Jalen Shaw

**Detective Jalen Shaw** is a detective with the Manhattan North Homicide Squad, reporting to Lieutenant Kate Dixon. He is currently partnered with Detective Vincent Riley. He was formerly a detective with the Narcotics Division.

## On L&O

Shaw and Cosgrove approach Rublev to place him under arrest for his involvement with the bombing and Ava's murder. However, Rublev's bodyguard tries to interfere with the arrest but Shaw stops him from making any bad decisions. Cosgrove then arrests Rublev and Shaw attempts to arrest Rublev's bodyguard. However, Rublev's bodyguard tries to avoid arrest by pretending he doesn't speak English. Shaw figures out what he is doing and tells him to turn around. Rublev's bodyguard spits on Shaw and Shaw throws him against the car door and arrests him. (L&O: "Gimme Shelter")

After partnering up with Cosgrove to investigate Ava Marchenko's murder, Shaw officially transferred to the 27th precinct where he was permanently partnered with Cosgrove. Shaw and Cosgrove then investigated the murder of Becca Carter, the daughter of Governor Ronald Carter.

While investigating the murder of a student at Hudson University, Shaw and Cosgrove came across Ezra Nichols who later became a suspect in the murder. Shaw mentioned that Nichols was a well-respected professional professor and the reason that he decided to become a lawyer. However, while interrogating Nichols, Shaw became hostile towards him which caused Cosgrove and Shaw to get kicked out of Nichols' office.

Shaw became personally involved during the search for Troy Booker after wrongfully arresting him for a murder that he didn't commit. When Booker took hostages in a library after shooting a prison guard, Shaw tried to talk him out of making the wrong decisions before Cosgrove entered the library and managed to take down Booker. Price and Maroun then took Booker to trial for escaping prison and for the attempted murder of the prison guard. When Price and Maroun received evidence that Booker did not commit the original murder, Price and Maroun showed Shaw the video. Shaw became upset when he realised what he had done and told them that he believed Booker was guilty. Price then told Shaw that he was dropping the original murder charge. Shaw and Price then go to the hospital where they found out that the prison guard had died from the injuries due to the gunshot wound. Price and McCoy then agreed to try Booker on murder two charges. Later, after Price attempted to make a deal with Booker, Shaw told Price to make a better deal with Booker. Shaw told Price that they failed Booker and that they owe him one. Price told Shaw that he will contact Rikers. Later, Price meets Shaw in the bar who tells him that there is nothing they can do now about Booker being innocent for the original murder. Shaw told Price that he doesn't know how to move past it and accuses Price of not caring. Price tells Shaw that he has a job to do and giving speeches about inequities doesn't help anyone. Shaw then tells Price that he became a lawyer to fight the system but that didn't work out so he became a police officer to keep innocent black men out of prison. Price told Shaw that no matter how hard they try, they make mistakes which Shaw was not satisfied with.

While Shaw is walking down the street, two police officers hold Shaw at gunpoint. Shaw then gets arrested after attempting to show the cops his badge. Cosgrove then shows up and tells them that Shaw is his partner and they're on their way to a murder scene. The officers let Shaw go free and claim that they thought he was a murder suspect and lots of people say that they are cops when they are not. Cosgrove tries to stop Shaw from beating them up. A few moments later, the patrol officer comes to apologise to Shaw claiming that a complaint will hurt his chances of becoming a detective. Shaw then refuses to accept the apology but then the patrol officer threatens him. Later, while Cosgrove and Shaw are on their way to talk to a woman, Cosgrove tells Shaw thatcops have long memories but he's white so it doesn't happen to him. Cosgrove then tells Shaw that he will back him up if he decides to press charges. Later, after Shaw updates Dixon on new evidence, Dixon asks Shaw to talk to her privately. Dixon claims that she got a call from the patrol officers union representative. Dixon tells Shaw that they are claiming that he bent the rules by not getting on the ground and claims that he has to understand what he's getting involved in, even if it means losing his job. Shaw tells Dixon that he is not backing down and is not frightened. Later, an internal affairs guy meets with Shaw who claims that the patrol officers filed a complaint against him and thinks Shaw should let things slide. He also assures that if Shaw drops his complaint then the patrol officers will drop theirs, claiming that nothing happened and there is no need to make a big deal out of it. After Shaw arrests De Luca for manslaughter, Price confronts Shaw about making the arrest without consulting him and he wants Shaw to leave the prosecuting to him. Shaw tells Price that De Luca incited Burke to violence and has to be held accountable. Later, Shaw testifies at De Luca's trial about the damage that he's done. The defense attorney then brings up the complaint against Shaw and says that his own department has taken action against him. Shaw also gets accused of charging a white man with homicide after being racially profiled. Price becomes annoyed that Shaw didn't tell him about it but Cosgrove tries to get Price to move on. After De Luca gets found guilty, Dixon congratulates Shaw and claims that internal affairs called her to tell her that Shaw's allegations are unsubstantiated and they are suspending him for a week without pay for not complying with the cops orders.

