Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson is the Commanding Officer of the LAPD's Major Crimes Division (formerly known as the Priority Homicide Division and even earlier as the Priority Murder Squad) during The Closer.

Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (portrayed by Kyra Sedgwick) is a fictional character and the main protagonist featured in TNT's The Closer. She heads the Major Crimes Division (formerly the Priority Homicide Division) of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Aug 14, 2012 · Detective Brenda Leigh Johnson got to close the Phillip Stroh case as her final task for Major Crimes on "The Closer" (Mon., 9 p.m. ET on TNT). She was so desperate to nail him that she tried to pull together a case with very flimsy evidence.

The Closer is an American police procedural television series starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Los Angeles Police Department deputy chief.

Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) deputy chief, Major Crimes Division. Originally a CIA -trained interrogator and police detective from Atlanta, Georgia, she is the interrogation specialist Will Pope calls a "closer".

3 days ago · Detective Brenda Leigh Johnson got to close the Phillip Stroh case as her final task for Major Crimes on "The Closer" (Mon., 9 p.m. ET on TNT). She was so desperate to nail him that she tried to pull together a case with very flimsy evidence.

Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, formerly Atlanta police officer and CIA-trained interrogator, is given the opportunity to run her own division of elite officers of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Aug 13, 2012 · Brenda Leigh Johnson has left the department, but those remaining will continue on in TNT's new show, 'Major Crimes.' But, it won't be the same without Deputy Chief Johnson.

Feb 24, 2022 · When Kyra Sedgwick first arrived on television as The Closer 's Brenda Leigh Johnson, audiences had never really seen femininity celebrated as a crucial characteristic of a hardened TV cop before. In Johnson, we saw a character who didn't buck girly stereotypes just by acting like a tough guy.

The series follows LAPD Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, commander of the Priority Murder Division (later the Major Crimes Division) and her team as they solve high-profile murders in the city of Los Angeles, while examining the challenges Brenda faces as a woman and an outsider in a male-dominated field.