 Freamon, along with other detectives viewed as useless by the BPD higher-ups, is transferred to initial Barksdale detail under Lieutenant Cedric Daniels.When Polk and Mahon fail to find a good photo of Avon Barksdale, Freamon takes a cue from an offhand comment from Kima Greggs and tracks down a photo of Avon at a boxing gym.He further impresses his colleagues when he locates D'Angelo Barksdale's pager number at an abandoned stash house.