Carolyn Barek

Carolyn Barek
Name	Carolyn Barek
Title	Detective (former) Lieutenant
Affiliation	New York City Police Department Federal Bureau of Investigation
Division	Major Case Squad (former) Bronx Special Victims Unit
Precinct	One Police Plaza
Occupation	Police officer
Family	Unnamed father Unnamed mother Two unnamed brothers
Status	Alive
Actor	Annabella Sciorra
First Appearance	CI: "Diamond Dogs"
Last Appearance	SVU: "Hunt, Trap, Rape and Release"

Lieutenant Carolyn Barek was a detective on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. She was partnered with Detective Mike Logan and assigned to the Major Case Squad of the New York City Police Department.

Biography

Barek in Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Barek's father was in a carpenter's union. (CI: "Unchained")

A former criminal profiler from Brooklyn's Cobble Hill, Barek spent two years post-9/11 with the FBI. Barek previously worked without a partner, which accounts for her habit of talking to herself while examining a crime scene. (CI: Diamond Dogs)

In addition to English, she also speaks Polish, Spanish, Italian, Creole, Russian, Cantonese, and Yiddish.

At some point during her tenure with the Major Case Squad, she worked a case with then-Detective Olivia Benson; their paths didn't cross again until 2021.

In 2006, she was transferred to a different department for a reason not stated on the show. She was replaced by Megan Wheeler.

A few months before the events of Hunt, Trap, Rape and Release, Barek, now a Lieutenant, was assigned to the Special Victims Unit's Bronx division, working out of the 55th Precinct, after the departure of Captain Kenyatta. However, after the revelation that her sergeant, Ari Moldovan whose actions she had defended during a rape investigation, was the rapist they were looking for, Barek was prepared to resign from the force. At that moment, Deputy Chief Christian Garland let her know that although her time as the commanding officer of Bronx's Special Victims Unit was over, he could get her back on the Homicide Squad.

Appearances

• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1 season, 12 episodes):
  • Season 5: "Diamond Dogs" • "Unchained" • "In the Wee Small Hours (Part I)" • "In the Wee Small Hours (Part II)" • "Saving Face" • "Dollhouse" • "Watch" • "Wasichu" • "Dramma Giocoso" • "The Healer" • "To the Bone" • "The Good"
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 season, 1 episode):
  • Season 22: "Hunt, Trap, Rape and Release"