Roger Nolan is a former sergeant of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit. He is notable for being a Homicide Squad Supervisor, alongside fellow sergeants Terry McLarney and Jay Landsman, under the command of Lieutenant Gary D'Addario, whose work was featured in David Simon's Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets book. A native of West Baltimore and a former Marine, Nolan joined the department in 1963 [1] working in the State's Attorney's Unit, [2] and the Western, Eastern, and Northwestern Districts, [3] [4] before becoming a supervisor in the department's Homicide Unit.
Nolan retired a day before his 70th birthday in 2009. [5]
A product of the West Baltimore ghetto with 25 years on the force....
before his testimony, he had been a sergeant assigned directly to the state's attorney's investigative unit.
Nolan had never been a homicide detective,in fact he had spent much of his career in patrol, working as a sector supervisor in the Northwestern and Eastern districts....
In 1973, almost half of the Western District....Nolan was working plainclothes under Watkins' Command.....
Roger Nolan is a former sergeant of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit. He is notable for being a Homicide Squad Supervisor, alongside fellow sergeants Terry McLarney and Jay Landsman, under the command of Lieutenant Gary D'Addario, whose work was featured in David Simon's Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets book. A native of West Baltimore and a former Marine, Nolan joined the department in 1963 [1] working in the State's Attorney's Unit, [2] and the Western, Eastern, and Northwestern Districts, [3] [4] before becoming a supervisor in the department's Homicide Unit.
Nolan retired a day before his 70th birthday in 2009. [5]
A product of the West Baltimore ghetto with 25 years on the force....
before his testimony, he had been a sergeant assigned directly to the state's attorney's investigative unit.
Nolan had never been a homicide detective,in fact he had spent much of his career in patrol, working as a sector supervisor in the Northwestern and Eastern districts....
In 1973, almost half of the Western District....Nolan was working plainclothes under Watkins' Command.....