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Notes

1. The Barn is the name for the police station in Farmington. The nickname is derived from the shorthand for Farmington- “the Farm”, hence the station being called “the Barn”. [return to page 2]

2. While the Strike Team was being investigated by IAD, Curtis “Lem” Lemansky, arguably the moral center of the Strike Team, was found with drugs in his vehicle. Agent Kavanaugh attempted to leverage this and promised to drop the charges if Lem incriminated the other members. He refused to turn on his team, his family, but agent Kavanaugh lied, telling Mackey and Vendrell that he had. In a moment of shakespearean confusion, Vendrell murdered Lem by tossing a grenade into his lap, thinking he was protecting the team (S5E11).

3. The Shield was heavily inspired by the Rampart Scandal.

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