Vicki King

King served 27 years with the Houston Police Department, rising to the rank of Assistant Chief and earning a master's degree in Criminal Justice. As Chief of Detectives, Tactical Support Commander, and Director of Forensic Services, she oversaw some of HPD's highest-profile cases, including serial homicides, corruption, domestic violence, sexual assaults, and gangland slayings. King created the Gang Murder Squad within the Houston Police Department, which resulted in homicide clearance rates improving from 62% in 2005 to 94% in 2008. She left the Houston Police Department to serve as an emissary to the Saudi Royal family. She has been an adjunct professor for the University of Houston system and has been the Chief of Police for the City of La Marque, Texas, working with agencies of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, DEA and the FBI.

Born in Houston to a long-standing law enforcement family, King grew up aspiring to become a police officer. When she joined the Houston Police Department in 1985, women in patrol and investigations were still rare. In 2001, King earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and in 2006 a Master’s of Science in the same discipline from the University of Houston. She has had additional formal training through the Police Executive Research Forum’s Senior Management Institute for Police at Boston University and Law Enforcement Management Institute Training (LEMIT) for new police chiefs at Sam Houston State University.

Inspector Vicki King (born 1960) is a pioneering threat safety scientist in the healthcare sector. She is the leader of the Threat Assessment Unit at the University of Texas at Houston Police Department, which is a component of the University of Texas System.