In the third season episode 'Track', when Hondo pursues of an armed robbery suspect that leads to a vehicle collision, he meets a woman named Nichelle when he aids a man in an accident. The relationship ends due to his anger after an encounter with a racist Arizona Department of Public Safety officer and the inability to prosecute the man who drugged and attempted to rape his sister. He later starts a relationship with Nia Wells, a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney and recent divorcée. Hondo ultimately ends the relationship after they are caught by Commissioner Michael Plank to protect her career. įour months before the series, Hondo began a surreptitious romantic relationship with Captain Jessica Cortez, which, while frowned upon, was not expressly forbidden by LAPD policy however, after his promotion to Team Leader (which put him directly under her command), the two struggle to keep their relationship secret. In 2017, Hondo was unexpectedly promoted to Team Leader after Buck was fired for accidentally shooting an unarmed black teenager during a shootout in a blatant attempt to ease the tensions between the community and the LAPD. Hondo maintains a good relationship with those in the neighborhood, leading to residents often giving him information on cases.

By 2016, he was serving as a Senior Lead Officer on Sergeant Buck Spivey's S.W.A.T. He served as a patrol officer for six years before becoming a member of S.W.A.T. Hondo began his Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) career as a patrol officer with the 77th Street Area. After his enlistment ended, Hondo joined the Los Angeles Police Department. Īfter high school, Hondo enlisted in the United States Marine Corps he served four years (1994 to 1998) with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and deployed to Somalia. Īs a kid, Hondo and two of his best friends, Leroy and Darryl, were part of a gang, but after Darryl's death, Hondo went to Crenshaw High School and eventually joined the force. Hondo and his dad remained in touch, and Hondo lived with him during the summer in his teenage years. When Hondo was a kid, his father left the family after falling in love with another woman and moved to Oakland, California, where he eventually had another daughter, Briana. Hondo was born to Daniel Harrelson, Sr., and Charice Harrelson he also has a sister, Winnie. Fictional character Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson

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