Donald Worden
Donald "Don" Worden is a retired Baltimore Police Department detective who was featured in David Simon's non-fiction book about the homicide unit, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (1991)[1] and provided the inspiration for the Homicide: Life on the Street television series character Stanley Bolander, played by Ned Beatty.
Donald Worden | |
|---|---|
| Born | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Other names | The Big Man |
| Police career | |
| Country | United States |
| Department | Baltimore Police Department |
| Service years | 1962–99 |
| Rank | Detective |
| Badge no. | 145 |
| Other work | Former B.C.P.D. H.Q. Homicide Big Man Case |
Biography
Worden, a native of Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood,[2] joined the Baltimore Police Department in 1962,[3] and had worked in the department's Northwestern district[4] before becoming a Homicide Detective. Nicknamed, "The Big Man",[5] he was a veteran member of Sergeant Terry McLarney's Homicide squad working under Shift Lieutenant Gary D'Addario.
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References
- Simon 2006
- Simon 2006, p. 29: "I'm just a poor, dumb white boy from Hampden, trying to make his way through this world and into the next."
- Simon 2006, p. 31: "the department had been his home since 1962."
- Simon 2006, p. 31: "He had gone downtown after more than a decade in the Northwest district…"
- Simon 2006, p. 23: "The Big Man sits…"
Bibliography
- Simon, David (2006) [1st. pub. Houghton Mifflin:1991]. Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (4th ed.). New York: Owl Books. ISBN 0-8050-8075-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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