History Characters / BlueBloods

The two sons of Danny and Linda.

Danny's replacement partner starting episode 17 of season 3 (his third overall, he has another one played by Megan Boone for a few episode in the same season).

[[folder:Officer Edit Janko]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her father was imprison when she was just a kid. Her father is serving 6-8 years at Fort Dix Correctional. She later stated in season 4 episode 10 that long time associates lost everything and that she hasn't spoken to her father in 3 years. Because of her background and also the fact that she is a woman in law enforcement, she has had to work harder to prove that she deserves to be a cop.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Called "Eddie" 99% of the time. It's short for Edit (Hungarian equivalent of Edith).

* CorruptBureaucrat: Just like Amanda, but for different reasons. Erin gets suspicious about [=McCoy=]'s actions around the handling of a Riker's Island corrections officer who pled guilty to drugs possession. After she finds out that the officer in question was one of several involved in a drug trafficking ring at Riker's, she finds that [=McCoy=] has been trying to cover up the scandal to protect the head of the NYDOC, who was a friend of his father's.

* MalcolmXerox: Rev. Darnell Potter is a fairly transparent strawman of the Rev. Al Sharpton. Not only is he a demagogue, an accessory to murder, a crook, a hatemonger and a liar, he's waging a motiveless war on the NYPD to boot. Taken UpToEleven in his first appearance, where he can quote Malcolm X by heart, but is apparently unfamiliar with anything Martin Luther King ever said.

* StrawManHasAPoint: Notably averted, InUniverse. He has never once managed to make a truthful accusation of PoliceBrutality on-screen, but that hasn't stopped him from jumping on anything he thinks he could twist into one (or one he could create).

* BewareTheNiceOnes: While Jamie is much more even-tempered than Danny and tends to have better people skills, but when he ''does'' lose his temper, he can be in Danny's league. This is best seen in a season 5 episode where he goes for a tour with a cop who turned in her partner for [[RippedFromTheHeadlines killing a suspect with an illegal choke-hold]] (because she's being shunned for snitching). After Eddie and her current ride-along have to drive halfway across the precinct's patrol area to back them up in a shootout ([[UriahGambit because nobody else responded to the snitch's call for backup]]), [[WhatTheHellHero he lets every cop in the precinct have it with both barrels.]]

* TheChainsOfCommanding: Being the Commissioner and having to deal with all of the political juggling and media attention it entails clearly takes it toll on Frank as the show progresses. It's implied in Season 6 that he wants out of the job, but his sense of public duty prevents him from actually leaving but if the Mayor actually fired him he wouldn't be too upset.

* TheChainsOfCommanding: Being the top cop and all of the political juggling and media attention it entails clearly takes it toll on Frank as the show progresses. It's implied in Season 6 that he wants out of the job, but his sense of public duty prevents him from actually leaving but if the Mayor actually fired him he wouldn't be too upset.

* CommutingOnABus: Shows up less often from Season 4 onwards due to his being a series regular on {{Arrow}} as John Diggle. He still plays a crucial role in the plot though, and his scenes with Frank are typically some of the most crucial in the episodes where he appears.

* {{Badass}}: A tough-talking [[{{Joisey}} Jersey Girl]] who made a name for herself fighting crime, through the legal system, in Newark, eventually rising to become the Essex County Prosecutor. She also shows herself to be a pretty skilled markswoman, as seen when Frank takes her to the shooting range.

* BadassFamily: Great-grandpa Henry's response to one of Danny's kids asking if a robber would target them says it all:

* BerserkButton: Frank ''loathes'' DirtyCops. He considers them a disgrace to good police in general and the NYPD in particular, due to the damage they do to public trust, and then a group of them [[ItsPersonal made it personal]] by murdering his son. What's notable is how [[TranquilFury low-key]] he is about it. He doesn't raise his voice and his expression barely changes even though it's abundantly clear how furious he is. When he confronted the ones responsible at the end of the first season, it's almost terrifying how calm he looks during the entire exchange. He only loses his cool for a moment when he knocks some things off the top of a cabinet, which is also one of the few times he raises his voice. He's not shouting either, he raises it the way people do when they want to make sure they're heard.

