Pawn Shop Unit
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Pawn Shop Unit is a specialized Baltimore Police Department detail in *The Wire* that focuses on tracking stolen goods and financial trails through pawn shops to build larger criminal cases.
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baltimore Police Department unit
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fictional police unit ⓘ television series element ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Wire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
bureaucracy in law enforcement
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economic underpinnings of crime ⓘ paperwork and data-driven policing ⓘ |
| basedInFictionalLocation | Baltimore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdFor | television ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
pawn shop transactions
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tracking financial trails ⓘ tracking stolen goods ⓘ |
| genreContext | crime drama ⓘ |
| investigativeMethod |
analyzing pawn slips
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following paper trails ⓘ linking property crimes to suspects ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
illustrate bureaucratic and specialized units within the Baltimore Police Department
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show how low-level crimes connect to larger criminal organizations ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Baltimore Police Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Property and financial crimes investigations in The Wire ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | The Wire universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryGoal | build larger criminal cases ⓘ |
| settingType | police administrative office ⓘ |
| usedFor |
developing evidence chains in The Wire
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supporting major case investigations ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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