History Characters / DexterLawEnforcement

* HelloNurse: Everybody (Masuka, Quinn, Angel) has this reaction upon seeing her.

* ScheduleFanatic: Always has his sandwich at the exact same time every day.

* FBIAgent: A well-regarded and famous one.
* GreatDetective: Framed as one of the greatest SerialKiller hunters in the country.

* MayDecemberRomance: With the much younger Deb. He even points this out to her.

* BadassGrandpa: He's the right age, at least. But he still doesn't ''look'' grandpa.

[[folder:Det. Michael "Mike" Anderson]]
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->'''Played by''': Billy Brown

A transfer from Chicago who has an astounding solve rate and according to Deb, "had recommendations coming out the ass".

* BadassInANiceSuit: Always dressed very sharp.
* BaldOfAwesome: He's one of the most to-the-point and competent characters. And he's bald.
* BornDetective: Much like Debra, he has a natural gift for
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: After being introduced and having some importance in Season 6, he is very unceremoniously shot and killed in the first episode of Season 7. It can probably be chalked up to Billy Brown [[RealLifeWritesThePlot getting a recurring role]] on ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' between seasons.
%% * GeniusBruiser
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Stopping to help some poor guy with car troubles gets him killed.
* NobleBigotWithABadge: At first he dismisses Debra because of her gender and youth, but quickly apologises and proves to be a competent, trustworthy man.
* NumberTwo: He quickly becomes Debra's trusted right-hand man.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A somewhat aggressive, no-nonsense black cop who doubted Dexter.

[[folder:Louis Greene]]
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->'''Played by''': Josh Cooke

A newly-hired tech-savvy intern.

* AbortedArc: In a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot. Josh Cooke got a role in a major Broadway production, and therefore Louis' arc had to be cut short. See Dropped a Bridge On Him for the in-universe details.
* AssholeVictim: It's hard to feel sorry for him when he's killed by the TheMafiya.
* BigBadWannabe: He wants to ruin Dexter's life, but he's pretty pathetic and is quickly ousted by more serious villains.
%%* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BrokenPedestal: He gets quite shaken when Dexter calls his serial killer simulation "tasteless".
* DisproportionateRetribution:
** After Dexter shuts down the premise of his game, Louis dedicates an unreasonable amount of effort to get back at Dexter, including [[spoiler:mailing him the Ice Truck Killer hand, and cancelling all his credit cards]].
** He also did this to a former co-worker for equally petty reasons by [[spoiler:putting a bunch of child pornography on his computer and getting him arrested for it]].
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Season 6 hinted strongly that he knew Dexter was a serial killer and would become the next big threat to him. In Season 7, he's a nuisance to Dexter at best, he doesn't actually know about Dexter being a serial killer, and he is killed in the third episode by TheMafiya.
* EvilIsPetty: His masterplan involves sinking Dexter's boat very gradually.
* {{Fanboy}}: He's in total awe every time he watches Dexter decipher a crime scene.
%% * HollywoodNerd
* HumiliationConga: Fired, dumped and then murdered for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. That's a humiliation parade.
%% * {{Jerkass}}
* {{Otaku}}: It's hinted that his interest in famous serial killers borders on unhealthy obsession and admiration.
* TheSmartGuy: He has unmatched abilities at hacking information to help the rest of Miami Metro Homicide.
* SmugSnake: After Dexter threatens him, he still walks right into Miami Metro with a shit-eating smirk as if he's a king.
* TechnoWizard: He basically does magic with computers whenever Masuka needs him to.
* YourCheatingHeart: Paid for sex with a hooker while going out with Jamie. When Dexter sends Jamie a copy of the video, she breaks off the relationship.

[[folder:Det. Angie Miller]]
->'''Played by''': Dana L. Wilson

A no-BS African-American divorcee with two kids who joins the Homicide division.

* AscendedExtra: She was only a background character in season 7, but as of season 8, she has plenty of speaking lines.

[[folder:Dr. Evelyn Vogel]]
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->'''Played by''': Creator/CharlotteRampling

-->''"I believe that psychopaths are not a mistake of Nature; they're a gift. They're alpha wolves, who helped the human race survive long enough to become civilized. An indispensable demographic. Psychopathic traits can be found in the most successful [=CEOs=], in the most effective politicians. Without psychopaths, Mankind wouldn't exist today."''

