Major Crimes Unit

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The Major Crimes Unit is a specialized Baltimore Police Department squad in the television series "The Wire" that focuses on long-term investigations into major drug organizations and criminal enterprises.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional police unit
television series element
appearsIn The Wire NERFINISHED
basedOn real-life Baltimore Police Department investigative units
commandingOfficer Lieutenant Cedric Daniels NERFINISHED
conflictsWith Baltimore Police Department Homicide Unit (The Wire) NERFINISHED
Western District (The Wire) NERFINISHED
countryOfSetting United States NERFINISHED
createdBy David Simon NERFINISHED
fictionalTimePeriod early 2000s
firstAppearanceSeason Season 1
focusesOn criminal enterprises
long-term investigations
major drug organizations
genreContext crime drama television series
hasReputationFor political interference
statistical productivity conflicts
headedBy Cedric Daniels NERFINISHED
includesMember Ellis Carver NERFINISHED
Jimmy McNulty NERFINISHED
Kima Greggs NERFINISHED
Leander Sydnor NERFINISHED
Lester Freamon NERFINISHED
Patrick Mahon "Pat" McNulty (briefly, via Jimmy) NERFINISHED
Roland Pryzbylewski NERFINISHED
Shakima Greggs NERFINISHED
Thomas "Herc" Hauk NERFINISHED
investigates Avon Barksdale NERFINISHED
Marlo Stanfield NERFINISHED
Proposition Joe NERFINISHED
Stringer Bell NERFINISHED
The Greek NERFINISHED
laterCommandingOfficer Major Cedric Daniels NERFINISHED
locatedInFictional Baltimore NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction depict systemic challenges in urban policing
operationalPriority wiretap cases over street-level arrests
partOf Baltimore Police Department (The Wire) NERFINISHED
primaryTarget Barksdale Organization NERFINISHED
Stanfield Organization NERFINISHED
reorganizedIn Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
supervisedBy Deputy Commissioner Ervin Burrell NERFINISHED
Major William Rawls NERFINISHED
underResourcedBy Baltimore Police Department (The Wire) NERFINISHED
usesTechnique electronic surveillance
undercover operations
wiretaps

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Kima Greggs allegiance Major Crimes Unit
Avon Barksdale opposedBy Major Crimes Unit
Lester Freamon worksIn Major Crimes Unit