Mike Hamar (Wayne Robson) is a career criminal who was taken into Possum Lodge by Red Green for rehabilitation. While a nice guy in general, Mike's sticky fingers are always getting him into trouble, as he is constantly being found with other people's wallets, keys and possessions. He knows a lot about the criminal justice system, including what it's like to be in jail and how to ward off other criminals. This knowledge, ironically, lands him a job as a police officer at the end of the series. In the episode Mike Goes Straight, he briefly worked as a policeman on Red's suggestion, but quickly become drunk with power and began fining and arresting people, including fellow lodge members, for minor infractions such as jaywalking. He reverted to his old ways at the end of the episode when Red