Bradford also tells a young boy that his father was verbally abusive when he was growing up.

Weddle also states that Bradford chose Fallujah over going pro, hinting that Bradford spent time in the armed forces. In ' Safety', it is revealed that Bradford was a quarterback on his high school football team, and had played against Los Angeles Rams safety Eric Weddle, who had sacked him in the championship game. As a result of Chen winning the bet, Bradford allows her to go back to wearing short sleeves after he had forced her to wear the long sleeves and a tie even after she passed the Midterm exam. In ' The Bet', Bradford begins dating Rachel Hall, a friend of Chen's, after Chen set them up on a date.

In ' Impact', Bradford suffers a seizure as a result of the experimental vaccine, but he ultimately recovers and returns to the police force two weeks later. In ' Free Fall', Bradford is infected with the deadly virus as a result of infected bus passenger Peter Langston coughing blood onto him and he nearly dies after passing out in the front yard of Langston's house after being given an experimental vaccine. When she eventually enters rehab treatment, he goes to visit her but ultimately decides that she's better off without him around and tells her, 'This is the end.'

In spite of his attitude of tough love, he tries to help her, giving her money and medication and standing up for her when he believes she's in a dangerous situation. He speaks Spanish, as we hear in the pilot episode, and he was once Bishop's training officer, as we hear in ' Flesh and Blood'.īradford is highly competitive, as seen in ' The Roundup', where he persuades Dispatch operator Nell Forester in order to give his team an advantage.īradford met his ex-wife, Isabel, when she was a Narcotics officer at another precinct at the time the pilot airs, he has not seen her for over a year due to her drug addiction.

Bradford is a tough training officer, who frequently springs tests on Chen in difficult situations.

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