History Characters / SawLawEnforcement

* {{Motifs}}: Seems to be heavily associated with imagery related to glass or glass shards. A woman getting shoved into a mirror and shattering it into pieces serves as a SeamlessScenery transition into his EstablishingCharacterMoment scene in ''Saw IV,'' his partner Perez nearly winds up killed by a glass-shrapnel spraying pipe bomb under his watch, and both traps he winds up involved with in ''V,'' [[spoiler: the latter of which winds up killing him]], (the Water Cube Trap and the Glass Coffin Trap) are both constructed almost entirely out of glass.

* {{Motifs}}: Seems to be heavily associated with imagery related to glass or glass shards. A woman getting shoved into a mirror and shattering it into pieces serves as a SeamlessTransition into his EstablishingCharacterMoment scene in ''Saw IV,'' his partner Perez nearly winds up killed by a glass-shrapnel spraying pipe bomb under his watch, and both traps he winds up involved with in ''V,'' [[spoiler: the latter of which winds up killing him]], (the Water Cube Trap and the Glass Coffin Trap) are both constructed almost entirely out of glass.

* MultipleGunshotDeath: In ''Film/SawIV'', as soon as Jeff points Amanda's former pistol at him, Strahm repeatedly shoots Jeff in quick succession until he falls to the ground.

[[Characters/SawJigsawAndAccomplices Jigsaw and Accomplices]] ([[Characters/SawJohnKramer John Kramer]]) | [[Characters/SawOtherAntagonists Other Antagonists]] | '''Law Enforcement''' ([[Characters/SawMetropolitanPoliceDepartment Metropolitan Police Department]]) | [[Characters/SawOtherCharacters Other Characters]] ([[Characters/SawIToIII I-III]], [[Characters/SawIVToVI IV-VI]], [[Characters/Saw3DToJigsaw 3D-Jigsaw]])-]]]]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ScottPatterson\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawIV'' | ''Film/SawV''

->'''Played by:''' Athena Karkanis\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawIV'' | ''Film/SawVI''

->'''Played by:''' Creator/MarkRolston\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawV'' | ''Film/SawVI''

->'''Played by:''' Sheila Shah\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawV''

->'''Played by:''' Ginger Busch\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawVI''

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: He is introduced in ''Saw IV'', and [[spoiler:dies by the end of ''Saw V'']].

* TooDumbToLive: Strahm, you REALLY should've listened to Jigsaw's recorded warning of continuing on. He winds up put in the Water Cube by Hoffman, but miraculously manages to survive. He doesn't learn his lesson in the end, however, because [[spoiler:he doesn't bother listening to Hoffman's own recording, and ends up crushed to death for it]].

* DyingDeclarationOfHate: In ''Saw VI'', [[spoiler:she gets a subtle one as her last words. Once Hoffman is ousted as being the wanted second Jigsaw apprentice and the one who tried to frame Strahm as being said apprentice before he died, he goes on an absolute rampage and kills the people with him in the FBI's technical lab, ending it with Perez. He stabs her constantly while asking her who else knows that it's been him all along, to which Perez simply replies, "Everyone." Hoffman tried to frame her partner of five years for heinous crimes, even using ''his severed hand'' to try and pull it off, and Perez's last act, now content in the knowledge that Strahm was innocent, is letting Hoffman know that every law enforcement agency in the city will be out for his head]].

* GoodIsNotNice: He's one of the more genuine heroic characters, but has a temper and can be a {{Jerkass}}. Given the circumstances of the Jigsaw case he's put into, this is justified.

* GoodIsNotNice: He's one of the more genuine heroic characters, but has a temper and can be a {{Jerkass}}. Although given the circumstances of the Jigsaw case, this is completely justified.

* AscendedExtra: Strahm was introduced as a supporting character in ''Saw IV'', then became the lead protagonist in ''V''.

* AscendedExtra: Strahm was a major supporting character in ''IV''. He upgrades to be the lead protagonist in ''V''.

[[Characters/SawJigsawAndAccomplices Jigsaw and Accomplices]] ([[Characters/SawJohnKramer John Kramer]]) | [[Characters/SawOtherAntagonists Other Antagonists]] | '''Law Enforcement''' | [[Characters/SawOtherCharacters Other Characters]] ([[Characters/SawIToIII I-III]], [[Characters/SawIVToVI IV-VI]], [[Characters/Saw3DToJigsaw 3D-Jigsaw]])-]]]]]

!!Metropolitan Police Department:

The police department of the unnamed city where the movies take place. Its known divisions include a Homicide Unit, several SWAT teams, a forensic team, a tech team, a bomb squad and an Internal Affairs division.
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* InternalAffairs: The department's Internal Affairs division takes charge of the Jigsaw case when Hoffman is publicly identified as the wanted second Jigsaw apprentice in ''Saw 3D''. The three named members of the division seen in the film are Gibson (who had a backstory with Hoffman before being moved to the division), Palmer and Rogers.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Rigg physically assaults at least one suspect, and in ''Saw II'' encourages Eric to beat the answers they want out of John, implying that this is standard practice for the department.
* PoliceAreUseless:
** Played with most of the time. Alongside the FBI, the department isn't necessarily incompetent and is always active in the Jigsaw case, but they never manage to capture any of the Jigsaw killers and accomplices they know about (only getting their corpses after being killed by someone else), or even discover certain {{Closed Circle}}s like the Nerve Gas House (which includes the infamous Bathroom) and the barn (which [[spoiler:somehow went unnoticed for ''over a decade'']]).
** Justified in ''Spiral'', where it's shown that the department has had plenty of {{Dirty Cop}}s and a long history of PoliceBrutality, especially after Zeke turned in Pete for murdering a witness. This not only worsens the department's efforts to capture the Spiral Killer, but also left many past crimes without resolution.
* SWATTeam: The department has several of them, though Rigg is the only known SWAT leader so far.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The department is part of the government of an unnamed American city, which is the setting for the movies, with the only hint as to the location being the TV network WNKW, implying that it's east of the Mississippi River. The license plates seen in the movies deliberately leave off the name of the state, although their style resembles that of [[{{Joisey}} New Jersey]] ones. ''Jigsaw'' further establishes that the city isn't Cleveland, as Eleanor is offered the position of medical examiner in that city. That said, most fans believe that the city is somewhere on the East Coast, specifically around UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, whose skyline was used in establishing shots of ''Spiral''.

