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* HairTriggerTemper: He's in a perpetually foul mood and flies into explosive rages over the slightest provocation.
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* DirtyCoward: He relies on his status as a police officer to protect him from any potential payback for his actions, as most gangsters are reluctant to mess with cops due to the massive consequences. When faced with someone willing to stand up to him despite him being a cop, his tough guy bravado disappears.
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* DirtyCoward: He relies on his status as a police officer to protect him from any potential payback for his actions, as most gangsters are reluctant to mess with cops due to the massive consequences. When faced with someone willing to stand up to him despite him being a cop, his tough guy bravado disappears.disappears and he's reduced to a sniveling wreck.
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* PetTheDog: Really small one but when Omar asks [=McNulty=] to make a phone call [=McNulty=] turns to Walker silently asking if he minds (Omar being Walker's arrest) and Walker lets it happen.
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* WhoWatchesTheWatchmen: One of the worst offenders in the series, which is quite a feat. A policeman who needs policing, he's so out of control that Carter decides to write him up for excessive force and conduct unbecoming.
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->''"Fighting the War on Drugs, one brutality case at a time."''
-->-- '''Shakima "Kima" Greggs'''
Far from the relative glitz and glamor of downtown lay the trenches of the War on Drugs. The poster child for PoliceBrutality in Baltimore, the Western District faces the unenviable task of policing the worst that the city has to offer - drugs, kingpins, and bodies, one after the other. Unsurprisingly, it's this department that ends up getting a good portion of focus in this show. It also has major attention from both the higher-ups of the BPD and the citizenry, the pressure of which results in even otherwise good police indulging in beatings, lockups, and otherwise aggressive behavior towards any mopes, age or circumstance be damned. The Western District way.
In season 3, in response to a major spike in homicides, the Western finds itself dealing with the unique experiment of "Hamsterdam", three clusters of vacant housings where enforcement of drug laws weren't a priority as long as violence was kept to an absolute minimum, the brainchild of commander Bunny Colvin. While violent crime drops by 14% almost overnight, the existence of Hamsterdam is leaked to the press and becomes fatal political poison for Mayor Royce. Hamsterdam is raided broken up, while Colvin is demoted to lieutenant and then dismissed. However, Bunny's ideals rub off on Ellis Carver, who goes from a typical hotheaded Western District brute to a capable leader and good police, and ends up being promoted to lieutenant and becoming the Executive Officer of the Western.
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-->-- '''Shakima "Kima" Greggs'''
Far from the relative glitz and glamor of downtown lay the trenches of the War on Drugs. The poster child for PoliceBrutality in Baltimore, the Western District faces the unenviable task of policing the worst that the city has to offer - drugs, kingpins, and bodies, one after the other. Unsurprisingly, it's this department that ends up getting a good portion of focus in this show. It also has major attention from both the higher-ups of the BPD and the citizenry, the pressure of which results in even otherwise good police indulging in beatings, lockups, and otherwise aggressive behavior towards any mopes, age or circumstance be damned. The Western District way.
In season 3, in response to a major spike in homicides, the Western finds itself dealing with the unique experiment of "Hamsterdam", three clusters of vacant housings where enforcement of drug laws weren't a priority as long as violence was kept to an absolute minimum, the brainchild of commander Bunny Colvin. While violent crime drops by 14% almost overnight, the existence of Hamsterdam is leaked to the press and becomes fatal political poison for Mayor Royce. Hamsterdam is raided broken up, while Colvin is demoted to lieutenant and then dismissed. However, Bunny's ideals rub off on Ellis Carver, who goes from a typical hotheaded Western District brute to a capable leader and good police, and ends up being promoted to lieutenant and becoming the Executive Officer of the Western.
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* JerkAss: Look no farther than when Carver tries to do a faux pleasant exchange with Bodie.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Busch was a marine who served 2 tours in Iraq, there are hints that [[BadgesAndDogTags Colicchio was also in the Armed Forces]] and he is certainly one of those who adopts what Colvin describes as a "soldier's mentality" to his approach as a cop.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Busch was a marine who served 2 two tours in Iraq, there are hints that [[BadgesAndDogTags Colicchio was also in the Armed Forces]] and he is certainly one of those who adopts what Colvin describes as a "soldier's mentality" to his approach as a cop.
