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Lieutenant Anita Van Buren is a fictional character on NBC's long-running police procedural and legal drama television series ''Law & Order'', portrayed by S. Epatha Merkerson. Van Buren appeared in 390 episodes of ''Law & Order'' and is the second longest-running regular character in the ''Law & Order'' franchise, behind Donald Cragen (Dann Florek), and the third longest-character in the ''Law & Order'' universe, behind John Munch (Richard Belzer) and Cragen. By episode count, she is the longest-running character on the show. Medical Examiner Elizabeth Rodgers, portrayed by Leslie Hendrix, joined the show a year earlier in 1992, but she appears in fewer episodes. She appeared in 392 episodes (390 of ''Law & Order'', the ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' episode "Badge" and the ''Law & Order: Trial by Jury'' episode "Skeleton") and ''Exiled: A Law & Order Movie''. ==Character history== Van Buren joins the cast in the 1993 episode "Sweeps", succeeding Capt. Don Cragen (Dann Florek) as commander of the 27th Precinct Detective Squad after Cragen transfers to the Anti-Corruption Task Force. Throughout her run on the show, she oversaw the work of detectives such as Lennie Briscoe, Mike Logan, Rey Curtis, Ed Green, Joe Fontana, Nick Falco, Nina Cassady, Cyrus Lupo, and Kevin Bernard. When her detectives make mistakes, Van Buren focuses on salvaging investigations rather than focusing on their failures. For the entire duration of the series, Van Buren carries a Smith & Wesson Model 36 revolver as her duty weapon. Van Buren is known for her toughness, but she often pays a price for it. In one episode she shoots and wounds a would-be mugger who attacks her at an ATM, and kills the mugger's partner, who turned out to be a mentally retarded teenager. She was investigated, and absolved, by the Internal Affairs Bureau.〔 In another, she nearly loses her job when she sues the NYPD for promoting a white woman with less seniority ahead of her. Her lawsuit becomes such an issue of contention within the department that the Chief of Detectives tells her she will have to resign to get her squad the resources it needs to apprehend a child rapist. A judge eventually dismisses her discrimination suit. During a murder case, Van Buren learns that the case that led to her promotion to lieutenant was tainted by a dishonest fingerprint examiner's report. The expert, a friend of Van Buren's, had been falsifying various other reports and is tried for her actions, saying that she was just doing what Van Buren wanted. No action is taken against Van Buren, but the scandal continues to haunt her. In the 2006 season, she is forced to accept Nina Cassady as the replacement for Det. Joe Fontana upon his retirement. Van Buren believes that Cassady is too inexperienced to be a homicide detective, creating a risk to her partner. Van Buren had a "hand-picked" replacement for Fontana who was much more experienced than Cassady. She eventually learns to tolerate (and perhaps accept) Cassady as a member of her squad; however, this acceptance does not seem to last long and in the seventeenth season finale "The Family Hour", Van Buren berates the detective for her inability to keep her temper in check and suggests that Cassady has no future in the 27th Squad. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anita Van Buren」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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