Officer Rose Garland

The character of Officer Rose Garland is designed to show the aspect of a more renegade, independent style of officer. I developed her personality to be one of an officer who is more willing to take chances so long as the reward is great. This doesn't mean her character takes undue risks, but the character is not afraid to risk her own life if it means she will be able to rescue innocent victims.

Officer Sorina Holly

Officer Sorina Holly is designed to be the counter-point to Officer Garland. Her character is based on a more emotionally envolved police officer. Officer Holly's character often associates with people on an emotional level. I developed her personality to be the type of individual who can talk with an individual and resolve issues very successfully.

The character of Officer Holly also provides a look at the family issues of police officers. The family history I chose for Officer Holly's character is one that comes from a family of police officers so that was a major influence on the character's decision to become a police officer.

Baltimore City Police Department

According to the city of Baltimore website the mission of the Baltimore City Police Department is: "To protect and preserve life and property; to understand and serve the needs of the City's neighborhoods; and to improve the quality of life by maintaining order, recognizing and resolving community problems, and apprehending criminals."

The duties of a patrol officer in Baltimore include: conducting investigations, making arrests, testifying in court, responding to calls, writing reports, and completing forms.

The city of Baltimore has nine police districts: Northwest, North, Northeast, Southwest, West, Central, East, Southeast, and South. Each district is supervised by a District Commander who is a officer the rank of Major.

Each district is then broken down into Sectors. Each district has about three to four Sectors supervised by a officer the rank of Sergeant.

Each sector is then broken down into Posts. Each Sector has about four to six Posts supervised by an individual police officer.

Most districts have four functional elements: Motorized Patrol, Neighborhood Operations, Headquarters and Services, and Drug Enforcement/Vice Enforcement.

In Service and Sacrifice as well as the series I have two main characters who are police officers. Officers Rose Garland and Sorina Holly. Both of my characters are patrol officers in the Motorized Patrol. They work out of the Eastern District. Their profiles can be seen to the right.