Star Trek legend Michael Dorn reflects on Worf's final act in Picard Mello worked closely with Daniels. Cole was the lead investigator of the death of Anton "Stinkum" Artis. Officer Massey joined the show in season three as a member of the Major Crimes Unit under Lieutenant Cedric Daniels. Norris was also lead detective on the shooting of Wendell "Orlando" Blocker and Kima Greggs this time working with Detective Ray Cole. He is often called "Auggie" by his partner Pat Mahon. . Bunk, Landsman, and Norris extract a confession by pretending a copy machine is a lie detector. In a brief appearance in the fourth season, he says he wants to be a rock star. McNulty was one of the homicide unit's better detectives until his insubordination drew the ire of his commander Major Rawls. At the end of the series Carver is promoted to Lieutenant. 'The Wire' 20 Years Later: How Does "The Greatest Television Show Ever Perry Mason. Rawls is Caucasian, and Mayor Tommy Carcetti is unwilling to attempt a permanent promotion fearing that it would not be acceptable to the politically influential and largely Black ministers. This case was also solved when Roland Brice confessed to the shooting. 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. A clearance rate of 50% or more for the year is aimed for and the unit is among the most demanding in the Criminal Investigations Division. Bill Rawls installs Lieutenant Marimow as the commander of the Major Crimes Unit after Lester Freamon issues a series of subpoenas. A former Baltimore Police Department Major who was featured homicide unit shift lieutenant in David Simon's Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. At the scene revisitation, Bunk views evidence confirming Omar's innocence in the shooting. Name She tells him Beadie knows she is losing him just like she, herself, knew back then. Norris served as Police Commissioner for Baltimore from 2000 to late 2002 and Superintendent of the Maryland State Police in 2003. Dozerman takes part in Lieutenant Charles Marimow's first series of failed raids as unit commander. He attended Rawls' weekly comstat meetings and worked with Sergeant Jay Landsman in running the homicide division. Massey and Sydnor were left to face Marimow closing down their wiretaps and ordering raids on weeks old targets.[2][5]. Edward Norris List of Movies and TV Shows - TV Guide A running practical joke within the unit is that if a detective is caught sleeping at his desk, his necktie will be cut off with scissors and pinned to a "necktie mausoleum". It is Colicchio who inspires the name Hamsterdam, after citing Amsterdam's liberal drug laws as a metaphor for Colvin's new policies. Freamon is a methodical and competent homicide detective who was exiled to the Pawn Shop Unit for thirteen years (and four months) for angering the then-Deputy of Operations. Cheryl jealously insists on accompanying Kima when she goes to interview a contact in a strip club. 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. 's hand-to-hand operations were suspended as Major Colvin did not want to see any more of his men come close to death over a minimal amount of drugs.[2]. He advises McNulty on how to make the best of the situation, but McNulty hates the fumes. He misses several days' work and finally shows up drunk at 9am. The two were also regarded as a pair of drunks who were incapable of driving soberly. He and Castor are both forced by Colvin to carry a compass until they can correctly identify the north direction. Diggins is a Baltimore police department Marine Unit officer who partners with Jimmy McNulty when he is assigned to the unit. Show creator David Simon left the Baltimore Sun after a bitter feud with editor William K. Marimow. The following is a list of other Baltimore Police Department officers who have been mentioned on the show at some point. He resigned from the State Police when he was indicted on criminal charges. He served as police commissioner for Baltimore from 2000 to late 2002. Ray Cole was a somewhat inept member of Sergeant Landsman's homicide squad under the command of William Rawls. A former D.E.U. Norris is played by convicted felon and ex-police commissioner of Baltimore Ed Norris. He returned to the Major Crimes Unit as a newly promoted sergeant. He often appears with discrediting evidence about officers for Burrell to use as blackmail. 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. Presumably this is to avoid confusion and make the relationships between different members of the hierarchy clearer to the viewer. Norris continues to have an acrimonious relationship with members of the O'Malley administration. He prides himself on being a streetwise commander and having worked his way up through the ranks. Colicchio is part of the operation that resulted in the shooting of Officer Dozerman. [19], Colicchio is played by Benjamin Busch, who spent two tours of duty in Iraq with the U.S. Marine Corps. Simon chose to name an unsympathetic character after his old enemy.[4]. 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. Bunk is a well liked and proficient member of the homicide unit. That evening, McNulty solves another of the open cases, and Santangelo, though pleased, doesn't understand why a different case was solved. Santangelo took a post driving the narcotics wagon in the Western District. Taylor is a Black Major who was the acting commander of the Eastern District. Landsman is angry at the sudden drop in his squad clearance rate and calls Freamon a vandal and a visigoth. Marimow and Herc develop an immediate mutual dislike. 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. The Wire (TV Series 2002-2008) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. [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]. Burrell is played by Frankie Faison. Asher is the lenient lieutenant who was picked to command the Major Crimes Unit by Cedric Daniels. Colvin then helped create a "dunker" case having his suspect turned in after threatening the drug dealers in the "free zone". He guest stars as Detective Ed Norris in the first, second, third, fourth, & fifth seasons. Ed Norris is an American radio host, actor, and former law enforcement officer in Maryland. In season five Castor is first seen warning his new Major, Dennis Mello, about a brawl in the district parking lot. He left the Western District to work on the Mayor's security detail. Kima eventually realizes she does not want to be a parent and moves out of their shared home. In the first season the detail's office is located in the basement of a downtown building where the only redeeming features are working telephones and electricity. McNulty never intended to give Cole the information because the perpetrator was his informant Omar Little. Rawls is Acting Commissioner on a temporary basis. In the fourth season, Reed briefly appears when Burrell is contemplating the best method to keep his appointed position as commissioner. In season four Mello returned to his post of administrative lieutenant after Major Daniels was granted the district commander post. He is involved in the investigation of the death of William Gant. Edward Norris Daniels is promoted to Major and Western District Commander after his successful case work in the MCU. He was with Herc when he phoned the paper to report Colvin's actions and again when he met with a reporter.[2]. Norris and his squad mate Vernon Holley first appeared assigned to the case of the murder of Omar Little's boyfriend Brandon. They are also responsible for investigating all police-related shootings. But he has a natural energy and raw anger that are in perfect . 2023 TV GUIDE, A FANDOM COMPANY. Ed Norris April 10, 1960 His colleague Bunk Moreland told him that there was information about the case as part of a wiretap investigation that Bunk's partner Jimmy McNulty was involved in. Colicchio is also present for the arrest of Omar Little on a murder warrant, relishing finally bringing in the legendary criminal. Lieutenant Charles Marimow replaced him for purposes of properly "supervising" the Major Crimes Unit under the orders of Deputy Commissioner Rawls. Henry Cole 50, John W Slmw 50 j James C Bean 60, Charles Berness 50, Zadoc Mitchell 5o, Austin Frazier 50, Charles B Jones 5o, Stephen B . Walker's attitude earns him the respect of more zealous officers and the disdain of others, such as Jimmy McNulty. Because the homicide unit is generally regarded as containing the best detectives on the police force, they are often given high-profile cases which are not necessarily homicides. A Baltimore Police Department homicide detective featured prominently in David Simon's 'Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets'. 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. 'The Wire' loses spark in newsroom storyline - Baltimore Sun Foerster's and Burrell's insistence on using buy busts led to the operation that resulted in the shooting of Detective Greggs. The Wire. Ed Norris, the former Baltimore police commissioner who plays a homicide detective on the series, is not an actor either, of course. Actor Richard DeAngelis suffered from cancer during this time and was often absent from work. The Wire re-up: season five, episode four - the big lie 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. Massey is a world-weary officer with a penchant for sarcasm and cutting coupons. Burrell is a by-the-book careerist officer who reached the level of Commissioner. Christeson is the first detective whom Jimmy McNulty covers for the "homeless killer" and he is granted overtime to solve a case which the department's upper command interferes with. After Major Crimes is disbanded, Dozerman is transferred to the Tactical division. 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. Brown's character is the same Baltimore police officer also called Bob Brown, played by the same featured in David Simon's miniseries, The Corner. Simon's follow-up 1997 book, The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood, which he co-wrote with former detective and future Wire collaborator Ed Burns, was a 180-degree turn from Homicide.As was the Emmy-award winning HBO series, The Corner, which he co-wrote with fellow Diamondback alum, the African-American writer David Mills. Mello was aware of Colvin's "Hamsterdam" free zone where he allowed drug dealing to go unpunished. In 2002, Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich appointed Norris as Superintendent of the Maryland State Police. 2002 to 2008 She struggles to balance her life as a police officer with her role as a potential mother with her partner. As Taylor's district had a low number of felony arrests and handgun confiscations in addition to a high number of homicides in a very short period of time, Deputy Rawls angrily tells him that he had eight hours to get a grip on his district or he would be fired. The Wire - Full Cast & Crew - TV Guide He is first seen stealing money from Randy. Holley ends Season 4 assisting Crutchfield, Norris, and Bunk in the investigations of murders caused by Marlo Stanfield's crew. Slim Charles: De'Rodd Hearns . Norris led the nation in crime decline every year as Baltimore City police commissioner. 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. A former Baltimore Police Department Commissioner who appears as a recurring character of the same name working as a homicide detective. [9], He states that Andre's store is a drug stash house, Andre's story makes no sense, and in addition to his fear of Chris, he was likely willing to implicate Omar for ripping off his stash. She convinces him to try to work things out with Beadie. [2], He remains a patrolman in the Western District in season four, when McNulty transfers in alongside him. [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. Mello then was later seen commanding the Western troops to do the complicated (by Baltimore Police standards which Mello jokingly states is uncomplicated only if officers went to college or were born by women who did not drink alcohol while they were pregnant) task of searching empty homes for bodies at the request of former district major Cedric Daniels and detective Lester Freamon. 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. He tries to resist, saying that it isn't his job to inform on a fellow cop. 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 lives with his mother and his brother Michael following his parents separation but still sees his father. Nolan's name is mentioned as the sergeant of another homicide unit in the department. Crutchfield helps Bunk to manipulate a confession from DeShawn Williams. As actor Dick Stilwell died in a real-life car accident after appearing in this single episode,[1] his character is retired and replaced by Ervin Burrell as commissioner. Walker tells fellow officers that he was attacked by Bloods. He gives the order for citywide raids following the shooting of Kima Greggs. In Season four, Baker teams with officer Jimmy McNulty to arrest two people for a string of felony church burglaries. 2008. Norris is a popular American radio personality and actor. After Walker breaks Donut's fingers for giving him more paper work to do after a car chase, Michael orchestrates an act of revenge. He becomes friends with Herc and Carver while working in the squad accompanying them in various activities off duty. Polk was an aging detective from the property unit who worked briefly in the Barksdale and Sobotka details. Daniels is the Deputy Commissioner of Operations. Cheryl finds the assignment hard to understand, until Kima shows her the conditions in which fourteen girls were murdered. The Wire. MCU is commanded by a lieutenant. The IID, homicide unit, and narcotics unit are each led by a Major. Prez was the son-in-law of deputy commissioner Stan Valchek who had a knack for tracing phone patterns and money accounts but was inept on the streets. He draws Carcetti's attention as a young and capable Black commander and is quickly promoted to CID Colonel. "The Wire" Freamon is a quiet and methodical veteran detective who makes major contributions to the unit's investigations. 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. Walker is a corrupt Black patrolman in the Western District. The Wire Re-up: The Guardian Guide . 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. Official Site of Ed Norris After Kima's shooting, Cheryl insists that Kima take a desk job. To improve his chances of making sergeant he transferred to the Mayor's security detail. Santangelo is also one of several officers present for the arrest of Omar Little on a murder warrant.[2]. In season four, Massey continued to work with the Major Crimes Unit and settled into her role. Despite having two witnesses, D'Angelo is found not guilty due to witness intimidation in the court room. In Season five, Dozerman is still with Major Crimes working with the detail on the row house serial murders. Herc is fired from the department after an Internal Investigation Division hearing. He appears recurringly as Western District Administrative Lieutenant turned Major Dennis Mello. He appears recurringly as a grand jury prosecutor named Gary DiPasquale. They called in their colleague Jimmy McNulty and the Barksdale detail's work secured a conviction for the murder against soldier Wee-Bey Brice. Raymond Foerster was a Major and unit commander of the Baltimore narcotics division in season one. Requer was the basis for the character of Bunk Moreland. The department is led by a Police Commissioner assisted by Deputy Commissioners of Operations (often shortened to Deputy Ops) and Administration. Cole died unexpectedly and the department held a wake for him. Edward Norris (as Ed Norris) Richard Burton . Rawls is a careerist and is feared by many of his subordinates. Actor 72 Credits. Det. Ed Norris (actor), born April 10, 1960 in New York City, New York, USA, is an actor, radio presenter and police commander. He helped plan and lead the raid to shut down "Hamsterdam" at the orders of Deputy Rawls. He is punched by Bodie Broadus, a young drug dealer, when the detail raid the low rise projects. Dubbed as a departmental "hump", he and his partner Polk had not made a single case in property crimes over their last ten years. Detective Jimmy McNulty later enlisted Brown to help watch the home of Wallace. [2][13], The character is named after a real-life Captain Dennis Mello, who was the Western District commander when Ed Burns was an officer.[14]. A former Baltimore Police Department homicide detective featured in David Simon's Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. Mello was once again given command of the Western district after Daniels' promotion to C.I.D. His unit's staffing problems are relieved when Sergeant Herc Hauk transfers back. Bubbles threw up on the detectives. She transferred to homicide when Lieutenant Marimow came into the unit as he was a caustic commander who was difficult to work for. 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"). Original Barksdale detail member partnered with Jimmy McNulty. 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. In the second season, the detail is moved into an old building located at 1911 South Clinton Street in the southeastern part of town, leased by the Transportation Authority courtesy of Major Valchek. McNulty called Cole collateral damage when discussing Cole's misfortune with Bunk. They call in Jimmy McNulty and the Barksdale detail's work secured a conviction for the murder against soldier Wee-Bey Brice. Edward T. Norris . Rawls orders him either to solve one of his open cases, all of which are difficult cases, inform on McNulty or leave the Homicide Unit altogether. Rawls was a Major in homicide promoted to Criminal Investigations Division Colonel and then Deputy Commissioner of Operations. Norris continues to have a good relationship with Ehrlich, who is a frequent guest on the Ed Norris Show. Jimmy teaches his sons the front and follow technique and when he spots Stringer Bell in a market he has them follow him. Christeson is a young Black detective who is the homicide unit's newest detective. 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 . A Major commands each of the nine patrol districts - the Central, Northern, Northeastern, Eastern, Southeastern, Southern, Southwestern, Western and Northwestern districts.