Gerald Fitzgerald

Gerald Fitzgerald (AKA "Fitz") is one of the main characters of the Netflix original series, Paradise P.D. He is a police officer who works for Paradise Police Department. He is a stereotypical black guy with PTSD, who has to play the piccolo and do Buddhist meditation to keep himself calm. He is secretly the leader of the Argyle Meth Corporation, unbeknownst to his Paradise P.D. colleagues.

He is voiced by Cedric Yarbrough.

Biography
Before working at Paradise P.D., Gerald used to work at a different police department in Chicago. There, he went through a very traumatic experience, that gave him PTSD. The details of the event have not been delved into all that much. All that's known is that it involved a shark breaking loose in a bomb factory and that it took place on Christmas of 2014. It is unknown if he worked for the Argyle Meth Corporation at this point, but given the fact that one of his employees in that company is Santa Claus, it's likely that there's some kind of connection between his company and the date of the event.

Due to the traumatic event, not only did Fitz get PTSD, but he also left his job at Chicago P.D. During his time off, he took up Zen Buddhism and other wiccan customs to help him calm his nerves and put an end to his PTSD. He also got a piccolo, which he would always carry around to keep himself calm.

In 2016, Fitz was ready to get back into the saddle again and once again, become a police officer. He started work at Paradise P.D. Around this time, he was also working at the Argyle Meth Corporation and he was playing the role of a police officer in hopes that he would corrupt the business and it easier for him to run his Argyle Meth business without he police stopping him.