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Why is the term '5 O' used to refer to the police?
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Why is the term '5 O' used to refer to the police?
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From Hawaii 5 O, the TV show.. . Hawaii 5 0 was called 5 0 because it was the fiftieth state, on an interesting aside.
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This comes from the old seventies show Hawaii Five-o.
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