Due to Nick's inability to become corrupt, they arrest him and frame him for stealing the last funds which Neltz was trying to transfer in his money laundering scheme.ģ years later, while being transported to prison, Mendoza is saved by Tap Milstein, Tyson Latchford, and Khai Dao who recruit him in taking down Stoddard and Dawes. Successful, the three managed to escape and presented the evidence to Dawes who then destroys it and reveals that Stoddard had been working on his behalf the entire time and that Khai and the rest of the police had been on it. Mendoza managed to find some conclusive evidence in the form of a tape recording by Neltz and later encountered Stoddard as he attempted to recover Neltz's cash.įollowing a firefight with the remnants of Neltz's men, Mendoza held off arresting Stoddard as he need him to help rescue Khai from the rest of the men at the mall. They would later inform Dawes about this who then encouraged them to find any evidence that links Stoddard to Neltz. Stoddard then offered to bribe Dao and Mendoza, but a disgusted Mendoza angrily left the scene. Later, while Mendoza was trying to arrest drug dealer Remy Neltz and interrogate him about a deal he mentioned to have made with Stoddard, Stoddard moved in and shot Neltz dead, shocking Mendoza. During the chase, Stoddard was able to get close enough to the criminals car, allowing him to shoot out the tires, resulting in a subsequent crash and arrest of the suspect.Īfter the incident, Captain Dawes partnered Mendoza with Detective Khai Minh Dao and warned Stoddard that he would be on special detail. Seeing what has happened, the man proceeds to run, prompting Stoddard and Mendoza to chase him down, eventually leading to a car chase through Miami. With no one left to interrogate, the last remaining drug dealers unknowingly walks onto the scene with lunch for his deceased companions. On their first field day as partners in 2012, Stoddard and Mendoza participated in a drug bust gone wrong when the two detectives were fired upon while arresting armed drug dealers. Stoddard became the partner of the Vice's new detective Nick Mendoza in 2012 and showed him the ropes of being on the force. In doing this, he became Dawes's number two, and joined his network of corrupted policeman, military contractors and mercenaries. He married and had two children, Decker and Mina who got a signed Tamu Tamu poster from Remy Neltz, though their official relationship remains unknown.Ī severely corruptive Stoddard quickly coasted his way into Vice, with Captain Julian Dawes using him for various dealings with criminals such as Neil Roark and Henry Kang. Stoddard was a former college football star, who later joined the force as an alternate to joining the US Army. He was voiced by and modeled after Travis Willingham, who also played Jūgo in the Naruto series, Jul 'Mdama in Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians, Buzz in Skylanders, Shane in InFamous: First Light, Paul "De Pleur" Harmon in Far Cry 4, Satan in Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, Scabrous Scrotus in Mad Max, Cameron Campbell in Camp Camp, Harvey Dent in Telltale's Batman, and Kingpin in Marvel's Spider-Man. In addition, he was Nicholas Mendoza's former partner, whom he framed alongside Dawes and Khai Minh Dao to cover their corruption. He is the right-hand man of Julian Dawes and the employer of Tony Alpert, who is a corrupt official in the Miami Police Department during the Miami drug war. Sergeant Carlos "Carl" Stoddard is a corrupt police officer and the secondary antagonist in the 2015 video game Battlefield Hardline. ~ Stoddard to Nick during their final confrontation. Oh you thought you could hide from me, Mendoza! I taught you everything you know! ~ Stoddard to Neil Roark and his men in Los Angeles. By paying us, you get access to that network. What we have here is a network of cops, military contractors, and border patrol.