Detective Chief Inspector Michael "Mike" Jardine was a long-running character in the television series Taggart

Taggart

Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network...

. He served as Detective Sergeant after Peter Livingstone left the force from 1987 to 1994 when Jim Taggart

Jim Taggart

Detective Chief Inspector James "Jim" Taggart was the main character in Taggart from 1983 to 1995. He was played by Mark McManus until his death in June 1994, with the last episode featuring Taggart being broadcast in January 1995.-Character:...

 died and he took over as 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:...

. He was killed in the episode Death Trap which aired in 2002 and was replaced by a member of Special Branch

Special Branch

Special Branch is a label customarily used to identify units responsible for matters of national security in British and Commonwealth police forces, as well as in the Royal Thai Police...

, Matt Burke.