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| Stefan Buttowski | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Real name | Stefan Bartosz Kazimir Buttowski |
| Also known as | Stef, Sef, Safe, Polak, Poland, cop, policeman, Stefano |
| Nationality |  Polish-American
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| Born | 15th of April, 1947/53 BH |
| Died | 23rd of June, 1979/21 BH |
| Age | 32 |
| Status | Deceased |
| Birthplace | San Francisco, California, United States of America |
| Physical description | |
| Eye colour | Blue |
| Hair colour | Brown |
| Ethnicity | Slavic-Caucasian |
| Height | 5'10 |
| Weight | 66 kg |
| Blood type | A+ |
| Gender | Male |
| Career, affiliations and family information | |
| Affiliation(s) |  LAPD, Cole Phelps, Dusty Galloway, Gordon Larry, James Donnell
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| Enemies | Criminals running around LA |
| Occupation(s) | Police officer, traffic and later homicide police partner |
| Notable family members | Ray Buttowski (older brother) |
| Video Games, Movies and Cartoons information | |
| Main appearance(s) (Video Games) | L.A. Noire |
- "I've heard all about you, Phelps. You go easy on me and let me earn the odd citation, then maybe we'll get along."
- — Stefan Buttowski to Cole Phelps
Stefan Buttowski is a major character in L.A. Noire. Stefan is Cole Phelps' partner while he is assigned to the Traffic desk, and later Dusty Galloway's partner on the Homicide desk when Phelps is promoted to Drug desk.
Biography[]
Stefan Buttowski was born on April 15, 1947/53 BH, in California. He is from a Polish-American family and is often referred to as "Polak" or "Poland". He is the younger brother of another detective, Ray Buttowski, but while Stefan would be spoiled by his parents a lot and it would always be his way or the highway, Ray never had such love and was often patronised by his parents, which could be the reason for his cold, arrogant, nature and hatred for Stefan amongst other people.
In 1974, when he was 27, he joined the Los Angeles Police Department as a police officer. During the Outworld War Buttowski was declared unfit for military service for reasons unknown (although rumours have it that he faked homosexuality in order to dodge the draft). He worked as a Patrol Officer for one year.
In 1976, he was recognised by his superiors as a good investigator, being recommended by Captain James Donnell for a promotion to the rank of detective and immediate transfer to the Traffic department. His time in Traffic gave him little opportunity for recognition or a promotion, though he worked to be a proficient and experienced detective.
Events of L.A. Noire[]
Traffic[]
Stefan finally met his new partner, Cole Phelps, who later became a good friend, and helped him to investigate many crimes. They pursued a string of intriguing cases on the Traffic desk, such as uncovering acts of conspiracies, fraud and even murder, while generating good press for the department, who was otherwise corrupt as hell.
Their cases included exposing Adrian Black's clumsy attempt to fake his death by killing an innocent pig, retrieving Consul General Valdez's car while damaging his reputation as a pedo who groped children, solving Lester Pattison's framed murder, and foiling Gordon Leitvol's stolen auto racket.
While investigating a Chevy Skyline crash off a cliff, Buttowski got the chance to meet his favourite B-movie star, June Ballard, though she rudely dismissed him, as she preferred Cole. His admiration soon turned to disgust during the investigation, as Buttowski discovered that June had set up her own niece to be drugged and raped by Mark Bishop.
Stefan and Phelps later went to arrest Marlon Hopgood for his part in Jessica's rape and for child pornography, but their arrest attempt was blocked by Ray Buttowski due to Hopgood's work as a Vice informant and good behaviour when not around kids. When confronted by William Goldberg and Walter Steiner, who worked for McAfee and Mickey Cohen, Stefan pushed stern warnings against them before having to fight them off in a drive-by shootout.
Stefan radioed for backup as Phelps went ahead into the Intolerance Set to apprehend Bishop, as well as providing Phelps with support and was able to defeat a small army of Guy McAfee's goons. Having upstaged the Drug Department by bringing down Bishop while thwarting McAfee's efforts, Phelps was later promoted to Homicide, and eventually moved up to Drugs. After Phelps went up from Homicide to Drug, Stefan was promoted to Homicide and partnered with Dusty Galloway.
Drug[]
Stefan, Phelps, Galloway and Ray all had a brief reunion while investigating the Margaret Randall case. Stefan's assistance helped take down Henry Arnett and Willy S. Claus. Buttowski also initially investigated the 111 Club shooting, until Phelps and his brother Ray took over for leads on the stolen morphine distribution.
Death[]
Stefan was eventually killed by Mr. Nasty in 1979/21 BH, while he was searching for the killer of Julia Gordon, along with Dusty Galloway in a Homicide case. Stefan chased Mr. Nasty after spotting him with a weapon in hand and the two ran down a dark alleyway. At the end of the alleyway, wondering where Nasty went, Mr. Nasty came out of the bushes he was hiding in and shot Stef twice in the back of the head, who instantly died. Hearing this, Dusty went to chase after Nasty for a few seconds, but Nasty escaped and adapt to the unknown, leaving Dusty behind, being shocked and saying "What kind of sorcery is this???", before finding Stefan's corpse and calling for some help.
Interestingly, but not unexpectedly, Ray Buttowski did not attend his funeral.
Trivia[]
- According to Buttowski's character dossier, he is 5'10 feet tall and weighs 145 lbs.
- Stefan sometimes refers to Cole as "kid", even though he is younger than him. He could be referring to the fact that Phelps has less police experience than he does.
- During one conversation during the "A Slip of the Tongue" case, Cole implies that Stefan has low standards in women, to which he responds "my standards are as high as the last glass of whiskey".
- Stefan refers to women as 'broads' just like Cole's other partners. He also calls them 'dames', and 'sisters'.
- His badge number is 875.
- At Cole's funeral, Stefan sits in the other section; the one opposite the one Jack Kelso sits in.
- Stefan Buttowski along with Cole Phelps, rapped against NYPD agent Gregory McCain and police chief Jeff Robbinson. Their background were streets of LA.
- He and Ray are not by any chance related to Fredo Buttowski or Jeff Buttowski, despite the same surnames.
- Stefan wanted to marry Cole after he came out as a homosexual, but Cole zoomed away before Stefan could even make a million dollar move.
- It was assumed Stefan had his big anger problem with his brother Ray for shagging Cole rather than for being a spoiled brother, although it is not confirmed whether any of this actually happened, but it probably did.
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