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3 unusual facts about Baltimore Police Department


Hamsterdam

The security director there, a former Baltimore Police Department officer, reassures him that Hopkins is a perfect place to work security after retiring from the department.

Southern District Police Station

The building remained in use by the Baltimore Police Department until the mid-1980s, when it was sold to a local non-profit group.

Stringer Bell

Stringer plans to regain control of the Barksdale organization by sending Avon back to prison, betraying the location of his safehouse to Baltimore Police major Howard "Bunny" Colvin.


Al Giardello

He is based on Baltimore Police Department Shift Lieutenant Gary D'Addario, a member of the BPD homicide unit described in David Simon's book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets which served as the inspiration for the series as a whole.

Tommy Carcetti

Carcetti is idealistic and ambitious, and has the backing of the local Democrats in Maryland's 1st congressional district as well as Baltimore Police major Stan Valchek.


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