List of Law & Order characters
Supervising officers

List of Law & Order characters

Section Title: Supervising officers
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Name	Portrayed by	Rank	Year	Episodes	Notes

Donald "Don" Cragen	Dann Florek	Captain	1990–1993	66	* Transferred to the Anti-Corruption Task Force and later to the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. * Left the NYPD in 2014, taking a six-month vacation that brought him up to the mandatory retirement age.

Anita Van Buren	S. Epatha Merkerson	Lieutenant	1993–2010	390

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S. Epatha Merkerson was potrayed by Anita Van Buren from 1993-2010.

final_sentence: S. Epatha Merkerson was potrayed by Anita Van Buren from 1993-2010.