Ed Norris

Ed Norris
Maryland State Police, circa 2003
Superintendent of Maryland State Police
In office
January 15, 2003 – December 10, 2003
GovernorBob Ehrlich
Preceded byDavid B. Mitchell
Succeeded byThomas E. Hutchins
Commissioner of the Baltimore City Police Department
In office
2000–2002
MayorMartin O'Malley
Preceded byRonald L. Daniel
Succeeded byKevin P. Clark
Deputy Commissioner of Operations and Crime Control Strategies, New York City Police Department
In office
1996–2000
CommissionerHoward Safir
Preceded byJack Maple
Succeeded byGarry McCarthy
Personal details
Born (1960-04-10) April 10, 1960 (age 64)
New York (state)Brooklyn, New York
Ed Norris outside of police headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland circa 2000.

Edward T. Norris (born April 10, 1960[1]) is an American radio host, actor and former law enforcement officer in Maryland. He is the cohost of a talk show on WJZ-FM (105.7 The Fan) in Baltimore, Maryland. Norris, a 20-year veteran of the New York Police Department, served as Police Commissioner for Baltimore from 2000 to late 2002 and Superintendent of the Maryland State Police in 2003. Norris played the eponymous detective Edward Norris in HBO's The Wire. In 2003, Norris was convicted of a felony and spent six months in federal prison.