An intelligent neuro-psychiatrist specializing in profiling psychopaths who acts as a consultant for various law enforcement agencies assisting in their investigations.

Vogel arrives in Miami to aide in the investigation of a serial killer known as The Brain Surgeon, helping profile and instruct Miami Metro Homicide as a consultant. She meets with Dexter Morgan here and in time reveals that she knows about the Code of Harry, as well as that Dexter is a psychopath and serial killer.

* AdmiringTheAbomination: She's more than fascinated by psychopaths and praises them as a force of Nature.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: She has some rather creepy mannerisms and believes that psychopaths are needed for humanity to develop, but she hasn't been anything but helpful. Even with the revelation of her [[spoiler:new book about Dexter, she doesn't have any truly evil intentions.]]
* AndThatWouldBeWrong: When Dexter tells her about Debra's downward spiral, she asks why Dexter didn't kill her when she found out the truth about him... Not that she would ever advocate such a thing.
* TheManBehindTheMan: She was the one who [[spoiler:created Harry's code.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Treated as Dexter's mother in more than a symbolic sense.
-->'''Vogel:''' When Harry and I came up with the Code, he insisted that you only kill bad people, and ''I'' insisted that the first rule of the Code be, "Don't get caught."
* TheProfiler: She acts as a consultant for various law enforcement agencies, assisting in their investigations profiling serial killers.
* RedBaron: She is referred and called the Psychopath Whisper.
* ShipperOnDeck: She can't stop gushing about how utterly perfect Dexter and Hannah are for each other.
* TheShrink: A neuropsychiatrist who has treated dozens of psychopaths.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Courtesy of her dearly deranged son]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Never appears before the last season, but she's the one who helped Harry invent "The Code" and all Dexter's life and actions are based on that Code.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Views psychopaths as a necessary evil to cull mankind's weaknesses, as illustrated by her presiding quote up there.
* UnscrupulousHero: Despite being amoral and calculating, the Code she developed proved pivotal in helping Dexter control his bloodlust and eliminate [[BlackandGrayMorality far more dangerous and sinister serial murderers]] like the Ice Truck Killer, Trinity and Jordan Chase. Additionally, in order to protect Dexter from "unnecessary distractions", she does more than anyone else to rescue Debra from her suicidal downward spiral.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: She developed Dexter's Code primarily as a means to guide psychopaths like her son to advance the interests of society and humanity itself.

[[folder:Ryan Chambers]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I've always been fascinated by people who do bad things."'']]
->'''Played by''': Brea Grant

A sexy new intern in the Forensics Department.

* AbortedArc: There seemed to be a lot more going on with her at first: her budding romance with Masuka, her theft of the Ice Truck Killer evidence...but she's abruptly revealed to only be after money and is fired with nary a mention of her since.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Everyone's reaction to her.
* HelloNurse: Everybody (Masuka, Quinn, Angel) has this reaction upon seeing her.
* HotScientist: She was second in Masuka's interns, so she certainly has smarts. She's also ridiculously attractive, as is noted.
* MsFanservice: There are many loving shots of her ass, and she wears tight revealing clothes.
* NightmareFetishist: Although it's possible this was only just an act in order to get pieces of evidence from famous cases to sell online.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: She gets herself fired after stealing from the evidence locker, selling an item from the Ice Truck Killer case online.
* PutOnABus: After Masuka finds out what she did (she broke the chain of custody and screwed him over), he fires her.

[[folder:Jim [=McCourt=]]]
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->'''Played by''': Creator/RaphaelSbarge

An abrasive internal affairs agent investigating Angel's altercation with a fellow officer.

* GoodIsNotNice: He's a by-the-book cop who wants to solve the case, but he's an abrasive jerk.
* InternalAffairs: He is an Internal Affairs agent that originally appears to work on a case between Sergeant Angel Batista and Sergeant Lopez.
%% * {{Jerkass}}
%% * SmugSnake
* {{Slimeball}}: {{Subverted}}. He asks LaGuerta if it is true that she gives the best blow jobs in Miami, as said by Lopez on the night of the fight, sparking the possibility of an affair between him and her. When Batista persuades Lopez to drop the charges, [=McCourt=] is unwilling to close the case that easily. He then talks to LaGuerta and gives her a chance to drop the case entirely if she'll help him nail a dirty Narcotics cop named Detective Stan Liddy.

