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- ↑ Simon, David (2006) [1991]. "Five". Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (4th ed.). Owl Books. p. 273. ISBN 0-8050-8075-9.
A product of the West Baltimore ghetto with 25 years on the force....
- ↑ Simon, David (2006) [1991]. "Five". Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (4th ed.). Owl Books. p. 274. ISBN 0-8050-8075-9.
before his testimony, he had been a sergeant assigned directly to the state's attorney's investigative unit.
- ↑ Simon, David (2006) [1991]. "Five". Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (4th ed.). Owl Books. pp. 273–274. ISBN 0-8050-8075-9.
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....
- ↑ Simon, David (2006) [1991]. "Five". Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (4th ed.). Owl Books. p. 274. ISBN 0-8050-8075-9.
In 1973, almost half of the Western District....Nolan was working plainclothes under Watkins' Command.....
- ↑ Hermann, Peter (2009-07-25). "Old-school Officer Leaving Quietly". The Baltimore Sun . Tribune Publishing . Retrieved 2016-05-17.