Marissa "Astrid" Morrison (born December 23, 1991) is the commanding officer of the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. Prior to taking over SVU, Morrison worked as an SVU detective and was partnered with James Friar for 8 years. After James' resignation, she was partnered with Detective Joe Mazzello, before becoming a Sergeant and took over the unit. After that, she was promoted to Lieutenant and is now in charge of SVU. When she was a detective, her badge number was 4015. As a sergeant, her badge number was 01139 and as a Lieutenant, she no longer has a badge number.

Joshua "Josh" Gillian (born April 26, 1991) is the Sergeant of the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. Prior to being second in command as Sergeant, Gillian worked as an SVU detective and was partnered with Michael Davis, Julia Mills and Robert Peters before becoming Sergeant. As a detective, his badge number was 7021 , and as a Sergeant his badge number is 0231.

Rami Malek (born May 12, 1981) is the Commanding Officer of the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. Prior to being commanding officer, Malek worked as an SVU detective and was partnered with Terence Fields, Samuel Muggins, and Lucy Boynton before becoming Commanding Officer. He has a relationship with Detective Lucy Boynton, which caused for a change in partnership when it was revealed to the administration. As a detective, his badge was 4530 and as Commanding Officer his badge is now 0945.

Joseph "Joe" Mazzello (born September 21, 1983) is a former police detective who transferred to the Special Victims Unit from narcotics and warrants in 2011. He is charismatic and charming and often used his charm to get difficult witnesses who do not cooperate to talk. His prior partnerships were Bryce Reels, Julia Vasquez, and Astrid Morrison. His badge number is 0840.

Ben Hardy (born January 2, 1991) is a detective assigned to the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. He was transferred to the precinct after Lieutenant Astrid Morrison put in a request for an "experienced, empathetic Detective". He was in Staten Island SVU for two months, Brooklyn for almost a month and Queens for a week (before that, he was a patrol officer on Staten Island). He has a knack for interrogations, by pretending to empathize with suspects and getting them to open up to him. His badge number is 0458.

Lucy Boynton (born January 17, 1994) is a detective assigned to the Manhattan Special Victims Unit, in September 2011, after moving to New York City from Atlanta, Georgia. She's tough towards her co-workers when it comes to bringing in personal opinions into cases. Her prior partnerships were Rami Malek, Jenny Raines and Phillip Wales. Her badge number is 3894.

Gwilym Lee (born November 24, 1983) is the former ADA assigned to the Sex Crimes Bureau. Lee is a by-the-book, no-nonsense ADA who requested a lateral transfer from Brooklyn to Manhattan shortly after a certain case compromised his department. Lee will put pressure on whomever he needs to win the case, wether it is the victim or the arresting officers. He obtained a scholarship to Harvard University, where he studied law.

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"I've got eyes on both of them. Atlantic and 4th Avenue."

The suspects spotted them, one nudging the other as they took off running in the opposite direction.

"NYPD! Stop!"

They pushed through the crowds, onlookers getting thrown to the ground by the impact as the officers ran.

"Out of the way! Move!"

They ran into an alley, turning the corner and seeing the other detectives before quickly turning around towards a fence. Grabbing onto the chain, they started pulling themselves up before the detectives grabbed their jackets, pulling them down and against the wall.

"Arms behind your back. You're under arrest."

Two officers handcuffed them, as the other two pointed guns at the suspects, a taunt to ensure that they wouldn't run. Witnesses on the street watched, some with phones filming the arrest as the detectives groaned.

"Come on guys, move along."

The detective that caught a suspect shook his head at the crowd. "Thanks a lot people. No, thank you. Citizens of New York, I applaud you. Give yourselves a hand. Yeah, take a picture."

Walking away, the crowd dispersed, as the suspects were put into patrol cars, and taken to the station for processing.

Two escorted one of the suspects into an interrogation room, as the suspect groaned in frustration. "Come on. I'm staying out of trouble."

"Is that why you ran?" a detective asked as the suspect sat down.

"You people were chasing me."

One of the two leaned their hands on the table, eye level to the suspect. "Where were you Wednesday night Juan?"

"I'm not sure." he paused, looking down at his hands before back up to the detectives. "What did Ronnie say?"

In another interrogation room, Ronnie pushed a tablet away from him on the table.

"Man, we met that waste case at the cafe. All we did was try and help her get home."

One of the detectives jumped in. "You mean you dragged her home, beat her and raped her?"

"It wasn't us. As soon as we got right outside the cafe, she got all belligerent and took off."

"Then why do we have witnesses that put you at her building?"

"That's a bluff." Ronnie said, smirk on his face. "I saw the news. No one called 911."

The lieutenant watched her detectives interrogate the suspects as she pressed the mute button for the speaker, watching the ADA walk over to her.

He knocked at each of the glass windows, the detectives inside excusing themselves and leaving. They all reconvened outside, the ADA wanting to hear what they have to say.

"Where are we on these boys?"

"Nowhere." the ADA said, "Ronnie and Juan are lying as we speak."

The lieutenant shrugged, "Well, Will wasn't any help either."

One of the detective spoke up. "Ronnie had a second cell phone on him. The call log was deleted."

"Send it to TARU, see what they find?" the female detective asked, as the lieutenant nodded.

"In the meantime, get a photo array over to Libby's building."

The ADA looked over, raising san eyebrow. "Maybe one of our Good Samaritans can make an ID."

"Yeah." she sighed, as they both headed out of the squad room and to a cell, where Will had been waiting to be processed.