About 15 minutes in, when Malloy is talking to the wife, she is sitting, and, behind her, there are some wooden African animals figurines on top of a console or chest of drawers. These exact same props - a giraffe and a rhino - were seen on the same kind of furniture in Nightwatch (1973), in an African-American family's home. It is somewhat apropos in this situation as the little boy, Larry, says he is running away, perhaps to Africa.
Jed Allen's character, in the initial scene says he went out bowling. At the time he was the host of the syndicated series Celebrity Bowling.
Code 5 = stakeout.
"415" is the Los Angeles Police Department radio code for a disturbance. 415 is the California penal code section for disturbing the peace.
Code 6 = away from vehicle and radio communication, investigating at location specified.