List of fictional police detectives

A

• Detective Butch Ada – Saving Grace
• Detective Tohru Adachi – Persona 4
• Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg – Fred Vargas
• Detective Goro Akechi – Persona 5
• DCI Roderick Alleyn – Ngaio Marsh
• Chief Inspector W. R. Allison – The Brighton Strangler
• Detective John Anthony – Kingston’s Finest
• Inspector Arnz – House of Frankenstein

  B

• Detective Sergeant John Bacchus – Alan Hunter
• Kriminalhauptkommissar Balko – Balko
• Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks – Peter Robinson
• Detective Carolyn Barek – '
• Detective Anthony Vincenzo "Tony" Baretta – created by Stephen J Connell
• Detective Inspector Charlie Barlow – Troy Kennedy Martin and Allan Prior
• Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby – Caroline Graham
• Detective Chief Inspector Thomas "Tom" Barnaby – Caroline Graham
• Detective Kate Beckett – Castle, Andrew W. Marlowe
• Detective Cal Beecher – Person of Interest
• Detective Mick Belker – Hill Street Blues
• Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac – Robert Banks Stewart
• Detective Chief Inspector David Bilborough – Jimmy McGovern
• Inspector Bird –
• Detective G. Lynn Bishop – '
• Detective Captain John Book – Pamela Wallace, Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley
• Detective Inspector Mike Bolt – Simon Kernick
• Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte – Arthur Upfield
• Detective Stella Bonasera – '
• DS Camille Bordey – Death in Paradise
• Detective Harry Bosch – Michael Connelly
• Detective Constable Gary Boyle – Ben Elton
• Detective Braenders – The Light in the Dark
• Inspector William Brent – Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode Banquo's Chair
• Detective Lennie Briscoe – Law & Order
• Detective Inspector Nash Bridges – Carlton Cuse
• Detective Constable David Briggs – Jasper Carrott
• Inspector Bristol – The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• Detective Sergeant Ronnie Brooks – Dick Wolf
• Inspector Bucket – Charles Dickens
• Detective Lieutenant Frank Bullitt – Robert L. Fish
• Inspector Edward C. Burke –
• Special Agent Peter Burke –
• Detective Harvey Bullock – Batman comics, Archie Goodwin, Howard Chaykin, Doug Moench and Don Newton
• Detective Aiden Burn – '
• Detective Sergeant Marcus Burnett – George Gallo
• Detective Inspector Frank Burnside – Geoff McQueen

  C

• Max Carrados – a blind detective in a series of mystery stories by Ernest Bramah
• Detective Inspector Jack Caffery – Mo Hayder
• Detective Christine Cagney – Barbara Avedon and Barbara Corday
• Lieutenant Horatio Caine –
• Inspector Harry Callahan – Harry Julian Fink and Rita M. Fink
• Chief Inspector Chen Cao – Qiu Xiaolong
• Detective 2nd Grade Stephen Louis Carella – Ed McBain
• Detective Sergeant Ray Carling – Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes
• Detective Chief Inspector Ted Case – Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell
• Lieutenant Gabriel Cash – Randy Feldman and Jeffrey Boam
• Detective Sergeant George Carter – Ian Kennedy Martin
• Detective Jocelyn "Joss" Carter – Person of Interest
• Detective Constable Jim Carver – Geoff McQueen
• Detective Sergeant Sam Casey – Dick Wolf
• Commissaire Henri Castang – Nicholas Freeling
• Detective Phil Cerreta – Law & Order
• Inspector Raoul de Chagny – Phantom of the Opera
• Detective Inspector Hal Challis – Garry Disher
• Charlie Chan – Earl Derr Biggers
• Detective Elizabeth Childs – Orphan Black
• Detective John Clark, Jr. – NYPD Blue
• Police Sergeant Barry Clive – Thirteen Women
• Inspector Jacques Clouseau – Blake Edwards' The Pink Panther
• Detective Rustin Cohle – True Detective
• Lieutenant Frank Columbo – William Link
• Lieutenant Marion "Cobra" Cobretti – Paula Gosling
• Detective Chief Inspector Roisin Connor – Lynda la Plante
• Sergeant Cork
• Detective Inspector Henry Crabbe – Pie in the Sky
• DI Vincent Crane – Shaun Hutson
• DI Andy Crawford in Dixon – Dock Green
• Sergeant Cribb – Peter Lovesey
• Detective Sergeant James "Sonny" Crockett – Anthony Yerkovich
• – Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone
• Commissioner Cummings – Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode Safety for the Witness
• Detective Jackie Curatola – Blue Bloods played by Jennifer Esposito
• Detective Nick Curran – Joe Eszterhas
• Detective Rey Curtis – Law & Order

