Character Profiles - Gotham City Police Department - Detective Harvey Bullock

Real Name: Harvey Bullock
Occupation: Detective For The Gotham City Police Dept.
Weight: 248 lbs
Height: 5ft 10in
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Base Of Operations: Gotham City
Group Affiliations: GCPD
Marital Status: None
Relatives:N/A
First Appearance: Detective Comics #441 (June 1974)
Created by: Doug Moench
Bullock was originally a crooked detective under instructions from Gotham City's Mayor Hill to sabotage Commissioner Gordon's career. His method of doing so was to pretend to be exceedingly clumsy, thereby spoiling whatever Gordon was trying to do, seemingly accidentally. After inadvertently giving Gordon a heart attack, Bullock turned over a new leaf. His character later developed into a well-meaning cop who (probably) was exceedingly clumsy. Subsequent to this, he was a Bishop in the spy organisation Checkmate.
Post-Crisis, Bullock was perhaps the most controversial police officer in the Gotham City Police Department. His colleagues in the Major Crimes Unit will swear up and down that he is a good cop, despite his reputation for taking bribes, police brutality, and ties to organized crime being on the top. However, he also has elements of the earlier character including a fondness for doughnuts and a hidden sentimental streak. He displayed his integrity as one of the police officers who stayed in Gotham City during the No Man's Land incident.
Bullock has also been one of Batman's biggest foes on the GCPD, but has not gone to the extremes that others have to apprehend the vigilante. His last partner on the GCPD was Renee Montoya.
It is believed that Bullock is the one who gave up the location of James Gordon's shooter to the Mafia, as the shooter himself was actually in the witness protection program. Having resigned from the force following this, he appeared occasionally as a private detective in Gotham Central.
As part of DC's One Year Later Bullock has returned to the GCPD, with the understanding that he is not allowed a single mistake this time. The circumstances behind this are unknown, the only clue so far being the line, "Six months since Harvey Bullock made his discoveries."
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