Chief Superintendent Ian Barratt was a character in The Bill in 2005, played by John McArdle. Barrett was borough commander for Canley and was married to drugs referral worker Rochelle Barratt, who had an affair with PC Dan Casper. Ian found out and anonymously tried to blackmail Dan to stop the affair. After a hostage situation where Dan was held at gunpoint and which resulted in a punch up at Sun Hill, Rochelle chose to start again with Ian and they both left the station. After a temporary Chief Superintendent following Barratt's departure, Adam Okaro permanently took his job.