!!!'''Pre-''Spiral'' officers:'''

[[folder:David Tapp]]
!!David Tapp
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Who said anything about a warrant?"'']]

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/DannyGlover (movies)\\
'''Voiced by:''' Earl Alexander (video games)\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawI'' | ''[[VideoGame/{{Saw}} Saw: The Video Game]]''

->''"You know, we arrested a dentist last week. He liked to play with kids a bit too much. He lived two blocks from here. The sewer lines run under this neighborhood, too."''

The detective who was assigned to the Jigsaw case before Eric Matthews. After finding evidence pointing to Lawrence Gordon as the Jigsaw Killer, he began to obsess over arresting him, even after Gordon's alibi proved that he couldn't be the killer. After Jigsaw wounded him and killed his partner, Steven Sing, he was discharged from the force.

* AscendedExtra: He became the main character of the first video game, and represents the series in the ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' DLC.
* CowboyCop: Doesn't seem to care too much about following standard police procedure. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero This comes back to bite him when he gets Sing killed and himself discharged]].
* {{Determinator}}: This is the guy who, in the game, managed to rip off the Reverse Bear Trap without a key just by fiddling with the mechanics. Granted it's because he's studied the trap, but nobody else has done that.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: He's DrivenToSuicide in the true ending of the first Saw game rather than being killed by Zep.
* GuestFighter: Appears with Amanda in the ''Saw'' DLC for ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight''.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: It's arguably his own fault, since his reckless actions got his partner killed, but this is taken to ridiculous levels in the first video game, where ''everyone'' he saves blames him for their dilemmas.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: During his shootout with Zep, a mere hospital orderly. Partly justified in that Tapp had been long discharged from the force and suffered major SanitySlippage in his reclusive lifestyle.
* MadeOfIron: When he nearly corners Zep in Gordon's apartment, the man ''smashes an entire glass vase apart over Tapp's head'' before making his escape. Tapp is barely fazed and continues his pursuit of Zep.
* RabidCop: His recklessness results in his partner killed, his throat slashed and him being [[TurnInYourBadge dismissed from the police department]]. Plus, his subsequent obsession with trailing Gordon blinded him so thoroughly to alternative suspects that he actually ''saw Allison's and Diana's captor inside Gordon's house'' and did nothing about it.
* ScaryBlackMan: He has his moments, especially regarding the lengths he's willing to go to catch Jigsaw.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He's determined to take down his target, and doesn't care about following police procedure to do it. But given [[SerialKiller who]] [[TheChessmaster his target]] [[EvilGenius is]], you can't really blame him.
* SlashedThroat: Jigsaw slashes his throat with a concealed blade. He survives, albeit with a large scar across his neck and partially damaged vocal cords.
* SpannerInTheWorks: He gets the distinct honor of screwing up two of Jigsaw's games, the first being when he and Sing bust in to rescue Jeff from the drill chair, the second when he runs in guns-a-blazing to fight off Zep from killing Gordon's family.
* TurnInYourBadge: Happens offscreen. He was discharged from the police force after his actions inadvertently got his partner killed and himself severely injured.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Degenerating into a reclusive maniac significantly weakened his survival skills, and he is ultimately felled by the much younger and inexperienced Zep after a lengthy struggle.
* YouDontLookLikeYou:
** Due to the designers not being able to secure Danny Glover's likeness, Tapp looks almost completely different in the first video game.
** This was also the case in his appearance in the ''Saw'' DLC for ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'', where he looks even ''[[YoungerThanTheyLook younger]]''.

[[folder:Steven Sing]]
!!Steven Sing
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[[caption-width-right:328:''"What did you do?! Turn it off!"'']]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/KenLeung\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawI''

->''"He's been injected with an opiate overdose. Couldn't move or feel much of anything."''

A homicide detective who was Tapp's close friend and partner. He was tragically killed in a disastrous raid on Jigsaw's lair. [[MyGreatestFailure Tapp never got over his death.]]

* TakeAThirdOption: He initially plays along with Jigsaw's orders to find the keys for Jeff's Drill Chair game in his lair. After realizing the nigh impossibility of the task, he simply shoots at the drills and saves the man.
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: He raids Jigsaw's lair with Tapp without a permit or backup and, in the ensuing struggle, tries to pursue him on his own. That didn't end well.
* YourHeadAsplode: In his pursuit of Jigsaw, he trips a wire linked to the triggers of four shotguns above his head, which end up shooting him.
* YouNeedToGetLaid: Sarcastically says this to Tapp when he notices how unhealthily he investigates the Jigsaw Killer's case overnight. However, he changes his tune when Tapp makes a discovery that leads them right to the killer.

[[folder:Allison Kerry]]
!!Allison Kerry
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm the one who has been working on this case from day one. I have been spending every waking moment piecing it together."'']]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/DinaMeyer\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawI'' | ''Film/SawII'' | ''Film/SawIII''

A supporting character in ''Saw'', and a major one ''Saw II'' and ''III''. Kerry was the first cop assigned to the Jigsaw case, and the self-proclaimed "Jigsaw Expert". She has been tracking this case from the beginning. Unfortunately, her unhealthy obsession with the case draws the ire of the killer...

* ByTheBookCop: Even though she's obsessed with solving the Jigsaw murders, unlike other cops in the series, she still adheres to the rules and is incredibly disapproving of Eric's penchant for PoliceBrutality.
* ChronicallyKilledActor: Her death just happens to be another one of Creator/DinaMeyer's [[http://cinemorgue.wikia.com/wiki/Dina_Meyer many deaths]].
* DecoyProtagonist: She's at the center of ''Saw III'' for the first 15 or so minutes before being quickly killed off.
* {{Determinator}}: She bests Jigsaw's test for her. Unfortunately, it's not survivable through Amanda's handiwork.
* EmotionlessGirl: According to Jigsaw. Subverted in that while aloof, Allison feels deeply remorseful of Eric's disappearance after the second film.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: After two films as a central character, she's the second victim of the third film.
* {{Workaholic}}: She admits to being obsessed with solving the case, which has come with the price of ruining her social life.

[[folder:Eric Matthews]]
!!Eric Matthews
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The clock is ticking, John."'']]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/DonnieWahlberg\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawII'' | ''Film/SawIII'' | ''Film/SawIV'' | ''Full Disclosure Report''

->''"Yeah, but between that, IA breathing down my neck, my son's budding criminal career, and my wife's fucking divorce lawyers, I'd say my hands are pretty full, wouldn't you?"''

