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out that if there is an official inquiry the FBI agents present during the incident would affirm that Prez hit
Valchek only after the latter had shoved and insulted him. Valchek agrees that Prez can return to the detail following a written apology and two months of working the midnight shift as a narcotics detective in his district.
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Sobotka, Valchek angrily confronts the detail, berating Prez specifically. Prez stands up for their work and punches Valchek. With Prez facing charges of insubordination and assaulting a commanding officer, Daniels stands up for him again, pointing
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Prez is given minor authority within the detail, but
Lieutenant Grayson will not follow his recommendations on how to proceed. Prez tells his father-in-law that the detail is making little progress, and Valchek, after witnessing the unit, demands that Daniels be brought in as the unit commander,
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Though portrayed as a decent man who occasionally shows flashes of intelligence, Prez shies away from the brutal realities of
Baltimore police work. Despite eventually winning his colleagues' respect in the Barksdale Detail through his code-breaking and paper-trail skills, he is never truly
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Stuck in the office, a bored Prez begins playing with the
Barksdale organization's pager codes, eventually breaking them and greatly contributing to the case. Mentored by Freamon, he discovers a gift for wiretap work and following the paper trail, eventually becoming valuable to the team.
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a teenager with his service weapon, blinding him in one eye. Notably, even the brutality-prone duo of Herc and Carver think Prez's actions are unjustified. Daniels stands up for his detective and protects him from serious repercussions by providing Prez with a suitable story for
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Prez confesses to his father-in-law that his earlier problems had largely been due to dissatisfaction with his traffic police work. He tells him that detailed case work had become his passion and that he wants to continue to work major cases. When
Valchek starts feuding with
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program, but actually to buy heroin. Prez agrees, but warns Dukie that if he is lying their friendship is over. Prez drives off disappointed but unsurprised when he sees Dukie using the money to support his newly-developed drug addiction.
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with laundry and food that his family does not provide for him (they are known to sell his possessions for drug money). After Randy admits to knowing about Lex's murder, Prez passes the information on to
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