“"He never learned when to run and when to stand his ground. He was innocent, so he didn't run from the mundanes who killed him."
- – Bester talking to Lt John Matheson about Bey, 2267
Dr. Sandoval Bey was a Psi Cop and mentor to Alfred Bester during his Academy years.[1][2]
History
Both of Sandoval's parents were prominent dignitaries. His father, a poor boy from the Turkish hill country who eventually rose to political prominence and his mother the British Ambassador to Turkey and the two raised him in his fathers home country. However, when Sandoval was six years old his father was murdered by a political dissident, after which he was raised in London, spending the summers with his grandfather near Madrid.
When he was a teenager, Bey was detected as a P12 telepath and joined Psi Corps. Eventually marrying an rising through the ranks of MetaPol to the level of an Executive officer, though retired from his position after only two years to become the station chief of the Geneva field office and an instructor at the Psi Corps Major Academy, teaching advanced criminology.
By the time Alfred Bester became his protégée in 2204, Bey was a highly regarded and respected figure within the Corps to the point that he could influence even the teep hating mundane Director Johnston.