- "That's textbook policing and we need more of it in this Department."
- ―Gordon Leary
Captain Gordon Leary is a character in L.A. Noire. He is captain of the LAPD Traffic Department.
Biography[]
Events of L.A. Noire[]
- "And now some housekeeping. A warm Central Division welcome for Detective Cole Phelps. Some of you guys may know Phelps. He's the cop who broke the jewerly store murder. Stand up and take a bow, Phelps."
- ―Leary introduces Cole to detectives in the briefing room.
Captain Leary is introduced during Cole Phelps' first day in Traffic, when he introduces Cole to the other detectives in the department room. Leary assigns him and his new partner, Stefan Bekowsky, to investigate the disappearance of Adrian Black, the theft of the diplomatic vehicle of Juan Francisco Valdez, the hit-and-run of Lester Pattison, a stolen car ring, and a crash involving June Ballard and Jessica Hamilton.
Leary is last heard after the shootout at the Intolerance Set. With the arrest of Mark Bishop after defeating a small army of Guy McAfee's thugs, showing up and outperforming the Vice department, Leary was more than pleased, and was there to congratulate Phelps and inform him of his promotion to Burglary.
After Phelps' death, Leary is seen attending his funeral to pay respects. He sits in the section opposite to the one seating Biggs, Elsa and Jack.
Personality[]
- "I'm going to start you out with one case. You do okay, I'll give you a couple more. You screw up, you'll be rousting vagrants and running license plates."
- ―Leary, to Phelps during his introduction to Traffic.
On a good day, Leary is usually boisterous, sarcastic, easygoing and friendly towards his staff, but he is almost just as often extremely impatient and irritable, presumably due to the high stress and difficulties of working as a police captain, making him appear to be a largely mood-driven individual. Phelps and Bekowsky's cases often end with unexpected but favorable results that generate good press, much to Leary's pleasure and for which he offers very high praise, although he is equally compelled to viciously demean them for any failures.
Although he is often affectatious and occasionally has a hair trigger, Leary is presumably a relatively honest and upstanding policeman, showing a cold attitude towards Roy Earle, indicating that he is well aware and disapproves of the infamously corrupt reputation of the Vice squad.
Case Appearances[]
Traffic[]
- "The Driver's Seat"
- "The Consul's Car"
- "A Marriage Made in Heaven"
- "A Slip of the Tongue"
- "The Fallen Idol"
Arson[]
Trivia[]
- One cutscene during the Homicide desk show Capt. James Donnelly occupying Leary's office, for reasons unknown.
- Leary is the only one of Phelps' commanders who appears in his notebook.
- Leary is also the only one of Phelps' commanders to attend his funeral.
- Like all other captains, Leary is nowhere to be found in The Streets Of L.A. (Free Roam).
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