Murder In Police Officer's Family, Early In his Career. Murder For Hire In His Family During The Early Days of his Law Enforcement Career. The bizarre crime and impact on him. Policing in Southern California and a stint as a member of the Real Hawaii 5-0 Police. His novels and more. While he was a Police Cadet in Southern California, his Aunt who had been selling Heroine had her husband, his uncle, murdered by a contract killer. David Putnam talks about the murder, his family dynamics at the time and it's impact on him. He also talks about his career policing in Southern California and later becoming a member of the real Hawaii 5-0.  During his law enforcement career, “Deputy Dave” Putnam worked primarily in California on teams for Patrol, Investigations, SWAT, Narcotics (street level and majors), Violent Crimes, Criminal Intelligence, Internal Affairs and the Detective Bureau. He rounded out his law enforcement career with a few years in the Hawaiian Islands as a Special Agent–part of a real-life “Hawaii-50” team. He’s now retired from law enforcement and is an award wining novelist. If you enjoy the show, please tell a friend or two, or three about it. If you are able to leave an honest rating and, or, review it would be appreciated. Never miss out on an episode of the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast subscribe to our free email newsletter, never more than 2 issues a week sent out. Click here and scroll down about halfway. Be sure to check out our website. Interested in being a guest, sponsorship or advertising opportunities send an email to the host and producer of the show jay@letradio.com. Follow us on MeWe, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Background song Hurricane is used with permission from the band Dark Horse Flyer.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.