* ByTheBookCop: Firmly believes that the rules are there for a good reason, and stresses that a cop who follows them will do more good than by ignoring them. There are several occasions where he's seen reviewing methods and procedures with his lieutenants to see what's working and what needs to be overhauled. The book is there to help officers do their jobs correctly, and if something new will help with that then he makes sure the books are modified to incorporate it.
* CantTakeCriticism: His main fault: Frank gets all defensive when anyone from from City Hall dares to criticize his department. It's one of the reasons why he's unpopular there, with the exception of Mayor Poole. On the flip side, Frank is much more willing to take criticism from fellow NYPD personal instead.

* DeadPartner: As a young cop, Frank worked with the NYPD's canine unit until his dog was killed by the criminal he'd sent her after. When another canine officer is accused of biting a child, Frank makes a special effort to exonerate the dog, and Garrett suggests Frank does so to make it up to his fallen animal partner.

* GoodIsNotSoft: He's personally killed at least one villain, and in the season five finale he uses a little LoopholeAbuse to [[spoiler:send an already-convicted GangBanger to federal death row, which has the dual effects of removing his ability to control his gang from inside the joint (since he'll be transferred to Indiana for trial), and [[CopKiller exacting justice for the murder of a police chief, his wife, and a witness, and the nonfatal shooting of Linda]].]]

* IdiotBall: Despite all the blatant illegal things Rev. Potter does, Frank never presses to have him arrested which just gives Potter the freedom to continue his witch hunt against the Reagan Family and NYCPD.

* PoorCommunicationKills: He's never able to effectively counter all the bad publicity that police get, and when coupled with Rev. Potter's hate-mongering means that by Season 6 his reputation is in shambles. It's so bad that Mayor Poole is actually reluctant to keep Frank as PC because he's a political liability.

* BadassGrandpa: Oh yeah. When Frank is shot, he's the one sitting in the hallway, up all night alert, ready to protect his family. Not to mention an episode where Henry, while withdrawing cash from an ATM, is attacked by a mugger: Henry is ''not'' letting this happen without a fight, and defends himself with a pistol hidden in his ankle holster. When the criminal struggles to prevent him from reaching it, Henry then resorts to GoodOldFisticuffs.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: [[JustifiedTrope Mostly because he's in his eighties and his eyesight isn't what it used to be.]] One subplot has him arguing with Frank about giving up the keys after he banged the fender on the garage door for (apparently) the umpteenth time. [[spoiler:In the end he gives his car to Danny and Linda because their minivan caught fire due to an electrical fault earlier in the episode.]]
* EverybodyHasStandards: While Henry believes in the "cops should be loyal to cops" philosophy, he will ''not'' honor a cop that had two families a the same time.

[[folder:Detective 1st Grade Danny Reagan]]

Danny Reagan's first partner.

* ThePowerOfTrust: Danny's wife doesn't even seem to blink an eye at them being partners. In fact, a couple exchanges when she visits the Reagan house indicate they're friends (including giggling over the outfit Jackie wears once while undercover as a prostitute to catch a SerialKiller).

* UndyingLoyalty: She will do anything for Danny.

[[folder:Det. Abigail Baker]]

Frank Reagan's executive assistant.

[[folder:Detective Maria Baez]]

* ActionGirl: She's a female cop, so this naturally comes with the territory. And indeed, Maria has had to call on these skills a lot in the line of duty.
* BigBrotherWorship: Maria painfully remembers how she ''used'' to look up to her older brother Javi when they were kids, and he used to protect her from bullies. Nowadays, he's a recovering drug addict with a criminal history, while she's a police detective: the roles have reversed.

* WhatTheHellHero: She ''will'' call Danny on his behavior if she thinks he's crossing the line, such as some remarks he makes about Muslims in a Post911TerrorismEpisode.

[[folder:Officer Vincent "Vinny" Cruz]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: He grew up in a housing project beset with gangs and drugs, but managed to escape that life and join the NYPD.

