Director Louis Braunze is the head of the Earth Protection Force in IDW continuity. While he was mentioned several times starting with TMNT #118, Braunze first debuted in person a year and a half later with The Armageddon Game #5.
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Baxter Stockman called Braunze to alert him that his former campaign aid April O'Neil had been "compromised" and infected with a mutation - which was a lie perpetrated by Stockman to muzzle her efforts at exposing his dirty dealings. TMNT #118
Stockman told Alex Winter and Wesley Knight that part of the reason he was retaining Darkwater's services as his personal guard detail was because Braunze's attitude for dealing with Mutant Town as any kind of threat was relegated to more of a "wait-and-see" attitude. While this seems to have been a true statement, Stockman's actual motive for hiring Darkwater was because even as mayor of a major city, he had no real sway over a national government agency. The Armageddon Game #2
Following the Gang of Four's false flag operations in Mutant Town, Braunze's hand is forced into rolling the E.P.F. into the mutant ghetto. However, he instructs one of his agents to get him in touch with their mayor so that there is still a chance to resolve things peacefully. He is surprised when several laser attacks are carried out against airborne and terrestrial targets, not by the mutants, but by what is apparently another alien invasion, when Ch'rell sends his fleets to raze New York and Mutant Town. The Armageddon Game #5