Characters in The Shield.
- "The Barn"note Detectives (Claudette Wyms, Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach, Steve Billings); Captains and Administration (David Aceveda, Monica Rawling, Ben Gilroy); Officers (Danielle "Danny" Sofer, Julien Lowe, Tina Hanlon, Tommy Hisk, Ray Carlson, Paul Jackson).
- The Strike Teamnote Main Group (Victor Samuel "Vic" Mackey, Shane Vendrell, Curtis "Lem" Lemansky, Ronald Everett "Ronnie" Gardocki); Other Members (Terry Crowley, Tavon Garris, Armando "Army" Renta, Kevin Hiatt).
- Criminalsnote One Niners (Rondell Robinson, Kern Little, Theodore "T. O." Osmond, Antwon Mitchell, Moses); Mexican Cartel (Armando "Armadillo" Quintero, Navarro Quintero, Cruz Pezuela, Guillermo Beltran, Little Pop); Armenian Mob (Margos Dezerian, Lyor Slavok, Armin Chorekian, Diro Kesakhian, Ellis Rezian); Serial Killers (Sean Taylor, William Faulks, Kleavon Gardner, Lloyd Denton); Independent Criminals (Tulips, Tomas Motyashik, Manny Sandoval, Mike Holden).
- Other Charactersnote CIs (Connie Riesler, Emolia Menendez, Van Bro, Felipe Gomez); LAPD Administration (Lanie Kellis, Jon Kavanaugh, Frances Housely, Sedona Tellez); Families (Corrine Mackey, Mara Sewell-Vendrell); Other Professionals (Rebecca Doyle, Gordie Liman); Civilians (Joe Clark, Jorge Machado, Yassirah Al-Thani, Zayed Al-Tahni, Emma Prince, Teresa Varela, Maureen Wilmore).