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McNulty and Judge Ferron discussed the Barksdale Group's affairs, which completely exposed the inefficiency and incompetence of the Baltimore Police Department, and at the same time violated the "official" taboo. In the administrative system, when you find that there is a serious problem in your area of ​​work, you should find your immediate superior, not the superior, or even the superiors of other departments to report the problem.
McNulty’s complaint made the police leader lose face, not to mention that Phelan is a judge and has an influence in the political field, which can affect the career of the police. Therefore, after returning to the police station, McNulty’s immediate boss, the homicide department sheriff (major, the chief of a department or a division), Rawls, was well versed in the way of being an official, and later served successively The Deputy Chief of the Baltimore Police Department and the Deputy Chief Inspector of Maryland) directly welcomed him with two middle fingers (see picture). At this time, Rawls and others had been scolded by the deputy director because they didn’t know anything about the Barksdale Group. They only spread their anger on McNulty and fined McNulty to write about In the Barksdale Group's report, a "dot" should be added before each paragraph of the case. The conversation before and after this made me laugh and pee directly. Rawls: The deputy bureau asked to see the report on the table at eight o'clock on time. McNulty: Report? Rawls: Clean, no typos. Make it better and sign my name... When listing the cases, put a dot in front of each paragraph. The deputy director likes dots. McNulty: I’m sorry, Sergeant... (After a while, McNulty’s immediate superior-Lieutenant Jay Landesman came in) Landesman: The sheriff called my house and said I should get up early to read your report. McNulty: I put dots on it, and the deputy director likes dots. (Haha, too funny. See picture) Landesman: Go to your "dot" (Rawls:Deputy wants a report on his desk at 0800. Mcnulty:a report? Rawls:clean,no typos.make it look right,then put my name on it......and when u list the cases,put a little dot next to each one.Deputy likes dots.....Landsman:Major calls me home,says i should get in early read over ur shoulder. Mcnulty:it's gots dots.Deputy loves dots. Landsman:fuck u and ur dots.)
Unhappy and unhappy, the judge still has to do what the judge cares about, but at the same time he can’t do it too well. If all the dozen or so homicides mentioned by McNulty are implemented, wouldn’t it be the case that the police leadership has been done? inability. It is even more terrible if there is a "big fish" behind this case. For this reason, Deputy Director Burrell came up with a brilliant plan. First, he set up a task force for the Barksdale case and said that he attached great importance to the case. Secondly, he provided the task force with the worst equipment and office space. Then put the "waste materials" of various departments into the task force, including Prezbylewski (prez, Prez) of the auto unit, and the southeast branch sheriff Vachek The son-in-law of (Valchek, Poles, has many scenes in the second season), was born to reject firearms, and when he arrived at the task force to report, he shot a shot in the office due to negligence; Polk and Maphone, The two drunks in the property crime department have not dealt with a case for ten years. They are thinking about how to shirk their responsibilities and retire early, even at the expense of self-harm; Lester, a sick cat, "You may not be able to find your own gun" (Daniels), working all day at work (carving toy furniture). The head of the task force selected Lieutenant Daniels from Narcotics. Daniels is a young police inspector, black, has a law degree, and is good at being a man, so he has a bright future in the police station. He is also more self-motivated and has been striving to achieve a higher position, but at the same time, Daniels is also a man. A man with the spirit of a policeman, trying to handle a few beautiful cases and reverse the security situation in Baltimore, he has long had doubts about the police's mode of handling cases. He was chosen because Burrell and others discovered Daniels' ambition, which was easy to control. As soon as the task force was formed, Burrell approached Daniels to give him a face-to-face interview and asked the case to use fishing tactics (buy-busts, send plain clothes to buy drugs, and then arrest people) to make a quick resolution, not only to find a few Barksdales The group does not ask for surprises.
At this time, there are actually only three police officers available to the task force. One is the capable officer under Daniels, the Kima from the Narcotics Department mentioned earlier, and the other is McNulty and Daniels from the murder group. The black guy in Sydnor who begged for the dead from elsewhere. As for the funny duo Carv and Herk of the Drug Enforcement Department, they also came to the task force. Although they also have certain investigative capabilities, it is usually difficult to take on the big responsibility. Because of the shortage of manpower, Daniels even ran to the prosecutor Rhonda, hoping that the prosecutor’s office would put pressure on the police department so as to give him some people who could be used. (In the United States, prosecutors and police have a very close relationship. The officer is equivalent to the lawyer of the police. From the name of the prosecutor can be seen State's attorney or district attorney). As a result, I only got one sentence "make lemonade" (make do with it).
What is the future of the task force? Let's listen to the next breakdown.

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  • Det. James 'Jimmy' McNulty: All those mopes in bracelets and not one of them named Osama.

  • Freamon: A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come.