[[folder:Frank Lundy]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"People like us don't really belong, we just pass through."'']]
->'''Played by''': Creator/KeithCarradine

->''"I track killers. That's what I do. They tend to move around."''

A high-ranking and illustrious FBI Special Agent recruited by Captain Thomas Matthews to lead the task force dedicated to identifying and arresting the Bay Harbor Butcher. He, Sgt. Doakes and Lila West serve as the main antagonists in Season 2.

* ArchEnemy: The Trinity Killer. The one serial killer that got away from his grip and the only thing he regrets not being able to do after he retires is failing to catch him.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He is not fooled by Dexter's letter full of fake hints and false leads, and quickly deduces it was fabricated by a person knowledgeable of police procedures.
* BackForTheDead: He returns in season 4 after being absent for season 3, only to be killed a quarter of the way through the season.
* BadassInANiceSuit: During his tenure with the FBI.
* BadassGrandpa: He's the right age, at least. But he still doesn't ''look'' grandpa.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He is very affable and accommodating to his colleagues and generally comes off as a genial elderly gentlemen but that does not dampen his status as master criminal hunter. He drops his polite demeanor twice in Season 2. He becomes dead serious and quite intimidating in his [[PerpSweating interrogation of Dexter]] and later becomes very harsh and critical in his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Laguerta when she fails to report in an important tip.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He eats animal crackers during interviews, he maintains odd habits and is generally a bit off. But there's a reason he's a renowned serial killer hunting badass.
* ButNowIMustGo: As he says, he's sent around the country to track serial killers and can never stay in one place.
* CloudCuckooLander: He has several weird habits. For instance, he's obsessed with food and keeps making food and cooking references. He has to eat his lunch at one o'clock.
* CoolOldGuy: He's a really nice old guy who people think really highly of and respect.
* DeadpanSnarker: Prone to making sarcastic jokes when the mood is too tense.
* FamedInStory: He's considered a 'Rock Star' among law enforcement.
* FBIAgent: A well-regarded and famous one.
* GreatDetective: Framed as one of the greatest SerialKiller hunters in the country.
* HeroAntagonist: Shares this role with Sgt. James Doakes in Season 2, though he is a much more traditional hero than the CowboyCop Doakes. Unlike the [[AxCrazy violently unstable]] Lila West who is [[BigBad a major antagonist AND villain in Season 2]], Lundy is a thoroughly professional and ethical man. Nevertheless, he, like Lila, poses a preeminent threat to Dexter Morgan right up until the end of the second season.
* LastNameBasis: Perfectly justified when used by characters at the police station, but even when they start knocking boots, Deb still calls him Lundy.
* MayDecemberRomance: With the much younger Deb. He even points this out to her.
* MarriedToTheJob: His place is wherever there is a major crime to be solved. After a case is concluded [[ButNowIMustGo he moves on.]]
* NiceGuy: He's quite tactful, smiling and friendly. He also avoids confrontation when he doesn't see a benefit to it.
* TheProfiler: His job at the FBI. And he rocks at this game, breaking several extremely hard cases.
* PutOnABus: He leaves after the Bay Harbour Butcher case is solved at the end of season 2. TheBusCameBack: He returns in the fourth season as the cast investigates the Trinity Killer, who Lundy has been searching for his entire career.
* ScheduleFanatic: Always has his sandwich at the exact same time every day.
* WorthyOpponent: Dexter explicitly calls him one, after he is killed. Even Trinity considers him one and refuses to harm him since he ''wants'' [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou to be caught by him]].

[[folder:Det. Angie Miller]]
->'''Played by''': Dana L. Wilson

A no-BS African-American divorcee with two kids who joins the Homicide division.

* AscendedExtra: She was only a background character in season 7, but as of season 8, she has plenty of speaking lines.

[[folder:Dr. Evelyn Vogel]]
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->'''Played by''': Creator/CharlotteRampling

-->''"I believe that psychopaths are not a mistake of Nature; they're a gift. They're alpha wolves, who helped the human race survive long enough to become civilized. An indispensable demographic. Psychopathic traits can be found in the most successful [=CEOs=], in the most effective politicians. Without psychopaths, Mankind wouldn't exist today."''

