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Welcome to the official website of former Baltimore Police Chief Ed Norris. Ed's Book "Way Down In The Hole" is now available on hardback and paperback!
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Welcome to the official website of former Baltimore Police Chief Ed Norris. Ed's Book "Way Down In The Hole" is now available on hardback and paperback!
“ED NORRIS HAS LIVED A ROLLER-COASTER LIFE FROM AMERICAN HERO WHO LED THE CHARGE AGAINST ENTRENCHED CRIME TO SCAPEGOAT FOR THE POLITICAL AMBITIONS OF OTHERS. HE KNOWS THE DARK UNDERBELLY OF THE AMERICAN CRIME SCENE.HIS STORY IS POWERFUL AND PROVOCATIVE. EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD READ THIS; THOSE WHO DO WILL BE WISER FOR THE EFFORT. ”
As the famous Braveheart quote goes “Every man dies but not every man really lives”, and Ed Norris has lived. He spent 20 years as a crime-fighting savant with the New York Police Department, rising from beat cop to deputy commissioner of operations at age 36. As police commissioner of Baltimore, he breathed life into a demoralized force that lowered the city’s infamous homicide count for the first time in a decade. After the 911 attacks, he took over the Maryland State Police and pushed innovative anti-terrorism strategies that made him a national leader in the field.
At the University of Virginia, they taught a graduate course about how his leadership techniques transformed one of the most violent cities in the country.
He was the golden boy of law enforcement, a brash, larger-than-life figure with a taste for fine restaurants, bespoke clothing and fast motorcycles.
Then it all came crashing down.
An investigation into a little-known police expense account morphed into what many felt was a politically-motivated hit job by federal prosecutors. Corruption charges were spiced with lurid allegations of pricey dinners with women and gifts purchased at Victoria’s Secret. Ed Norris protested his innocence, but landed in federal prison. Thus began the hellish ordeal that ultimately cost him his livelihood, reputation, health and marriage. Thankfully his book and an iconic character in the TV Show The Wire ultimately redeemed Ed Norris.
Bio
“Ed is a cop’s cop. But this is not your typical police story; you’ll have a difficult time putting this one down.”- Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., former Governor of Maryland
Bio
“Ed is a cop’s cop. But this is not your typical police story; you’ll have a difficult time putting this one down.”- Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., former Governor of Maryland
Career
A Brooklyn, New York native, Ed began his career with the New York Police Department in 1980. During his tenure, he was promoted often and held the positions of Police Officer, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Deputy Inspector, Deputy Chief and Deputy Commissioner of Operations. While with the NYPD, he created the Cold Case Squad which would later go on to inspire the book “The Restless Sleep: Inside New York City’s Cold Case Squad” by Stacy Horn and A&E’s television series, “Cold Case Files.” Ed is a “cop’s cop” who knew how to handle himself and the streets.
In 2000, Ed was recruited by Baltimore’s mayor and became Police Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department, where his honors included the NAACP President’s Award for police and community relations. Under Ed’s leadership, he improved the policing culture and for the first time in more than a decade, helped drive homicides below 300 for the first time in many, many years.
In 2002, Ed was again recruited, this time by Maryland’s governor, and appointed Maryland State Police Superintendent. It was here he helped reduce crime and improve the quality of life for Maryland’s residents.
Ed is widely known for his role as Detective Ed Norris on HBO’s critically acclaimed television series, The Wire. He also played an investigator in the 2009 film, “Jack the Ripper in America.”
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