Karen Tehama

Karen Tehama (voiced by Lauren Tom) was born on October 16th, 1989, is a Safety Patroller and the force's Forensic expert. Karen normally appears as a background character in most episodes and she can be bribed to give lessons on forensics.

History
Karen is mostly a background character so not alot is known about her history other than the fact that she has a keen interest in forensic science and she is Japanese-American. Karen has appeared in most episode and can normally depict the nature of a scene by the aftermath and the comonents of various crimes with her trusty powder, magnifying glass and microscope.

In one episode it is shown that she can be bribed with a certain candy bar for lessons. Ingrid did this in A Wurm in Our Midst to get Tehama to teach her basic fingerprint detection with powder and brushes.

Skills

 * Forensics - Karen's interest and central skill, allows her to search crime scenes for fingerprints and other clues left by the perpertrator.
 * Profiling - Karen has shown skills in gathering data quickly such as minutes from club meetings and gathering specific past case files.