Atlanta Police Officer (Telltale)

Atlanta Police Officer
Actor	Mark Barbolak
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Gray (Balding)
Age	Late 50s to Early 60s
Occupation	Pre-Apocalypse Officer at the Atlanta Police Department
Family	(Unnamed) - Sibling (Unnamed) - Nephew
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American
Status	Dead
Only Appearance	"A New Day"
Fate
Death Episode	"A New Day" (Alive and Zombified)

“

It goes to show, people will up and go mad when they believe their life is over. ―The officer to Lee Everett.

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The Atlanta police officer is a survivor of the outbreak in The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series. He is seen driving Lee Everett to the Meriwether County Correctional Facility in Georgia after being convicted of murdering the state senator for sleeping with his wife.

Overview

Not much is known about the officer, though he seems kind and thoughtful. While he upholds the law like an ethical officer, he shows sympathy to Lee for his situation due to following his case, which also demonstrates how he researches for his job. He remembers most convicts he drives to jail and can usually tell the good from the bad based on their attitude on the ride to prison. The cop proved to be careless, though, as his not watching the road is what ultimately caused his death.

Pre-Apocalypse

Macon, Georgia, United States

The officer tells Lee that he was originally from Macon, Georgia, and moved to join the Atlanta Police Department in the 1970s, and was thinking about becoming a detective to solve brutal homicide cases. He seems to make frequent prison transfer trips to the Meriwether County Correctional Facility with several convicts, including Thomas Richards. One time, he arrested a boy he thought was a gangbanger and told him everything that could happen to him in prison, scaring the boy. He later got a call on the radio, telling him he had the wrong guy in custody.

Post-Apocalypse

Season One

"A New Day"

This man is first seen taking Lee Everett to jail for killing a state senator. He was telling him some stories of the criminals he had before. He told Lee another story that was going to be depressing and hilarious. Suddenly, he took his eyes off the road and hit a walker; startled, he swerved out of control and crashed, flipping several times down a hill. Then, walkers overrun the area, and the officer leaves the car either willingly or by force and is screaming for help while firing his shotgun. Lee fades in and out of consciousness, hearing the officer fighting off the walkers, only to hear his final death cry. He likely broke his legs in the fall, which would explain why, as a walker, he was crawling. Later, when Lee wakes up, he finds him lying down away from the wreckage, unconscious. As Lee approaches him, taking his keys and uncuffing himself, he wakes up and begins crawling and making his way towards Lee. Lee stumbles back and manages to find the officer's shotgun and proceeds to kill him.

Death

Killed By

• Himself (Indirectly Caused, Accidental, Alive)

While he was driving Lee to prison, this man took his eyes off the road, which caused him to hit a walker and crash off the road.

• Zombies (Alive)

After this man gets out of the car, he is immediately overrun by walkers coming from all directions. He fires several shotgun rounds trying to fight off the horde, and it is assumed that he was killed by the walkers, but the lack of visible wounds leaves his cause of death unknown. He subsequently reanimates after Lee removes his handcuffs.

• Lee Everett (Zombified)

Panicking, Lee shoots this zombified man in the head with a shotgun, blowing it apart from the jaw up.

Killed Victims

This list shows the victims this man as killed:

• Himself (Indirectly Caused, Accidental, Alive)
• Possibly a few unnamed criminals (Pre-Apocalypse)
• 1 zombie (Accidental)

Relationships

Allies Lee Everett †

Enemies Thomas Richards †

Quotes

The following is a list of some of this officer's most memorable quotes.

Season One "Well, I reckon you didn't do it, then. (…) Ha, I don't, but I reckon it's a lot like assumin'." - This officer to Lee (Determinant), "A New Day" "Y'know, I've driven a buncha fellas down to this prison. Lord knows how many. Usually is 'bout now I get the "I didn't do it." (…) I say, "Yep, I know ya didn't."" - This officer to Lee about the people he has driven, "A New Day" "Hmmm, but you don't talk too much, do ya?" - This officer to Lee if he doesn't respond, "A New Day" "I followed your case a little bit, you being a Macon boy and all. " - This officer to Lee if he doesn't respond, "A New Day" "Yep. Came up to Atlanta to be a city cop in the seventies. Always wanted to work a murder case, like that senatorial mess you got yourself mixed up in, with all due respect. A real shame, that is. Hell, the whole family used to be regulars at your folks' drugstore right in downtown. Still there?" - This officer to Lee about becoming a cop, "A New Day" "Wouldn't say that. I go in for that innocent 'til proven guilty thing. (…) Even considering who they say you killed." - This officer about Lee's case (Determinant), "A New Day" "I'm just glad I chose law and not order. A big, messy trial like that. (…) Even if you was innocent, a lot of what happened can't ever be undone." - This officer about Lee's case (Determinant), "A New Day" "It's not every day a fella from Bibb County goes off and kills a state senator, that's for sure." - This officer about Lee's case if he says nothing (Determinant), "A New Day" "I got a nephew up at UGA, you teach there long? (…) You meet your wife in Athens? (…) You wanna know how I see it?" - This officer asking about Lee's past as a teacher, "A New Day" "Well, too bad, it's my car. You might have the right to remain silent, but it don't mean I gotta be." - This officer after Lee says he doesn't want to hear his opinion (Determinant), "A New Day" "Regardless, could be you just married the wrong woman." - This officer to Lee about his wife, "A New Day" "You'll have to learn to stop worrying about things you can’t control." - This officer after Lee says he doesn't want to hear his opinion (Determinant), "A New Day" "I'm driving this man once, he was the worst one. He wouldn't stop going on about how he didn't do it. He was an older fella. Big, soft eyes behind a pair of smart folk glasses, and he's just wailing back there, says it wasn't him. Crying and snotting all over, right where you're sitting. Then before long he starts kicking the back of the seat, li--like a fussy baby on an airplane. And I tell him he's gotta stop, that's government property, and I'll be forced to zap him otherwise. So he stops, and having exhausted all his options, he starts crying out for his Mama. "Mama, it's all a big mistake! It wasn't me!" They caught the fucker red-handed! Stabbin' his wife, cutting her up as the boys came through the door! He sits in my car screaming bloody murder that it wasn't him! I think he actually believed it himself. It goes to show, people will up and go mad when they believe their life is over. Oh, I got another good one for ya. This one's a little bit less depressing and a bit more hilarious if I do say so. This other time--" - This officer to Lee about the time he drove Thomas Richards, also his last words before crashing (Determinant), "A New Day"

Appearances

The Telltale Series

Season One

• "A New Day"

Trivia

• He was the first character to die on-screen and the first walker that Lee killed.
• The prisoner that he was talking about in the car with the story about the man who cried "for his mama" was Thomas Richards.
• Telltale Games confirmed that the prison the officer was taking Lee to was the Meriwether County Correctional Facility.