In season four, Massey continued to work with the Major Crimes Unit and settled into her role. Ed Norris, the former Baltimore police commissioner who plays a homicide detective on the series, is not an actor either, of course. Walker is a corrupt Black patrolman in the Western District. In season two he appeared briefly when investigating the shooting of a child by a stray bullet. Foerster visited Greggs in the hospital with many other command officers and appeared anxious when trying to find a tape recorder to replay the last transmissions before she was shot. 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 [7] Later, Castor is the first officer attending the triple homicide of Junebug and his wife and associate, investigated by Detective Kima Greggs. However, in the series, any mention of the ranks of Chief, Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain are omitted. Elena was Jimmy McNulty's wife. Colvin was the veteran Major and District commander who was forced out of the department due to his "Hamsterdam" experiment that de-criminalized drugs, despite this causing a reduction in felonies. colonel, at least until a new Major is given district command. The Homicide Unit of the Baltimore City Police Department is responsible for the investigation of all unexplained deaths that take place within Baltimore City. Valchek is the Deputy Commissioner of Administration. Bobby Brown is a Western District uniformed officer. Presumably this is to avoid confusion and make the relationships between different members of the hierarchy clearer to the viewer. Frank Barlow is a Caucasian detective in the homicide unit who first appeared as the primary detective at the trial of D'Angelo Barksdale. Cole was initially assigned the fourteen Jane Doe homicides that Rawls had tried to avoid. Valchek was previously the Southeastern District commander. Colicchio is also present for the arrest of Omar Little on a murder warrant, relishing finally bringing in the legendary criminal. In season three he is assigned to investigate the murder of Tosha Mitchell and Tank and later the shooting of Stringer Bell, both working with Bunk Moreland. A Baltimore Police Department homicide detective featured prominently in David Simon's 'Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets'. He is first seen in season one where he is a lieutenant and commands Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski and Leander Sydnor. Mike "Sanny" Santangelo is an Italian American officer responsible for driving the district arrest van in the Western District. He is the host of the Ed Norris Show on WHFS in Baltimore, Maryland. She uses her lawyer to try to destroy Jimmy throughout the first season as much as she can. He has a noticeable Baltimore accent. A former D.E.U. Ed Norris (actor), born April 10, 1960 in New York City, New York, USA, is an actor, radio presenter and police commander. When Marimow left, she remained in homicide due to the higher pay. Sydnor is a young, married detective in the Baltimore Major Crimes Unit with a talent for investigative work and the stomach for drawn-out cases. Carver refuses to back Colicchio when he shows no remorse for his action, and charges him with conduct unbecoming an officer and excessive force. Cheryl finds the assignment hard to understand, until Kima shows her the conditions in which fourteen girls were murdered. Norris became a published author in 2017 with the release of his hardcover book, Way Down in the Hole. Cheryl is Kima Greggs' live-in partner; she works in the television news industry and often worries about Kima's safety as a police officer. Dubbed as a departmental "hump", he and his partner Polk had not made a single case in property crimes over their last ten years. Landsman is angry at the sudden drop in his squad clearance rate and calls Freamon a vandal and a visigoth. Walker chases him into an alley, where Michael and Namond are waiting for him. The Wire. She was particularly adept at deciphering the slang used by Barksdale drug dealers on wiretaps of cellular phones. "-30-" Holley and Bunk then reappear with a grand jury summons where at the courtroom, Holley manages to intimidate Andre both physically and legally to have him confess his role in lying about the murder. In the ninth episode of the fifth season, Polk makes a small cameo, as the officer running the evidence control locker in one of the precincts. He resigned from the State Police when he was indicted on criminal charges. Ex-IRL Baltimore interim police chief and MPD commander Ed Norris plays Homicide detective Ed Norris. The third count alleged that he had lied on a mortgage application, stating that approximately $9,000 he received from his father was not a gift, as was stated in the loan, but a loan. [2] In Season 5, Truck appears with the Western District officers who are frustrated by the lack of overtime pay due to city cutbacks. He is also mentioned in episodes in season one ("The Pager"), season three ("Slapstick"), season four ("Margin of Error") and season five ("Not for Attribution"). Marimow vows to Herc that he would be happy to attend his "execution" at an IID trial if he could prove he was lying. He is briefly taken off the case and replaced with Greggs, now a rookie in the squad, in order to slow progress because of pressure from the Mayor. McNulty allows him credit for the arrest, later concurring with Bunk Moreland that Baker could be "good police". All three detectives maintain a dislike for Marimow's caustic command