  D

• Commander Adam Dalgliesh – P. D. James
• Lieutenant Eve Dallas – J. D. Robb
• Detective Chief Superintendent Andrew Dalziel – Reginald Hill
• Detective Jake Peralta – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”
• Detective Jo Danville –
• Assistant Commissioner Shabor Dasgupta – Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
• Detective Sergeant Deke DaSilva – David Shaber and Paul Sylbert
• Detective Constable "Dangerous" Davies – Leslie Thomas
• Lieutenant Rick Deckard – Philip K. Dick
• DI De Cock – A. C. Baantjer
• Detective Inspector Vivenne Deering – Paul Abbott
• Detective Sergeant Dan "Bean" Delgardo – Robert Kaufman and Floyd Mutrux
• Detective Lieutenant James Dempsey – Ranald Graham
• Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin – Dick Wolf
• Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond – Peter Lovesey
• Detective Ryotaro Dojima – Persona 4
• Detective Inspector Alex Drake – Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah
• Lt. Frank Drebin – Police Squad!
• DCP Durai Singam – Singam
• Inspector Doyle – The Great Ziegfeld
• Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus – Blake Edwards' The Pink Panther
• Lieutenant Double-Yefreitor Harrier "Harry" DuBois – Disco Elysium
• Detective Lieutenant Dundy –
• Detective Rosa Diaz – ”Brooklyn Nine-Nine”

  E

• Detective Alexandra Eames –
• Detective Daniel Espinoza – Lucifer
• Detective Javier Esposito – Andrew W. Marlowe

  F

• Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón – Robert Wilson
• Detective Nola Falacci – '
• Inspector John "Scottie" Ferguson –
• Inspector Fix – Around the World in Eighty Days
• Detective Don Flack – '
• Lieutenant Flannery – Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode Safety for the Witness
• Police Inspector Jim Flower –
• Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes – Terence Feely
• Detective Inspector Christopher Foyle –
• DI Stuart Fraser – Taggart
• Inspector Joseph French – Freeman Wills Crofts
• Detective Sergeant Joe Friday – Jack Webb
• Detective Inspector Jack Frost – R. D. Wingfield
• Detective Sergeant Matthew Fox – David Shaber and Paul Sylbert
• Detective Lionel Fusco – Person of Interest

  G

• Inspector Gina Gold – The Bill
• Chief Inspector Armand Gamache – Louise Penny
• Detective Harry Garibaldi – Hill Street Blues
• Detective Chief Inspector George Gently – Alan Hunter
• Inspector Ganesh V. Ghote – H. R. F. Keating
• DSI Stella Gibson – The Fall
• Commander George Gideon – John Creasey
• Inspector Good – Hook
• Detective James Gordon – Gotham
• Detective Sergeant Rinus de Gier – Janwillem van de Wetering
• Harry Goodman – Pokémon Detective Pikachu
• Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman – Robert Thorogood
• Inspector Goole – J. B. Priestley
• Detective Robert Goren –
• Detective Superintendent Roy Grace – Peter James
• Detective Jack Graham – Shadow of a Doubt
• Detective Kima Greggs – The Wire
• Inspector Gregson – Arthur Conan Doyle
• Detective Ed Green – Law & Order
• Detective Chief Inspector Dan Griffin – Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell
• Adjutant Henk Grijpstra – Janwillem van de Wetering
• Detective Inspector Derek Grim – Ben Elton
• Marshal Guarnaccia – Magdalen Nabb
• Detective Dick Gumshoe – Ace Attorney
• DI Gunnarstranda – Kjell Ola Dahl
• Officer Marge Gunderson – Fargo

  H

• Detective Chief Superintendent Jack Halford – Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell
• Detective Grace Hanadarko – Saving Grace
• Inspector Hanaud – A. E. W. Mason
• Lieutenant Vincent Hanna – Michael Mann
• Detective Harding – The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
• Detective Inspector Alec Hardy – Broadchurch
• Detective Martin Hart – True Detective
• Detective Sergeant James Hathaway –
• Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers – Elizabeth George
• Detective Sergeant John Ho – Ian Kennedy Martin
• Detective Mike Hoolihan – Martin Amis
• Inspector Hopkins – Arthur Conan Doyle
• Commissioner Sir Basil Humphrey – Dracula's Daughter
• Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt – Matthew Graham, Tony Jordan and Ashley Pharoah
• Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson – William Blinn and Ryan Blinn
• Inspector Huxley – The Suspect
• Detective chief Jim Hopper – “Stranger things”