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A narcotics officer who serves in Carver's squad in the Western District. At the start he is often partnered with Herc, and the two share many qualities, including a brute force approach to the drug war. He's the one who inspires the nickname Hamsterdam when he compares the Free Zones to Amsterdam in front of the street dealers. He despises the Free Zones, however, calling it "moral midgetry" and is delighted whenever he has the chance to bust heads. He increasingly goes off the rails in seasons 4 and 5, becoming more brutal and aggressive, until he actually attacks a school teacher who asks Colicchio to just move his police car out of the way so the teacher can make it to his job. Carver is disturbed by Colicchio's complete lack of remorse and refuses to cover for him, getting Colicchio charged with both excessive force and conduct unbecoming a police officer.
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A narcotics officer who serves in Carver's squad in the Western District. At the start of Season 3 he is often partnered with Herc, and the two share many qualities, including a brute force approach to the drug war. He's the one who inspires the nickname Hamsterdam when he compares the Free Zones to Amsterdam in front of the street dealers. He despises the Free Zones, however, calling it "moral midgetry" and is delighted whenever he has the chance to bust heads. He increasingly goes off the rails in seasons 4 and 5, becoming more brutal and aggressive, until he actually attacks a school teacher who asks Colicchio to just move his police car out of the way so the teacher can make it to his job. Carver is disturbed by Colicchio's complete lack of remorse afterward and refuses to cover for him, getting Colicchio charged with both excessive force and conduct unbecoming a police officer.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: He starts out as a background character without much flavor, but he becomes more of an aggressive jerkass throughout the series until he outright qualifies for the RabidCop designation.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Not that a big deal is made out of it, but about the only positive thing you can say about Officer Walker is the one time we see him encounter a genuine civilian, he's polite and respectful despite being upset due to the aftermath of chasing Donut. It also shows exactly how over the line it is when others like Colicchio become brutal or aggressive with ordinary citizens, as even Walker doesn't go that far.
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* RabidCopRabidCop: Coliccchio looks for every possible chance and excuse to brutalize suspects and even random citizens who draw his ire. The latter is eventually his downfall, as Carver decides that his behavior has become too violent and thuggish to be worth covering up.
* RedHerring: The show repeatedly teases that he'll be the one to reveal the truth about "Hamsterdam" to the press and blow up the scheme. Despite loathing the free zone, he ultimately decides not to inform the press about it, if only due to a sense of loyalty to Colvin.
* RedHerring: The show repeatedly teases that he'll be the one to reveal the truth about "Hamsterdam" to the press and blow up the scheme. Despite loathing the free zone, he ultimately decides not to inform the press about it, if only due to a sense of loyalty to Colvin.
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* NoSenseOfDirection: Downplayed. He might actually have a decent sense of direction for all we know, (only so many people can tell which compass point they're facing in an enclosed environment) but Colvin doesn't accept his patrolmen being anything less than {{Scarily Competent Tracker}}s, so Baker gets the fun of carrying around a compass until he knows which direction he's facing and where he is at all times.
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* NoSenseOfDirection: Downplayed. He might actually have a decent sense of direction for all we know, (only so many people can tell which compass point they're facing in an enclosed environment) while they're inside) but Colvin doesn't accept his patrolmen being anything less than {{Scarily Competent Tracker}}s, so Baker gets the fun of carrying around a compass until he knows which direction he's facing and where he is at all times.
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[[folder:Ellis Carver]]
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[[folder:James "Jimmy" McNulty]]
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[[folder:Ellis Carver]]
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[[folder:James "Jimmy" McNulty]]
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: A minor example, he has a shaved head in the pilot, barely noticeable under his cap. He sports a head full of hair in the rest of his appearances.
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* AlliterativeName: '''B'''rian '''B'''aker.
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* AlliterativeName: '''B'''obby '''B'''rown.
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A narcotics officer who serves in Carver's squad in the Western District. At the start he is often partnered with Herc, and the two share many qualities, including a brute force approach to the drug war. He's the one who inspires the nickname Hamsterdam when he compares the Free Zones to Amsterdamn in front of the street dealers. He despises the Free Zones, however, calling it "moral midgetry" and is delighted whenever he has the chance to bust heads. He increasingly goes off the rails in seasons 4 and 5, becoming more brutal and aggressive, until he actually attacks a school teacher who asks Colicchio to just move his police car out of the way so the teacher can make it to his job. Carver is disturbed by Colicchio's complete lack of remorse and refuses to cover for him, getting Colicchio charged with both excessive force and conduct unbecoming a police officer.
