PC Dave Litten     played by Gary Olsen

First appearance    Woodentop (16/08/83)

Ambitious to join CID, PC Dave Litten took every opportunity to try and impress Roy Galloway. He was quite bigoted in his views and preferred a firm policing style rather than the 'social worker' approach of his colleagues. Litten's eagerness was often misplaced and when he attempted to score Brownie points by taking information on a series of armed robberies directly to Galloway, he was reprimanded by both the DI and Bob Cryer. Eventually a successful board led to him being temporarily seconded to CID, whereupon he began lording it over his old mates in Uniform. There was a vague spark of romantic interest between Litten and June Ackland, although it was never clear whether anything happened between them.

Litten was eventually accepted on the trainee investigator course and later returned for Brownlow's clerk's retirement party in 1986.