An intelligent neuro-psychiatrist specializing in profiling psychopaths who acts as a consultant for various law enforcement agencies assisting in their investigations.

Vogel arrives in Miami to aide in the investigation of a serial killer known as The Brain Surgeon, helping profile and instruct Miami Metro Homicide as a consultant. She meets with Dexter Morgan here and in time reveals that she knows about the Code of Harry, as well as that Dexter is a psychopath and serial killer.

* AdmiringTheAbomination: She's more than fascinated by psychopaths and praises them as a force of Nature.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: She has some rather creepy mannerisms and believes that psychopaths are needed for humanity to develop, but she hasn't been anything but helpful. Even with the revelation of her [[spoiler:new book about Dexter, she doesn't have any truly evil intentions.]]
* AndThatWouldBeWrong: When Dexter tells her about Debra's downward spiral, she asks why Dexter didn't kill her when she found out the truth about him... Not that she would ever advocate such a thing.
* TheManBehindTheMan: She was the one who [[spoiler:created Harry's code.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Treated as Dexter's mother in more than a symbolic sense.
-->'''Vogel:''' When Harry and I came up with the Code, he insisted that you only kill bad people, and ''I'' insisted that the first rule of the Code be, "Don't get caught."
* TheProfiler: She acts as a consultant for various law enforcement agencies, assisting in their investigations profiling serial killers.
* RedBaron: She is referred and called the Psychopath Whisper.
* ShipperOnDeck: She can't stop gushing about how utterly perfect Dexter and Hannah are for each other.
* TheShrink: A neuropsychiatrist who has treated dozens of psychopaths.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Courtesy of her dearly deranged son]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Never appears before the last season, but she's the one who helped Harry invent "The Code" and all Dexter's life and actions are based on that Code.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Views psychopaths as a necessary evil to cull mankind's weaknesses, as illustrated by her presiding quote up there.
* UnscrupulousHero: Despite being amoral and calculating, the Code she developed proved pivotal in helping Dexter control his bloodlust and eliminate [[BlackandGrayMorality far more dangerous and sinister serial murderers]] like the Ice Truck Killer, Trinity and Jordan Chase. Additionally, in order to protect Dexter from "unnecessary distractions", she does more than anyone else to rescue Debra from her suicidal downward spiral.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: She developed Dexter's Code primarily as a means to guide psychopaths like her son to advance the interests of society and humanity itself.

[[folder:Det. Michael "Mike" Anderson]]
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->'''Played by''': Billy Brown

A transfer from Chicago who has an astounding solve rate and according to Deb, "had recommendations coming out the ass".

* BadassInANiceSuit: Always dressed very sharp.
* BaldOfAwesome: He's one of the most to-the-point and competent characters. And he's bald.
* BornDetective: Much like Debra, he has a natural gift for
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: After being introduced and having some importance in Season 6, he is very unceremoniously shot and killed in the first episode of Season 7. It can probably be chalked up to Billy Brown [[RealLifeWritesThePlot getting a recurring role]] on ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' between seasons.
%% * GeniusBruiser
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Stopping to help some poor guy with car troubles gets him killed.
* NobleBigotWithABadge: At first he dismisses Debra because of her gender and youth, but quickly apologises and proves to be a competent, trustworthy man.
* NumberTwo: He quickly becomes Debra's trusted right-hand man.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A somewhat aggressive, no-nonsense black cop who doubted Dexter.

[[folder:Louis Greene]]
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->'''Played by''': Josh Cooke

A newly-hired tech-savvy intern.

