time on family crisis matters (12:49). Officer Tony continues to support Officer Frank’s statement (13:38). Officers continue to argue as the film ends (14:10). “The New Police” “The National Video Magazine of Law Enforcement” (14:37). Men walking down the road as “Produced and Directed by Harry Moses” (14:44).