Ruben Avitia ( background detective )

Background Detective
Affiliation:	Los Angeles Police Department
Profession:	Detective
Status:	Alive
Played by:	Ruben Avitia
Season(s):	2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7
First episode:	"Barnstormers"
Last episode:	"Family Meeting"

Related apperances in The Shield

Ruben Avitia was an uncredited background actor working in The Shield. He appears in the Barn mostly during someone's case, running documents, listening from the crowd, investigating other cases from far behind the camera shots.

Season 2

Appearing in Co-Pilot, next to Vic

There's quite a few instances where he appears in this season, shortly walking around the second floor of the Barn when Vic is talking to Emma Prince (''Barnstormers''), second appearance takes place in (''Co-Pilot'') when Captain Aceveda is holding a complimentary success speech for Assistant Chief Gilroy putting together this squadron.

Season 3

Appearing in Bottom Bitch

Appearing in Riceburner

First in Bottom Bitch appearing next to Annie taking a phone call.

Also listening the frantic comedic police tape about emergency callings (''Riceburner'').

Appearing in Fire in the Hole

He seen from the motor pool when the strike team is distressed about Dutch, FBI, Treasury and Armenian Mafia finding O'Brien before they'll do.

Season 4

Ruben appearing with Glenn Close behind the scenes of season 4.

When Monica Rawling is beginning her first speech in The Barn episode Bang about the new starting seizure policy and starting mapping different gang areas, Ruben is shortly seen from the crowd.

Season 5

When Dutch invited over Lina Gallegos's character Cecilia to question her in (''Enemy of Good''), Ruben is shortly seen from the background working with files. When Claudette solves the case of Evan Dyne in episode Jailbait he is seen working with some case files. When Detective Steve is holding a press conference (''Tapa Boca'') he is seen from a long camera shot to the kitchen when Dutch seems to be listening part of Billings's speech about the murdered women. When Dutch writes an apology note in (''Trophy'') and puts it on Claudette's desk he is seen walking away from the background.

Seen far back from the action in Rap Payback

After the big pharmaceutical bust on the russians Vic Mackey made, Steve Billings hired a moving company (''Rap Payback'') to move in a brand new sofa for the upper office, everyone is seen staring the action including his character.

Season 6

Ruben Avitia appearing in to the most right, holding Kavanaugh from his shoulder.

Ruben is seen during the confrontation of Vic Mackey and Jon Kavanaugh (''On the Jones'')

Season 7

Appearing in Coefficient of Drag.

Appearing in Money Shot.

Appearing in Moving Day.

Appearing besides Julien listening Claudette's orders in Parricide.

Claudette's marching orders that Ronnie is not getting primary on his shooting, his lady neighbour witnessed Two Man's bike riding away from the scenery , Julien partners up with Shane on this one.

He is last seen in episode Family Meeting far from the background when Ronnie Gardocki is dragged down to the cage seen with the rest of the characters.