04-20-2019, 03:39 PM
Most real cops never shoot anyone, so the fact that Nick had never shot anyone at the time of the pilot doesn't really tell us anything.
In S06 "Blind Love," we learned that Nick had put the WotW's father away for murder seven years ago, which would have been a year before the series began. So he wasn't totally wet behind the ears as a Homicide investigator.
Renard's advantage outside of normal police work may have been his criminal wesen contacts. Perhaps he traded for information that enabled him to make arrests that advanced his police career while eliminating his allies' competition.
In S06 "Blind Love," we learned that Nick had put the WotW's father away for murder seven years ago, which would have been a year before the series began. So he wasn't totally wet behind the ears as a Homicide investigator.
Renard's advantage outside of normal police work may have been his criminal wesen contacts. Perhaps he traded for information that enabled him to make arrests that advanced his police career while eliminating his allies' competition.