David Singh
Interior artwork fromThe Flash Secret Files & Origins 2010 (May 2010) DC Comics. Art byFrancis Manapul.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	The Flash Secret Files and Origins 2010 (May 2010)
Created by	Geoff Johns Francis Manapul
In-story information
Alter ego	David Singh
Team affiliations	Central City Police Department
Abilities	Detective skills Forensic science

David Singh is a fictional character who appears in variousDC Comics publications. He is the crime lab director for theCentral City Police Department, who takesBarry Allen into his lab on Captain Darryl Frye's orders.

Singh appeared as a recurring cast member onThe CWArrowverse television seriesThe Flash, portrayed byPatrick Sabongui. This version is initially a captain and later chief of police of the Central City Police Department. The character also guest starred in an episode of thefifth season ofArrow.Sanjeev Bhaskar portrayed Singh in theDC Extended Universe filmThe Flash.

David Singh is the director of the crime lab at the Central City Police Department. When he takes over, the lab begins to emphasize the quantity of cases solved over quality, which resulted in the alienation of some longtime scientists, such asPatty Spivot.Barry Allen is back working for the C.C.P.D. and Captain Fyre has put him under Singh's charge. On his first day back Singh give him the case of the murdered Mirror Monarch. Singh later catches Barry looking through the files of Jason Hicks, a case that had been closed and already went to trial. Barry explains that Jason's mother came to him for help and accuses Singh of pretending to care about his job.^[1]

Singh is about to argue back but James Forrest calls him to his computer. Singh has Forrest check the Mirror Monarch's body for clues and Forrest finds blood that did not belong to the victim on his glove. The blood matches Barry Allen, but instead of accusing Barry, Singh yells at him for contaminating the crime scene. He then belittles Barry saying, if he wants to accuse people of being sloppy he should make sure his cases are clean first.^[2]

Later Singh notices the Hicks files are missing and so is Barry. Unknown to Singh, Barry gave the file toIris West, who does research and learns that the real murderer was Rory Tork. Once Jason Hicks is freed, Singh re-examines his job and realizes that he may have closed cases in haste. In response, he reopens all closed cases from the past six months.

After the DC eventFlashpoint, the entire DC Universe was altered into a five-year timeline. Singh is depicted as homosexual and in a relationship with thePied Piper.^[3]

An alternate universe variant of David Singh appears inFlashpoint.

• David Singh appears in series set in theArrowverse, portrayed byPatrick Sabongui.^[4] This version is the CSI director in arrow season 2 episode 8 but later gets changed to captain, and later chief of police, in the Central City Police Department. Primarily appearing inThe Flash (2014), Singh also appears inArrow andSupergirl. Furthermore, an alternate universe variant of Singh fromEarth-Two who became a criminal appears in the episode "Welcome to Earth-2".^[5]
• David Singh appears inThe Flash (2023), portrayed bySanjeev Bhaskar.^[6]

• Central City Police Department officers
• Characters created by Geoff Johns
• Comics characters introduced in 2010
• DC Comics LGBTQ characters
• DC Comics male characters
• DC Comics television characters
• Fictional forensic scientists
• Fictional gay men
• Fictional Indian people
• Fictional LGBTQ characters in television
• Flash (comics) characters

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