Sergeant Ellis Carver is an African American sergeant in command of the Baltimore Police Department's Western District Drug Enforcement Unit. Originally from East Baltimore - Carver tells Preston 'Bodie' Broadus in season one, episode five ('the pager'), that he was brought up on the Flag House Courts project - it can be assumed Carver went to Dunbar High School through the shirts he is sometimes seen wearing. He is a dedicated but sometimes wayward officer and an unfailingly loyal partner to Thomas "Herc" Hauk. He enjoys the adrenaline rush of physical policing and is not above cutting ethical corners to get ahead.