Special Victims Unit

Special Victims Unit
General information
Organization type	Police squad
Leader(s)	Donald Cragen (formerly) Steven Harris (temporarily) Declan Murphy (temporarily) Olivia Benson
Member(s)	Amanda Rollins Elliot Stabler (formerly) John Munch (formerly) Nick Amaro (formerly) Odafin Tutuola Dominick Carisi, Jr. (formerly) Katriona Tamin (formerly) Chester Lake (formerly) Christian Garland (formerly) Monique Jeffries (formerly) Mike Dodds †
Historical information
Founding	Prior to 1999
Other information
Affiliation	New York Police Department 16th Precinct
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The Special Victims Unit, also known simply as SVU, was a police unit within the New York Police Department.

Members

Commanding officers

• Captain Olivia Benson
• Captain Donald Cragen (retired)
• Captain Steven Harris (temporarily)
• Lieutenant Declan Murphy (temporarily)
• Deputy Chief Christian Garland (formerly)
• Deputy Chief William Dodds (formerly)
• Chief Tommy McGrath

Squad Supervisors

• Sergeant Odafin Tutuola
• Sergeant John Munch (formerly)
• Sergeant Mike Dodds (deceased)

Detectives

• Detective Elliot Stabler (retired; but rejoined the NYPD and is currently a detective with the Organized Crime Control Bureau)
• Detective Katriona Tamin (resigned)
• Detective Amanda Rollins (retired)
• Detective Nick Amaro (retired)
• Detective Dominick Carisi, Jr. (promoted to Assistant District Attorney)
• Detective Monique Jeffries (transferred to Vice)
• Detective Chester Lake (imprisoned)
• Detective Brian Cassidy (transferred)
• Detective Ken Briscoe (transferred)
• Detective Joe Velasco
• Detective Grace Muncy (promoted to DEA Agent)
• Detective Terry Bruno

Notes and references

• Captain Olivia Benson is the only character who has continued serving at the Special Victims Unit since Season 1 after Cragen’s departure.