Ron Carmichael

Ron Carmichael is a member of Special Investigations division. He first appears in Storm Front.

Description
In Storm Front, he is described as being short, overweight and balding, with a rather light, nasal voice, beady, bloodshot eyes and a weak chin, which all served to conceal a razor intellect. He is a sharp cop, and absolutely ruthless at tracking down killers. He is Karrin Murphy's partner, and a skeptic, convinced that Harry Dresden is a charlatan, scamming the city for his consulting fees.

In Fool Moon,  he still does not believe in magic. But he believes Harry Dresden when he states he was not connected to Marcone.

In Ghost Story, Ron appears to be about age thirty, built like a "fireplug". His eyes are dark and brightly glittering "hinting at a lively intellect".

In Between, Carmichael wears polished wing-tipped shoes and drives an old gold-colored Mustang. He states he had to get back to that "Rakshasa thing".

Storm Front
In Storm Front, Carmichael is at the Jennifer Stanton's murder scene and is dead set agains Harry Dresden. Later, Murphy uses him as a witness when talking to Dresden; he wants to arrest Dresden.

Fool Moon
In Fool Moon, Carmichael is less hostile to Dresden even though he still thinks Dresden's not on the level. Carmichael pulls Dresden away from the Loup-garou. Soon after he is killed, when the Loupgarou tears through the station. He lost his life protecting Karrin Murphy. His funeral was attended both by Murphy and Dresden.

Ghost Story
In Ghost Story, Carmichael made a return as his 30 year old self working in Between. He yelled at Harry Dresden to get off the track before the train came and when Dresden belligerently poked his chin at the train, Carmicahel hauled him up on the platform. He said the Southbound Train came pretty quickly lately and that he didn't think Harry wanted that train. Then he took Dresden to meet with Jack Murphy in the Office. Later, when Uriel was giving Dresden the choice to go work in the Office of Chicago Between, Harry saw Carmichael through the glass door. He was reading his notes and fishing for his keys.