Bobby Cosgrove

**Bobby Cosgrove** is a lieutenant with the Portland Police Department.

## History

### Working with Dex

Bobby first met Dex when Dex was arrested for having 14 unpaid parking tickets. When she learned what Dex was trying to do, she professed her distaste for private investigators, believing they just get in the police's way. However, when Dex successfully subdued two criminals and led police to a third, Bobby seemed impressed by her.

### Dex's Assault

Bobby talked to Dex after she was brought in following her being knocked out at a client's house. Bobby said she had entered the house unlawfully and would need to resolve that charge before she could be allowed to leave. She later admitted that Dex has good instincts and told her if she wanted to be a PI, she needed to do it right and get a license.

### Jack Feeney's Death

Miles looking into the case when Jack Feeney was found dead. When the case led him to Grey, whom he knew as a colleague of Dex's, Bobby warned Miles not to let Dex color his investigation.

### Helping Dex

When Dex was arrested for vandalism, Bobby talked to her. She made up a story about how she thought it was her own car she was hitting with a bat. Due to her dislike of Artie, Bobby accepted the story as truth and let Dex go. She also had Dex's car towed back to Portland for her.

### Wallace Kane Escape

When Wallace Kane escaped from prison, Bobby cooperated with the US Marshals to find him and get him back to prison. When she noticed how close Miles was to the case and how it was affecting him, she told him to take a step back. When she learned that he hadn't, she ordered him to take a vacation.

Miles didn't take his vacation as ordered and Bobby went to his apartment to warn him off the case. However, when Miles' work led to Kane being captured, she congratulated him and said he was moving up in the world, even sharing the thanks of the mayor. When discussing what charges to file against Grey, Miles claimed he was a CI and Cosgrove accepted it, saying he just had to file the paperwork and she'd go with it.

### Meeting Tookie

Tookie's truck was inspected by Julius Kraft, who said he had permit violations and his truck would be shut down until he got them taken care of. He went to Cosgrove, hoping she could help expedite the process. They quickly bonded over their shared love of food, including the discovery that some mole sauce she'd had at a restaurant right after moving to Portland was his recipe. She agreed to help him. After his permits came through, he brought her some food, though she said it could be considered a bribe. Despite this, she ate the food and loved it. In return, she cooked a special recipe she'd created and brought it to his truck for him to try. He loved it as well. When she returned to the truck again, they both reminded each other that they're married and it's just about the food. Tookie showed her a recipe she'd inspired and she said that her friends call her Bobby.

### Car Bombing

When Sue Lynn's car was bombed in what she believed was an attempt on her life, the Portland Police Bureau investigated, though Sue Lynn refused to cooperate with them, denying any knowledge that might help them solve the crime. Behind Sue Lynn's back, Dex cooperated with the police and gave Miles a list of Sue Lynn's enemies. Miles wanted to go investigate with the knowledge, but Bobby told him to let Dex do it, because it was a jurisdictional nightmare for them. Despite this, Miles was able to find and arrest Russ Foster for the crime. Bobby was horrified when then, Sue Lynn and Hollis came to the station to take Russ, saying the charges had been dropped and they were taking him home to deal with it internally.

### Drug Bust

Dex was hired to investigate a school by the parents of a student who had been expelled over possession of drugs. She quickly figured out that the volleyball coach had had another student plant the drugs on her. When the volleyball coach, Mary Jane Glenway, was arrested, Bobby and Miles went in to interrogate her. She said she wouldn't speak without her lawyer, so they sat in the room and talked to each other within her earshot, speculating about her motive. This coerced her into admitted what she'd done, saying the girls needed a friend and they were under a lot of pressure.

### Pranking Miles

Bobby knew that the cops often pranked each other. She decided to get in on it when the captain came in looking for someone to escort his wife to and from a concert. She recommended Miles for the job. When the wife's car ended up stolen on Miles' watch, she assured the captain that Miles would handle the case personally, despite him being a homicide detective.

### Progress in Miles's Case

When Grey brought in a kilo of heroin from the carjackers, Cosgrove and Miles gave him the money for the drugs to take back to the crew. Cosgrove also brought in Jimmy Arrieta as it was his area of expertise. Jimmy immediately insisted on being included heavily, which chafed Miles, who didn't trust Jimmy. Cosgrove insisted on Miles including him, even threatening punishment if he didn't, but Miles was still suspicious, so he planted a dummy file with fake information, which Jimmy followed alone to a warehouse, where Miles figured out he was dirty and in with whoever had lost the heroin. He refused to talk, but then Cosgrove appeared. He tried to defend himself, but she just had him arrested.

### Investigating Dex

Cosgrove headed up the investigation with Kara's help when Dex was arrested for the murder of Thomas Junes. She told Miles he wasn't allowed to work on the case. She and Kara questioned Dex, but were interrupted when Lionel Hoffman came in and said she was done talking to the cops as he was now representing her. Cosgrove expressed her disbelief that Miles had called his father. Later Kara suggested that Dex had a motive: revenge, something she'd learned from Miles. Cosgrove brought extra cops over to Bad Alibi and they searched the place for Dex. However, Dex was able to sneak out the back and get away. When Miles came to Cosgrove and told her that Benny was killed over some stolen cash and he believed Kale Murphy was behind the theft and TJ's death, Cosgrove warned Miles to watch what he was doing, helping Dex so blatantly. Later, Cosgrove told Miles that as a result of his actions, he'd be suspended without pay pending review. He said he'd save everyone the trouble and handed over his badge. He told Cosgrove to keep it for him while he thought about what he really wanted.

## Relationships

### Romantic

She is married. She and her husband met about 25 years ago, when she first moved to Portland from Philadelphia.

## Career

She is a lieutenant with the Portland Police Department.

## References

1. ↑ Forget It Dex, It's Stumptown., 1x01
2. ↑ Missed Connections, 1x02
3. ↑ Rip City Dicks, 1x03
4. ↑ Family Ties, 1x04
5. ↑ Family Ties, 1x04
6. ↑ Bad Alibis, 1x05
7. ↑ Dex, Drugs and Rock & Roll, 1x06
8. ↑ The Other Woman, 1x08
9. ↑ Dex Education, 1x09
10. ↑ Reality Checks Don't Bounce, 1x10
11. ↑ Dirty Dexy Money, 1x12
12. ↑ All Hands on Dex, 1x18
13. ↑ Dex, Drugs and Rock & Roll, 1x06
14. ↑ Missed Connections, 1x02