[[folder:Officer Edit "Eddie" Janko]]

* TheConsigliere: Garrett Moore, Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.

Danny's supervisor and head of the 54th Precinct Detective Squad for the first four seasons. Later tapped by Frank to work for him at One Police Plaza to represent the interests of the NYPD rank-and-file as a replacement for Dino Arbogast, after Dino's resignation in the wake of the prostitution blackmail scandal.

* AFatherToHisMen: Fervently stands up for colleagues of his who are accused of excessive force.

* NonPromotion: Gormley's candor and concern for the well-being of the rank-and-file cops leads Frank to promote him as Dino Arbogast's replacement as Frank's liaison to the regular cops. However, under NYPD regulations, the Chief of Department is required to be at least a captain. [[LoopholeAbuse Frank instead invents a new position exclusively for Gormley, "Special Assistant to the Commissioner," which give him the duties and authority of the Chief of Department, although not the rank and privileges that go with it]]. While Gormley is promoted later on to Lieutenant, the trope is mostly still in effect, particularly whenever Gormley has to interface with senior police officers who technically outrank him.

* WhatTheHellHero: When a former partner of his is accused of excessive force in the death of a crazed man in the streets, Gormley rightfully chews out Frank for not standing up for the officer. It later happens when he gives similar remarks in a COMPSTATS meeting concerning the reputations of his own men after Danny is accused of excessive force.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: After Nicky bails from having Erin teach her to drive because she can't deal with her mom's, erm, style, Frank points out that almost everyone in the family is a bad driver: Henry gave up the keys after smacking his fender on the garage too many times, Erin rages at other drivers and leans on the horn, and Danny [[NoodleIncident apparently once got a ticket for doing 80 mph in a 25 mph zone]]. It's Jamie who gets saddled with the job of Nicky's driving coach.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: After Nicky bails from having Erin teach her to drive because she can't deal with her mom's, erm, style, Frank points out that almost every member of the family is bad at driving: Henry gave up the keys after smacking his fender on the garage too many times, Erin rages at other drivers and leans on the horn, and Danny [[NoodleIncident apparently once got a ticket for doing 80 mph in a 25 mph zone]]. Except "the patient one, Jamie," who eventually gets the job of Nicky's driving coach.

* TurnInYourBadge: Forces Danny to do this in the Season 4 finale as a result of manipulation by a scandal going on in the D.A.'s office.
* WhatTheHellHero: When a former partner of his is accused of excessive force in the death of a crazed man in the streets, Gormley rightfully chews out Frank for not standing up for the officer.

* JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife: In Season 6, she's in a car with friends that gets pulled for a routine traffic stop and the cops find drugs in the car. She gets suspended from Columbia and nearly gets charged for possession until one of her friends cops to it. [[note]] In real life it wouldn't matter who confessed to owing the drugs, when cops finds drugs in a car '''everyone's''' guilty of possession.[[/note]]

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: He reveals to Francis that he has a brother who died before he was born.

** She absolutely ''adores'' Halloween.

* AFatherToHisMen: Fervently stands up for colleagues of his who are accused of excessive force

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gormley is abrasive but reasonable. In "Road to Hell," though, when Nicky and her friends got caught for drug possession, he coached her into getting a confession from the friend who possessed the drugs.

* ReassignedToAntarctica: What he originally thought was going to happened to him after he shot off his mouth to Frank at COMPSTATS. He even told Danny that he believed he was being sent to Siberia. Though it turns out Frank was giving him a promotion.

* FriendToAllChildren: As tough as he is with grown-ups, he's actually quite tender when talking with youngsters, to the point where at times ''he's'' the "good cop" instead of Jackie or Baez.

* DeadPartner: As a young cop, Frank worked with the NYPD's canine unit until his dog was killed by the criminal he'd sent her after. When another canine officer is accused of biting a child, Frank makes a special effort to exonerate the dog, and Henry suggests Frank does so to make it up to his fallen animal partner.

* {{Badass}}: Like all the Reagans he's no pushover. He was also the winner of a NYPD[=/=]FDNY boxing tournament two years in a row.