After Cosgrove left the squad, Shaw was partnered with Detective Vincent Riley and they investigated the murder of Nathan Alpert. Whilst arresting a suspect, Riley seemed to get easily frustrated with Shaw and told him to stop playing the hero on his watch. Later in the case, Riley asked Shaw about Cosgrove, Shaw claimed that Cosgrove was good at the job but he was too open about his opinions and had to be let go.

### On OC

Shaw gets partnered with Cosgrove while investigating the murder of a young girl who was shot in front of Cosgrove’s eyes. Cosgrove agrees to get partnered with Shaw. Shaw and Cosgrove then broke the news to Ava’s aunt who seemed to blame the police for Ava’s death. The aunt then slapped Shaw out of anger and told Shaw and Cosgrove the story about Ava’s past in Ukraine. Cosgrove then runs Shaw through Ava’s autopsy which shows that Ava was a victim of repeated sexual trauma. Shaw and Cosgrove believe that Ava was a sex trafficking victim. Shaw and Cosgrove then traced Ava’s lost moment back to the yacht where she escaped from. Cosgrove suspected that a gang member named Mark Sirenko had murdered Ava. Cosgrove and Shaw then approached Sirenko and Cosgrove then put his hands on Sirenko and threatened him. Sirenko then came under investigation by Homicide and Organized Crime. Later, Shaw and Cosgrove approached Stabler and Bell at the Organized Crime Control Bureau. Stabler discovered that Cosgrove’s actions risked his case against Sirenko. Stabler asked Cosgrove to back off but Cosgrove wasn’t having it. Cosgrove thought that his homicide case trumped their organized crime case. Bell told Shaw, Stabler and Cosgrove that they are investigating Sirenko for his involvement with a drug trafficking ring. Bell and Stabler then informed Shaw and Cosgrove that they want to continue investigating before arresting Sirenko. (OC: “Gimme Shelter”)

### On SVU

After Nicole managed to ID Sirenko as the man who chased after Ava, Shaw and the rest of the team raided Sirenko's home. However, they did not find Sirenko but Benson discovered the makings of a bomb in a secret room behind a shelf. Cosgrove ordered Shaw and Rollins to stay away from the bomb. Later, after Sirenko sets off a ten-minute timer on a bomb, Shaw helps evacuate the building and evacuates a bunch of Spanish speakers. Shaw then orders anyone who may be in the garage to come out with their hands in the air. A random cop then gives Shaw a glass breaker. Shaw then breaks into a car and finds the bomb with four minutes on the timer. Shaw then asks someone on the phone to walk him through defusing the bomb and refuses to evacuate. Dixon then tells Shaw to go three times as well as Cosgrove. (SVU: "Gimme Shelter")

## Appearances

* Law & Order
	+ Season 22: "Gimme Shelter" • "Battle Lines" • "Camouflage" • "Benefit Of The Doubt" • "12 Seconds" • "Vicious Cycle" • "Only The Lonely" • "Chain of Command" • "The System" • "Land of Opportunity" • "Second Chance" • "Almost Famous" • "Mammon" • "Heroes" • "Fear and Loathing" • "Deadline" • "Bias" • "Collateral Damage" • "Private Lives" • "Class Retreat" • "Appraisal" • "Open Wounds"
	+ Season 23: “Freedom Of Expression” • “Human Innovations” • “Unintended Consequences” • "Turn The Page"
* Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
	+ Season 24: "Gimme Shelter"
* Law & Order: Organized Crime
	+ Season 3: "Gimme Shelter"