Bill Brewster

**Lieutenant William 'Bill' Brewster** is the commanding officer of the Organized Crime Control Bureau. He was formerly the commanding officer of the Narcotics Division and the former boss of Ayanna Bell.

## History

### Season 2

After Stabler gets arrested during his undercover operation, Brewster attends a meeting with several NYPD members and reunites with Bell. Brewster asks Bell if Stabler is making any progress while he is undercover and Bell assures Brewster that Stabler is doing fine undercover. Later, after the K-O agrees to go to war with the Marcy Killers, Brewster meets with Bell and Moennig and argues about how to handle wars against two gangs. Moennig sides with Bell and tells Bell and Brewster that they will be working together as co-commanders in a new joint task force to investigate the case. (OC: "The Man With No Identity")

At the precinct, Brewster tells Stabler that he is worried about Stabler being seen entering the precinct. Brewster then follows Stabler into Bell's office where Stabler informs Bell about the murders at the warehouse and the K-O and Marcy Killers alliance. Bell tells Brewster and Stabler that she wants to try and flip Nova, who was at the warehouse and assisted in the murders. Brewster tells Bell that he wants to flip a guy who can lead them to the K-O but Bell wants to go after Nova. Later, after Stabler tells Bell about the murder of a bagel shop owner that Albi committed, Brewster and Bell question the wife of the bagel shop owner. Brewster and Bell tell the wife that her husband may have committed arson before he was murdered. The wife tells Brewster and Bell that the Albanians are crazy, especially Reggie. Later, after Stabler got involved in a shooting, Brewster tells Stabler that he should have been more prepared for that shooting. Stabler tells Brewster that he only knows what's going on inside the K-O and not the Italians. Nova then appears during their argument. Brewster then reveals to Bell and Stabler that Nova is an undercover detective who was assigned to infiltrate the Marcy Killers. Bell becomes furious with Brewster about him not telling her about Nova and starts yelling at him in her office. Bell tells Brewster that she cannot work with someone who she cannot trust. (OC: "New World Order")

After Stabler gives Bell and Brewster the location of the two deceased bodies, Bell and Brewster arrive at the scene of the crime while Stabler waits in the car, hidden from sight. Jet then informs Brewster and the squad about Malachi who was creating an app which assisted several criminal organizations in planning their crimes. Jet then asks Bell for permission to go undercover at an underground hacking competition to catch Malachi. Brewster then orders Maldonado to go with Jet. Later, at the precinct, Brewster tells Bell that Nova is missing before Jet tells Brewster that Nova is entering the precinct. Nova asks Brewster for permission to go to Penda's funeral but Brewster refuses to allow her to go. Brewster tells Nova about Hugo's release and that he needs her to be there when he gets released. Bell then witnesses Nova hand her badge to Brewster. (OC: "The Outlaw Eddie Wagner")

While listening in on Stabler's conversation with Kosta, Brewster asked Bell why Stabler was doing this if he has kids to think about and Bell told him to ask Stabler that. However, Brewster was worried when Stabler was assigned to rob a bar during his undercover operation. During the assignment, Brewster and Bell spotted police on the way to the bar where the robbery was. Stabler shot a man during the operation which Maldonado witnessed. Brewster then notified Bell that Stabler was the shooter. Luckily, they had footage of the man Stabler shot pulling a gun out. (OC: "For A Few Lekë More")

During their investigation on sex trafficking, Brewster becomes shocked that the girls didn't know about the scam before they arrive in the United States. Later, Brewster, Tutuola, Benson and the rest of the squad surveils Bell while she attend a charity auction with Kilbride and Stabler attends the auction to find answers. After Stabler determines how the scheme is going down, Stabler gives the team a signal to raid the party. (OC: "The Good, The Bad and The Lovely")

Brewster and Bell interrogate Edmund Ross about the sex trafficking ring and his connection with Jon Kosta. When Ross claims that he did not know Kosta, Ross shows him a photo of Kosta talking with Ross and tells him that they managed to recover some names in Ross's little black book after he threw it in the fire. Later, after learning that Kosta was going to hire Reggie to murder a politician, Teddy Garcia, Brewster and Bell informed him about the hit and that they will surveil him. Later, Brewster, Bell, Cho and Maldonado suit up to protect Teddy Garcia. However, they arrive late and Reggie accidentally murdered Diana, Garcia's wife. Brewster and Bell arrested Reggie for her murder. (OC: "Unforgivable")

After Brewster and Bell arrested Reggie for murder, Brewster and Bell interrogated him about Diana's murder. Brewster and Bell later bring in Stabler, who reveals his true identity, which causes Reggie to attack him calling him a traitor. After interrogation, Brewster tells Stabler to push harder on Reggie to get more information out of him. Later, Moennig tells Bell that he is leaving the Organized Crime Control Bureau and he is promoting Brewster to commanding officer of the Organized Crime Control Bureau. (OC: "High Planes Grifter")

Brewster went to introduce Stabler and Bell to a specialist that was brought in by the FBI to help find Sebastian McClane, a cyber criminal who escaped from prison. However, when Stabler enters the room, Wheatley is standing there grinning at Stabler. After locking eyes with Wheatley, Stabler angrily leaves the room and Brewster and Bell walk after him. Stabler tells Brewster that Wheatley is making a fool out of him and the squad but Brewster tells him that Wheatley has assisted the FBI in another high-profile case, before Wheatley approaches them. (OC: "Nemesis")

Brewster attended a meeting with the police commissioner and several other police officers. Brewster questioned Bell and Stabler about what happened the night Wheatley and McClane escaped at the data center. Stabler claimed that Wheatley was behind everything starting with McClane's escape. Later, Brewster approached Bell in her office and claimed that he was getting heat from upstairs over Stabler. Brewster told Bell that Garcia wants Stabler to undergo a psych eval and that he will lose his gun and badge if he doesn't back down. Bell promised Brewster that she would handle him. (OC: "As Iago Is To Othello")

After Wheatley causes a blackout that cripples New York City, Brewster and the rest of the NYPD watch as Wheatley televised a list of demands which were a private airplane to escape, the release of his son, Richie, and to make Stabler pay with his soul. After Wheatley and Angela's death, Brewster tells Bell that the NYPD is conducting an investigation into Stabler's actions towards Wheatley during the case. (OC: "...Wheatley Is To Stabler")

As a result of the investigation into Stabler's actions towards Wheatley, Brewster suspends Stabler from the Organized Crime Control Bureau and asks him to hand over his shield and his gun. Two weeks later, Stabler returns to the Organized Crime Control Bureau and goes undercover as himself to infiltrate a gang of cops which is run by his former friend, Detective Frank Donnelly. (OC: "Takeover")

After a lawyer and her client were shot to death, Brewster approaches the squad to notify them about the double homicide. Brewster informs the squad about the murder weapon and how the homicide might be connected to the Marcy Killers. Brewster tells the squad that before the lawyer, Bonnie Ellis, was murdered, she received a call from one of the members of the Marcy Killers, Hugo Bankole. (OC: "Guns & Roses")

## Appearances

* Law & Order: Organized Crime
	+ Season 2: "The Man With No Identity" • "New World Order" • "The Outlaw Eddie Wagner" • "For A Few Lekë More" • "The Good, The Bad and The Lovely" • "Unforgivable" • "High Planes Grifter" • "Nemesis" • "As Iago Is To Othello" • "As Hubris Is To Oedipus" • "...Wheatley Is To Stabler" • "Takeover" • "Guns & Roses"