  I

• CBI Officer Sethurama Iyer –

  J

• Superintendent Jack Meadows – The Bill
• Inspector Jacobson – Iain McDowall
• Inspector Jackson –
• Detective Chief Inspector James Japp – Agatha Christie
• Detective Chief Inspector Michael Jardine – Taggart
• Inspector Javert – Victor Hugo
• Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury – Martha Grimes
• Detective Jacob Peralta – Andy Samberg

  K

• Detective Kane – Person of Interest
• Detective Eddie Kane – The Stolen Jools
• Detective J.Z. Kane – Walter Hill
• Detective Assistant Inspector Steven Keller – Carolyn Weston
• Detective John Kelly – NYPD Blue
• Detective Kelly – Down to Earth
• Inspector Kemp – Young Frankenstein
• Sergeant John Kennedy – The Tall Target
• Detective Jill Kirkendall – NYPD Blue
• Detective Bert Kling – Ed McBain
• Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak – Abby Mann
• Inspector Krogh – Son of Frankenstein

  L

• Detective Mary Beth Lacey – Barbara Avedon and Barbara Corday
• Detective Meyer Landsman – Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union
• Detective Inspector Brian Lane – Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell
• Detective Chief Inspector James Langton – Lynda La Plante
• Drury Lane – a deaf detective created by Ellery Queen
• Detective J.D. LaRue – Hill Street Blues
• Detective Carlton Lassiter – Psych
• Commissaire Claude Lebel – Frederick Forsyth
• Inspector Ledoux –
• Inspector Charles LeDuque –
• Inspector Jacques Lefevre –
• Inspector Lestrade – Arthur Conan Doyle
• Detective Inspector Mike Lewis – Lynda La Plante
• Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis – Colin Dexter
• Detective Constable Alfred "Tosh" Lines – Geoff McQueen
• Detective Superintendent Joona Linna – Lars Kepler
• Detective Superintendent Tom Lockhart –
• Detective Mike Logan – Law & Order and
• Detective Sergeant Michael Lowrey – George Gallo
• Detective Constable Bob Louis – Jasper Carrott
• Detective Inspector Sarah Lund – Søren Sveistrup ''
• Detective Chief Inspector John Luther – Neil Cross
• Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley – Elizabeth George

  M

• Detective Vic Mackey – Shawn Ryan
• Detective Garda Cassie Maddox – Sarah Phelps
• Sergeant Ivor Maddox – Elizabeth Linington
• Commissaire Jules Maigret – Georges Simenon
• Detective Sergeant Harriet "Harry" Makepeace – Ranald Graham
• Detective Patsy Mayo – Hill Street Blues
• Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald of Scotland Yard – E.C.R. Lorac
• Detective Inspector Steve McAndrew – Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell
• Detective Lieutenant John McClane –
• Captain Mark McCluskey –
• Detective Connie McDowell – NYPD Blue
• Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett – Leonard Freeman
• Detective James "Jimmy" McNulty – The Wire
• Detective Chief Inspector Jack Meadows – The Bill
• Lieutenant Luis Mendoza – Elizabeth Linington writing as Dell Shannon
• Detective Danny Messer – '
• Detective Meyer Meyer – Ed McBain
• Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller – Chris Chibnall
• Detective Chief Inspector Sasha Miller – Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell
• Detective Mills – Se7en
• Detective Inspector Jack Mooney – Robert Thorogood
• Detective Robert Monday – Premium Rush
• Detective Lindsay Monroe – '
• Inspector Angus Montague –
• Comisario Salvo Montalbano – Andrea Camilleri
• Detective William "Bunk" Moreland – The Wire
• Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse Inspector Morse – Colin Dexter
• Detective William Murdoch – Murdoch Mysteries
• Detective Roger Murtaugh – Shane Black

  N

• Detective Zack Nichols –
• Detective Inspector Saga Norén – Hans Rosenfeldt
• Detective Inspector Patricia "Pat" North – Lynda la Plante

  O

• Detective Juliet O'Hara – Psych
• Police Inspector Mike O'Hara – The Falcon Takes Over
• Chief O'Hara – Batman
• Brigid O'Reilly / Mayhem – Cloak & Dagger
• Detective Rita Ortiz – NYPD Blue
• Superintendent Otani – James Melville
• Sergeant Ottermole – Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode The Hands of Mr. Ottermole
• Inspector Owen – Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

