| “ | Call it a quid pro ho. | „ |
| ~ Quinn bribing a fellow officer with a prostitute. |
Ryan Quinn is a supporting antagonist of the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Internal Affairs". She is a police officer in the NYPD's 12th precinct, and the accomplice of her corrupt partner, Officer West, helping him rape drunk women they pick up on patrol.
She was played by Nadia Dajani.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[]
Quinn's backstory revealed that she had harbored feelings for West (who was married) during the years they worked together, and her love for him increased after West covered for her and helped her pass a random drug test back when she was using cocaine. Quinn began helping West rape women, usually drunk women he picked up from bars, and conspired with several other officers on the precinct to pressure victims to not press charges. She also conspired to have fellow officer Michael Groves committed to a psych ward, mainly to keep him from revealing the precinct's corruption.
SVU's investigation into the precinct included Detective Brian Cassidy going undercover as West's partner, while Quinn had Parker, a rookie officer, working with her. Quinn was informed by her superior officer, Lieutenant Wood, that Cassidy was undercover, which led to Quinn informing West. As a result, Cassidy ended up held at gunpoint by Quinn and later West. After finding a wire on him, they took him to the docks, while Quinn made a phony call branding Cassidy as a criminal wielding a gun.
The duo was set on killing Cassidy before Detective Olivia Benson, Cassidy's girlfriend, arrived and arrested them. Quinn defended West during her interrogation, but after Benson told Quinn that West was manipulating her, and that he would never leave his wife for her. Finally realizing that West was using her, Quinn not only confessed and gave up West, but she revealed that other officers committed rapes as well. She then presumably went to prison.
External links[]
- Ryan Quinn on the Law & Order Wiki
