Captain Leland Francis Stottlemeyer is a fictional police officer played by Ted Levine on the American crime drama Monk. He is Captain of the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD)'s Homicide Detail, and a longtime (even if long-suffering) friend of Adrian Monk from their days on the force together where he served as Monk's fourth partner and later watch commander. His partner, and source of much strife, is Lieutenant Randy Disher. He, like many of the characters in the show, can be viewed as a parallel to a Sherlock Holmes character (in this case, Inspector Lestrade).