Harry Edgerton is a former detective of the

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. He is notable for his work in the Homicide Unit and on the investigation of drug dealer Melvin Williams with former BPD Detective

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and the

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. He is notable for working under Sergeant Roger Nolan and Lieutenant Gary D'Addario whose Homicide unit was featured in

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's book '' Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets''. The son of a New York jazz pianist, Edgerton would provide the inspiration for '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' character Frank Pembleton, played by

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who would win a

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for his role.

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