Detective James "Sonny" Crockett is a Sergeant of the Metro-Dade
Police Department and works as an undercover detective. He was a
football star as the University of Florida but injury put an end to
his career and left him vulnerable to the draft. He ended up in the
US Army and served two tours of duty in Vietnam or, as he like to
call it ,"Southeast Asia Conference". At the start of the series he
is a 10 year police veteran working undercover in the Vice Unit. He
drives super cars confiscated from drug dealers which include a
Ferrari Daytona Spyder, a Ferrari Testarossa, and a "Scarab"
offshore power-boat. He lives on a sailboat with his pet alligator
Elvis.