Officer Delgato

Biographical Information

Full Name

Delgato

Species

Savanna lion

Gender

Male

Status

Alive

Professional Information

Occupation

Officer, ZPD

Role

Relief/protection detail at safehouse

Series Information

First Appearance

S01E03 "The Eraser"

Contents

Officer Delgato is a savanna lion and a ZPD officer assigned to relief and protection detail at the safehouse in We Can Fix Pawbert. More hostile toward Pawbert than his partner Fangmeyer, Delgato insists that Pawbert's muzzle stays on and makes his contempt for the cooperating witness clear.

"He tried to kill Hopps. I know exactly what he is." --- Officer Delgato (S01E03)

Personality

Delgato is blunt and openly hostile toward Pawbert. He sees Pawbert not as a cooperating witness or a victim but as a dangerous predator who attacked Judy Hopps---one of their own. His attitude represents the institutional anger that Pawbert faces from law enforcement mammals who know what the Lynxley family did.

Series History

Season 1

S01E03 "The Eraser"

Delgato serves on the safehouse protection detail alongside Fangmeyer. He insists that Pawbert's muzzle remain on and makes no effort to disguise his hostility. His line---"He tried to kill Hopps. I know exactly what he is"---establishes the prejudice Pawbert faces even from the mammals protecting him.

Season 3

S03E07 "No Time to Die"

Delgato participates in the ZPD response to the Lionheart crisis. He is the officer who radios the critical route switch discovery: "Chief! Line 1 exit! They're coming out of Line 1!"---alerting Chief Bogo that Lionheart outmaneuvered ZPD by switching from Line 3 to Line 1 at Agave Avenue.

Key Relationships

Officer Fangmeyer

Delgato and Fangmeyer share the safehouse assignment but differ sharply in their approach. Fangmeyer is professional; Delgato is personal. The contrast illustrates how Pawbert's situation divides even fellow officers.

Pawbert Pawthorne

Delgato's hostility toward Pawbert is a recurring element of the early safehouse scenes. He represents the institutional barrier Pawbert must overcome: the mammals who see only his crimes, not his circumstances.

Key Quotes

Quote	Context
"He tried to kill Hopps. I know exactly what he is."	Explaining his hostility toward Pawbert (S01E03)

Trivia

Delgato's insistence on keeping Pawbert's muzzle on is an early example of the series' exploration of how the justice system treats cooperating witnesses.