her resolve as a police officer.

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Kate’s (Camryn Manheim) personal

and professional lives unexpectedly collided when a security guard was accused of killing a wealthy condominium developer in Season 23, Episode 11.

When the security guard, Ryan Marley, was brought in for questioning, the single dad was forced to bring his pre-teen deaf daughter Alex into the precinct with him and reached out to her teacher at the school for the deaf to give her support during the stressful situation.

That teacher just happened to be Dixon’s deaf adult son, Patrick Dixon, played by James Caverly.

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“Ryan called me, asked me to come,” Patrick signed to his mom. ”They don’t have any other family to reach out to.”

For the first time, fans got to see the close bond Dixon has with her grown son as the two navigated the difficult case together.