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A narcotics officer who serves in Carver's squad in the Western District. At the start he is often partnered with Herc, and the two share many qualities, including a brute force approach to the drug war. He's the one who inspires the nickname Hamsterdam when he compares the Free Zones to Amsterdamn Amsterdam in front of the street dealers. He despises the Free Zones, however, calling it "moral midgetry" and is delighted whenever he has the chance to bust heads. He increasingly goes off the rails in seasons 4 and 5, becoming more brutal and aggressive, until he actually attacks a school teacher who asks Colicchio to just move his police car out of the way so the teacher can make it to his job. Carver is disturbed by Colicchio's complete lack of remorse and refuses to cover for him, getting Colicchio charged with both excessive force and conduct unbecoming a police officer.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Busch was a marine who served 2 tours in Iraq, there are hints that Colicchio was also in the Armed Forces and takes the soldier's mentality that Colvin decries to his approach as a cop.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He starts out as a background character without much flavor, but he gets progressively more jerkassish and aggressive throughout the series.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He starts out as a background character without much flavor, but he gets progressively more jerkassish and aggressive throughout the series.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Busch was a marine who served 2 tours in Iraq, there are hints that [[BadgesAndDogTags Colicchio was also in the Armed Forces Forces]] and takes the soldier's mentality that he is certainly one of those who adopts what Colvin decries describes as a "soldier's mentality" to his approach as a cop.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He starts out as a background character without much flavor, but hegets progressively becomes more jerkassish and of an aggressive jerkass throughout the series.series until he outright qualifies for the RabidCop designation.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He starts out as a background character without much flavor, but he
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* BadLiar: When several of the middle schoolers pay him back by covering him in yellow paint, (and Michael steals the ring he stole from Omar, who stole it from Marlo) Walker claims that he was jumped by an entire gang of Bloods who were delivering a declaration of war against the police. [=McNulty=] calls bullshit on the story.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: An InUniverse case for his fellow cops, some think his brutal, no holds barred methods of policing are the only way to keep street kids in line, others, (most prominently [=McNulty=]) think he's a piece of shit who shouldn't be on the force.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: An InUniverse case for his fellow cops, some think his brutal, no holds barred methods of policing are the only way to keep street kids in line, others, (most prominently [=McNulty=]) think he's a piece of shit who shouldn't be on the force.
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* BadLiar: When several of the middle schoolers pay him back by covering him in yellow paint, (and Michael steals the ring he stole from Omar, who stole it from Marlo) Walker claims that he was jumped by an entire gang of Bloods who were delivering a declaration of war against the police. [=McNulty=] calls bullshit on the story.
story and no one else seems like they buy it either.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: An InUniverse case for his fellow cops, some think his brutal, no holds barred methods of policing are the only way to keep street kids in line,others, while others (most prominently [=McNulty=]) think he's a piece of shit who shouldn't be on the force.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: An InUniverse case for his fellow cops, some think his brutal, no holds barred methods of policing are the only way to keep street kids in line,
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* HateSink: Walker represents the type of cop that no one wants to meet: a corrupt scumbag who's only in it for himself.
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* AlmightyJanitor: [=McNulty=] encourages him to look at the rank of patrolman as this, as patrol doesn't have supervisor breathing down their back while on duty and thus have a ''lot'' of leeway in their interactions with the public, at least for as long as the other patrolmen will cover for them. This includes refusing to do busy work sent down by police brass in favor of catching actual criminals, as Jimmy and Baker do together.
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* AlmightyJanitor: [=McNulty=] encourages him to look at the rank of patrolman as this, as patrol doesn't have supervisor supervisors breathing down their back while on duty and thus have a ''lot'' of leeway in their interactions with the public, at least for as long as the other patrolmen will cover for them. This includes refusing to do busy work sent down by police brass in favor of catching actual criminals, as Jimmy and Baker do together.