style often fearing the repercussions that he has threatened them with. Edward Norris Played by Ed Norris A veteran of the homicide unit, Norris prides himself on his New York origins, secretly maintaining a love of the New York Yankees that would see him ostracized in the Baltimore unit were it common knowledge. A former Baltimore Police Department Sergeant who was featured homicide unit sergeant in David Simon's Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. In that raid he had the unit arrest everyone in "The Pit" as he assumed them a suspect for being around that area. Once McNulty intervenes, the situation is cleared up and Holley lies about Bubbles trying to attack him as a means of justifying the beating. In season four, Elena sees that Jimmy is becoming more stable as a patrolman and states to him that "If I knew you were going to grow up to be a grown up" suggesting that she wishes she was the one reaping the benefits of this new Jimmy McNulty. During Detective Jimmy McNulty's homeless killer case, McNulty has Western District Sergeant Ellis Carver detail officers to track Marlo Stanfield's crew including officers Brown, Dozerman, and Truck. Kenneth Dozerman is a plainclothes cop in the Western District. This case was also solved when Roland Brice confessed to the shooting. 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Rawls is played by John Doman. Norris is widely known for his role as Detective Edward Norris on HBO 's hit television series, The Wire (2002-2008) as well as the investigator in the movie Jack the Ripper in America (2009). [19], Colicchio is played by Benjamin Busch, who spent two tours of duty in Iraq with the U.S. Marine Corps. Michael makes Walker drop to his knees at gunpoint and sees the ring that Walker stole from Omar (who stole it from Marlo, who took it from Old Face Andre); he takes it before Namond drenches Walker with paint. McNulty was one of the homicide unit's better detectives until his insubordination drew the ire of his commander Major Rawls. Daniels previously worked as a lieutenant in the Eastern District Drug Enforcement Unit, CID Narcotics Unit, and was the first commander of the MCU. Mello continues to give charismatic roll call briefings including readying his men for polling station duty and introducing the murder warrant for Omar Little. [20], Lloyd "Truck" Garrick is a Black narcotics officer in Sergeant Ellis Carver's squad in the Western District of the Baltimore Police Department, often partnered with fellow squad members Herc, Lambert and Colicchio. Ed_Norris. Latest News. Credits He was let back in by William Rawls on two occasions transferring out on both to be of more assistance in leading the Major Crimes Unit. " ED NORRIS HAS LIVED A ROLLER-COASTER LIFE FROM AMERICAN HERO WHO LED THE CHARGE AGAINST ENTRENCHED CRIME TO SCAPEGOAT FOR THE POLITICAL AMBITIONS OF OTHERS. Rawls is a careerist and is feared by many of his subordinates. Rawls was a Major in homicide promoted to Criminal Investigations Division Colonel and then Deputy Commissioner of Operations. Show creator David Simon left the Baltimore Sun after a bitter feud with editor William K. Marimow. Bunk is a well liked and proficient member of the homicide unit. She tells him Beadie knows she is losing him just like she, herself, knew back then. Despite having two witnesses, D'Angelo is found not guilty due to witness intimidation in the court room. He left the detail in season 2 for a drug enforcement unit sergeant posting in the Western District. A former Baltimore Police Department Major who was featured homicide unit shift lieutenant in David Simon's Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. Norris continues to pursue this lead after the election, however Greggs solves the case with a careful recanvassing of the crime scene before he is able to make progress. The Peabody-winning series was created by David Simon ('The Corner'), whose richly layered plotlines focused on the city's illegal drug trade in the first season before expanding in scope for the. In season three, he drives the Western district prisoner transport vehicle under the command of Major Colvin. Jimmy's partner Bunk Moreland suspects that Dennis is a downtown lawyer due to his appearance and mannerisms. Directed by Baltimore native and . 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He first appears assisting Bunk and Norris on a "polygraph-by-copier" where an idiotic suspect confesses to a homicide. Lieutenant Charles Marimow replaced him for purposes of properly "supervising" the Major Crimes Unit under the orders of Deputy Commissioner Rawls. This is intended as an example to all the other commanders in the department, that if they did not improve their statistics they will also be replaced. first Ed Norris's "Americans are a stupid people by and large; we pretty much believe whatever we're told", then Bunk's "The bigger the lie, the more they . According to Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, there was actually a Caucasian detective in the Baltimore Police Department homicide division named Michael Crutchfield. McNulty is known as natural police and ultimately whom the show centers around. He attended Rawls' weekly comstat meetings and worked with Sergeant Jay Landsman in running the homicide division. Norris continues to have a good relationship with Ehrlich, who is a frequent guest on the Ed Norris Show. Later he steals bootleg DVDs from Bubbles, after Bubbles attempted to report a robbery. Norris is a popular