The protagonist of ''Saw II'', and a supporting character in ''Saw III'' and ''IV''. A cop that is pulled into the Jigsaw case when one of his informants is killed in a Jigsaw trap.

* AscendedExtra: He first appeared briefly in ''Full Disclosure Report''. He then became the protagonist of ''Saw II''.
* AssholeVictim: Downplayed. While Eric is a deeply corrupt cop who has ruined lives to further his career or out of pettiness, the level of emotional and physical turmoil he undergoes after failing his game is far too much for a man who was only trying to stop Jigsaw and save his son.
* DespairEventHorizon: He crosses this full stop between the third and fourth film, being reduced to a sobbing mess begging for death.
* {{Determinator}}: After Amanda leaves him with the same fate as Adam's, he ''smashes his own foot apart with a toilet lid to escape''. Not even Lawrence or Adam thought of that.
* DirtyCop: All of the victims in the Nerve Gas House besides Daniel were people he planted evidence on and framed for crimes that they never committed. We also see recorded TV footage of him becoming belligerent and violent with a news reporter asking him about his history of using physical force when talking with suspects.
* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted. In the fourth film, he knowingly tries to slip off the block of ice he's forced onto in his game, which would kill him. Fortunately, Art stops him. Once Eric sees Art is also a victim in the game and not a willing accomplice, he doesn't try to kill himself again.
* FromBadToWorse: His whole storyline revolves around this trope. Every time we see him in each of three movies where he appears, he's in worse shape than the last time we left him.
* HeroKiller: Played sympathetically and very justified in ''IV''. He fatally shoots Rigg in a desperate move to prevent him from failing his game and accidentally killing [[DevilInPlainSight at least]] three people, but it fails to stop him.
* HotBlooded: Has a lot of trouble keeping his temper under control, which damages his relationship with his son and might account for his habit of rigging investigations to guarantee convictions. It proves to be his undoing in the end.
* JerkassHasAPoint: He may be a DirtyCop and RabidCop, but few can dispute Eric makes a damn good point when he points out that John, no matter how he tries to justify the deaths in his games, is a murderer.
-->'''Eric''': I don't know what [the cure for cancer] is, but I know it's not killing and torturing people for your own sick fucking pleasure.\\
'''John''': I've never murdered anyone in my life. [[NeverMyFault The decisions are up to them.]]\\
'''Eric''': Yeah, well, putting a gun to someone's head and forcing ''them'' to pull the trigger is still murder.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: He lays out the ''mother'' of all beatdowns on John toward the climax of the second film, one so vicious that it has him writhing in ''horrible'' agony between taunting Matthews. Even though Eric was failing his game by giving in to his rage, it's hard to deny that John deserved every second of it.
* NominalHero: Eric is a deeply corrupt cop who's nevertheless only trying to do right by saving his son and more lives from a complete madman.
* OffscreenInertia: Defied in ''Saw III''. After ''Saw II'' ends with him chained to a pipe in the Bathroom by Amanda and presumably left to die exactly as Adam did in the first film, the opening ''awesomely'' plays against expectations, with Eric [[ConvenientlyPlacedSharpThing grabbing a broken toilet lid and breaking his foot with it]] in order to escape.
* PapaWolf: He was extremely worried when Jigsaw had his son and was willing go to huge lengths to get him back. Unfortunately, all that was required of him was to be patient.
* PartingWordsRegret: The last thing Eric told Daniel was essentially to go to hell, and it's clear that this is a big part of why he's so desperate to get him back.
* RabidCop: He has a very nasty record of violence towards suspects, and near the end of the second film he [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats John to a bloody pulp]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: If one were to look at the bigger picture of the franchise and its timeline, they would see that if Eric hadn't sent Amanda to jail for a crime she didn't commit, she wouldn't have become a heroin addict while inside; thus she would never have [[spoiler:told Cecil to rob Jill's clinic, which was the first incident for Jigsaw's StartOfDarkness]]. So if you think about it, if Eric hadn't been such a corrupt piece of shit, most of the franchise's events may have never happened.
* YourHeadAsplode: At the end of the fourth movie, between two blocks of ice.
* YoureInsane: He rightfully calls out John for being batshit insane in their conversation, to which he [[BlueAndOrangeMorality only responds with amusement.]]

[[folder:Daniel Rigg]]
!!Daniel Rigg
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"It's in our nature to save them. It's what we do."'']]

->'''Played by:''' Lyriq Bent\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawII'' | ''Film/SawIII'' | ''Film/SawIV''

A supporting character in ''Saw II'' and ''III'', and the main protagonist of ''Saw IV''. He's a SWAT sergeant on the local police force who leads the raid to Jigsaw's lair, and has been working hard on the Jigsaw case since Eric's disappearance afterwards. Jigsaw takes issue with his obsession and decides to test him; in reality, Hoffman is looking for an apprentice of his own following John and Amanda's passings, and Rigg is an ideal candidate should he pass his test.

* AntiHero: One of his fatal flaws. To start, he has a temperamental and focused personality, which stems from such situations, where he acted aggressive, and on some occasions, even turned violent, which brought him into conflict with the Internal Affairs Department. Despite this, Rigg is loyal to both his friends and his department, is extremely dedicated to his work and had a strong sense of justice. However, his quest to save and protect everyone turned into an obsession, which proves to be his undoing. See UnwantedAssistance below.
* AscendedExtra: He is a background character in ''Saw II'' and ''III,'' with a total of maybe 3 lines of dialogue between the two movies. In ''IV'', he is the main character.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: The flaw Jigsaw was trying to get him to overcome.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He may have ChronicHeroSyndrome, but he clearly has no sympathy or pity for the cruel serial rapist Ivan.
* FaceHeelTurn: {{Invoked|Trope}}, but {{Subverted|Trope}}. The core of his extremely simple game (which poses practically no harm to Rigg himself) is to subtly brainwash and recruit him into Jigsaw's fold. Rigg rushing in through gets him fatally shot before he can be brainwashed.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The above trope usually results in this. Again, see UnwantedAssistance below.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: He is shot at the end of ''IV'', but is otherwise alive. He is declared dead near the beginning of ''V''.
* SurvivorGuilt: His problem is that everyone around him keeps dying.
* SWATTeam: He used to be the leader of one before his death.
* UnwantedAssistance: Invoked by Jigsaw for his test. His test was to watch people suffer in their traps and seeing them get out of there, or try and help them. By the end of ''IV'', Rigg kills several characters in misguided attempts at saving them.
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Rigg wears a white T-shirt during his trial in ''Saw IV'', which gets a good amount of blood stains, though it mostly receives dirt-related ones. While he doesn't die onscreen at the end of the film (he only gets a shot from Eric attempting to prevent him from entering the Ice Block Trap's room), he's declared dead at the beginning of the next one.