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'''Walker:''' You think ''that'' hurts? [Breaks one of Donut's fingers] You're so smart, lets see how easy you can boost a car now. [Breaks another finger]
'''Walker:''' You think ''that'' hurts? [Breaks one of Donut's fingers] You're so smart, lets see how easy you can boost a car now. [Breaks another finger]
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* Jerkass: Eddie Walker is not a nice man. For further information, look at the rest of his character tropes.
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->'''Played by:''' Bobby J. Brown
-->''Now I've seen everything.''
A Western District uniformed officer.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Loves to joke about the job. After the tortured body of Brandon is discovered, he remarks it's the worst case of suicide he's ever seen.
* FunctionalAddict: Implied, he's very grateful of Jimmy for providing a box of beers before a stakeout and later they discuss how to deal with hangovers. Bobby says he can just throw up once or twice and goes to work without it having any negative effects.
* HeadbuttingHeroes: During the cutbacks, he starts a brawl with another police officer in the parking lot over the poor state of a vehicle he hands over.
* SeenItAll: His dismay is complete when he sees [=McNulty=] arriving at a (potential) crime scene [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd4u4AzkzYA on a bus]].
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[[folder:Kenneth Dozerman]]
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->'''Played by:''' Rick Otto
He first shows up as a narcotics officer working in the Western District, and is shot during a routine and small time narcotics bust. His gun is also stolen, which is a [[SeriousBusiness very big deal]] for police departments, leading Bunk on a wild goose chase to try to recover it. After recovering from his wounds Dozerman joins the Major Crimes Unit at the same time that Herc rejoins it.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Comes off as well meaning but bumbling and goofy during his little screentime.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He is shot during a buy bust, while attempting to buy three vials. This is the catalyst for Major Colvin's "Hamsterdam" experiment.
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[[folder:Anthony Colicchio]]
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->'''Played by:''' Benjamin Busch
-->''Call it poetic injustice.''
A narcotics officer who serves in Carver's squad in the Western District. At the start he is often partnered with Herc, and the two share many qualities, including a brute force approach to the drug war. He's the one who inspires the nickname Hamsterdam when he compares the Free Zones to Amsterdamn in front of the street dealers. He despises the Free Zones, however, calling it "moral midgetry" and is delighted whenever he has the chance to bust heads. He increasingly goes off the rails in seasons 4 and 5, becoming more brutal and aggressive, until he actually attacks a school teacher who asks Colicchio to just move his police car out of the way so the teacher can make it to his job. Carver is disturbed by Colicchio's complete lack of remorse and refuses to cover for him, getting Colicchio charged with both excessive force and conduct unbecoming a police officer.
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* DumbMuscle: Enforces drug rules by brute force, eschewing any subtlety or understanding of the streets, often to his detriment, including when he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va78f6p9hMc falls for a simplistic prank that winds up being the cause of his undoing]].
* HotBlooded
* JerkAss: Look no farther than when Carver tries to do a faux pleasant exchange with Bodie.
-->'''Bodie:''' And a very good evening to you, Officer Colicchio.\\
'''Colicchio:''' Go fuck yourself with a 40, shit breath.
* KickTheDog: Assaulting a citizen during the course of a bad day is already pretty bad, but showing a complete lack of remorse long after he should have calmed down is when Carver decides InUniverse that Colicchio has passed the MoralEventHorizon.
* PoliceBrutality
* RabidCop
* ShellShockedVeteran: Busch was a marine who served 2 tours in Iraq, there are hints that Colicchio was also in the Armed Forces and takes the soldier's mentality that Colvin decries to his approach as a cop.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He starts out as a background character without much flavor, but he gets progressively more jerkassish and aggressive throughout the series.
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[[folder:Eddie Walker]]
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->'''Played by:''' Jonnie Louis Brown
-->'''Donut:''' Damn, that hurts!\\
'''Walker:''' You think ''that'' hurts? [Breaks one of Donut's fingers] You're so smart, lets see how easy you can boost a car now. [Breaks another finger]
A corrupt patrol officer in the Western District, he is feared on the streets because of his willingness to inflict PoliceBrutality on anyone from Omar to little kids, and to engage in acts such as robbing suspects before they are arrested. He clashes several times with the middle school friends focused on in season 4.
