At the 27 minute mark, Det. Simone states "Subject looks like Rolonda or Godfrey Cambridge" when trying to describe Peaches. Godfrey Cambridge was a popular comedian and actor whose career spanned the 1950s through early 1970s.
At the 27:30 mark, Det. Sipowicz states, about Arthur Cartwell, "He's got information on every case, including that big blimp that caught on fire." Sipowicz is referring to the Hindenburg rigid airship, which caught fire and was destroyed on May 6, 1937 while docking at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey.