The Detectives
David Simon joined the Baltimore Police Department as a "police intern" in January 1988 and spent 12 months following the homicide detectives of Lieutenant Gary D'Addario's shift. This is a list of the detectives on D'Addario's squad:
- Lieutenant Gary D'Addario - Shift Commander
- Detective Sergeant Terrence McLarney - Squad Supervisor
- Detective Donald Worden- "The Big Man"
- Detective Rick James
- Detective Edward Brown
- Detective Donald Waltemeyer
- Detective David John Brown
- Detective Sergeant Roger Nolan - Squad Supervisor
- Detective Harry Edgerton
- Detective Richard Garvey
- Detective Robert Bowman
- Detective Donald Kincaid
- Detective Robert McAllister
- Detective Sergeant Jay Landsman - Squad Supervisor
- Detective Tom Pellegrini
- Detective Oscar "Rick" Requer "The Bunk"
- Detective Gary Dunnigan
- Detective Richard Fahlteich
- Detective Fred Ceruti
- Detective Sergeant Terrence McLarney - Squad Supervisor
Fahlteich and Ceruti both transferred out of the unit during the year; they were replaced by Detectives Vernon Holley and Chris Graul.
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