'Chicago P.D.' Season 3 Ep 3: Mouse Following in Voight's Footsteps?

In 'Chicago P.D.' Season 3, episode 3 “Actual Physical Violence,” Sergeant Voight called Mouse into his office after the hostage situation and kidnapped girls case were resolved. Voight congratulated Mouse on the good work he did and Mouse said that Frazier wasn't a killer, just a desperate man.

Voight then said that he stared down the barrel of Frazier's gun when Frazier took Mouse hostage. He felt it was odd because when Mouse turned in that gun to evidence, it was unloaded. No bullets were in the magazine. That reduces Frazier's charge to reckless endangerment.

When asked if Mouse saw Frazier load or unload the weapon, Mouse replied, "No, Sergeant. It must have been empty the whole time." Voight then told him to go ahead and reflect that in his write-up even though it obviously wasn't the truth. He knew that Mouse meant well because Frazier only resorted to desperate measures (taking Mouse hostage) to get the police to pay attention to him and start looking for his missing daughter because he really cares about her.

What Mouse did to reduce Frazier's charge, although in good faith, was illegal because he tampered with evidence. That is the sort of thing that Voight would do. Voight's style of serving justice is unconventional and not by the rules, but he usually means well. Shades of Voight are reflected in most members of the Intelligence Unit in some way. Mouse is the most recent member to follow in Voight's footsteps.