Katriona Tamin

Detective Katriona "Kat" Azar Tamin is a former Vice Officer and a detective with the Manhattan Special Victims Unit.

History
Kat was first seen assisting the Special Victims Unit with capturing serial rapist Sir Tobias Moore. She went undercover as an aspiring actress looking for a role in his movie. While undercover, she was brutally assaulted and almost raped, but was rescued in time.

Kat eventually transferred to the Manhattan Special Victims Unit and became a detective. Benson gave her a free desk and warmly welcomed her. Straight away, she investigated her first case with the Special Victims Unit, involving a runaway teenager. Tamin worked with a transgender woman named Lakira Beca who had been raped by Defense Attorney Paul Davies, but was later dismissed from the case and replaced by Benson. She later mentioned that, as a child, she hated naps and that she had never wanted to miss anything.

Tamin went undercover as a jogger in order to uncover a sex trafficking ring run by Evelyn Lee, a spa owner. She later accompanied one of the victims, Lily Song, to court, but when she noticed she was taking too long in the bathroom, she went to investigate, only to discover that she had committed suicide after her mother had been threatened.

When a photographer named Steve Getz was accused of grooming Detective Frank Bucci's teenage daughters Ivy and Milly, Katriona went undercover as the girls' aunt against Benson's orders in an attempt to catch him in the act. Tamin became heavily involved in an alleged rape case involving her boxing coach Romeo Solís, which she launched an investigation into after suspecting he was in an intimate relationship with a teenage student which soon became a murder case after another student punched Romeo dead. She stepped over the line several times, which resulted in her being sternly chastised by a disapproving Captain Benson.

Tamin found herself disgusted with a serial rapist named Luke Mitchell who used dating apps to meet his victims before drugging them so he could rape them. She also expressed her concern about people like him, admitting she was bisexual and saying that she frequently dates both men and women on dating apps.

Tamin spent New Year's Eve 2020 with a date named Celiné Tatou. Upon arriving, Celiné flirted with her, seductively calling her an officer. Tamin responded saying she wasn't tonight and that she was off duty. However, while romantically dancing with Celiné, Tamin got an amber alert. She told Celiné she had to go, which disappointed her.

Her rocky relationship with Carisi became more intense during a case involving a pornographer named Zoey Carrera who had been raped by one of her viewers, Gabe Miller. Carisi's outlook on the case angered Tamin, who felt sorry for Zoey. When Carisi informed Tamin and Benson that Gabe Miller had been imprisoned for seven years, Tamin was furious that it was such a short sentence, which infuriated Carisi. Benson told Tamin to take a few days off and that it had been a rough week, to which Tamin snapped, telling Benson off for suggesting taking time off. She then told Carisi and Benson that Zoey deserved to feel safe again.

When her cousin Lily Bustani is raped by her boyfriend Xavier Garcia, she came to Tamin asking for help. However, Lily decided to drop the charges against Garcia and start dating him again.

Kat introduced herself to Detective Elliot Stabler in the precinct during an investigation where Stabler’s wife was involved in a car bombing.

Appearances

 * Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
 * Season 21
 * Season 22