In Final Justice, Carlucci is succeeded by African American Alvin Martin, who seems to be based on John F. Street.
In an apparent disconnect, in The Traffickers, which begins approximately 30 days after the end of Final Justice, Mayor Carlucci is in full control.
He is the owner of Classic Livery, which provides limousines to the public; he also serves as enforcer to Vincenzo Savarese, along with his brother, Pietro.
The two of them were highly effective, but their undercover assignments ended when they caught the murderer of Highway Patrol chief "Dutch" Moffitt.
The publicity ended their Narcotics careers, and Martinez went undercover as an officer at the Airport Unit to catch a crooked corporal.
O'Hara drives a car equipped with several police band receivers (at the time the series was written, computer-controlled scanners were not available).
He has also been on the site and taken photos when significant events took place, such as when Matt Payne shot and killed the Northwest Serial Rapist (in Special Operations).
In The Vigilantes, O'Hara had left the Bulletin and had signed on to run a local crime information website known as 'CrimeFreePhilly.com'.
Matthew Payne, also known by the nicknames "Matt" or "Matty," is the central figure of the Badge of Honor series.
His mother, Patricia Moffitt, took a job as a legal secretary to make a living, and met Brewster C. Payne, a prominent Philadelphia attorney and widower.
Matt went to private school, where he was an average student with some clashes with the police and then to the University of Pennsylvania, where he attended Marine Corps ROTC.
Immediately after graduating from the Philadelphia Police Academy, Payne was assigned to Special Operations as Peter Wohl's assistant.
Wohl reprimanded him for climbing on the 12th floor ledge of the Bellvue-Stratford Hotel to replace a surveillance microphone that had been knocked loose.
He has also at times been referred to, sarcastically, as "Sherlock Holmes, Jr." Wohl suspended Payne when he was assigned to Harrisburg and ended up romantically involved with a woman who was providing cover for terrorists/bank robbers; again, he was overruled by Carlucci.
He solves a murder/rape case in Northwest Philadelphia (but not before breaking the heart of the female detective who becomes his main partner and assistant).
He also chaperones a Philadelphia-born movie actor during the latter's return to the city and escorts home an escaped murderer from France.
She has also assisted the Special Operations Division in profiling the Northwest Serial Rapist and an insane but intelligent man trying to kill the Vice President.
Amy Payne is prone to being distracted as a driver, makes snap psychological judgments of her brother, and is annoyed when she runs into the bureaucracy of the Philadelphia Police Department.
Martha Peebles, in her late thirties, was the heir to a fortune based on anthracite coal mining.
Although he has refined manners and is an accomplished violinist, Savarese is capable of ordering, albeit indirectly, a person's death.
Lieutenant Jason Washington is regarded by his peers, and himself, as Philadelphia's finest Homicide detective "between Key West, Florida and Bangor, Maine."
Ironically named similarly to the wife of America's first president, Martha is partner to Lieutenant Jason Washington.