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According to the book description of Code 33: True California Cop
Stories from the 1970s, "What was it like to be a California Cop in the
1970s? Code 33 is the police radio code for clear the air for officers involved
in an emergency situation. During the 1970s, being a cop in San Francisco and
Santa Cruz County meant dealing with hippies and drugs, prostitutes and pimps,
psychopaths and terrorists. Code 33 charts a path right through that scene
through the eyes and experiences of one cop, Tom Wamsley. And it does so with
frankness and good humor. Not all of a cop's activities involve a Code 33, but
they all say something about the world in which we live. Cops are the front line
defense in protecting society from crime, but what is the world like through a
cop's eyes? Code 33 provides a glimpse that veteran cops will recognize and even
those unfamiliar with police work will find intriguing."
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