American radio personality and actor. When Bunk Moreland wants to re-examine the case, Crutchfield displays his anger over Bunk wanting to reverse one of his clearances. A former Baltimore Police Department homicide detective featured in David Simon's Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. A former Baltimore Police Department Sergeant who was featured homicide unit sergeant in David Simon's Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. His brother, a deputy commissioner in the NYPD, was a rising star until taking a position with a police department in a southern state and running afoul of local customs and politics. She is also protective of her sons and worries that Jimmy is a dangerous influence on them because of his drinking. He was also at the Brandon Wright crime scene. He normally lets the detectives do as they wish while working on his beach house in Delaware. Ed [2][13], Daniels informed Mayor Carcetti, who then initiated a new order for the department to no longer make arrests based on statistical quotas but rather quality felonies, something Daniels had been lobbying for. Foerster's and Burrell's insistence on using buy busts led to the operation that resulted in the shooting of Detective Greggs. Birth place Reed then intervenes when the Barksdale detail stop State Senator Davis' driver (who received a bag full of cash from a Barksdale soldier) and again when Daniels tries to withhold the location of a Barksdale stash house to protect his investigation. Landsman tells him that the psychic was meant as a joke and that Bunk and McNulty did his work for him. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. Menu. Michael and Sean managed to record Stringer's number plate, which aided their father's investigation. In 2003, he appeared briefly when investigating the shooting of a child by a stray bullet. He also linked the bodies to a specific plastic surgery clinic by identifying a breast implant type that several of the women shared and tracing the serial number. Ray Cole was a somewhat inept member of Sergeant Landsman's homicide squad under the command of William Rawls. Norris was also lead detective on the shooting of Wendell "Orlando" Blocker and Kima Greggs this time working with Detective Ray Cole. In season four, Holley initially works as the secondary investigator on Norris' case of a murdered state's witness named Braddock that becomes a "red ball" case. Homicide Unit Detective, BPD This also allows Rawls to unburden himself of one of his more inept homicide detectives, as Santangelo has a clearance rate of less than 40%, with his excuse for his performance being a lack of easy cases. Herc is fired from the department after an Internal Investigation Division hearing. He tries to resist, saying that it isn't his job to inform on a fellow cop. He prides himself on being a streetwise commander and having worked his way up through the ranks. He is a direct commanding officer of many of the show's characters in earlier seasons. Cole achieved a clearance in the case working alongside lead investigator Detective Ed Norris when the case was solved with a confession from Wee-Bey Brice. After Dozerman's shooting the D.E.U. The Baltimore Police Department plays an integral part in The Wire. For a full character description see Western District section, below. Major Colvin uses Dozerman's shooting as the impetus for his "Hamsterdam" experiment, a way to reduce crime and not see any more of his men get hurt. The office remains the permanent location of the unit when it is formed in season three. When the unit was assigned Lieutenant Marimow as a commander, Freamon transferred out. Marimow is one of the most disliked commanders, often referred to as a "Trojan Horse", "Virus" and a "Unit Killer". He becomes a teacher at Tilghman Middle School soon after. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Michael plays soccer and Jimmy tries to attend his games. Simon chose to name an unsympathetic character after his old enemy.[4]. Seasons . Star Trek Picard season 3 is bringing back TNG's cast, and Worf (Michael Dorn) is the best of them as he pals around with Raffi, Jack (Ed Speleers), and more in the new episodes. Mello first appeared on the series as Western District administrative lieutenant and Major "Bunny" Colvin's second in command and confidante before Colvin's forced retirement. He draws Carcetti's attention as a young and capable Black commander and is quickly promoted to CID Colonel. Seasons Currently, the Western District is administered by Major Dennis Mello, former deputy to Howard Colvin, who was forced into retirement. Sergeant Landsman's squad is typically the focus of the show, though there is at least one other squad (according to David Simon's book, there are typically three homicide squads in Baltimore, on rotating shifts). The Western District (along with the Eastern District as shown in Season 3) of the Baltimore Police Department is one of the city's most violent districts and is located in the middle of West Baltimore at 1034 North Mount Street. In season 3 when Major Colvin institutes the Hamsterdam initiative Brown is one of the officers freed up to be assigned to investigate complaints rather than perform radio car patrols and he solves a church burglary case. They cut him down and despite losing the clearance they send him to rehab. When he encounters former Barksdale detail members McNulty and Kima Greggs, Santangelo mentions that he is happy at being a patrolman as his job is easier: he