Originally Aired: April 25, 1934
Calling All Cars #22, "Captain Courageous," follows Captain Chitwood of the Los Angeles Police Department's narcotics squad as he undertakes a dangerous undercover operation. After two weeks of fruitless surveillance on suspected contact woman Carolyn Hamer, Chitwood finally intercepts a promising conversation through a hidden dictaphone. A mysterious oriental man offers Hamer five thousand dollars to connect him with a buyer for a hundred thousand dollars worth of narcotics. The contact is to be made at the corner of 8th and Sancity Street, where someone will identify themselves as Jordan.
Rather than arrest the suspects immediately, Captain Chitwood makes a bold decision. He has his men arrest the real Johnny Jordan and hold him incommunicado, then assumes Jordan's identity himself. Armed with nothing but his wits and no weapon or badge for protection, Chitwood meets the oriental stranger at the designated corner. After being searched and driven through the dark streets of Los Angeles to an unknown location, the captain finds himself completely alone and vulnerable, facing a ruthless drug trafficking ring with only his courage and quick thinking to protect him.