John Taggert

Background
John Taggert is a lieutenant in the City Police Department. He is a loyal ally of Silas Blaise and Lily, whom he shares a past with.

John was the first child to be adopted by Jim and Nadine Jefferson. He ran away at a young age, and stayed in the system, but sometimes lived on the street. He always avoided gangs or drugs, only resorting to petty theft in the most dire of circumstances. When he came of age, he entered the Ettinborough Police Academy and graduated with top grades. He steadily climbed the ranks of the CPD and married Jocelyn Bryce, a nurse he met during an intervention. They had a daughter two years later, and named her Becki.

Due to an increased work load, his memories of the abuse he suffered as a child, and the weight of his own responsibilities as a new father, John turned to drinking. One day, after a visit to his foster family, an intoxicated John lost control of his car, and lost his wife and daughter in the crash. This caused his drinking habit to escalate into full alcoholism.

It took four years, two degradations, one suspension and an eviction to get him to sober up. Looking for a way to make amends, John decided to face his demons and look up the Jeffersons. When he found out that the couple had not only adopted more than a dozen children over the years, but still used their old parenting methods, John alerted child services and ended their reign of abuse.

Thankful for his intervention, Silas and Lily kept in contact with John and when Silas defected from the Moro Syndicate, he asked John to be his informant in the CPD. John accepted, out of a sense of loyalty due to their shared childhood experience and because Silas persuaded him he needed a family to find purpose and meaning. At this time, John works undercover VICE, but funnels considerable amounts of confiscated drugs to Silas and his Madmen.

Dice Pools
Inside Man 6: John socializes with colleagues and superiors both on the job or in the bar afterwards, pilfering information that might assist him or Silas.

Smuggle Confiscated Goods 5: John often steals small items or small to medium amounts of drugs from crime scenes or even from lock-up, passing them through to the Madmen. This is opposed by Wits + Composure or Wits + Larceny of onlookers.