
Raydor and they needed to follow protocol and get a search warrant beforehand so the investigation would not be jeopardized for the sake of the multiple victims. Provenza told him they needed a truce with Capt. In “ Medical Causes”, when Flynn wanted to open the suspect's purse, which was closed, by claiming it had opened during the car crash, Lt. Andy combed through the firing range user logs where all of the other victims had been visiting and found the name of Greg Miller's name, the son of Det. Miller, has a son who served in the military and that every time the police staked out a store in case the robbers showed up, the perps turned up elsewhere. which would have held Larry Martin at the crime scene.Īfter sharing her thoughts with Andy, they remembered the original investigating officer, Det. This outburst gave Raydor the insight that the robbers had knowledge of LAPD procedures, as the LAPD is the only police department in the U.S. Later at the morgue, Andy had an angry outburst toward Captain Sharon Raydor because she had not yet learned the victims' names, and because he blames every problem MCD has had during the investigation, especially regarding the identities of the robbers, on policies she created at FID that forced Larry Martin to remain on the scene of the crime, which cost him his life. He wanted someone to pretend to be a Deputy District Attorney, as they are the only ones allowed to make deals and none were present at the scene, but before they were able to spring their plan into action, someone shot the suspect in the police car, causing them to lose their most valuable asset. The suspect agreed to the "deal" and Andy exited the car to talk to the other detectives. Thus, the remaining suspect(s) can be charged with murder in such cases. He talked the suspect, Larry Martin, into striking a deal with the District Attorney's Office to give up his friends so he would only be charged with robbery and not murder as causing the death of anyone during the commission of even a lesser crime is a felony, even if the death resulted from police action. He tried to reason with the man, claiming that since he surrendered, Andy doesn't want to charge him with murder if he doesn't have to. Andy entered the police car and talked with the captured robber who was visibly upset over the fate of his friends.

In “ Reloaded”, MCD was called to a scene of a botched grocery store robbery where two suspects were killed and one captured by SIS detectives. In “ Fatal Retraction”, when one of Flynn's old cases was re-investigated and Taylor was prepared to throw him under the bus for misidentifying the victim, he requested a permanent transfer to Brenda's unit. A former Catholic, who often makes snide comments about religion, he only agrees to a church wedding to please Captain Sharon Raydor, his ostensible superior, with whom he falls in love.įor the most part of season 1 of The Closer, Flynn worked at the Robbery-Homicide Division but was "loaned" by Russell Taylor to Priority Homicide. Louie Provenza, Flynn is cynical, sardonic, and disinclined to give the benefit of the doubt to anyone. 4.1 Medals and service awards worn by Lt.