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* BadLiar: When several of the middle schoolers pay him back by covering him in yellow paint, (and Michael steals the ring he stole from Omar, who stole it from Marlo) Walker claims that he was jumped by an entire gang of Bloods who were delivering a declaration of war against the police. [=McNulty=] calls bullshit on the story.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: An InUniverse case for his fellow cops, some think his brutal, no holds barred methods of policing are the only way to keep street kids in line, others, (most prominently [=McNulty=]) think he's a piece of shit who shouldn't be on the force.
* BoomerangBigot: Walker is black, but is perfectly willing to use racist terms and metaphors against the street youth, including one occasion where he tells the boys from season 4, who're in a nicer section of town eating some Chinese food "You're off the reservation".
* ChekhovsGunman: He (or at least the actor playing him) has a short scene is season 2 when Bunk and the MCU go to bust The Greek's brothel. A couple of years later, and he suddenly reappears and becomes a recurring character for season 4.
* CorruptCop: Frequently steals from or brutalizes anyone from the streets, including taking money from Randy, stealing bootleg [=DVDs=] from Bubbles when Bubs tries to report being robbed, and taking the ring that Omar stole from Marlo before Omar is arrested.
* DirtyCoward: He relies on his status as a police officer to protect him from any potential payback for his actions, as most gangsters are reluctant to mess with cops due to the massive consequences. When faced with someone willing to stand up to him despite him being a cop, his tough guy bravado disappears.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Snaps several of Donut's fingers because of the paperwork that Walker would have to fill out thanks to Donut driving into other vehicles while on a joyride.
* TheDreaded: Anyone from the streets knows who Officer Walker is, and they're in no hurry to meet him.
* KarmaHoudini: His worst comeuppance is having an outfit ruined when paint is tossed onto him, and losing a ring he stole from someone else days earlier. Maybe he also loses some of the tough guy swagger and respect he enjoyed among fellow hardliner cops, but that is implied at most, not directly said.
* PoliceBrutality: Breaks the fingers of a 6th grader who stole a car and went on a joyride simply because it meant that Walker would have to fill out extra paperwork.
* WouldHurtAChild: See PoliceBrutality.
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[[folder:Brian Baker]]
->'''Played by:''' Derek Horton
A rookie patrol officer introduced in Season 3. Colvin gives him and another newcomer a much repeated speech about knowing the street and their sense of direction, instructing the two to carry compasses until they can always accurately tell which direction they're facing. During season 4 he's briefly paired up with [=McNulty=] when Jimmy reassigned himself to patrol, and the two catch a pair of thieves that have been robbing many churches in the district together. Afterward [=McNulty=] tells Bunk that he thinks Baker will be good police, and Bunk concurs.
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* AlmightyJanitor: [=McNulty=] encourages him to look at the rank of patrolman as this, as patrol doesn't have supervisor breathing down their back while on duty and thus have a ''lot'' of leeway in their interactions with the public, at least for as long as the other patrolmen will cover for them. This includes refusing to do busy work sent down by police brass in favor of catching actual criminals, as Jimmy and Baker do together.
* ByTheBookCop
* JustFollowingOrders: Why he initially goes along with the police brass ordering patrol to crack down on quality of life offenses, including ticketing every illegally parked car in the city. [=McNulty=] sets him straight and gives him a few new things to think about.
-->'''[=McNulty=]:''' [Seeing Baker writing up a ticket on a parked car] What's the violation?\\
'''Baker:''' Parking in a bus stop, expired registration.\\
'''[=McNulty=]:''' [[SarcasmMode First class police work there, Baker]].\\
'''Baker:''' Yeah, well, this is the word we got from up on high. [[DaChief Straight from the 8th floor downtown]]. I know you think it's bullshit, but I spend my shift where they tell me.\\
'''[=McNulty=]:''' Baker, let me tell you a little secret. A [[MeddlesomePatrolman patrolling officer on his beat]] is the one true dictatorship in America. We can lock a guy up on a humble, lock him up for real, or say "Fuck it, let's pull under the expressway and drink ourselves to death", and our side partners will cover it. So no one... and I mean ''no one'' tells us how to waste our shift.
* NaiveNewcomer
* NoSenseOfDirection: Downplayed. He might actually have a decent sense of direction for all we know, (only so many people can tell which compass point they're facing in an enclosed environment) but Colvin doesn't accept his patrolmen being anything less than {{Scarily Competent Tracker}}s, so Baker gets the fun of carrying around a compass until he knows which direction he's facing and where he is at all times.
