Edmund Reid

Edmund Reid is the main character of the drama series, Ripper Street. He is the Detective Inspector of H Division. He begins the series as a man mourning his daughter as well as cursing his inability to catch the Ripper before becoming increasingly more unstable in his pursuit of justice. Reid works with Sergeant Bennet Drake and Captain Homer Jackson to solve the murders and other crimes of the area. Throughout season one he is obsessed with clearing Whitechapel's streets of criminals.