Max Greevey

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Max Greevey
Rank Sergeant
Affiliation New York City Police Department
Division 27th Precinct Detective Squad
Current status Deceased
First Appearance L&O: "Everybody's Favorite Bagman"
Last Appearance L&O: "Confession"
Played by George Dzundza

Sgt. Maxwell "Max" Greevey was an investigative officer assigned to the New York City Police Department's 27th Precinct detective squad.

Greevey had served with the NYPD since the 1960s, placing his total time in service at over twenty years. His squad commander at the 27th Precinct was a former partner of his, Captain Donald Cragen. Greevey's partner during his final year on the job was Mike Logan. Greevey and his wife Marie had three children, including a son named Matthew and a daughter named Eileen.

As capable a detective as Greevey was, he wasn't above letting his personal feelings and beliefs influence his work. A devout Irish Catholic, Greevey often voiced his displeasure when working cases in which the victim's lifestyle or activities contrasted with his beliefs. In one such case that involved a women who was killed carrying a bomb into an abortion clinic,Greevey found himself in opposition of both Logan and EADA Benjamin Stone in the investigation and prosecution of the anti-abortion activist who gave the victim the bomb. (L&O: "Life Choice") In another case in which the victim was a photographer known for taking sexually-suggestive art photos, Greevey asked Cragen to take him off the case due to his personal offense of the victim's work. (L&O: "Prisoner of Love")

Greevey was shot to death outside his home by Daniel Madigan, Jr., who wanted to silence his grand jury testimony on construction industry corruption. Marie witnessed the shooting from her home's window while on the phone with Mike Logan. (L&O: "Confession")

Though Greevey's final appearance was in "Confession," his death scene was performed by an uncredited double, since George Dzundza had already left the series prior to the filming of the episode. Dzundza's final appearance on the series as Max Greevey was in the final episode of the series' first season, "The Blue Wall."

Cragen continued to work one of Greevey's open cases, that of the murder of a college student and the disappearance of her infant son, nearly ten years following his death and well into his tenure as squad commander of the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. (SVU: "Stolen")