[[folder:Adam Heffner]]
!!Dr. Adam Heffner
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I was the one who examined that body. I've examined every victim of the Jigsaw Killer."'']]

->'''Played by:''' James Van Patten\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawIV'' | ''Film/SawVI'' | ''Film/Saw3D''

A forensic pathologist who examines victims of the Jigsaw killings found by the police.
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* TheCoroner: He plays a far smaller role in comparison to other characters who fit this trope, and he was first introduced in ''IV'', but he's the one who examined the cause of death of all the dead Jigsaw victims found by the police from the first movie to ''3D''.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: [[spoiler:How Hoffman kills him]] in ''3D''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fisk]]
!!Fisk
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'd say justice was served."'']]

->'''Played by:''' Mike Realba\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawIV'' | ''Film/SawV''

A homicide detective seen in ''Saw IV'' and ''V'', who seems to be a close colleague of Hoffman.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: From ''Saw VI'' onward, he ends up completely absent in the series. Even though pretty much every significant law enforcement officer (cops and FBI agents alike) dies at some point in the series, Fisk just disappears.
* NoFullNameGiven: Only his first name is known.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Matt Gibson]]
!!Matt Gibson
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You've got to give before you can receive in this house, Jill."'']]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChadDonella\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/Saw3D''

An officer who became bitter towards his colleague Mark Hoffman when he killed a homeless man who was holding him at gunpoint. He was demoted and re-assigned to the department's Internal Affairs division when he told their boss to enact at least some punishment on Hoffman. In ''Saw 3D'', Jill specifically requests protection from him with Hoffman out for her head.
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* ByTheBookCop: One of the more upstanding cops seen in the series. He previously turned in some of Hoffman's cronies for corruption and is reluctant to help Jill unless she follows the rules. Due to his selfless nature and history with Hoffman, he's the only police officer who Jill believes isn't complicit with Hoffman.
* GoodIsNotNice: While Gibson is genuinely a heroic figure, he repeatedly expresses his disdain for Jill due to her involvement in a murderous conspiracy.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His all-out manhunt for Hoffman is arguably the biggest clusterfuck out of all of this trope's examples in the series. It leads to, among other things, [[spoiler:the deaths of an entire ''police precinct'']].
* TokenTrio: He (white male) forms one with Palmer (white female) and Rogers (black male).
* YoureInsane: He's exasperated when he finds out about Jill's role in placing the Reverse Bear Trap 2.0 on Hoffman.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Palmer and Rogers]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Palmer]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Rogers]]

->'''Played by:''' Kim Scharner (Palmer), Laurence Anthony (Rogers)\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/Saw3D''

Gibson's two partners in the Internal Affairs division.
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* MoeGreeneSpecial: [[spoiler:Rogers is killed by Hoffman when the latter shoots him in the right eye.]]
* NeckSnap: [[spoiler:How Hoffman kills Palmer.]]
* NoFullNameGiven: Only their surnames are known.
* TokenTrio: They form one with Gibson (white male). Palmer is the white female and Rogers is the black male.
[[/folder]]

!!!'''''Spiral'' officers:'''

[[folder:Zeke Banks]]
!!Ezekiel "Zeke" Banks
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[[caption-width-right:280:''"You can give a woman 600 Tuesdays. And it ain't worth three Saturday nights."'']]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChrisRock\\
'''Appearances:''' ''[[Film/Spiral2021 Spiral]]''

The protagonist of ''Spiral'', Zeke is a detective who's ostracized by the department for his role in turning in Peter Dunleavy after Peter intentionally committed a grave crime. Zeke is reluctantly put in charge of the investigation of a new Jigsaw copycat by being the first on the scene of the murder of his colleague, Marv Bozwick.
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* ArchEnemy: He eventually becomes a played with version of this towards [[spoiler:Schenk. Schenk infiltrated as a rookie detective in the Metropolitan Police Department in order to target various {{Dirty Cop}}s while having some covering, and sought to recruit Zeke as an accomplice since he was a moral detective who was ostracized by said corrupt officers. However, Zeke immediately rivalizes him when he finds out his identity as the Spiral Killer, and refuses to help him in continue killing cops, especially after Schenk sets up a trap to get his father killed]].
* BigNo: [[spoiler:After Marcus is gunned down and Schenk makes his escape.]]
* CowboyCop: Zeke is prone to risk-taking and disobeying standard protocol to get results.
* DirtyCop: Averted, unlike every other cop in his department. Zeke is one of the more upstanding and noble cops you can find despite his abrasive attitude. [[spoiler: This is the reason why Schenk wants to specifically recruit him as his partner in crime.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: He's a very sarcastic and loudmouthed guy, much like Adam from the first film.
* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler:He is visibly shaken upon confronting Schenk as the Spiral killer, calling out his betrayal.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite the fact the entire police department treats him like garbage, Zeke does not derive satisfaction from any of their deaths, including monsters like Fitch, and does all he can to try to save their lives.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: He's hated by the other cops in his department for turning one of them in.
* InsaneTrollLogic: In a conversation with Schenk about leads on the new killer, he claims Jigsaw and his "disciples" by extension don't target cops while debating their identity. Given John and Hoffman's crimes are very well-publicized by this time, it's unknown why Zeke would say this when they've personally targeted many detectives, officers and FBI special agents.
** That being said, it's possible he meant the original Jigsaw didn't ''[[ExactWords exclusively]]'' target cops like the Spiral killer does.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: After a shootout with a gangbanger with possible connections to one of their leads on the Spiral Killer, Zeke douses his maimed leg with alcohol and beats him when the thug plays coy.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished:
** Zeke reported Pete for murdering a witness, getting Pete kicked off the force. His comrades all regarded him as a rat and left him to get shot during a shootout. Not only that, but it also got his personal life ruined, with his wife divorcing him from the strain.
** Zeke telling [[spoiler:Schenk]] to stay quiet after Pete shoots his father directly leads to [[spoiler:Schenk killing his own father years later.]]
* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: [[spoiler:He was already a cop when Schenk was still a child.]]
* TheParagon: Zeke's not perfect but he's staunchly law-abiding and non-corrupt as a cop. [[spoiler:Schenk praises him as the best of the best, and wants to recruit him because of this.]]
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Zeke wears a white shirt when [[spoiler:he's abducted by the Spiral killer for a trial of his own]]. He doesn't die, but his shirt gets stained with blood from his wounds and [[spoiler:other victims throughout the trial]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:William Schenk]]
!!William Schenk
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spiral_max_mingehlla_detective_william_1620382077.jpg]]

