Declan Murphy

Declan Murphy is the a lieutenant assigned to the Special Victims Unit when William Lewis escaped prison.

Background
Prior to being assigned the Special Victims Unit, he was undercover at an illegal gambling station. He helps Detective Rollins keep her job when it came out that she stole a phaser from the evidence locker.

Murphy was assigned as the commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit and he gave Olivia Benson a 24 hour security detail. However she gives them the slip but they manage to track her down, but not before William Lewis shot himself.

Murphy didn't believe that "the sky was falling" with the grand jury trial. He also stood up for Benson in the trial after learning that Olivia had started writing her retirement papers to keep her pension and to save her shield. Since he was still in charge, he asked her to stay and serve as his number two.