La Dotio was a sergeant in the New York City Police Department in the 1950s. In 2383, Kira Nerys had received a vision from the Prophets in which she, as Kay Eaton, met with La Dotio to discuss Benny Russell, who had been arrested and detained at the precinct La Dotio worked at. (ST - Typhon Pact novels: Plagues of Night, Raise the Dawn) La Dotio is an anagram of "Odo'ital".