* AbortedArc: In a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot. Josh Cooke got a role in a major Broadway production, and therefore Louis' arc had to be cut short. See Dropped a Bridge On Him for the in-universe details.
* AssholeVictim: It's hard to feel sorry for him when he's killed by the TheMafiya.
* BigBadWannabe: He wants to ruin Dexter's life, but he's pretty pathetic and is quickly ousted by more serious villains.
%%* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BrokenPedestal: He gets quite shaken when Dexter calls his serial killer simulation "tasteless".
* DisproportionateRetribution:
** After Dexter shuts down the premise of his game, Louis dedicates an unreasonable amount of effort to get back at Dexter, including [[spoiler:mailing him the Ice Truck Killer hand, and cancelling all his credit cards]].
** He also did this to a former co-worker for equally petty reasons by [[spoiler:putting a bunch of child pornography on his computer and getting him arrested for it]].
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Season 6 hinted strongly that he knew Dexter was a serial killer and would become the next big threat to him. In Season 7, he's a nuisance to Dexter at best, he doesn't actually know about Dexter being a serial killer, and he is killed in the third episode by TheMafiya.
* EvilIsPetty: His masterplan involves sinking Dexter's boat very gradually.
* {{Fanboy}}: He's in total awe every time he watches Dexter decipher a crime scene.
%% * HollywoodNerd
* HumiliationConga: Fired, dumped and then murdered for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. That's a humiliation parade.
%% * {{Jerkass}}
* {{Otaku}}: It's hinted that his interest in famous serial killers borders on unhealthy obsession and admiration.
* TheSmartGuy: He has unmatched abilities at hacking information to help the rest of Miami Metro Homicide.
* SmugSnake: After Dexter threatens him, he still walks right into Miami Metro with a shit-eating smirk as if he's a king.
* TechnoWizard: He basically does magic with computers whenever Masuka needs him to.
* YourCheatingHeart: Paid for sex with a hooker while going out with Jamie. When Dexter sends Jamie a copy of the video, she breaks off the relationship.

[[folder:Barbara Gianna]]
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->'''Played by''': Kristen Dattilo

A detective within Miami Metro's Vice Division. She meets Angel while working undercover, and later dates him.

* DeadpanSnarker: She wastes no time snarking like crazy at Angel when they first meet.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She says she had one at school. It was a "giant..." Well, look at her name.
* FairCop: She has to be one. She works at Vice and goes undercover as a hooker to bust customers.
* HoneyTrap: She was working undercover as a hooker.
%% * TheLadette
* PutOnABus: As from season 4, Angel and Gianna stop seeing each other, and we don't get to see her ever again.

[[folder:Ramon Prado]]
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->'''Played by''': Jason Manuel Olazabal

The hotheaded detective brother of Miguel Prado.

%% * ButtMonkey
* ColdBloodedTorture: Puts a random mook through it while trying to find his brother's killer.
* GoodIsNotNice: He may be an asshole, but he's far from an evil character. He just wants his brother's killer to face justice.
%% * HairTriggerTemper
%% * HotBlooded
* JerkAss: Majorly. He's aggressive, rude and insults the abilities of the Miami Metro department to their faces.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He really just wants to find closure for the death of his brothers.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He goes off the rails trying to find his brother's murderer, resorting to abduction and torture.

[[folder:Cira Manzon]]
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->'''Played by''': April L. Hernandez

A competent young officer who Debra takes under her wing.

* AmbitionIsEvil: She's convinced to pin the blame on Debra for a botched sting operation.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: While she was genuinely friendly to Deb, Cira did end up putting the blame on Deb for the botched sting operation. Unsurprisingly, this ended any potential friendship between the two.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She doesn't appear after season 5, and her absence is not explained.
* FairCop: Cira is a ''very'' attractive officer.
%% * NaiveNewcomer
* PutOnABus: Despite her promotion, she isn't seen again after her arc.
%% * WideEyedIdealist

[[folder:Francis]]
->'''Played by''': Tasia Sherel
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A files clerk and friend of the Morgans.

* BlackBestFriend: She seems to be Debra's only friend who isn't connected to Dexter in some way.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Francis is black and has (possibly dyed) blonde hair.
%% * DeadpanSnarker
* GenderBlenderName: Her name is usually a boy's name.
* NiceGirl: Francis is a generally kind person, wanting to help both of the Morgan siblings (even to the point of bending rules just like Camilla Figg before her).
* SassyBlackWoman: Francis is of African American descent and is quite sassy.

[[folder:Lt. Esme Pascal]]
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->'''Played by''': Judith Scott

A temporary replacement for [=LaGuerta=] brought in by Matthews to gain political points and punish [=LaGuerta=].

