Karl Montag

Karl Montag is a police detective working in Prague in 2029. While normally a desk jockey, he is assigned to the homicide case involving Angela Gunn.

Biography
Montag has been with the Prague Police for 35 years and spent the last 12 behind a desk. It is unclear if he was forced behind a desk due to not liking bad orders (as he shows his disapproval of being leaned on to arrest Johnny Gunn simply for being an Aug) or because he was a poor field detective and thus removed from the field. Whatever the case, his fellow cops do not think highly of him, going as far as changing the security code to 10 to mock how few cases he solved in his 35 years there. As a retirement send off and to further prove the other cops do not think he is competent, they assign him to the case involving Angela Gunn's murder.

Despite knowing this is a joke to the other cops, Montag tries his best to solve the case. While he is being pressured to arrest Johnny Gunn, he delays it as much as possible, partly because he wishes to conduct a full investigation (despite being told to forego it) and partly because Gunn scares him. He is also not afraid to admit to Adam Jensen that he could use his help with the case and that he is a bit rusty at field work. He also does not give up on the case, as he tries to get Daria Myska to talk to him after similar killings happen, despite knowing her distrust in cops.