The NYPD's 27th Precinct is a police station house housing the detectives featured on Law & Order. The detective squad based there was commanded by Captain Donald Cragen, Lieutenant Anita Van Buren, Captain Toni Howard, Captain Reece, and currently Lieutenant Kate Dixon. The various homicide detectives assigned to both Cragen and Van Buren included Lennie Briscoe and Mike Logan.
The real-life NYPD does not have a 27th Precinct. It has been implied, however, that it is located in Harlem, Uptown Manhattan due to its proximity to locations in the neighborhood and real-life NYPD precincts in the area such as the 25th Precinct. As seen in "Community Policing", the 27th Precinct is located at 204 West 119th Street; in "They'd Already Disappeared", the precinct is placed in East Harlem.
Regardless of where the implied location is, the actual filming locations of the 27th Precinct are downtown Manhattan, in the very same neighborhood as the exteriors of the New York courts where all the district attorney exteriors are filmed. The particular exterior used for the 27th Precinct is the side entrance of Manhattan's Surrogate Court.
Personnel[]
Commanding Officers[]
- Captain Donald Cragen
Squad commander; transferred to command of Anti-Corruption task force in 1993 and later Special Victims Unit.
- Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
Squad commander; began tour in 1993, retired sometime after 2010.
- Lieutenant and later Captain Toni Howard
Precinct commander after Van Buren left; began tour sometime before 2013.
- Captain Reece
Squad commander from 2012 to 2015 (SVU: "Community Policing").
- Lieutenant Kate Dixon
Squad Commander after Captain Reece and Lieutenant Van Buren's replacement.
Sergeants[]
- Sergeant Max Greevey
Senior homicide investigator; partner to Mike Logan, killed in the line of duty in 1991.
- Sergeant Phil Cerreta
Senior homicide investigator; partner to Mike Logan, began tour in 1991, transferred to 110th Precinct in 1992 after being injured during an undercover operation.
Detectives[]
- Detective Joseph Stabler
Detective assigned to Precinct at some point prior to 1993, father of SVU Detective Elliot Stabler.
- Detective Mike Logan
Junior homicide investigator; partner to Max Greevey (19??–1991), Phil Cerreta (1991–1992), and Lennie Briscoe (1992–1995), forcibly transferred to Staten Island in 1995
- Detective Lennie Briscoe
Senior homicide investigator; partner to Mike Logan (1992–1995), Rey Curtis (1995–1999), and Ed Green (1999–2004), began tour in 1992, retired in 2004 and took investigative job with District Attorney's office, but died not long afterward
- Detective Rey Curtis
Junior homicide investigator; partner to Lennie Briscoe, began tour in 1995, retired in 1999 due to health crisis in family
- Detective Ed Green
Junior homicide investigator (1999–2006), later promoted to Senior homicide investigator (2006–2008); partner to Lennie Briscoe (1999–2004), Joe Fontana (2004–2006), Nina Cassady (2006–2007), and Cyrus Lupo (2008), began tour in 1999, retired in 2008 due to IAB charges against him
- Detective Joe Fontana
Senior homicide investigator; partner to Ed Green (2004–2006) and Nick Falco (2005), retired in 2006
- Detective Nick Falco
Junior homicide investigator (temporary); partnered with Joe Fontana in 2005 to fill in for the wounded and recovering Ed Green
- Detective Nina Cassady
Junior homicide investigator; partner to Ed Green, began tour in 2006, transferred out in 2007
- Detective Cyrus Lupo
Junior homicide investigator (2008), later promoted to Senior homicide investigator (same year); partner to Ed Green (2008) and Kevin Bernard (2008–2010), began tour in 2008, transferred out in 2010
- Detective Kevin Bernard
Junior homicide investigator, later promoted to Senior homicide investigator (2022); partner to Cyrus Lupo (2008–2010) and Frank Cosgrove (2022), began tour in 2008, left in 2022
- Detective Frank Cosgrove
Junior homicide investigator, later promoted to Senior homicide investigator (2022); partner to Kevin Bernard (2022), partner to Jalen Shaw (2022-2023), began tour in 2022; left in 2023 after being fired.
- Detective Jalen Shaw
Senior homicide investigator; partner to Frank Cosgrove (2022-2023) and Vincent Riley (2024–present), began tour in 2022
- Detective Vincent Riley
Junior homicide investigator; partner to Jalen Shaw (2024-present), began tour in 2024.
Patrol Officers[]
- Officer Nick Amaro
Former SVU detective, demoted to patrol officer after assaulting a suspect, began tour in 2014. Promoted back to detective after doing a by the book arrest of a suspect in 2014.
- Officer Eric Tran (SVU: "They'd Already Disappeared")
Recurring Personnel[]
Multiple Shows[]
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selenis Leyva | New York City Police Department (NYPD), 27th Precinct, Manhattan North Homicide Squad Detective Mariluz Rivera |
L&O: "The Brotherhood" (Season 15) |
CI: "Icarus" (Season 10) |
20 |
| Caris Vujcec | New York City Police Department (NYPD), 27th Precinct, Manhattan Detective Louise Campesi |
CI: "Lonelyville" (Season 7) |
SVU: "Burning With Rage Forever" (Season 23) |
11 |
Law & Order[]
Homicide Squad[]
Officers[]
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[]
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Last episode |
Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dashiell Eaves | New York City Police Department (NYPD), 27th Precinct, Manhattan Officer (promoted to Sergeant) Kevin Donlan |
"Imprisoned Lives" (Season 15) |
"Community Policing" (Season 17) |
5 |
| Scott William Winters | New York City Police Department (NYPD), 27th Precinct, Manhattan Detective Robert "Doom" Dumas |
"Lost Traveler" (Season 13) |
"Community Policing" (Season 17) |
4 |
| Isiah Whitlock, Jr. | New York City Police Department (NYPD), 27th Precinct, Manhattan Captain Reece |
"Home Invasions" (Season 13) |
"Community Policing" (Season 17) |
3 |
| Alex Karpovsky | New York City Police Department (NYPD), 27th Precinct, Manhattan Auxiliary Police Unit Officer Stephen Lomatin |
"Manhattan Vigil" (Season 14) |
"Depravity Standard" (Season 17) |
2 |
| Cathy Moriarty-Gentile | New York City Police Department (NYPD), 27th Precinct, Manhattan Lieutenant (promoted to Captain) Toni Howard |
"Poisoned Motive" (Season 14) |
"Amaro's One-Eighty" (Season 15) |
2 |