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/MaxMinghella\\
'''Appearances:''' ''[[Film/Spiral2021 Spiral]]''

A relatively new cop that's assigned as a partner to Zeke on the new Jigsaw homicides.
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* ByTheBookCop: To Zeke's CowboyCop.
* FamilyMan: Has a wife and a newborn daughter.
* FatalFamilyPhoto: Early on in the film, he shows Zeke a photo of his wife and newborn child. Later on, [[spoiler:his dead body is discovered]].
* FlayedAlive: [[spoiler:He is kidnapped and brutally skinned alive by the Spiral Killer in a departure from the Jigsaw M.O.]]
* NewMeat: Of the Metropolitan Police Department. Zeke even refers to him as such.
* NiceGuy: Even by the department's standards, he's one of the nicest cops around in the series.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Marcus Banks]]
!!Marcus Banks
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-> '''Played by:''' Creator/SamuelLJackson\\
'''Appearances:''' ''[[Film/Spiral2021 Spiral]]''

Zeke's father. Once the chief of police, he's since stepped down following a brutal altercation with officer Fitch over leaving his son to die out of spite. Due to his son's disgraced status, Marcus' relationship with him is strained but, nevertheless, tries to support him with the Spiral Killer investigation.
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Despite everything Marcus has done throughout his career, his death is painted in a somber light. Having made the selfless choice of sending Zeke after catching the fleeing killer over attending to him, Marcus consequently dies and Zeke is completely distraught over his death.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:While Marcus isn't as openly horrible as some of the other cops in the precinct, he was a deeply corrupt police chief who enabled the corruption of other officers like Fitch and Peter. He also had no qualms about engaging in PoliceBrutality himself. As a result, he is a case of this when he dies, but see AlasPoorVillain above for how his death is displayed like.]]
* BeardOfEvil: He had a nice full stache during his days as a corrupt police chief.
* DeadpanSnarker: Zeke takes it after him. Since he's played by Samuel L. Jackson, this is also a given.
* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:Revealed to be one during his time as police chief, covering up crimes committed by other corrupt cops.]]
* PapaWolf: He is this to Zeke. During the flashback scene that shows Zeke getting shot due to his calls for backup being ignored not once, but ''three times'', Marcus is rightfully furious, laying into the other officers at the scene. And upon learning that Fitch, the cop nearest Zeke’s location at the time, was the one who ignored his calls for backup, Marcus attacks him for putting his son’s life at risk.
-->'''Marcus:''' Where the fuck were all of you, huh?! My son called for backup ''three times in 8 minutes'', and none of you motherfuckers could get here?! Nobody?! Nothing? Crickets. Alright, this is what I’m gonna do; I’m gonna call dispatch, and find out who was closest available, and when I do, I’m going to take this gun and shoot that motherfucker. We clear?\\
(''{{Beat}} as Fitch looks away and clears his throat'')\\
'''Marcus:''' Fitch, it was you?! (''jumps him and starts pistol whipping him'') You fucking with my son again?! God damn you, son of a bitch! (''is pulled off of Fitch by other officers'') Get off me! You’re done, motherfucker, you hear me?! You’re fucking done! Don’t let me see your face again!
* ParentalNeglect: During his childhood, Marcus had a distant father who only cared about his work. He would later treat Zeke the same way, rarely giving him fatherly advice and being fairly distant.
* PoliceBrutality: As chief, he had no qualms roughing up random people [[EvilIsPetty if he was in a bad mood.]] When Zeke nearly dies as a result of Fitch, he also threatens he'll kill whoever was responsible for denying his son backup. When he finds it out it was Fitch, [[PapaWolf he]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch beats the hell out of him.]]
* SoProudOfYou: While usually cold or dismissive to Zeke, he admits in his delirious final moments that Zeke always did the right thing compared to the rest of his department.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Schenk's trap forces Marcus into a position where he brandishes a weapon directly at the SWAT team racing to their location. They waste no time completely unloading their assault rifles and shotguns into Marcus, who was already bleeding to death.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Angie Garza]]
!!Angie Garza
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-> '''Played by:''' Creator/MarisolNichols\\
'''Appearances:''' ''[[Film/Spiral2021 Spiral]]''

Zeke's boss and a captain of the force. During the days of Marcus as chief, she was his closest cohort in covering up the brutal and unjust actions of the Metropolitan Police Department's officers.
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* AssholeVictim: Downplayed. [[spoiler:While Angie was deeply complicit in a conspiracy to allow police corruption to run rampant, she is one of the less malevolent of the bunch. Her absolutely ''horrific'' death was fairly disproportionate, to say the least.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Her game forces her to sever her spinal cord by pressing the back of her neck into a blade far enough to stop a contraption from pouring boiling wax onto her face. As she fails, she literally gets her face melted off before suffocating to death.]]
* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:She was the number two of Marcus in a large-scale conspiracy to grant police officers more power regardless of what they did.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: While she's reluctant to put Zeke in charge of the new Jigsaw homicides, Angie lashes out at the disdain the other cops have for her decision, stating a life has been lost and to get over themselves and catch the killer.
* JerkassHasAPoint: She calls out Zeke on his stubbornness on not following police protocol, stating regardless of his circumstances, it jeopardizes his life and creates even more problems.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Marv Bozwick]]
!!Marv "Boz" Bozwick
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->'''Played by:''' Dan Petronijevic\\
'''Appearances:''' ''[[Film/Spiral2021 Spiral]]''

