Maggie Sawyer

Detective Maggie Sawyer is a police detective of the National City Police Department and a member of the Science Police. Maggie is also the current girlfriend of Alex Danvers.

Early life
Maggie Sawyer was born and raised on Spring Blue, Nebraska, into a very conservative family. She had a hard childhood being discriminated as a latino-american lesbian, and so was treated as an outcast. When she told her mom and dad about her homosexuality, they took it better than she expected despite their strict mentality and short sightedness.

A hard-working and tough woman, Maggie joined the police force, rising to the rank of detective and being later transferred to National City Police Department. Shortly after her arrival she began to routinely attend the alien bar and has a brief romantic relationship with one of the bartenders, Darla.

Working with Alex
After the assassination attempt on the President, detective Sawyer collected evidence at the airport, when Alex Danvers came up to her and asked what she was doing in her crime scene, Maggie pointed out that she was from NCPD's Science Police and her work is to investigate everything regarding aliens. Alex tries to throw her off the investigation, but Maggie proves herself as the other woman's intellectual match, culminating in an exchange of banter between the two of them that finally ended with Alex sternly asserting herself. The two would later meet again when Alex led her team into a warehouse raid in search of a supposed rogue Kryptonian, in where Maggie was already there, thanks to her street contact, and casing the edifice from within; Alex's armed gear and team allowed Maggie to discern that the former was in fact D.E.O., much to the agent's chagrin. Later, Maggie invited Alex to an alien bar and they tried to figure out where is Mon-El, since they assumed that he is the one who attacked the president. The next day, Maggie, along with Alex, attended President's Marsdin signing decree on the alien embassy act. During the ceremony Scorcher tried again to assassinate the President; they tried to stop her, but she ran away kidnapping Maggie an bringing her to a factory stock where she was strung up. The detective is later rescued by Supergirl and Alex, whom she helps fighting the alien terrorist. After a brief medical check-up at the D.E.O. Maggie thanked Alex for having saved her and then she left, saying she had a date with a girl. A few days later Maggie brought Alex to a crime scene, where they found the corpse of an alien and, according to the bruises on his fists, they concluded that before his death, he fought and was killed by another alien. Later, they went to their prime suspect's home, only to see him being kidnapped by few unidentified people in a van.In the evening, they infiltrate an underground National City fight club hosted by Roulette, in which the aliens are forced to fight to the death for the money. In the first battle, M'gann M'orzz fights the kidnapped alien Quill and is about to kill him, when Supergirl shows up, and Alex and Maggie shots into the air to dispersed all those present.

After Kara found out the new address in which Roulette will host the battle, Alex and Maggie organize a police riot and arrest the woman who, however, managed to get released thank to her friends in high places. After that, Alex invites Maggie to have a drink together, but she says she can not and leaves with her girlfriend.

Helping Alex come out
Sometime later, Maggie broke up with her girlfriend and Alex tried to cheer her up. After they met at the site of a diamond robbery, Alex invited Maggie to go somewhere in a bar of cafe and, as Maggie refused, she tried to persuade her to make each other company, to which Maggie replied she didn't understand Alex likes girls. As Alex begins to deny it Maggie says that a lot of lesbians does the same thing prompting a shocked Alex to leave. After the arrest of the criminal gang, Maggie was about to send them to the prosecutor, when Chet Miner start to told her who supplied them with alien weapons but, suddenly, the ears of all the members of the gang began to bleed and they dies. That night, Alex found her at the alien bar, saying that she knew what had happened. Maggie apologized for how she behaved insolently when considered that she is lesbian, but Alex said that she could not stop thinking about it and that in the fact could be the truth. Then, Maggie advised Alex to come out to her family and promised that immediately after that, they'll go to have a drink together.The next night, Alex comes back to the bar telling Maggie that she is come out to Kara, then kisses her. However, after the kiss, Maggie says to Alex that she does not want to have a relationship with someone who is just came out, as it never has a good ending. After these words, Alex exits the bar with a disappointed face.

Relationship with Alex
A few days later Maggie came into the alien bar and asked Alex how she was doing, Alex pretend not to be offended what happened during their last encounter and says that everything is fine. The next day, Maggie gained a warrant for the arrest of the Guardian and reported it in the news. Later, Alex approaches Maggie and asked her to stop the hunt for the vigilante, telling her that they are not looking for him, without revealing any further details. Maggie agrees as they're friends, but Alex tells her that they are not because she was hurted that Maggie does not want to be with her. That evening, Maggie reached Alex at Kara's apartment and tells her that she cherishes and hopes that they will ever be able to become friends, because she did not want to imagine her life without her. Alex agrees to meet her and play pool.

A few days later, after she found out that to spread the Medusa virus on National City Cadmus needs a substance produced by L-Corp, Alex calls Maggie and asks her to send all their available troops to the company headquarters. As Maggie and other police agents arrives there, they sees Supergirl fighting Cybork Superman, and opened fire on him. Suddenly, a breac opened above them distracting the cyborg and allowing Kara to knock him down, however he managed to hurt Maggie whit his cybernetic laser eyes. The woman is delivered to the D.E.O., where Alex checked her wound, then informed her that she had speak with her mother, and thanked her for having opened her eyes. The next evening, Maggie visited Alex at her home, confessing that she has feelings for her, and the two shared a kiss.

Personality
Maggie is one of the few humans who does not have an anti-view on aliens in general; as she treats both humans and aliens alike with the same equal rights. And while not as scientifically specializing as her girlfriend, Maggie has proven capable of keeping up with the extra-terrestrial at her own pace, having discovered the existence of an alien bar before the D.E.O did. Maggie also has a tough personality, but once you crack down her walls, she's a cinnamon roll, being very supportive of Alex Danvers as the latter gradually came to terms with being a lesbian.

Abilities

 * Expert detective: As a police detective of the National City Police Department, Maggie has proven herself a highly skilled detective; as she was able to figure out that Alex Danvers was not a FBI agent but a member of the D.E.O., ant that her sister Kara was actually Supergirl.
 * Expert hand-to-hand combatant: As a police detective, Maggie is an expert in unarmed combat and, together with Alex, was able to hold her own against an alien brawler.
 * Expert markswoman/Firearms: Due to her police training, Maggie is an expert with firearms.

Equipment

 * Guns: Maggie is very proficient in using guns.

Behind the scenes

 * In the DC comics Maggie has traditionally been depicted as a blonde caucasian woman; on the show, however, she is introduced as Latina.
 * Maggie Sawyer is a police officer who has worked in both Gotham City and Metropolis, making her a supporting character in both Batman and Superman comic books. The character was created by John Byrne, first appearing in Superman vol. 2 #4 (April, 1987).