Officer Barbrady

Officer Barbrady is a character in South Park. He is a police officer who is extremely incompetent at what he does and is usually incapable of solving the crimes he is charged to investigate. Despite this he actually does keep the peace in South Park as shown in "Chickenlover" when shortly after he retired the city fell into chaos. Officer Barbrady doesn't drink coffee, as seen in episode "Gnomes"; he instead prefers to get hit in the face by a cat swung by the tail. He is Voiced by Trey Parker.

Appearance
He wears a traditional blue police officer's uniform, and black sunshades. He appears to be slightly overweight. Barbrady is likely near deaf; he wears a hearing aid and speaks in a loud, expressionless manner. Of note, he has not been seen without the sunglasses except during the ending of Cartman Gets an Anal Probe, but his eyes, mouth and cheeks are changed due to the alien control and so it is unknown how he looks without his glasses.

Illiteracy
Barbrady was illiterate until the episode Chickenlover when the Chickenlover made a plot to make him read by having sex with chickens. Barbrady was also sent to school to learn how to read by the Mayor. The Chickenlover made Barbrady learn where he would strike next by reading the clues left at the crime scenes. When the arrest was finally made, Barbrady acted gratefully to the Chickenlover, but had to arrest him nonetheless for being a gallophile. Chickenlover then gave him the book "Atlas Shrugged" which Barbrady thought was "a load of crap" and made him realize reading is "a waste of his time".

Wife?
In "Chickenlover" and "Spookyfish" Barbrady claims to have a wife, but she does not seem to have made an appearance onscreen as of 2008. But in many episodes which feature both Barbrady and Mayor McDaniels, it is implied that they are in a relationship. Also, despite the fact that Barbrady is generally portrayed as a bumbling oaf, the Mayor still tended to call on him up until Season 7. While this may have been because up until then he was the only police officer in South Park, it could also be speculated that Mayor McDaniels is this mystery-wife, and her marriage to Barbrady is being kept a secret from the public.

Role
For the first six seasons, Officer Barbrady was the only Police Officer in South Park, as shown in Chickenlover. However, during the seventh season, Sergeant Yates and several other officers were added, starting in Lil' Crime Stoppers and Officer Barbrady became the Police Chief. Since then he has appeared very rarely, and as shown in Die Hippie, Die and Erection Day, it has been seemingly been so long his voice has actually changed. However, his voice seems to have returned to normal once again in The Snuke.

It appears that the decline in his role made him a lot more competent, as in Quest for Ratings he arrests a pharmacist for selling drugs to minors, in Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub he questions the evidence for a religious cult in Mr. Mackey's house party, he realizes his mistake when he gives Jimmy Vulmer directions to a sleazy part of town, shows apparent discomfort after helping to kill Briteny Spears in Britney's New Look, and told Randy Marsh that South Park was being ravaged in Pandemic. He also tried to stop the Obama supporters from disturbing the piece in About Last Night but fails and his patrol car gets tipped over by rowdy supporters.

Episodes Where He is Prominent
Cartman Gets an Anal Probe (He helps Farmer Denkins with his cows)

Weight Gain 4000 (Arrests Mr. Garrison)

Pink Eye (Disbelieves Chef's theory about the zombies)

Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo (He tells Kyle it's illegal for Jews to eat Christmas snow)

Chickenlover (He gains literacy)

Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub (He is part of the stakeout; his first act of competency, as he questions the ATF's evidence)

Scott Tenorman Must Die (He unintentionally distracts Farmer Denkins)

Toilet Paper (He interrogates Josh)

Quest for Ratings (He arrests a pharmacist)

Die Hippie, Die (He keeps Cartman in Jail)

Erection Day (He accidentally sends Jimmy to the bad part of town.)

The Snuke (He alerts the rest of the Police to Cartman's plan.)

Pandemic (He warns Mr. Marsh it is no longer safe)

About Last Night (Tries to stop the Obama supporters from disturbing the piece but fails, his patrol car is also tipped over)