A detective from the Metropolitan Police Department. He was the Spiral Killer's first victim. Notably, while corrupt, Boz was said to be a kind man, and his death is a large part of why Zeke is so determined in stopping the killer.
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* AssholeVictim: Despite being one of the only cops who were nice to Zeke, he was still a corrupt cop whose false testimonies put innocent people in prison.
* DirtyCop: He has taken the witness stand in court many times, and his lies have put innocent people in jail.
* LudicrousGibs: All that's left of Boz after his test is unrecognizable gore splattered across the subway tracks.
* PetTheDog: He was possibly the only one in the department who remained friends with Zeke, even after he turned one of them in. He used to go to games with him and play with his son.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He dies in the opening, but his death kickstarts the plot and we retroactively learn more about him.
* SymbolicMutilation: In the Subway Trap, Boz is forced to rip his tongue out for lying about innocent people being criminals.
* TongueTrauma: Taken UpToEleven. His trap has his body hoist up into the air, his tongue trapped by a device. Boz must jump off a platform to avoid getting hit by a subway train, losing his tongue in the process. He does so, but too late, and he not only takes his whole tongue with him but gets ran over anyways.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fitch]]
!!Fitch
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fitch.png]]

->'''Played by:''' Richard Zeppieri\\
'''Appearances:''' ''[[Film/Spiral2021 Spiral]]''

A detective from the Metropolitan Police Department. He was the Spiral Killer's second victim.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:The biggest in the whole movie. Fitch was a sociopathic monster who once murdered a man for flipping him off when ordered to raise his hands. He also treated Zeke with nothing but contempt and once nearly left him to die out of spite. It's telling that of all the cops that die in the movie, Zeke feels absolutely nothing for Fitch upon discovering his remains.]]
* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:And how! Besides the murder mentioned above in AssholeVictim, he also refused to provide backup for Zeke during a shootout as revenge for turning another cop in, which almost got Zeke killed.]]
* DirtyCoward: While feeling smugly satisfied with denying Zeke backup, Fitch turns into a nervous wreck fidgeting around suspiciously when he witnesses Marcus' wrath at the situation.
* EvilIsPetty: UpToEleven. He once murdered a man for ''flipping him off.''
* {{Fingore}}: Fitch is trapped in a tub slowly filling up with water, with exposed electrified wires hung over the edge, and a motor binding his fingers down. To escape, he must bite a mechanism that'll activate the motor, which will rip all of his fingers off. He ultimately can't do so in time and ends up electrocuted to death.
* HighVoltageDeath: He fails to remove his fingers in time, and thus, is fried to a crisp when the water in his trap reaches the electrical cords.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's always treating Zeke like shit, due to him turning another cop in. He once refused to provide backup for Zeke during a shootout, despite being the nearest cop to him, which almost got Zeke killed.
* NoFullNameGiven: His first name is never stated.
* PragmaticVillainy: Despite refusing Zeke backup, the second shots are fired, he has an OhCrap moment and rushes to his location. This isn't because he cares about Zeke, but because Fitch knows [[PapaWolf Marcus]] will go ballistic (i.e, kill him) if his son died because of him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pete Dunleavy]]
!!Peter "Pete" Dunleavy
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/peterdunleavyjpg.jpg]]

->'''Played by:''' Patrick [=McManus=]\\
'''Appearances:''' ''[[Film/Spiral2021 Spiral]]''

A former officer from the Metropolitan Police Department, who was discharged after Zeke turned him in for the murder of Charlie Emmerson. He's since been reduced to a pathetic bum living under a church and drowning his sorrows with booze.
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* TheAtoner: After becoming homeless and miserable, he seems to have lapsed into this after living under a church. He claims he seeks God's forgiveness regularly and has a serious HeelRealization about how out of control he and the department was. That said, it's made clear he still deeply resents Zeke for turning him in, indicating a certain degree of lasting irresponsibility.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:His death at the hands of the Spiral Killer is horrifying, but he previously murdered Charlie Emmerson to prevent him from testifying against a fellow officer. And for all his gestures at atonement, Pete still remained a bitter asshole to Zeke and never realized he was in the right in testifying against him. This is even lampshaded by Schenk, expressing Pete had it coming for ruining not only his life but Zeke's as well.]]
* BlatantLies: He makes a pathetic attempt to justify shooting Charlie Emmerson by saying it was in self-defense.
-->'''Zeke''': The ''witness'' pulled a gun on you?
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Besides Angie, he gets arguably the worst of the victims in the movie. Peter is chained up above a platform in front of a machine that will grind up rounds of glass bottles and pelt their shards at his body. The only way he can survive this is if Zeke finds the key to free him, but he's slowed down by being forced to take cover between the grinder taking breaks and firing. Peter agonizingly takes multiple rounds of this before expiring.
* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:Ex-dirty cop, to be more specific. He killed Charlie Emmerson to prevent him from testifying against another officer, then tried to make it look like he shot him in self-defense. Zeke didn't buy it and turned him in, getting him kicked out of the force.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:His murder of Charlie Emmerson made his son William take revenge against dirty cops like him as the Spiral Killer.]]
[[/folder]]

!!Federal Bureau of Investigation:

[[folder:In General]]
* FBIAgent: A given for most members, since it's the actual agency as depicted in the films.
* PoliceAreUseless: Played with. Alongside the Metropolitan Police Department, the FBI isn't necessarily incompetent and is always active in the Jigsaw case (at least until the events of ''Saw 3D''), but they never manage to capture any of the Jigsaw killers and accomplices they know about (only getting their corpses after being killed by someone else), or even discover certain {{Closed Circle}}s like the Nerve Gas House (which includes the infamous Bathroom) and the barn (which [[spoiler:somehow went unnoticed for ''over a decade'']]).
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Peter Strahm]]
!!Peter Strahm
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/strahm.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"We're here to help find who your department couldn't, detective: the one helping Jigsaw and Amanda Young."'']]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ScottPatterson\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawIV'' | ''Film/SawV''

