Roger Nolan | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 27, 1939 West Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | February 2, 2023 (aged 83) |
| Known for | Homicide Squad Supervisor featured in "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets" |
| Police career | |
| Country | Baltimore Police Department |
| Department | Homicide Unit |
| Service years | 1963 – 2009 (46 years) |
| Status | Retired |
| Rank | Sergeant |
Roger Nolan was a former sergeant of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit. He was notable for being a Homicide Squad Supervisor, alongside fellow sergeants Terry McLarney and Jay Landsman, under the command of Lieutenant Gary D'Addario, whose work was featured in David Simon's Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets book. A native of West Baltimore and a former Marine, Nolan joined the department in 1963 working in the State's Attorney's Unit, and the Western, Eastern, and Northwestern Districts, before becoming a supervisor in the department's Homicide Unit.
Nolan retired a day before his 70th birthday in 2009.
He married his wife Minnie in 1967 and had three children with her. He died on February 2, 2023, at the age of 83.
A product of the West Baltimore ghetto with 25 years on the force....
before his testimony, he had been a sergeant assigned directly to the state's attorney's investigative unit.
Nolan had never been a homicide detective, in fact he had spent much of his career in patrol, working as a sector supervisor in the Northwestern and Eastern districts....
In 1973, almost half of the Western District....Nolan was working plainclothes under Watkins' Command.....