Officers Durham

Officers Durham
Biographical Information
Title(s)	Officer
Physical Description
Gender	Female
Affiliation
Profession	Police Officers
Loyalty	Stain'd-by-the-Sea
Behind the Scenes
Appearances	File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents

“	The Durhams were two of the bravest and most honest women in Stain'd-by-the-Sea. If they arrested Mr. Willow, they thought he was guilty.	”
	— Moxie Mallahan, File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents

The Officers Durham were two police officers in Stain'd-by-the-Sea. Their relation to each other (whether familial, romantic or otherwise) is currently unknown. 

Biography

File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents

Twelve or Thirteen

A few years before Lemony Snicket's arrival in Stain'd-by-the-Sea, the Officers Durham were two women who worked as police officers in town. Moxie Mallahan describes them as the brave and honest and uncorrupt.

After the annual Ethan Frome Race, they were invited to Chase B. Willow's home for a party. During a game of hide-and-seek, a stolen painting of Gary Dorian was found in his attic, and the officers arrested him, before putting him on trial. Though he claimed innocence, he was found guilty and the Durhams sent him off to prison in the city.

They are either deceased or left the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea, leaving Harvey and Mimi Mitchum as the only officers in town.

Trivia

• Their surname may be a reference to David Durham, one of the many pseydonyms of English mystery author William Edward Vickers.

Appearances

Books
A Series of Unfortunate Events (Books)
1. The Bad Beginning (1999):	Absent	7. The Vile Village (2001):	Absent
2. The Reptile Room (1999):	Absent	8. The Hostile Hospital (2001):	Absent
3. The Wide Window (2000):	Absent	9. The Carnivorous Carnival (2002):	Absent
4. The Miserable Mill (2000):	Absent	10. The Slippery Slope (2003):	Absent
5. The Austere Academy (2000):	Absent	11. The Grim Grotto (2004):	Absent
6. The Ersatz Elevator (2001):	Absent	12. The Penultimate Peril (2005):	Absent
13. The End (2006):		Absent
All the Wrong Questions
Who Could That Be at This Hour? (2012):	Absent	Shouldn't You Be in School? (2014):	Absent
When Did You See Her Last? (2013):	Absent	Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? (2015):	Absent
File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (2014):		Mentioned
Snicketverse
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (2002):		Absent
The Dismal Dinner (2004):		Absent
The Beatrice Letters (2006):		Absent
29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy (2014):		Absent
The Hero of the Story (2017):		Absent
Poison for Breakfast (2021):		Absent
Other Snicket Books
The Baby in the Manger (2002):		Absent
The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming (2007):		Absent
The Lump of Coal (2008):		Absent
The Composer Is Dead (2009):		Absent
13 Words (2010):		Absent
The Dark (2013):		Absent
Goldfish Ghost (2017):		Absent