Jay landsman the wire Continue This article is about the actor and the detective. For the fictional character, see Jay Landsman (Wire). Jay LandsmanBorn - Baltimore, MD, United StatesPolice careerDepartmentBaltimore Police DepartmentBaltimore County Police DepartmentRankLieutenantOther workActor Jay LandsmanOccupationTelevision actor Jay C. Landsman[1][2] is a retired American homicide detective and actor. He was featured in David Simon's 1991 book On the Murder Unit of Baltimore: A Year on the Streets of The Massacre. According to the book, Landsman was his last family line at the Baltimore Police Department. His brother Jerry was a detective at the agency who left in the 1980s, and their father was the first Jewish district commander in the division. [3] The book's professional acting later developed into the TV series Murder: Life on the Street. He inspired john munch's fictional character in that show,[4] as well as a character named Jay Landsman in the tv series Wire, created by Simon (although Landsman's character is not played by Landsman himself, but by Delini Williams). Landsman portrayed himself in short appearances in the HBO miniseries The Corner and later appeared in the film Wire and played lieutenant Dennis Melo's character. He appeared on season five of the unsealed meal and travel program when host Anthony Bourdain stopped in Baltimore on the American Rust Belt Tour. In December 2015, Landsman was promoted to lieutenant at the Baltimore County Police Department. Landsman retired from the city's police force in 1994 when he joined the county. In 2004, he and his son, J.C. Landesman Jr., were simultaneously promoted from corporal to sergeant in the department. By 2015, Landsman Jr. was captain, who commanded The 6th Precinct since April 2014, and until September 2017 , when he was appointed commander of the Technical Services Division at baltimore County police headquarters - a major. [6] As of March 2016, at which time he was a Lieutenant of the Pikesville Precinct, all four of Landsman's children served with him at the Baltimore County Police Department like a grandchild. [7] His nephew, Richard Landsman, served as a lieutenant in Baltimore, like other members of the Landsman family. [8] [9] References ^ Baltimore County Police 1874-1999, 125th Anniversary, Turner Publishing Co., 1999, p. 123 ^ ^ Simon, David (2006) [1991]. One. Murder: A year on the streets of the massacre (4th ed.). Owl Book. p. 85. ISBN 0-8050- 8075-9. His father had retired with a lieutenant degree as acting chief of the Northwestern District Command, the first Jewish officer to become a district command in a predominantly Irish division. ^ Simon, David (2006) [1991]. Murder: A year on the streets of the massacre. New York: Owl Photo Insert section. ^ Meehan, Sarah (8 December 2015). 'Wire' inspiration, actor and real-life cop Jay Landsman Sr. promoted to lieutenant. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 4 September 2017. ^ ^ Snyder, Ron (17 March 2016). The local family celebrates 80 years of the police service; WBAL-TV. Retrieved 4 September 2017. ^ Baltimore County Police 1874-1999, 125th Anniversary, Turner Publishing Co., 1999, p. 64 Foreign Links Jay Landsman on IMDb Retrieved from Jay LandsmanFirst Target Appearance (2002)Last appearance. –30– (2008) Created by David SimonPortrayed by Delaney WilliamsIn-universe informationAliasJaybirdGenderMaleTitleSergeantOccupupationBaltimore murder Sergeant Jay Landsman is a semi-imaginative character in the HBO drama Wire based on real-life Baltimore City police officer Jay Landesman. Jay Landsman's fictional character is portrayed by actor Delini Williams. Landsman's police biography of the role of landman in the police department is the role of a supervisory detective sergeant who rarely participates in investigative work. Landsman generally acts in favor of his subordinates, especially those who give him the necessary clearances (closed cases). As superintendent, Landsman acts according to the wishes of his top officers, even though in some cases he does not necessarily comply with specific orders. Examples of this are when he is ordered to find Kenneth Doserman's missing firearms bunk moreland in Season 3, and when witnessing a dead state in Chapter 4 becomes an electoral issue. During the series, he is shown as a commander in an attempt to strike a balance between loyalty to subordinates and superiors, which often benefits the latter. Landsman has only been called in to solve a few murders on his own as caretaker. Landsman is lazy and provides a degree of comic relief in the series. This is illustrated by the excessive number of times he reads pornographic magazines while at work, and acts noncyclically even when his colleagues see him doing so. He also has a subtle understanding of the delicate policy in the chain of command