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[[folder:Bobby Brown]]
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->'''Played by:''' Bobby J. Brown
-->''Now I've seen everything.''
A Western District uniformed officer.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Loves to joke about the job. After the tortured body of Brandon is discovered, he remarks it's the worst case of suicide he's ever seen.
* FunctionalAddict: Implied, he's very grateful of Jimmy for providing a box of beers before a stakeout and later they discuss how to deal with hangovers. Bobby says he can just throw up once or twice and goes to work without it having any negative effects.
* HeadbuttingHeroes: During the cutbacks, he starts a brawl with another police officer in the parking lot over the poor state of a vehicle he hands over.
* SeenItAll: His dismay is complete when he sees [=McNulty=] arriving at a (potential) crime scene [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd4u4AzkzYA on a bus]].
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[[folder:Kenneth Dozerman]]
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->'''Played by:''' Rick Otto
He first shows up as a narcotics officer working in the Western District, and is shot during a routine and small time narcotics bust. His gun is also stolen, which is a [[SeriousBusiness very big deal]] for police departments, leading Bunk on a wild goose chase to try to recover it. After recovering from his wounds Dozerman joins the Major Crimes Unit at the same time that Herc rejoins it.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Comes off as well meaning but bumbling and goofy during his little screentime.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He is shot during a buy bust, while attempting to buy three vials. This is the catalyst for Major Colvin's "Hamsterdam" experiment.
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[[folder:Anthony Colicchio]]
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->'''Played by:''' Benjamin Busch
-->''Call it poetic injustice.''
A narcotics officer who serves in Carver's squad in the Western District. At the start he is often partnered with Herc, and the two share many qualities, including a brute force approach to the drug war. He's the one who inspires the nickname Hamsterdam when he compares the Free Zones to Amsterdamn in front of the street dealers. He despises the Free Zones, however, calling it "moral midgetry" and is delighted whenever he has the chance to bust heads. He increasingly goes off the rails in seasons 4 and 5, becoming more brutal and aggressive, until he actually attacks a school teacher who asks Colicchio to just move his police car out of the way so the teacher can make it to his job. Carver is disturbed by Colicchio's complete lack of remorse and refuses to cover for him, getting Colicchio charged with both excessive force and conduct unbecoming a police officer.
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* DumbMuscle: Enforces drug rules by brute force, eschewing any subtlety or understanding of the streets, often to his detriment, including when he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va78f6p9hMc falls for a simplistic prank that winds up being the cause of his undoing]].
* HotBlooded
* JerkAss: Look no farther than when Carver tries to do a faux pleasant exchange with Bodie.
-->'''Bodie:''' And a very good evening to you, Officer Colicchio.\\
'''Colicchio:''' Go fuck yourself with a 40, shit breath.
* KickTheDog: Assaulting a citizen during the course of a bad day is already pretty bad, but showing a complete lack of remorse long after he should have calmed down is when Carver decides InUniverse that Colicchio has passed the MoralEventHorizon.
* PoliceBrutality
* RabidCop
* ShellShockedVeteran: Busch was a marine who served 2 tours in Iraq, there are hints that Colicchio was also in the Armed Forces and takes the soldier's mentality that Colvin decries to his approach as a cop.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He starts out as a background character without much flavor, but he gets progressively more jerkassish and aggressive throughout the series.
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[[folder:Eddie Walker]]
[[quoteright:200:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_wire__jimmy_walker.png]]
->'''Played by:''' Jonnie Louis Brown
-->'''Donut:''' Damn, that hurts!\\
'''Walker:''' You think ''that'' hurts? [Breaks one of Donut's fingers] You're so smart, lets see how easy you can boost a car now. [Breaks another finger]
A corrupt patrol officer in the Western District, he is feared on the streets because of his willingness to inflict PoliceBrutality on anyone from Omar to little kids, and to engage in acts such as robbing suspects before they are arrested. He clashes several times with the middle school friends focused on in season 4.
