Carlton Lassiter is a ten-year veteran of the Santa Barbara Police Department, and the youngest Head Detective ever named to the force. According to Lassiter's blog, which is written by actor Timothy Omundson, he was a close friend of the former Santa Barbara police chief, who led him to enroll in the police academy during a "dangerous point" in Lassiter's youth. It is revealed in Lassiter's blog that he has a sister, a missing brother who may or may not be in South America, a brother in law named Raul, a nephew named Peter, and an overbearing mother and grandmother.