Jay Landsman

This article is about the actor and detective. For the fictional character, see Jay Landsman (The Wire).

Jay Landsman
Born
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Police career
DepartmentBaltimore Police Department
Baltimore County Police Department
RankLieutenant
Other workTelevision actor

Jay C. Landsman[1][2] is an American retired homicide detective and actor. He was featured in David Simon's 1991 book about the Baltimore homicide unit Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. According to the book, Landsman was the last of his family line on the Baltimore Police Department. His brother Jerry was a detective in the agency who left in the 1980s and their father was the department's first Jewish district commander.[3]

  1. ^ Baltimore County Police 1874-1999, 125th Anniversary. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Co. 1999. p. 123. ISBN 1563114496.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference promotion was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Simon, David (2006) [1991]. "One". Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (4th ed.). Owl Books. p. 85. ISBN 0-8050-8075-9. His father had retired with a lieutenant's rank as acting commander of the Northwestern district, the first Jewish officer to rise to a district command on a predominantly Irish department.