List of NYPD Blue Characters - Other 15th Squad Detectives

Other 15th Squad Detectives

• Adrienne Lesniak—Joined the squad in Season 2 to get away from the abusive cop she had been dating from another precinct. Adrienne quickly earned the squad's respect as a strong investigator and caught the eye of Det. Martinez, but she sought to avoid his romantic interests in Season 3 by falsely claiming to be a lesbian. Later on, Adrienne and James did begin dating. However, Adrienne quickly emerged as clingy and critical, even ranting at James when she wrongly thought he was sleeping with an informant. She apologized and understood when James ended their relationship, though she was deeply hurt by its end. Adrienne appeared for the last time in Season 3's finale and her departure was never explained on the show; her lone post-Season 3 reference came when Greg and James discussed another cop who claimed to be gay and wondered whether she was telling the truth or doing what Adrienne did (the former).
• Jill Kirkendall—Jill joined the 15th in Season 4, showing her superb abilities as a cop right away. She briefly and casually dated Bobby Simone before he returned to Diane's side, but over time she and Diane became best friends. Jill balanced her job against being a single mother of two boys, and showed a great ability to empathize with parents and young adults while on the job. Her career was ruined by her 'addiction' to her worthless ex-husband and her subsequent flight from the law to escape her involvement in trying to save her kids from him. She replaced Detective Adrienne Lesniak.
• Kelly Ronson-Came over from Brooklyn North late in Season 11 after the welcome departure of Det. Stan Hatcher. She raised a few eyebrows at the 15th when she said she was studying for her law degree at night school, but she and Rita Ortiz worked well together. She was left unsettled when John Clark's mentally unbalanced girlfriend accused her of sleeping with him, though nothing else happened to her afterwards. She left the show between Seasons 11 and 12 and her absence was not noted. Played by Jessalyn Gilsig.