Donald Worden

Donald Worden
Baltimore Police Department
Nickname The Big Man
Service branch United States
Rank Detective

Donald Worden is a retired Baltimore Police Department detective who was featured in David Simon's non-fiction book about the homicide unit, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.[1] Worden, a native of Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood[2] joined the department in 1962,[3] and had worked in the department's Northwestern district [4] before becoming a Homicide Detective. He was featured as a veteran member of Sergeant Terry McLarney's Homicide squad working under Shift Lieutenant Gary D'Addario. Worden was nicknamed The Big Man[5] and provided the inspiration for the Homicide: Life on the Street character Stanley Bolander, played by Ned Beatty.

References

  1. ^ Simon, David (1991, 2006). Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. New York: Owl Books. 
  2. ^ Simon, David (2006) [1991]. "One". Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (4th ed.). Owl Books. p. 29. ISBN 0-8050-8075-9. "I'm just a poor, dumb white boy from Hampden, trying to make his way through this world and into the next." 
  3. ^ Simon, David (2006) [1991]. "One". Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (4th ed.). Owl Books. p. 31. ISBN 0-8050-8075-9. "the department had been his home since 1962." 
  4. ^ Simon, David (2006) [1991]. "One". Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (4th ed.). Owl Books. p. 31. ISBN 0-8050-8075-9. "He had gone downtown after more than a decade in the Northwest district...." 
  5. ^ Simon, David (2006) [1991]. "One". Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (4th ed.). Owl Books. p. 23. ISBN 0-8050-8075-9. "The Big Man sits..."