Det. Tim Bayliss
Detective Tim Bayliss (Kyle Secor), joined the Homicide Unit at about the age of 31, on the first episode of H:LotS. Before becoming a detective, Bayliss was on the Mayor's Security Detail, and was a member of the SWAT Team. At first he was given a hard time by his fellow detectives because he was a rookie, but soon earned the respect of a true member of the murder police. He, along with Det. John Munch and Det. Meldrick Lewis, own the Waterfront Bar across the street from the precinct. His first case in which he was the primary was the Adena Watson murder, which, unfortunately for Bayliss, became a red ball. Another case that he was stuck with was Gordan Pratt's murder, the racist yet clever man who supposedly ambushed Detective's Kay Howard, Stanly Bolander, and Beau Felton. One of the most famous partnerships on the show was that of Bayliss and Det. Frank Pembleton. In Fallen Heroes: Part Two, Tim took a bullet by throwing himself in front of Frank. After Tim recovered from his bullet wounds, his whole perspective on life was changed. He became interested in Buddhism and Zen, and eventually came to realize that he was attracted sexually to both men and women, which caused problems in his squad room and fellow detectives once everyone knew. Tim was known for the violence building up inside of him, which he displayed numerous times. In Forgive Us, Our Trespasses, he pushed Assistant State's Attorney Ed Danvers down a small flight of steps. Later in that episode, it was implied that Bayliss unjustly shot and killed Luke Ryland, the man charged with killing several women over the Internet (Homicide.com), who got away because of one of the "technicalities" with the court system. It was also implied that Bayliss quietly quit the murder police at the end of the show, which was the final episode before Homicide was cancelled. But that belief proved to be false. In Homicide: The Movie, Tim only took a leave of absence, and returned, just like all his fellow detectives, to find Lt. Al Giardello's assassin.