In an episode in late summer 1995, Fancy stated that he is 42 years old and that he was 41 when his wife gave birth in January 1995.

"[2] Fancy commands the respect of black community activists and the (entirely white) upper leadership of the fictional version of New York City Police Department.

In different episodes, Fancy manages to thwart the attempts of his superior, Captain Haverhill, who opposes appointing black commanders, to frame him for misconduct and threatens a civil lawsuit over racial discrimination.

It is revealed in Season 6 that Fancy's father was an alcoholic who stole his mother's money and died as a poor man in the streets.

In season 4, when Maceo is arrested for running drugs for his off-the-wagon mom, Fancy has to convince him to cooperate with the NYPD in a sting against her associates.

When a borough commander named Haverhill (played by James Handy) planned to fabricate reasons to remove Fancy from command, Andy Sipowicz used information about an unsolved organized crime murder to blackmail Haverhill into leaving Fancy alone.

After stoking an investigation based on flimsy allegations, Haverhill provoked Kelly into committing an act of insubordination.

In Season 4, Fancy and his wife were stopped at a traffic light and treated in a rough and possibly racist manner by two police officers in Bayside, Queens.

The following day, Fancy called the officers in, claiming that they had pulled them over as if they were suspects in an armed robbery.

After questioning the officers, Fancy concluded that he and his wife were pulled over at gunpoint strictly on the basis of their race.

Fancy went to Captain Bass, requesting that the Chief of Patrol transfer Officer Szymanski out of the predominantly Caucasian precinct of Bayside, Queens.