text: The detail is now chasing a drug dealer, Kintel Williamson, who is suspected in a number of murders, a task that annoys McNulty. In the meantime, Avon Barksdale is granted parole for implicating a dirty guard in a drug smuggling ring, despite Pearlman's recommendation to the contrary. When McNulty links a number of murders to Stringer Bell, the detail changes targets back to Stringer and the Barksdale Organization. The detail sees disposable cell phones are being used, and Pearlman and Daniels go to the wireless provider, but find them to be unhelpful, even after threatening them with bad publicity. Eventually, Pearlman relies on Daniels to use his FBI connections to get a wiretap.
  As soon as the wiretap goes up, Stringer Bell is murdered, but not before providing information to Major Colvin, which is then passed on to the detail. The information identifies Avon Barksdale's safehouse allowing Pearlman to sign a search warrant, leading to the arrest of Avon and most of his organization. After the arrest, Daniels is promoted to Major, and he and Pearlman celebrate.
  Season 4
  With Daniels now a Major, Freamon is the guiding force behind the Major Case Unit and manages to tie evidence from the Barksdale money train to several politicians and developers who are on good terms with Mayor Clarence Royce. Pearlman is reluctant to sign the subpoenas, as she feels she will be demoted for enabling an investigation that would interfere with the election of her boss, Steven Demper. She is also worried Rupert Bond, an African American candidate for State's Attorney, might win the election, as she fears he will "bounce the white girl" to a demoted position due to her race in majority African American Baltimore.