Ruth Rendell of the last 40 years into her work, bringing awareness to such issues as domestic violence. The Inspector Wexford series was successfully televised, starring George Baker as Inspector Wexford and Christopher Ravenscroft as Detective Mike Burden, under the title "The Ruth Rendell Mysteries", with 48 episodes from 1987 to 2000. Rendell praised Baker's performance, stating "It was a marvellous achievement as an actor to make him more and better than the author intended." Many of her other works have been adapted for film and television. She said that Chabrol's 1995 version of "A Judgement in Stone", "La Cérémonie" with Sandrine
Inspector title. In the police departments of Hayward, California, Oklahoma City and formerly in Berkeley, California, inspector is the rank held by a senior detective. In the San Francisco Police Department, inspector was the normal title for a detective. Unlike detectives in most other departments, inspectors in San Francisco always had supervisory duties. The investigative branch of the SFPD was called the Bureau of Inspectors, since renamed the Investigations Bureau. In the Wisconsin State Patrol, and others, inspectors are state troopers assigned to the motor carrier safety inspection unit where they enforce trucking laws and regulations. The North Carolina Department of