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Full Name & Title:
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Detective
Leonard Briscoe
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Played by:
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Jerry
Orbach
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FILE
STATUS: OPEN since
11/25/1992
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Juvenile
Records:
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Catholic
mother, Jewish father
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Grew up in
a working class neighborhood on the Upper East Side
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Current
Marital/Family Status:
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Divorced twice
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Two
daughters: Cathy, an ICU nurse, who was
murdered by a former boyfriend; and Julia, the
mother of at least one grandson
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Prior
Bad Acts:
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Served as a
corporal in the U.S. Army
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Was a beat cop
during the 1960s and '70s
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Struggled with
alcoholism; has been "on the wagon"
since 2/6/1996, possibly due to a drunk
driving accident from which he walked away
unscathed, but where a friend, ADA Claire
Kincaid, was killed
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Used to gamble
regularly at OTB parlors
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Was
called before the Hellman Commission after
being accused of stealing evidence from the
Property Room to help a friend, Lt. John
Flynn, cover up his criminal activity; he was
eventually exonerated by the testimony of an
alibi witness
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Known
Associates:
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Ted Parker, a
retired detective from the 30th precinct
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Lieutenant John
Flynn, a former colleague now in Vice
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Betty Abrams, a
former colleague and mistress
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Detective John
Munch, of the Baltimore, MD police department
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Lt.
Don Cragen, former supervisor
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Lt.
Anita Van Buren, current supervisor
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Det.
Mike Logan, former partner
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Sgt.
Phil Cerreta
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Det.
Rey Curtis, former partner
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Det.
Ed Green, current partner
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EADA
Jack McCoy
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ADA
Claire Kincaid
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ADA
Jamie Ross
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ADA
Abbie Carmichael
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ADA
Serena Southerlyn
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Other
facts:
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New York Knicks fan
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Plays pool very
well
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Has a wide net of
confidential informants
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Has a reputation
for playing outside the rules
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Notable
Moments:
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Profile
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Woman: "You pray, you know the enemy of God."
Briscoe: "Oh...Satan...El Diablo?"
Woman:
"Sí."
Logan: "Great. Let's book
'im."
Briscoe: "No, this was done by someone who knows the neighborhood. Satan's not a local."
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Seed
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"You know, Mike, if I didn't already know you don't have kids, I'd know you don't have kids."
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We Like Mike
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Briscoe: "Okay, I want you to write down exactly what happened, and date and sign the bottom of each page."
Garcia: "So I oughta say how I didn't mean to... do it?"
Briscoe: "You mean how you only shot him because he wouldn't give you his watch? Yeah, yeah, the D.A. will like that."
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