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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: SFPD Homicide Inspector Frank Falzon: 5-HENRY-7
Description: Frank Falzon investigated more than 300 murder cases during his 22-year career as a San Francisco homicide inspector using the radio call sign 5-Henry-7. The number 5 designated the Inspectors Bureau, Henry stood in for Homicide, and Falzon was inspector number 7. Working with San Francisco Chronicle reporter Duffy Jennings, Falzon’s new memoir highlights his high-profile cases and the backstory of how his youth, his father’s death at a young age, and his early years as a patrolman shaped his career.The Summer of Love and the heyday of the Haight-Ashbury flower power scene in the late 1960s mutate...