3. A Half Of A Cop
Batista, an affable and jovial man clad in Hawaiian party shirts and fedora, is a great friend to Dexter but the absolute worst policeman the city of Miami could ever hope for. His detective skills are non-existent, relying on the crumbs of clues dropped by Dexter or the gritty deductive know-how of Deb, how Batista ever emerged beyond the rank of beat cop into any position of authority is an issue for another article, but what remains is the fact that Batista is such an incompetent law enforcement agent he has a family of serial killers operating beneath his nose.