  P

• Detective Manny Pardo –
• Detective Inspector Charles Parker – Dorothy L. Sayers
• Detective Inspector Peter Pascoe – Reginald Hill
• Detective Inspector Charlie Peace – Robert Barnard
• Inspector Peterson –
• Comisario Achille Peroni – Timothy Holme
• Detective Lucky Piquel – Disney Television Animation production Bonkers
• Detective Sergeant Tom Polhaus –
• Detective Inspector Richard Poole – Robert Thorogood
• Officer Powers –
• Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman – Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell
• Detective Inspector Walter Purbright – Colin Watson
• Assistant Commissioner of Police Pradyuman – Shivaji Satam
• Detective Jacob "Jake" Peralta – Brooklyn Nine-Nine

  R

• Detective Inspector John Rebus – Ian Rankin
• Detective Danny Reagan – Mitchell Burgess & Robin Green
• Inspector Redding –
• Detective Inspector Jack Regan – Ian Kennedy Martin
• Inspector Renard –
• Chief Investigator Arkady Renko – Martin Cruz Smith
• Detective Inspector Rob Reilly – Sarah Phelps
• Detective Oskar Rheinhardt – Frank Tallis
• Detective Martin Riggs – Shane Black
• Detective Inspector John River – Abi Morgan
• Detective Jane Rizzoli – Tess Gerritsen
• Commissioner Mihai Roman
• Detective Inspector Daniel Robbins – Carolyn Weston
• Detective Lilly Rush – Meredith Stiehm
• Detective Diane Russell – NYPD Blue
• Detective Kevin Ryan – Andrew W. Marlowe

  S

• Detective Frank Serpico – Frank Serpico
• Detective Gloria Shepherd – The Protector
• Detective Bobby Simone – NYPD Blue
• Detective Andy Sipowicz – NYPD Blue
• Detective Constable Chris Skelton – Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes
• Detective Ema Skye – Ace Attorney
• Detective Inspector Slack – Agatha Christie
• Detective Danny Sorenson – NYPD Blue
• Detective Sergeant Gerry Standing – Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell
• Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope – Ann Cleeves
• Lieutenant Norman Stansfield – Luc Besson
• Detective David Starsky – William Blinn and Ryan Blinn
• Detective Serena Stevens –
• Inspector Nayland Smith – Sax Rohmer
• Police Chief Jesse Stone – Robert B. Parker
• Detective Lieutenent Michael Stone – Carolyn Weston
• Detective Milo Sturgis – Jonathan Kellerman
• Chief Inspector Ukyō Sugishita – Aibō
• Detective Sunday – American Gigolo
• Superintendent Sutherland –
• Detective Bill Szymanski – Person of Interest

  T

• Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart – Glenn Chandler
• Lieutenant Raymond Tango – Randy Feldman and Jeffrey Boam
• Inspector Charles Tarran – Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode The Impromptu Murder
• Detective Mac Taylor –
• Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison – Lynda La Plante
• Detective Raymond Terney – Person of Interest
• Detective Inspectors Thomson and Thompson – Hergé
• Detective Inspector Tom Thorne – Mark Billingham
• Detective Inspector Fred Thursday – Russell Lewis, based on the characters created by Colin Dexter
• Lieutenant Moe Tilden – James Mangold
• Detective Inspector Anna Travis – Lynda La Plante
• Detective Sergeant Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs – Anthony Yerkovich
• Detective Inspector Sam Tyler – Matthew Graham, Tony Jordan and Ashley Pharoah

  U

V

• Commissaris Simon 'Piet' Van der Valk – Nicolas Freeling
• DCI Van Veeteren – Håkan Nesser
• Detective Van Zwam from the comics series The Adventures of Nero
• Detective Vic Varallo – Elizabeth Linington writing as Leslie Egan
• His Grace Commander Sir Samuel Vimes, Duke of Ankh – Terry Pratchett, Discworld

  W

• Detective Chief Superintendent Michael "Mike" Walker – Lynda la Plante
• Detective Sergeant Tim "Freebie" Walker – Robert Kaufman and Floyd Mutrux
• Kriminalkommissarie Kurt Wallander – Henning Mankell
• Detective Inspector Eric Wardle – Robert Galbraith
• Inspector John Warwick –
• Detective Neal Washington – Hill Street Blues
• Detective Sergeant John Watt – Troy Kennedy Martin and Allan Prior
• Detective Joe West – Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Geoff Johns
• Detective Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford – Ruth Rendell
• Detective Megan Wheeler –
• Inspector Wilcox –
• Sergeant Wilkes –
• Inspector Williams –
• Detective Chief Inspector Charlie Wise – Jimmy McGovern
• Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe – W. J. Burley

  X

Y

Z

• Comisario Aurelio Zen – Michael Dibdin