Luke French
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Detective
Sergeant
Luke French is a fictional police officer
of the Criminal Investigation Department
within Wyvern Constabulary's, Holby South Police Station. His character is featured in Holby Blue, a spin-off
of the long running medical drama Holby City
.
. Having risen to this rank after gaining a University degree
in Criminology
, he is aiming for the highest rank, a Chief Constable
in charge of the entire force. Much of his eagerness comes from him genuinely feeling he can make a difference in the world. As much as he is career-minded, he is also down-to-earth. Recently, the new Detective Chief Inspector
Scott Vaughan, who replaced corrupt Harry Hutchinson as head of the department, made it clear to Luke that he will make Detective Inspector
. Luke and John Keenan often disagree over policing methods as John would rather bend rules to put a criminal behind bars, whereas Luke would rather follow every letter of the book.
Luke feels guilty about his terminally ill mother dying while he was spending time with his wife Mandy. Recently after trying for a baby, Mandy became pregnant and has given birth to a baby girl named Ruby.
Tragically, Mandy was knocked down by a car whilst out with Ruby, and received serious injuries from which she later died in hospital. Luke was understandably distraught and had to send Ruby to stay with his mother-in-law, Wendy, for a time, as he was unable to cope with both the pressures of work and looking after his daughter. Eventually, he managed to come to terms with his loss and decided it was time to bring Ruby home so that he could finally be a father to her.
Detective
A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes"...
Sergeant
Sergeant
Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....
Luke French is a fictional police officer
Police officer
A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
of the Criminal Investigation Department
Criminal Investigation Department
The Crime Investigation Department is the branch of all Territorial police forces within the British Police and many other Commonwealth police forces, to which plain clothes detectives belong. It is thus distinct from the Uniformed Branch and the Special Branch.The Metropolitan Police Service CID,...
within Wyvern Constabulary's, Holby South Police Station. His character is featured in Holby Blue, a spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
of the long running medical drama Holby City
Holby City
Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
.
Character history
Luke is one of the youngest Sergeants within the ConstabularyConstabulary
Constabulary may have several definitions.*A civil, non-paramilitary force consisting of police officers called constables. This is the usual definition in Britain, in which all county police forces once bore the title...
. Having risen to this rank after gaining a University degree
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
in Criminology
Criminology
Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society...
, he is aiming for the highest rank, a Chief Constable
Chief Constable
Chief constable is the rank used by the chief police officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except for the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police, as well as the chief officers of the three 'special' national police forces, the British Transport Police, Ministry...
in charge of the entire force. Much of his eagerness comes from him genuinely feeling he can make a difference in the world. As much as he is career-minded, he is also down-to-earth. Recently, the new Detective Chief Inspector
Chief inspector
Chief inspector is a rank used in police forces which follow the British model. In countries outside Britain, it is sometimes referred to as chief inspector of police .-Australia:...
Scott Vaughan, who replaced corrupt Harry Hutchinson as head of the department, made it clear to Luke that he will make Detective Inspector
Inspector
Inspector is both a police rank and an administrative position, both used in a number of contexts. However, it is not an equivalent rank in each police force.- Australia :...
. Luke and John Keenan often disagree over policing methods as John would rather bend rules to put a criminal behind bars, whereas Luke would rather follow every letter of the book.
Luke feels guilty about his terminally ill mother dying while he was spending time with his wife Mandy. Recently after trying for a baby, Mandy became pregnant and has given birth to a baby girl named Ruby.
Tragically, Mandy was knocked down by a car whilst out with Ruby, and received serious injuries from which she later died in hospital. Luke was understandably distraught and had to send Ruby to stay with his mother-in-law, Wendy, for a time, as he was unable to cope with both the pressures of work and looking after his daughter. Eventually, he managed to come to terms with his loss and decided it was time to bring Ruby home so that he could finally be a father to her.