is no longer a detective, he no longer deals with difficult commanders like Rawls and still takes home the same pay and pension contributions. He gives the order for citywide raids following the shooting of Kima Greggs. Actor Edward T. Norris is known for The Wire (2002) and Jack the Ripper in America (2009). Dozerman joins him. In season one, Santangelo is an eight-year veteran in the Homicide Unit. Norris was appointed Maryland State Police Superintendent following his term as Baltimore Police Commissioner. Years active Norris has alleged political motivation behind the charges brought by DiBiagio. He appears recurringly as a grand jury prosecutor named Gary DiPasquale. See full bio More at IMDbPro Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro Biography Awards Photo Gallery Filmography (by Job) Trailers and Videos Explore More Do You Recognize These Rising Stars? colonel, Asher is reinstalled as commander of the unit again as Freamon feels he will effectively let the detectives do what they need to make a case without interference from the commissioner's office. In season 2, Cheryl becomes pregnant by artificial insemination, and in season 3, the couple has a baby boy. Ed Norris is publishing a memoir, "Way Down in the Hole," a title borrowed from the theme song of David Simon's "The Wire" HBO series, which chronicled policing, crime and drugs in Baltimore. She convinces him to try to work things out with Beadie. He was transferred to the Barksdale detail in Season One, later returning twice to the Homicide unit. Norris secures an informant for the witness murder, but his attempt to break the story right before the election leads to him and Greggs being sent off to a security detail at a polling station for the day. 2023 TV GUIDE, A FANDOM COMPANY. Rawls is Acting Commissioner on a temporary basis. Off. Brown is involved in a parking lot brawl with another officer over the poor state of a vehicle he hands over. Entertainment career. [11] His cameo appearances are a source of irony on the show, and he is often given dialogue bemoaning the state of the Baltimore Police Department.[12]. In season three he attended the wake of his colleague Ray Cole. When Carcetti replaced Royce he immediately began looking to depose Burrell. Cheryl jealously insists on accompanying Kima when she goes to interview a contact in a strip club. Cole was secondary investigator on the shooting of Wendell "Orlando" Blocker and Detective Kima Greggs. Brown is also featured in The Corner as another officer. This is used most prominently in the third season, where Bunk is shown cutting Crutchfield's tie, and later Crutchfield gets to repay the favor. ", Colicchio remains in Carver's squad in season four, and Carver tries to bring him around to his new way of doing thingsgetting to know the street dealers and cultivating informants. DeAngelis died of cancer after filming scenes for the fourth season. McNulty was a former beat officer who became a detective. Dozerman is presented with it at a press conference.[2]. Daniels is promoted to Major and Western District Commander after his successful case work in the MCU. He is eventually forced to resign in a scandal over manipulation of crime statistics but receives a highly paid replacement job in order to leave quietly. Diggins is a Baltimore police department Marine Unit officer who partners with Jimmy McNulty when he is assigned to the unit. She was a key member of the Major Crimes Unit and proved herself on both the Barksdale and Sobotka investigations. When insufficient evidence against "Cheese" or any other suspected murderers is present, Rawls berates him one last time at a Comstat meeting, after which Commissioner Burrell relieves Taylor of command. Det. Holley is a detective in the homicide unit under the command of Bill Rawls, and later Raymond Foerster followed by Cedric Daniels. Crutchfield ends season four investigating murders at the hands of the Stanfield Organization. Crutchfield helps Bunk to manipulate a confession from DeShawn Williams. In season two, Holley is briefly seen investigating the murder of Frank Sobotka. References Categories Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. He was the lead investigator in the politically important murder of a state's witness. They call in Jimmy McNulty and the Barksdale detail's work secured a conviction for the murder against soldier Wee-Bey Brice. Barlow blackmails McNulty into providing funds for him to take a long weekend to play golf in South Carolina. Walker's attitude earns him the respect of more zealous officers and the disdain of others, such as Jimmy McNulty. He is punched by Bodie Broadus, a young drug dealer, when the detail raid the low rise projects. Norris is played by convicted felon and ex-police commissioner of Baltimore Ed Norris. Slim Charles: De'Rodd Hearns . The following is a list of actual Baltimore Police Department officers who have appeared on the show at some point. Freamon is a methodical detective who was very skilled at homicide investigations but was once kicked out of the unit for angering the Deputy of Operations. After saying that those are Lester Freamon's fault and tells Landsman that Bubbles came in and confessed to tainting the drugs to kill a man who was stealing his drugs as well as beating him. Actor Richard DeAngelis suffered from cancer during this time and was often absent from work. He still meets his old Western district DEU buddies for drinks along with Herc. The character's wake was in part a tribute to