that almost always acts successfully in self-preservation and self- promotion without making too many enemies. He states that it's clearly up to McNaughty, during the first episode of Season 2, by saying it's all about self-preservation, and it's too bad that McNaughty never learns that. In general, under Landsman's supervision, the homicide unit ends up often clearing many of the more challenging whodunit homicides occurring in Baltimore City proving him to be an effective sergeant in the department. He can be mildly bullying and tend to derive his good humor from schadenfreude though he is generally not malicious. He has the duty of vaziri in the awakening of the informal detective, held in honor of the deceased in Cavanawana, a tape that many repeated in the section, a task he completes with reverence and unmarked emotions. Weeks is in Season 3 (for Ray Cole), Season 4 (for Raymond Feuerster) and Season 5 (for rejection, but still alive Jamie McNulty). Landesman's first season is a platoon sergeant in the Baltimore Police Department's homicide division. His commanding officer is originally William Rawls. Landsman's squad is made up of Jamie McNulty, Bunk Moreland, Michael Angelo, Ray Cole, Ed Norris and Vernon Halley. Landsman sees the misery of cops in his unit as a constant source of fun, but also protects them at times. He is loyal to Rawls and also dogs the high case clearance rate that Rawls is aiming for but is realistic about his detectives' abilities. When McNalty goes around the chain of command and suffers Rawls' anger, he seems unsymatisfying with being in detail to another Landesman unit. She insists mcnletty's work will be put in her favour by looking at old murder cases for details to make up for the loss of a detective. To that end, he insists that McNulty look at dider Kerson's murder case; McNulty is initially reluctant because the case appears uncoeled with the Barksdale case. Landsman is confident that a bond will be found and that his intuition will prove true later. However, Landsman argues McNletty's case with Rawls and succeeds in forcing Rawls to agree that McNletty could return to murder with a clean slate if the investigation is quickly wrapped up. Despite Landsman's best efforts, McNalty stays out of Rawls' favor because he refuses to end a case he's working on prematurely. Landsman always maintains a twisted, black humor about his squad work. When Rawls gives Angelo an ultimatum clearing a whodunit case by the end of the day, Landsman sends him to a fictitious psychopath. He claims that the woman, Madame LaRue, is particularly talented in matters relating to the death investigation. Angelo takes this questionable advice by burying a teddy in the grave, and waking up later that night to give evidence in the murder that occurred. When Samanjelo sees that he has been given information about an open murder, he thankes Landesman for saying that Gypsy's routine was a joke and that it was Bunk and McNalty who saved his job. [1] Landsman's platoon handles the murder of Vandle Orlando blocker and wounding Kima Greggez, and she is personally involved in the investigation. Season 2 of early suspicions is confirmed when Landsman admits to McNletty that it was him who informed Rawls that he did not want to be re-settled. He learned from it while they were there. When McNalty discussed it early in the first season. Landesman's squad changes as Rawls moved Angelo and McNulty out of the unit for disbanding him by working in detail at Barksdale, and Macnolati went to the marine unit and Angelo became a beat policeman in the Western Region. Leicester Freamon returns to murder after a thirteen-year (and four-month) absence and joins Landesman's squad. When Rawls is forced to take over the multiple murder cases of 14 unidentified dead women, he assigns it to Landsman. Landsman gives the case to Freamon and Bunk. When his detectives begin working with Cedric Daniels on Sobotka's details, Landsman sees the potential to unload responsibility for the case, but Daniels initially refuses. Landsman is in charge of interrogating Ziggy Sobotka after killing George de J. Golkas. Although Ziggy quickly admits, Landsman fails to inform Daniels' specialized details about the murder in time to get them involved. Daniels is irate with Landesmann for his lack of pre-thought when he allows Greeks and his cohort to fend off evidence at the Gulkas crime scene. Landesman's third season is largely linked to the finding of Kenneth Dozerman's service weapon, whose weapon was stolen in a failed secret purchase. He sees Bunk looking for a gun and pushes him hard until Bunk writes a 10-page report stating how fruitless the investigation has become. Bunk tries to blow up the case and believes he has more important priorities, and Landsman seems to be blessing Bunk to work out the killings instead.