Roger Nolan

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Roger Nolan
Born
West Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Known forHomicide Squad Supervisor featured in "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets"
Police career
CountryBaltimore Police Department
DepartmentHomicide Unit
Service years1963 – 2009 (46 years)
StatusRetired
RankSergeant

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]

References

  1. ↑ 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....
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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....
  4. ↑ 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.....
  5. ↑ Hermann, Peter (2009-07-25). "Old-school Officer Leaving Quietly". The Baltimore Sun . Tribune Publishing . Retrieved 2016-05-17.
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