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PC Brody was involved in three incidents involving Coronation Street residents.

In December 2009, Rosie Webster made an allegation that John Stape had attacked her in Roy's Rolls. The Websters rang the police and Brody came to 5 Coronation Street and took John away. He was questioned but released and later exposed Rosie’s story in the Rovers for the fabrication that it was - she claimed assault after failing to blackmail him into giving her money.

In September 2010, Gary Windass and his friend Quinny got involved in an argument with two lads in the Rovers who insulted Izzy Armstrong. The lads were thrown out by Liz McDonald but lay in wait for the two soldiers leaving the pub. Inevitably, they came off worse and one of the two, Thomas Hughes, was taken to Weatherfield General with concussion. Brody and his colleague came to the street asking questions and were directed to 6 Coronation Street by Liz. Gary was taken away for questioning where he denied knowledge of any incident and was eventually let go but with instruction to come back the next day.

A darker side to the officer's nature was revealed some eleven years later. In July 2021, James Bailey's burgeoning footballing career meant that he was able to splash out on an expensive sports car and he and his brother Michael took one out for a test drive. Brody was on patrol in his own car and stopped the pair in Victoria Street, seemingly without good reason, where he asked whose car it was and to see their licences. Suspecting racial profiling, the two asked specifically why they had been stopped upon which Brody insisted that James get out of the car while Michael stayed where he was behind the wheel. When Michael rang the dealership to prove their veracity and got out of the car to hand the phone to the officer, Brody overreacted, switched on his bodycam and radioed for back-up. James was arrested and cuffed under a section 25 offence and badly injured his knee as he fell off the pavement. At that moment, local PC Craig Tinker appeared on the scene, and knowing the brothers well as friends and neighbours, was aghast at what he saw.

Trying to calm the situation down, he upbraided Brody as diplomatically as he could before calling an ambulance while Brody made excuses, guarded apologies and tried to be chatty with James about his career with Weatherfield County FC, saying that his daughter would have been delighted with an autograph as she was such a fan of the team. James required an operation on his knee and his distress was exacerbated when footage recorded by passers-by was uploaded to the internet and attracted racist comments. He made a formal complaint against Brody who was summoned to Weatherfield Police Station to answer to the charge. Speaking to Craig in reception, Brody spoke of his own woes, saying he had always been sympathetic to all communities, regardless of their ethnic background and voicing his opinion that a "PC" culture had gone too far. Even though Craig had seen no evidence of the erratic driving that Brody claimed he had witnessed, he sat on the fence claiming impartiality and asked James to drop his complaint which he refused to do. He was then put on the spot when Brody asked Craig to support him and not to mention that Michael's driving had been fine.

Craig did as he was asked, and the initial enquiry found no cause for complaint. Hearing that Brody had claimed that the brothers had been aggressive, Craig chatted with the officer in the car park where he countered with his own very different experience with his neighbours. Brody then showed his true colours when he said that, "sometimes they get like that, don't they? You know, over-sensitive like everyone's out to get them." Craig realised he had made a dreadful mistake and, after a period of reflection, volunteered to change his statement when James appealed the results of the enquiry.

The appeal was upheld and James received an official apology. He was surprised to receive a visit in person from Brody soon afterwards. He made an apology in person but still maintained that it was a misunderstanding, insisting he was not there to cover his back and he wasn't a racist. James refused to accept his explanation and pointed out to Brody that he hadn't felt threatened when he found out that he was a professional footballer who could actually afford the car he was driving, and he was therefore still prejudiced in his actions. Unable to answer the charge, Brody thanked James for his time and left.

The character was credited as "Police Constable" for his 2009 appearance and "Police Officer 2" in 2010. In 2021 his character was named for the first time.

List of appearances[]

2009

2010

2021

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