Lieutenant Ruben Morales is a technician who worked for the NYPD's Technical Assistance Response Unit from 2002. He is skilled at analyzing electronic evidence, particularly vocal samples. Morales' career nearly came to an abrupt end in 2006, when he assaulted Dr. Guy Lucas, a suspect in the kidnapping of Teddy Winnock. Morales' nephew had been molested a few months prior to the incident, and when the Special Victims Unit brought him into the investigation, he became emotionally invested in the case, and thus when the trail dried up around Dr. Lucas and SVU began to discuss the possibility of handing the case over to Computer Crimes, he lost his temper. Lucas suffered only minor injuries, but the assault contaminated the SVU's evidence against him, and so Morales was very gently let go. He