Colesberry. [16] Santangelo is, along with McNulty, assigned to the Barksdale detail by Rawls, to spy on McNulty. The show is notable for its cynicism of Baltimore city and Maryland state politics. The information would jeopardize the wiretap so they promised they would give it to Cole when the case closed. The unit's main responsibility is to build cases against high-profile targets responsible for murder, drug distribution and money laundering in Baltimore. She transferred to homicide when Lieutenant Marimow came into the unit as he was a caustic commander who was difficult to work for. According to Season 4, he served 39 years on the force, suggesting he joined the BPD in 1967. Landsman is a squad sergeant in the homicide unit who must divide his loyalties between his men and his superiors. Mahon takes early retirement following his injury, and is last seen encouraging Polk to do the same. The two sleep together, but in the morning Elena asks Jimmy to leave as she feels it would be unfair on her sons for them to see him in the house. He is the host of the Ed Norris Show on WHFS in Baltimore, Maryland. Norris became a BPD homicide detective in 1991. A former Baltimore Police Department homicide detective mentioned in David Simon's Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets who inspired a character of the same name played by actor Gregory L. Williams throughout the series. "-30-" He was with Herc when he phoned the paper to report Colvin's actions and again when he met with a reporter.[2]. He appears outside a bar with other officers, causing a near riot with their "quality of life violation" arrests against people with open alcohol containers. His performance as the Baltimore Police Commissioner is still taught by the University of Virginia's Darden School as a case study on effective leadership. In season five Castor is first seen warning his new Major, Dennis Mello, about a brawl in the district parking lot. He has been known to punish anyone who crosses him with transfers to undesirable posts. Under pressure from the Mayor's office, Ervin Burrell is told to start coming down on the department to reduce the crime rate by any means possible. [3] Landsman announced the Colonel's death to the homicide unit, stating that he served 39 years in the department without leaving a trace of bitterness or hatred with any officers, a miraculous career by BPD standards. Edward Norris Edward Norris 20 episodes, 2002-2008 Amy Ryan . Colicchio takes part in Lieutenant Marimow's failed raids in the Western district. In season five Brown is livid about the withholding of his overtime pay and is insubordinate in Carver's first roll-call briefing as Sergeant in charge. . MCU is commanded by a lieutenant. Reed is a Major in the Baltimore Police Department and commands the Internal Investigations Division. Cole was the lead investigator of the death of Anton "Stinkum" Artis. Along with his counterpart Polk, his name is a reference to the Irish phrase "pg mo thin" ("pogue mahone"), or "kiss my arse". Norris also investigated the death of Sherrod who died by tainted drugs. He first appeared in Season 1 leading the search for Savino and then commanding the unit to surround Avon Barksdale's strip club during his arrest. Santangelo took a post driving the narcotics wagon in the Western District. When he exposes them to danger by having them tail the subject of his investigation, Stringer Bell, she files for an emergency order to prevent him from seeing the boys. 2008. Marimow attempts to change the unit's focus to the more obviously violent drug dealers and closes down their wiretaps on Marlo Stanfield. He was the first officer on scene at the shooting of William Gant. In the third season, Reed attends the weekly comstat meetings of Ervin Burrell and William Rawls. Along with the rest of the squad, Colicchio is involved in policing drug tolerant zones set up by his district commander Major Colvin without the knowledge of his superiors. He is often called "Auggie" by his partner Pat Mahon. Although he is a capable detective, Bunk is a known alcoholic with a penchant for infidelity. . Mentioned in :Season one: "Cleaning Up" It is Colicchio who inspires the name Hamsterdam, after citing Amsterdam's liberal drug laws as a metaphor for Colvin's new policies. Mello ran briefings for the Western district at roll call maintaining a sense of humor, typically dismissing the men with "don't get captured" and jokingly referring to them as "humps" and "mopes". Castor is a rookie patrolmen, assigned with Baker to the Western District under the command of Howard Colvin in season three. Detectives often fall asleep in the office (or on stakeout) because of the overtime demands and have at times worked double and triple shifts as they have dealt with multiple murders. The Criminal Investigations Division (CID), commanded usually by a Colonel, is the division responsible for the Homicide unit, Narcotics unit, and Major Crimes Unit (MCU) among others. Cedric Daniels and Jimmy McNulty then arrested an eastside drug dealer named "Cheese" whom they suspect of being responsible for some of the murders in his district. Norris and his squad mate Vernon Holley first appeared assigned to the case of the murder of Omar Littles boyfriend Brandon Wright. Det. A police wake was held at an Irish bar in his honor. They recognized a connection to the recent murder of Omar's crew member Bailey because both corpses were found in Kevlar vests.

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