Bobby Brown

From The Wire

Bobby Brown
First appearance	"The Target"
Details
Gender	Male
Occupation	Baltimore police officer

Bobby Brown is a Western District uniform officer.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Season 1 1.2 Season 4 1.3 Season 5 2 Production 2.1 Appearances 3 References

[edit] Biography

[edit] Season 1

He was the first officer on scene at the shooting of William Gant.

[edit] Season 4

He was later present with Sergeant Ellis Carver to both warn and arrest Namond Brice for selling drugs on a pre-indicted corner.

[edit] Season 5

In season five Brown is livid about the witholding of his overtime pay and is insubordinate in Ellis Carver's first roll-call briefing as Sergeant in charge. Brown is involved in a parking lot brawl with another officer over the poor state of a vehicle he hands over.^[1] Later, Brown is the first officer at a suspicious death that is investigated by Detective Jimmy McNulty - the death is later ruled natural as predicted by Brown and McNulty.^[2]

[edit] Production

Brown is played by Bobby J. Brown. The character is an homage to the real Bob Brown who according to The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood was a patrolman in the Western district of the Baltimore Police Department.

[edit] Appearances

Season one

• "The Target"
• "The Cost"

Season four

• "Refugees"
• "Know Your Place"
• "A New Day" (uncredited)

Season five

• "More With Less"
• "Unconfirmed Reports"

[edit] References