Donald "Don" Worden is a retired
Baltimore Police Department detective who was featured in
David Simon
David Judah Simon (born February 9, 1960) is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work on '' The Wire'' (2002–08).
He worked for '' The Baltimore Sun'' City Desk for twelve years (1982–95), wrote '' H ...
's non-fiction book about the homicide unit, ''
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets'' (1991) and provided the inspiration for the ''
Homicide: Life on the Street'' television series character
Stanley Bolander
Stanley 'Stan' Bolander is a fictional character in the American crime drama / police procedural ''Homicide: Life on the Street''. He is portrayed by Ned Beatty and appears in the first three seasons and the spinoff film ''Homicide: The Movie''.
...
, played by
Ned Beatty.
Biography
Worden, a native of Baltimore's
Hampden neighborhood, joined the
Baltimore Police Department in 1962, and had worked in the department's Northwestern district before becoming a Homicide Detective. Nicknamed, "The Big Man",
[: "The Big Man sits…"] he was a veteran member of Sergeant
Terry McLarney's Homicide squad working under Shift Lieutenant
Gary D'Addario.
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Living people
United States Navy sailors
Baltimore Police Department officers
American police detectives
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Baltimore