Have either of you watched "We Own This City".
The Wire was the best series ever! I've only seen a few episodes of Breaking Bad.
My wife did some work for the Baltimore City while a criminology grad student at Univ of MD. She recognized the "office" where the wire computers were setup. She said it was a shit hole in a basement just like the show. One of her fellow criminology friends from college still works for the city.
Have a close friend who's now Baltimore County popo, was Baltimore City western district from '95-'99. I used to bounce questions off him all the time. Every one was confirmed true.
If you're a fan of the show, remember how Herc and Carver would stand in the parking lot at the precinct drinking beer and what they did with the cans? And the episode with the scene that showed where all the cans were located? I called him and asked, said he only remembers the cans being dealt with once or twice while there. He took a few of us on a drive along thru the 'hood in his personal vehicle once. Scary shit. Hamsterdam was real.
Another classic episode.
https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2018/02/how-that-fuck-scene-from-the-wire-came-to-be