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I was already thinking that our two characters would at least know of each other, both being long-serving New Bath natives who spent time as patrolmen, and the stuff you just added to his backstory works really well with that.
I'm thinking the month you mention (the drug murder crime wave), and the month I mention (stealing evidence and assaulting a guy) might be the same month? Like the stake-out Izzy was on when he beat on the high-schooler was to do to the murders because, you know, he was a vice cop and they were drug-related. 

I dunno, but there's a lot to potentially work with.