* BadBoss: She quickly grows paranoid, makes poor decisions, makes her workforce carry out personal tasks for her and basically becomes a mess.
* DeliberatelyBadExample: [=LaGuerta=] may be politically ambitious, but she at least tends to be more focused on her cases. In contrast, Esme tends to use resources for personal reasons. Not helped by [[spoiler:LaGuerta sleeping with her fiance]].
* NotSoDifferent: During her first meeting with [=LaGuerta=] it turns out that they actually do have a lot in common, and it's suggested that they might be able to work together harmoniously after all. Unfortunately, between [=LaGuerta's=] refusing to take her demotion without a fight and Pascal's unsuitability for the job, this state of affairs doesn't last long.
* ProperlyParanoid: She suspects her fiancée is cheating on her. She's completely right. If only she could deal with it without acting like a crazy bitch.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Matthews replaces [=LaGuerta=] with her, mostly just to get the support of the Latino and African-American community.
* SanitySlippage: She steadily unravels as she begins to suspect her fiancee of cheating on her.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: She replaces [=LaGuerta=], who's hardly a nice boss, but Pascal's lack of professionalism and incompetence make her brief reign a major inconvenience for Miami Metro.
* YourCheatingHeart: Her fiancé cheated on her and she wasn't prepared for it. It was all invoked by Maria [=LaGuerta=].

[[folder:Camilla Figg]]
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->'''Played by''': Creator/MargoMartindale

A files clerk with a long history of helping out the Morgan family.

* AgeLift: In the novels, Camilla is a young woman with a crush on Dexter. In the show, she is an older woman who was friends with Dexter's parents.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has her smartass moments when she talks to Dexter in Season 1.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: She would like to commit suicide, but can't because of her religious faith.
* MercyKill: She begs Dexter to kill her when she's in the final phase of lung cancer and suffers horribly.
* SecretKeeper: She knew Dexter's background story, but never told anyone and obliged when Harry asked her to destroy the case file. She also knew that Brian Moser was Dexter's brother.

[[folder:Yuki Amado]]
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->'''Played by''': Liza Lapira

An Internal Affairs investigator who tries to recruit Debra to help take down Quinn.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She, and her entire subplot, disappear without resolution.
%% * DeadpanSnarker
%% * FairCop
* GoodIsNotSoft: She's a smug jerk, but she's trying to root out corruption.
* InternalAffairs: She works for Internal Affairs and does her job well.

[[folder:Ryan Chambers]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I've always been fascinated by people who do bad things."'']]
->'''Played by''': Brea Grant

A sexy new intern in the Forensics Department.

* AbortedArc: There seemed to be a lot more going on with her at first: her budding romance with Masuka, her theft of the Ice Truck Killer evidence...but she's abruptly revealed to only be after money and is fired with nary a mention of her since.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Everyone's reaction to her.
* HelloNurse: Everybody (Masuka, Quinn, Angel) has this reaction upon seeing her.
* HotScientist: She was second in Masuka's interns, so she certainly has smarts. She's also ridiculously attractive, as is noted.
* MsFanservice: There are many loving shots of her ass, and she wears tight revealing clothes.
* NightmareFetishist: Although it's possible this was only just an act in order to get pieces of evidence from famous cases to sell online.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: She gets herself fired after stealing from the evidence locker, selling an item from the Ice Truck Killer case online.
* PutOnABus: After Masuka finds out what she did (she broke the chain of custody and screwed him over), he fires her.

[[folder:Jim [=McCourt=]]]
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->'''Played by''': Creator/RaphaelSbarge

An abrasive internal affairs agent investigating Angel's altercation with a fellow officer.

* GoodIsNotNice: He's a by-the-book cop who wants to solve the case, but he's an abrasive jerk.
* InternalAffairs: He is an Internal Affairs agent that originally appears to work on a case between Sergeant Angel Batista and Sergeant Lopez.
%% * {{Jerkass}}
%% * SmugSnake
* {{Slimeball}}: {{Subverted}}. He asks Laguerta if it is true that she gives the best blow jobs in Miami, as said by Lopez on the night of the fight, sparking the possibility of an affair between him and her. When Batista persuades Lopez to drop the charges, [=McCourt=] is unwilling to close the case that easily. He then talks to LaGuerta and gives her a chance to drop the case entirely if she'll help him nail a dirty Narcotics cop named Detective Stan Liddy.

[[folder:Det. "Mack" [=McNamara=]]]
->'''Played by''': Scott William Winters

A detective who loses his sister and police officer brother-in-law to gang retaliation.

%% * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome
%% * GoodIsNotNice
%% * GoodIsNotSoft
%% * {{Jerkass}}
%% * RevengeBeforeReason
%% * WellIntentionedExtremist

[[folder:Deputy Director Max Adams]]
->'''Played by''': Creator/JonathanBanks

The FBI Deputy Director who swoops in to take credit for the Bay Harbour Butcher case.

%% * DeadpanSnarker
%% * ObstructiveBureaucrat
* SmugSnake: He's extremely condescending to Lundy and Debra.
%% * StupidBoss

A high-ranking and illustrious FBI Special Agent recruited by Captain Thomas Matthews to lead the task force dedicated to identifying and arresting the Bay Harbor Butcher. He and Lila West serve as the main antagonists in Season 2.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He is very affable and accommodating to his colleagues and generally comes off as a genial elderly gentlemen but that does not dampen his status as master criminal hunter. He drops his polite demeanor twice in Season 2. He becomes dead serious and quite intimidating in his [[PerpSweating interrogation of Dexter]] and later becomes very harsh and critical in his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to LaGuerta when she fails to report in an important tip.

%% * DeadpanSnarker

* HeroAntagonist: Unlike the [[AxCrazy violently unstable]] Lila West who is [[BigBad a major antagonist AND villain in Season 2]], Lundy is a thoroughly professional and ethical man. Nevertheless, he, like Lila, poses a preeminent threat to Dexter Morgan right up until the end of the second season.

-->When Harry and I came up with the Code, he insisted that you only kill bad people, and ''I'' insisted that the first rule of the Code be, "Don't get caught."

* DeliberatelyBadExample: [=LaGuerta=] may be politically ambitious, but she at least tends to be more focused on her cases. In contrast, Esme tends to use resources for personal reasons. Not helped by [[spoiler: LaGuerta sleeping with her fiance]].

->'''Played by''': Charlotte Rampling

%% * TheSmartGuy

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Franis is black and has (possibly dyed) blonde hair.

%% * GoodIsNotNice
%% * InternalAffairs

%% * {{Slimeball}}

%% * BitchInSheepsClothing

%% * FairCop

%% * SassyBlackWoman

* DeliberatelyBadExample: LaGuerta may be politically ambitious, but she at least tends to be more focused on her cases. In contrast, Esme tends to use resources for personal reasons. Not helped by [[spoiler: LaGuerta sleeping with her fiance]].

* HumiliationConga: Fired, dumped and then murdered for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Thats a humiliation parade.

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* {{Badass}}: He's spent his life capturing serial killers.

[[folder:Det. Michael 'Mike' Anderson]]

* {{Badass}}: "Astounding solve rate" translates into "scourge of criminals".

* {{Badass}}: She's a Vice cop, it's only natural.

%% * TheLadette

* {{Jerkass}}: Majorly. He's aggressive, rude and insults the abilities of the Miami Metro department to their faces.

[[folder:Det. 'Mack' [=McNamara=]]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He really just wants to find closure for the death of his brothers.

%%* ButNowIMustGo

%% * CoolOldGuy

%% * {{Badass}}
%% * DeadpanSnarker

%% * DeadpanSnarker: She has her smartass moments.

%% * InternalAffairs

-->''"I believe that psychopaths are not a mistake of Nature, they're a gift. They're alpha wolves, who helped the human race survive long enough to become civilized. An indispensable demographic. Psychopathic traits can be found in the most successful [=CEOs=], in the most effective politicians. Without psychopaths, Mankind wouldn't exist today."''

!!Frank Lundy

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He is not fooled by Dexter's letter full of fake hints and false leads, and quickly deduces it was fabricated by a person knowledgeable of police prodedures.

!!Det. Angie Miller

!!Dr. Evelyn Vogel

!!Det. Michael 'Mike' Anderson

!!Louis Greene

!!Barbara Gianna

!!Ramon Prado

!!Cira Manzon

!!Francis

!!Lt. Esme Pascal

!!Camilla Figg

!!Yuki Amado

!!Ryan Chambers

!!Jim [=McCourt=]

!!Det. 'Mack' [=McNamara=]

!!Deputy Director Max Adams

* {{Badass}}: "astounding solve rate" translates into "scourge of criminals".