Oscar "Rick" Requer is a former detective of the Baltimore Police Department. Requer joined the department in 1964 as a Western District patrolman who would eventually move into the department's Homicide Unit. He was featured working under Sergeant

Jay Landsman Jay C. Landsman is an American retired homicide detective and actor. He was featured in David Simon (writer), David Simon's 1991 book about the Baltimore homicide unit ''Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets''. According to the book, Landsma ...

and Lieutenant

Gary D'Addario Gary D'Addario is an American retired police commander, television technical advisor and actor from Baltimore, Maryland. D'Addario joined the Baltimore police department in 1967. An Italian-American, D'Addario advanced in the department easily ...

whose Homicide unit 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 '' Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets'' book. An

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, Requer's investigative skills earned him a position in the BPD's Criminal Investigation Division during a time period in which

officers were still subject to racial harassment in the district roll call rooms. Requer would later man the retirement services bureau before retiring in 2007 and would provide inspiration for fictional Detective Bunk Moreland of the HBO drama series ''The Wire''. A character named "Oscar Requer" appeared in the "Transitions" episode on the fifth season of ''The Wire''. The fictional Oscar Requer (played by

Roscoe Orman Roscoe Hunter Orman (born June 11, 1944) is an American actor, writer, artist and child advocate, best known for playing Gordon Robinson, one of the central human characters on ''Sesame Street''. Early life and career While a student at New Y ...

), was a patrolman working a night shift and a former partner of detective

Lester Freamon Lester Freamon is a fictional character on the HBO drama ''The Wire'', played by actor Clarke Peters. Freamon is a detective in the Baltimore Police Department's Major Crimes Unit. He is a wise, methodical detective whose intelligence and experi ...

's.

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