A special agent assigned to work with the local police on the Jigsaw case. He has a prominent role in ''Saw IV'', and is the protagonist of ''V''.
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* ArchEnemy: To Hoffman. Strahm was the first law enforcement officer to figure that Hoffman is a Jigsaw apprentice. While their fight lasts for little more than one film, with Hoffman being the winner by getting Strahm killed and framed for a while, Perez and Erickson eventually become suspicious of Hoffman too, and pursue him during the investigation of Strahm's death and the reopening of the case regarding Hoffman's first victim.
* AscendedExtra: Strahm was a major supporting character in ''IV''. He upgrades to be the lead protagonist in ''V''.
* CaptainObvious: He spends much of his screen time in ''Saw V'' telling the audience what he sees and stating things that are already quite apparent.
* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler:Hoffman attempted to use him for this in ''Saw VI'', using one of Strahm's hands to leave fingerprints on evidence. It failed, as Erickson determines that Strahm was DeadAllAlong due to DNA analysis.]]
* DecoyProtagonist: He had a major role in ''IV'' and was upgraded to being the protagonist of ''V''. He is built up to be the main hero of the series' arc centered on Hoffman, but [[spoiler:he's killed at the end of the film]].
* {{Determinator}}: At the beginning of ''V'', he escapes an "inescapable" trap with a tracheotomy.
* GoodIsNotNice: He's one of the more genuine heroic characters, but has a temper and can be a {{Jerkass}}. Although given the circumstances of the Jigsaw case, this is completely justified.
* GutturalGrowler: [[TruthInTelevision Justified]] in the aftermath of his tracheotomy; his voice evolves into a deeper growl.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: A [[spoiler:mostly posthumous]] example, as Hoffman attempts to frame him throughout ''V'' and ''VI'' by pointing evidence towards Strahm and [[spoiler:using one of his detached hands to leave fingerprints behind]]. This doesn't work, and he's presumably cleared from having been involved with Jigsaw.
* ImprovisationalIngenuity: At the beginning of ''Saw V'', Strahm wakes up after being knocked out by Hoffman, and finds himself in one of Jigsaw's traps: his entire body is able to move except for his head, which is sealed from the neck up in a glass cube that's quickly filling with water. Since both Jigsaw and Hoffman designed the trap with the intention of executing anyone in it, there's no built-in way to survive, and Strahm is supposed to drown. But Strahm reaches into his pocket, pulls out a pen, unscrews it to take it apart (all while he's on the verge of drowning, keep in mind), and gives himself an ImpromptuTracheotomy with the pen's tubing, allowing him to finally breathe. The look on Hoffman's face when he tells the cops outside that no one but him made it out of the meatpacking plant, only to turn around and see Strahm alive and kicking, is absolutely priceless.
* InstantDramaJustAddTracheotomy: Strahm escapes from an inescapable drowning trap by performing tracheotomy with a ''pen''.
* LeeroyJenkins: His HotBlooded nature and impulsiveness have him often charge into danger without fully assessing the situation. [[spoiler:This gets him killed.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he can be snide and a dick to other characters, he clearly cares about his partner agent Perez, especially when she is wounded by a trap, and ultimately just wants to catch the Jigsaw disciples.
* TheMenInBlack: Played with in ''Saw IV''. Strahm's uniform consists of a black suit and white shirt with a black tie, and while he never acts particularly sinister, is impatient with the Metropolitan Police Department over their failures in catching Jigsaw, and isn't pleased to see that Kerry, who served as an informant to him and Perez, was killed.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Nice job shoving Hoffman into the glass box, Strahm!
* ProperlyParanoid: Even before really investigating Hoffman, he's already incredibly wary of him and his department being corrupt bastards. As later flashbacks prove, he is completely right to be paranoid.
* SanitySlippage: He undergoes a brief one after Perez is critically injured, where he goes from simply being smug as he's interrogating Jill to becoming a RabidCop as he desperately demands where the games are being held. At one point he either pulls a gun on her, or at least imagines himself doing so.
* SquashedFlat: [[spoiler:His fate in the Glass Coffin's room, shown in excruciating and painful detail.]]
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: He is introduced in ''Saw IV'', and [[spoiler:dies by the end of ''Saw V'']].
* TakenOffTheCase: After getting out of the meatpacking plant alive and arguing with Hoffman over Perez's supposed last words (which led Strahm to become suspicious of Hoffman), Strahm is taken off the case on the order of Erickson, after which he goes to investigate about and pursue Hoffman on his own.
* TooDumbToLive: Strahm, you REALLY should've listened to Jigsaw's recorded warning of continuing on. He winds up put in the Water Cube by Hoffman, but miraculously manages to survive. He doesn't learn his lesson in the end, however, because [[spoiler:he doesn't bother listening to Hoffman's own recording, and ends up crushed to death for it]].
* UnwittingPawn: While there are a bunch of these in the series, Strahm is the most blatant example.
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Subverted and inverted in ''Saw V''.
** The subversion happens at the beginning of the film when Strahm gets abducted by Hoffman and is put in a trap meant to be inescapable. His white shirt at the time gets stained in blood, but he survives the trap long enough to be rescued afterwards.
** The inversion happens at the end of the film, where Strahm, with the black T-shirt that he wore for most of the movie, [[spoiler:suffers one of the series' most gruesome deaths in the Glass Coffin's room]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lindsey Perez]]
!!Lindsey Perez
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"He was my partner for five years. I mean, we all knew he was a bit of a hothead, but I never saw any indication of psychotic behavior."'']]

->'''Played by:''' Athena Karkanis\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawIV'' | ''Film/SawVI''

Strahm's partner and a supporting protagonist in ''Saw IV''. She's seemingly killed or left permanently incapacitated during the events of the film, but makes a sudden return in ''Saw VI'' as one of the main protagonists.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Hoffman demands she tells him more about what the police know of him, but she simply mocks him before dying.]]
* DyingDeclarationOfHate: In ''Saw VI'', [[spoiler:she gets a subtle one as her last words. Once Hoffman is ousted as being the wanted second Jigsaw apprentice and the one who tried to frame Strahm as being said apprentice before he died, he goes on an absolute rampage and kills the people with him in the FBI's technical lab, ending it with Perez. He stabs her constantly while asking her who else knows that it's been him all along, to which Perez simply replies, "Everyone." Hoffman tried to frame her partner of five years for heinous crimes, even using ''his severed hand'' to try and pull it off, and Perez's last act, now content in the knowledge that Strahm was innocent, is letting Hoffman know that every law enforcement agency in the city will be out for his head]].
* FakingTheDead: Perez was alive and well during the events of ''V'' but ordered to stay low to avoid Jigsaw's attention. To be specific, [[spoiler:she and Erickson were already on to Hoffman through [[SpannerInTheWorks Jeff's daughter, Corbett, informing the police of his untrustworthiness]]]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:How Hoffman does her in.]]
* TooDumbToLive: Despite knowing they're dealing with a SerialKiller specializing in homemade traps, she leans her face toward a suspicious-looking Billy and gets a face full of shrapnel for it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dan Erickson]]
!!Dan Erickson
[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ericksonhospital.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:220:''"We got it. This is our smoking gun."'']]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/MarkRolston\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawV'' | ''Film/SawVI''

