1. Katherine Houghton Beckett is a fictional character of the ABC crime series Castle.
16 Facts About Kate Beckett
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Kate Beckett went to Stuyvesant High School, a public school in New York City reserved for highly gifted students.
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Kate Beckett then studied pre-law at Stanford University, dreaming of becoming the first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, before transferring to New York University after her mother's death to pursue a career in law enforcement.
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Kate Beckett, though, believes that there was more to her mother's murder than a random killing.
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Kate Beckett's father took Johanna's death hard and became an alcoholic.
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Kate Beckett was eventually able to help her father get through it.
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Kate Beckett since wears her mother's wedding ring as a necklace for "the life she lost" and her father's watch for "the life she saved".
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Kate Beckett was sworn into the New York City Police Department and assigned to the 12th Precinct as a probationary patrol officer; her training officer was Mike Royce.
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Kate Beckett became the youngest woman on the force to be appointed Detective 3rd Grade.
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Kate Beckett worked with fellow detectives Javier Esposito and Kevin Ryan and medical examiner Lanie Parish under Captain Roy Montgomery.
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Kate Beckett asks for her old job back, and because her resignation wasn't processed, Captain Gates allowed her to remain on the force after serving out the suspension she was assigned for disobeying orders.
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In "The Human Factor", Kate Beckett is headhunted by Jerry Stack, a special investigator for the Office of the United States Attorney General, who offers her a job in Washington, DC where she will work on the most challenging and sensitive cases in the country.
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However, although Kate Beckett made a positive impression on her colleagues for her investigative skills, she soon found herself unable to make the necessary moral compromises for her new role, jeopardizing a plan to infiltrate a major crime syndicate to protect a young woman who would have been forced to act as the mole.
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In 2015, Kate Beckett took the Captain's exam, which she passed with flying colors.
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Kate Beckett is investigated as a possible candidate for the New York State Senate.
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Kate Beckett ultimately turned down the chance to run for Senate and accepted the promotion to Captain, and was assigned to command the 12th Precinct after Gates was promoted to Deputy Chief and reassigned to One Police Plaza.