When initially introduced in The Fairy-Tale Detectives, Swineheart works as a deputy police officer alongside his brothers and Ichabod Crane as part of the town's law enforcement, making up the team of four members of the Ferryport Landing Police Force. After William Charming issues a warrant for the arrest of Sabrina Grimm and Daphne Grimm, he helps Hamstead try to apprehend the girls in the Grimm Family Home but their efforts are wasted due to the sisters' and Puck's planning.