And so now, over the next 19 months, I shifted, and I transcended from being a drug sergeant -- ready to retire as a drug sergeant -- and went from level to level to level, until I find myself as a district commander, commander of the worst district in Baltimore city.
Agora, no decurso dos 19 meses, fui promovido, deixei de ser  um sargento que lidava com drogas — desejoso de me reformar — e subi, degrau a degrau, até me encontrar em comandante de bairro, comandante do pior bairro da cidade de Baltimore.