A special agent and the superior of Perez and Strahm. He is a supporting character in ''Saw V'', and one of the main protagonists of ''Saw VI''.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: In a non-trap example in ''Saw VI'', [[spoiler:he has his jugular vein cut out by Hoffman and is left writhing on the floor. After killing Perez and Sachi, Hoffman then douses him with gasoline and burns him and the whole room down]].
* PoliceAreUseless: Averted. He buys into the deception Strahm is the new Jigsaw killer for about five minutes before plotting against the real mastermind.
* ProperlyParanoid: Having known Strahm for years and the suspicious circumstances surrounding the cases that Strahm was re-investigating, he was wary of Hoffman before the latter began framing Strahm.
* SlashedThroat: Courtesy of [[spoiler:Hoffman]].
* TakenOffTheCase: He takes Strahm off the Jigsaw case when he visits him at the beginning of ''Saw V''.
* TooDumbToLive: Despite being fully aware that he's in the presence of a very dangerous and intelligent SerialKiller, he isn't prepared at all for how Hoffman might react to being uncovered on the spot, unlike Perez. [[spoiler:As a result, Hoffman easily gets the drop on Erickson before he can join the ensuing fight with Perez.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cowan]]
!!Cowan
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cowantvtropesimage.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"There you are, Strahm."'']]

->'''Played by:''' Sheila Shah\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawV''

A special agent seen in ''Saw V'' who serves as a switchboard operator and technical analyst in Erickson's unit. When he becomes suspicious of Strahm, Erickson orders Cowan to track him down.
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* NoFullNameGiven: Only her surname is known.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sachi]]
!!Sachi
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sachipng.png]]

->'''Played by:''' Ginger Busch\\
'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SawVI''

->''"Whoever made this tape had access to some very impressive audio filtration equipment. Fortunately, we have some tricks of our own here."''

A tech lab technician who works at the FBI's local lab in the city where the series takes place. She only appears in a single scene in ''Saw VI''.
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* HumanShield: [[spoiler:Hoffman was quick to use Sachi as one the moment his identity as a Jigsaw apprentice was revealed, specifically as a barrier between himself and Perez as the latter instinctively fires her pistol while blinded by the lab's lack of lightning after Hoffman cut the power, inadverently killing Sachi. It doesn't take long before Hoffman throws Sachi's corpse away and immediately stabs Perez several times.]]
* NoFullNameGiven: Only her first name is known.
* OneShotCharacter: She only appears in one scene in ''Saw VI'' before [[spoiler:being swiftly killed off]].
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Inverted. She wears a black shirt in the only scene where she appears, and dies when [[spoiler:she's gunned to death by Perez while Hoffman uses her as a meat shield towards the latter, leaving a visible trail of blood when Hoffman drops her into a wall]].
[[/folder]]

* RabidCop: His recklessness results in his partner killed, his throat nearly slashed and he is dismissed from the force. Plus, his subsequent obsession with trailing Gordon blinded him so thoroughly to alternative suspects that he actually ''saw Allison's and Diana's captor inside Gordon's house'' and did nothing about it.

* RabidCop: It's revealed that he has a very nasty record of violence towards most of the suspects, and near the end of the second film he [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats John to a bloody pulp]].

[[Characters/SawJigsawAndAccomplices Jigsaw and Accomplices]] ([[Characters/SawJohnKramer John Kramer]], [[Characters/SawMarkHoffman Mark Hoffman]]) | [[Characters/SawOtherAntagonists Other Antagonists]] | '''Law Enforcement''' | [[Characters/SawOtherCharacters Other Characters]] ([[Characters/SawIToIII I-III]], [[Characters/SawIVToVI IV-VI]], [[Characters/Saw3DToJigsaw 3D-Jigsaw]])-]]]]]

-->''"Whoever made this tape had access to some very impressive audio filtration equipment. Fortunately, we have some tricks of our own here."''

->'''Played by:''' Creator/DannyGlover

-->''"You know, we arrested a dentist last week. He liked to play with kids a bit too much. He lived two blocks from here. The sewer lines run under this neighborhood, too."''

->'''Played by:''' Creator/KenLeung

-->''"He's been injected with an opiate overdose. Couldn't move or feel much of anything."''

->'''Played by:''' Creator/DinaMeyer

->'''Played by:''' Creator/DonnieWahlberg

-->''"Yeah, but between that, IA breathing down my neck, my son's budding criminal career, and my wife's fucking divorce lawyers, I'd say my hands are pretty full, wouldn't you?"''

* AscendedExtra: He first appeared briefly in ''Full Disclosure Report: Piecing Together Jigsaw'', a pseudo-documentary from DVD releases of the first film. He then became the protagonist of ''Saw II''.

->'''Played by:''' Lyriq Bent

->'''Played by:''' James Van Patten

->'''Played by:''' Mike Realba

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChadDonella

->'''Played by:''' Kim Scharner (Palmer), Laurence Anthony (Rogers)

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/ChrisRock

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/MaxMinghella

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/SamuelLJackson

-> '''Played by:''' Creator/MarisolNichols

Zeke's boss and a captain of the force. During the days of Marcus as police chief, she was his closest cohort in covering up the brutal and unjust actions of the police department.

-> '''Played by:''' Dan Petronijevic

-> '''Played by:''' Richard Zeppieri

-> '''Played by:''' Patrick [=McManus=]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ScottPatterson

->'''Played by:''' Athena Karkanis

->'''Played by:''' Creator/MarkRolston

->'''Played by:''' Sheila Shah

->'''Played by:''' Ginger Busch

[[Characters/SawJigsawAndAccomplices Jigsaw and Accomplices]] ([[Characters/SawJohnKramer John Kramer]]) | [[Characters/SawOtherAntagonists Other Antagonists]] | '''Law Enforcement''' | [[Characters/SawOtherCharacters Other Characters]] ([[Characters/SawIToIII I-III]], [[Characters/SawIVToVI IV-VI]], [[Characters/Saw3DToJigsaw 3D-Jigsaw]])-]]]]]

* FBIAgent: A given, since it's the actual agency as depicted in the films.