Stanislaus Valchek

Stanislaus Valchek
First appearance	"The Buys" (episode 1.03)
Last appearance	"–30–" (episode 5.10)
Created by	David Simon
Portrayed by	Al Brown
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Baltimore Police
Title	Commissioner
Spouse(s)	Kate (wife)
Children	Joan Pryzbylewski (daughter)
Relatives	Roland Pryzbylewski (son-in-law)

Stanislaus "Stan" Valchek is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Al Brown.

Valchek is the Polish-American commander of the Baltimore Police Department in the Southeastern district, home to many of the remaining white neighborhoods in Baltimore. A politician more than a policeman, he has ties with various Democratic organizations close to City Hall, most notably the politically influential developer Andrew Krawczyk. His political savvy leads to a quick rise through the ranks, despite being disliked by commanding officers such as Commissioner Ervin Burrell and Deputy Commissioner William Rawls. Valchek is Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski's father-in-law.

Valchek only appears at a meeting with Deputy Commissioner Burrell and Lieutenant Cedric Daniels, trying to smooth over Prez's drunken maiming of a fourteen-year-old. Valchek tells Daniels that if he helps Prez, Valchek will owe him a favor.

Valchek is the impetus behind an investigation into corruption at the docks, due to his petty feud with stevedore union treasurer Frank Sobotka. Both men want to donate stained glass windows to a local church, and Sobotka refuses to withdraw his larger, more expensive window which had been installed first. Valchek becomes curious as to how the struggling union can afford the window. He has the cops in his district harass Sobotka and his union, from having Ellis Carver ticket their cars for minor infractions to pulling them over for "random" DUI checkpoints directly outside the bar they frequent. The union steals Valchek's surveillance van and ships it from port to port, sending him photographs from each destination.

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