Cedric Daniels is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Lance Reddick. He is a well regarded officer in the department whose focus is on good police work and quality arrests. He tends to have disagreements with some of the higher ranking officers at times but for the most part pulls through completing the task at hand gaining both a good reputation as a commander and investigator within the department. Daniels has been ...
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Cedric Daniels is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Lance Reddick. He is a well regarded officer in the department whose focus is on good police work and quality arrests. He tends to have disagreements with some of the higher ranking officers at times but for the most part pulls through completing the task at hand gaining both a good reputation as a commander and investigator within the department. Daniels has been investigated by the FBI for corruption, and was found to have "a couple hundred thousand [dollars] more in liquid assets than any police Lieutenant should ever have". By the end of the series he rose through the ranks to commissioner but he resigned due to Baltimore politics. He ended the series as a lawyer using his law degree from University of Baltimore noted in Season 1. Daniels is also notable for appearing in more episodes of the series than any other character, there are only two episodes he does not appear in.
Daniels was a narcotics...
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