Kima Greggs

Shakima "Kima" Greggs is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actress Sonja Sohn. Greggs is a determined and capable police detective in the Baltimore Police Department. Openly lesbian, she often displays a hardened, cynical demeanor, and has had problems with infidelity, alcohol, and relationships. She plays a key role in all of her BPD details' main cases.

Shakima "Kima" Greggs is a narcotics detective working alongside Herc and Carver, under the command of Cedric Daniels in Major Foerster's narcotics division. She outshines her colleagues on several occasions, earning high esteem from them due to her abilities. Kima lives with her partner Cheryl, a broadcast journalist, who has pressured Kima into studying pre-law.

After D'Angelo Barksdale's acquittal, Kima is assigned to the Avon Barksdale detail and made lead detective by Daniels. She cultivates a relationship with Bubbles, a drug addict with an extraordinary memory for faces, and uses his information to identify Barksdale Organization members and begins to work out their methods. Kima befriends fellow detective Jimmy McNulty, and they convince legendary stick-up man Omar Little to testify against Barksdale soldier Bird for a murder in revenge for the Barksdale Organization's murder of Omar's partner.

Working with detective Lester Freamon, Kima persuades D'Angelo Barksdale's new girlfriend Shardene Innes to turn against him by providing her with evidence that the Barksdale crew are responsible for the death of her friend.

At the end of the season, Kima is shot and critically wounded in an undercover buy bust operation ordered by Deputy Commissioner Ervin Burrell. The shooters flee before backup arrives. Of the two shooters, Kima can only positively identify Little Man.

Originally, the writers of The Wire planned for Greggs to be killed rather than wounded in the first season. Carolyn Strauss, the president of HBO Entertainment at the time, prevailed upon David Simon to keep the character around; in her opinion, Greggs was a strong character, and having her alive would open more possibilities in later seasons.

Kima takes a desk job in the narcotics unit because Cheryl fears she could get injured again. Although she has reached second year in law school, she misses the action of street work. At Daniels's request, Kima joins his investigation of Frank Sobotka, which upsets Cheryl. Cheryl becomes pregnant through artificial insemination, although Kima is reluctant to be a parent.

Greggs works with Roland Pryzbylewski to investigate the vice aspects of the smuggling ring linked to Sobotka. They locate a brothel that operates out of a high-class apartment building and uses trafficked women as prostitutes against their will. When McNulty rejoins the team, he goes undercover as a customer to infiltrate the brothel, allowing Kima to arrest the madam. Kima moves on to investigating the leaders of the smuggling ring, but the trail runs dry just as the detail is closing on "The Greek" and his lieutenant Spiros Vondas.