program. Lillian is diabetic, which causes Fancy to be overprotective during her last pregnancy, for which he later apologizes. He has a younger brother, a hotheaded uniformed officer named Reggie (played by Michael Jai White) who is distrustful of whites. Reggie's combative behavior draws the ire of his sergeant, a bigot named McNamara who attended the police academy with Fancy. In an attempt to get Reggie fired, McNamara helps a black gypsy cab driver falsely accuse Reggie of taking kickbacks, then suspends him. McNamara innocently claims he is merely following department procedure. Fancy, aware of both McNamara's racism and of his collaboration with the cabbie (Fancy notes the "textbook language" in the written complaint), informed his detectives. They conducted an investigation that revealed Reggie's innocence and McNamara's misdeeds. McNamara had no option but to end his vendetta against Reggie, and Fancy suggested Reggie immediately transfer to another precinct to get away from McNamara. Fancy also used the opportunity to provide Reggie a lesson in professionalism and trust by pointing out that none of the detectives who aided him — Medavoy, Martinez, and Simone — were African-American. It is revealed in season 6 that Fancy's father was an alcoholic who stole his mother's hard-earned money and died a broken man in the streets, which motivates Fancy to succeed in both his career and family life. His family takes in a foster child named Maceo in season 1, and Fancy is devastated when Maceo's mom, a reformed drug abuser, later returns to reclaim custody. In season 4 when Maceo is arrested for running drugs for his off-the-wagon mom, and Fancy has to convince him to cooperate with the NYPD in a sting against her associates. As Maceo watches from an observation window, his mother blames him and says prison might do him some good. Fancy puts together a deal with the prosecutor that results in Maceo spending a few years on a work farm instead of many years in prison, then counsels him that when he released he will still be young enough to make something good of his life. Relationship with 15th Precinct commanders When a borough commander named Haverill (played by James Handy) planned to fabricate reasons to remove Fancy from command, Andy Sipowicz used information about an unsolved organized crime murder to blackmail Haverill into leaving Fancy alone. Haverill later started a witch hunt directed at Detective John Kelly,