Unfortunately, his jeans caught fire, forcing Dangle to cut the bottom parts of his pants off, resulting in the hot-pants he currently wears.ĭangle is gay. Lieutenant James 'Jim' Ronald Dangle (played by Thomas Lennon) is the flamboyant highest-ranking deputy in the department and is usually seen wearing his trademark short-shorts, which he claims that he wears for 'mobility.' In a season 6 episode where the officers watch a video of themselves in the late 1980s, Dangle is seen wearing full-length jeans.