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* BadLiar: When several of the middle schoolers pay him back by covering him in yellow paint, (and Michael steals the ring he stole from Omar, who stole it from Marlo) Walker claims that he was jumped by an entire gang of Bloods who were delivering a declaration of war against the police. [=McNulty=] calls bullshit on the story.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: An InUniverse case for his fellow cops, some think his brutal, no holds barred methods of policing are the only way to keep street kids in line, others, (most prominently [=McNulty=]) think he's a piece of shit who shouldn't be on the force.
* BoomerangBigot: Walker is black, but is perfectly willing to use racist terms and metaphors against the street youth, including one occasion where he tells the boys from season 4, who're in a nicer section of town eating some Chinese food "You're off the reservation".
* ChekhovsGunman: He (or at least the actor playing him) has a short scene is season 2 when Bunk and the MCU go to bust The Greek's brothel. A couple of years later, and he suddenly reappears and becomes a recurring character for season 4.
* CorruptCop: Frequently steals from or brutalizes anyone from the streets, including taking money from Randy, stealing bootleg [=DVDs=] from Bubbles when Bubs tries to report being robbed, and taking the ring that Omar stole from Marlo before Omar is arrested.
* DirtyCoward: He relies on his status as a police officer to protect him from any potential payback for his actions, as most gangsters are reluctant to mess with cops due to the massive consequences. When faced with someone willing to stand up to him despite him being a cop, his tough guy bravado disappears.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Snaps several of Donut's fingers because of the paperwork that Walker would have to fill out thanks to Donut driving into other vehicles while on a joyride.
* TheDreaded: Anyone from the streets knows who Officer Walker is, and they're in no hurry to meet him.
* KarmaHoudini: His worst comeuppance is having an outfit ruined when paint is tossed onto him, and losing a ring he stole from someone else days earlier. Maybe he also loses some of the tough guy swagger and respect he enjoyed among fellow hardliner cops, but that is implied at most, not directly said.
* PoliceBrutality: Breaks the fingers of a 6th grader who stole a car and went on a joyride simply because it meant that Walker would have to fill out extra paperwork.
* WouldHurtAChild: See PoliceBrutality.
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[[folder:Brian Baker]]
->'''Played by:''' Derek Horton
A rookie patrol officer introduced in Season 3. Colvin gives him and another newcomer a much repeated speech about knowing the street and their sense of direction, instructing the two to carry compasses until they can always accurately tell which direction they're facing. During season 4 he's briefly paired up with [=McNulty=] when Jimmy reassigned himself to patrol, and the two catch a pair of thieves that have been robbing many churches in the district together. Afterward [=McNulty=] tells Bunk that he thinks Baker will be good police, and Bunk concurs.
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* AlmightyJanitor: [=McNulty=] encourages him to look at the rank of patrolman as this, as patrol doesn't have supervisor breathing down their back while on duty and thus have a ''lot'' of leeway in their interactions with the public, at least for as long as the other patrolmen will cover for them. This includes refusing to do busy work sent down by police brass in favor of catching actual criminals, as Jimmy and Baker do together.
* ByTheBookCop
* JustFollowingOrders: Why he initially goes along with the police brass ordering patrol to crack down on quality of life offenses, including ticketing every illegally parked car in the city. [=McNulty=] sets him straight and gives him a few new things to think about.
-->'''[=McNulty=]:''' [Seeing Baker writing up a ticket on a parked car] What's the violation?\\
'''Baker:''' Parking in a bus stop, expired registration.\\
'''[=McNulty=]:''' [[SarcasmMode First class police work there, Baker]].\\
'''Baker:''' Yeah, well, this is the word we got from up on high. [[DaChief Straight from the 8th floor downtown]]. I know you think it's bullshit, but I spend my shift where they tell me.\\
'''[=McNulty=]:''' Baker, let me tell you a little secret. A [[MeddlesomePatrolman patrolling officer on his beat]] is the one true dictatorship in America. We can lock a guy up on a humble, lock him up for real, or say "Fuck it, let's pull under the expressway and drink ourselves to death", and our side partners will cover it. So no one... and I mean ''no one'' tells us how to waste our shift.
* NaiveNewcomer
* NoSenseOfDirection: Downplayed. He might actually have a decent sense of direction for all we know, (only so many people can tell which compass point they're facing in an enclosed environment) but Colvin doesn't accept his patrolmen being anything less than {{Scarily Competent Tracker}}s, so Baker gets the fun of carrying around a compass until he knows which direction he's facing and where he is at all times.
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