DONOVAN, RAYMOND EUSTACE MITCHELL
Rank: Detective-Sergeant
Badge Number 00001948
Detective-Sergeant Ray Donovan
Born in London, Ontario, the only child of Peter and Sandra Donovan… swallowed a safety pin…. swallowed an eraser… suffered a minor concussion in the back yard; he told his parents that he was “chasing a talking bug” that hit him with a rock… after repeated hospitalizations, an investigation by Children’s Aid determined that he was “just accident-prone”… parents divorced when he was 13… graduated an Ontario Scholar despite missing an unusually high number of school days due to minor injuries… at 16, reported seeing a UFO; was cited for underaged drinking…
University of Western Ontario… major in History… incomplete… moved to Toronto…. obtained Ontario Private Investigator’s License… went into business as a private investigator, but appears to have had few clients and mainly worked as a “secret shopper”.
According to independently verified reports, his office was in a building that was at the epicentre of the local eruption of Fairyland during the Beltane Event… trapped in debris… captured or rescued by a troop of goblins… declared their King… successfully negotiated a “peace treaty” with Canadian Forces and Toronto Police personnel… his “subjects” revolted… escaped, but without pants…
Invited to join the nascent Borderland Guard by… posted to Windsor detachment, partnered with Detective-Sergeant John King… injured in the line of duty… fortunate that no one was killed… unable to retrieve the car from the river in one piece… transferred… Montreal… partner commended for arrest of the giant Jack In Irons… Ray was unable to attend due to self-inflicted gunshot wound… transferred…. Halifax… self-inflicted stapler wound… Red Deer… not able to explain how the wand became stuck there in the first place… transferred… transferred…
Transferred to Vancouver detachment at the invitation of Captain David Redman. Assigned to Detective-Lieutenant Christine McCall’s team tasked with the apprehension of Alias Nobody. Current partner is Detective-Constable “Bunny Mayhem”…
Holds the Borderland Guard record for number of injuries sustained in the line of duty without actually being killed in the line of duty… Holds the Borderland Guard record for number of partners without having partners killed or injured in the line of duty… Holds the Borderland Guard record for number of transfers between detachments… Holds the Borderland Guard record for shortest term of service at a single detachment, following his 9:00 – 10:46 AM stint in Kingston, Ontario… transferred following the Jelly Donut Incident…
PSYCH EVALUATION: It has often been said that the Borderland Guard tends to attract oddballs, and in this Detective-Sergeant Donovan is surely the rule that proves the exception. Apparently, his life was fraught with the unusual, long before the Beltane Event. He appears to wholeheartedly agree with the scuttlebutt that names him as a jinx. This has lead to a certain amused cynicism and world-weariness that is balanced by a remarkable ability to persevere in the face of adversity. And even for one of us, he’s unflappable… the man’s CWS quotient is higher than anyone I’ve ever scored, and that includes Chris McCall. That being said, kindly keep this spurking Jonah away from my office in the future. He got my favourite pen jammed up his nose — while filling out paperwork, don’t ask me how. My wife gave me that pen for our anniversary, you know.
SKILLS: Ranks highly in research and investigative techniques… first aid… CWS quotient…
