Frank Smith: What did the Captain want?
Joe Friday: He’s raising the roof. Says he just got a call from
the corner pocket. They’re leaning all over him. Says he’s tired of answering
questions. Says we better come up with some of the answers for him.
The Big Mole - Dragnet (1950)
Deputy Chief Parks is only days away from occupying the “corner pocket"--the sixth-floor, Parker Center office of the chief of police.
David Dotson “
The Right Stuff” August 10, 1997 LA Times