Leander Sydnor
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| Leander Sydnor | |
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| First appearance | The Detail (episode 1.02) |
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| Gender | Male |
| Age | 20s |
| Occupation | Detective in the Baltimore police department's major case unit |
| Title | Detective |
| Portrayed by | Corey Parker Robinson |
| Created by | David Simon |
Leander Sydnor is a fictional Police Detective in the Baltimore major case unit played by Corey Parker Robinson on the HBO drama The Wire.
[edit] Biography
Sydnor is a young, married Baltimore Police detective and was a member of the Barksdale detail and later worked in the Major Case Unit. Sydnor was assigned to the Barksdale detail after Lt. Daniels made a special request of Sydnor's commanding officer Lieutenant Cantrell to give him his best detective to balance out taking the erratic Detective Pryzbylewski. In the Barksdale detail he often worked with Detective Lester Freamon who became something of a mentor to him. He helped Freamon to dig into the Barksdale organization's paper trail. Sydnor also performed valuable undercover work alongside Detective Kima Greggs and her informant Bubbles. Bubbles helped Sydnor improve his undercover image by recommending changes like wearing out his shoes and not wearing his wedding band. His undercover work involved making hand to hands to build evidence. Sydnor was responsible for identifying Avon Barksdale at a basketball game. He later told Daniels that the investigation was the best police work he had ever done.
He returned to working in his old district after the dissolution of the Barksdale detail. When Daniels established a permanent Major Case Unit he was allowed to choose his own detectives and encouraged Sydnor to transfer in. Sydnor took up the offer and again worked on investigating the Barksdale organization.[1] Eventually the investigation returned to the Barksdale money trail, long after Avon had been arrested. The money trail led them to major political figures. Sydnor personally delivered a subpoena for financial records to State Senator Clayton "Clay" Davis despite worries about how this would impact on his career. Sydnor was also a key part of investigating the units new target Marlo Stanfield.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Org Chart - The Law. HBO (2004). Retrieved on July 22, 2006.
- ^ Character profile - Detective Leander Sydnor. HBO (2004). Retrieved on July 22, 2006.
