Mike King

  Mike King is a Senior Investigative Analyst for Motorola, Inc., working on intuitive based investigative software applications as well as providing onsite consulting, support and training to law enforcement agencies worldwide in crime analysis, investigations and criminal behavior. He retired from full-time law enforcement in 2004 with 25 years of service. At the time of his retirement, he was an Intelligence Supervisor for the Utah Criminal Intelligence Center and oversees intelligence gathering and dissemination for northern Utah. Prior to working for DPS, Mike was the Director of the Utah criminal Tracking and Analysis Project and retired as a Lieutenant from the Utah Attorney General's Office.

Mike began his career in 1979 with the Pleasant View Police Department and several months later with the Ogden City Police Department where he served in Patrol, Motors and the Tactical Squad / SWAT Team. In 1987, he joined the Weber County Attorney's Office as an Investigator and Chief of Staff. While there, he served as the lead investigator in the Zion Society organization, (a group of 150 individuals practicing bizarre religious doctrine and sexually abusing children). As a result of that investigation, 12 defendants were charged with major felony crimes. All the defendants were convicted in what is now considered one of the largest, most successfully prosecuted cases of organized cultic abuse in U.S. history.

In 1992, King joined the Utah Attorney General's Office, and was assigned to conduct a statewide study on Ritual Crime for the Utah State Legislature. While there, he investigated hundreds of bizarre ritual or cult behavior crimes and worked with local, state and federal law enforcement in determining future protocols for the handling of ritualistic crimes.

He is the former Chief of Staff to Jan Graham who served as Utah Attorney General from 1993-2001. He served in the Investigations Division and as the co-chair of the Strategic Planning Committee for Utah Law Enforcement. He also served a 3 year assignment to the FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) National Advisory Board as the co-chair.

He teaches Criminal Investigative Analysis for the Utah Peace Officers Standards and Training academy and as an adjunct professor in Criminal Justice at Weber State University and the Salt Lake Community College. King is the recipient of the 2002 NAPO (National Association of Police Organizations) "Top Cop" award and the 1989 National Police Officer of the Year award and various other awards for his action related to cult investigations, organized criminal activity and community resource.

Mike has a Master of Criminal Justice degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice and Communications.

Mike is the co-author with Greg of "Who Killed King Tut", Prometheus Press, 2004, "Analyzing Criminal Behavior I and II", IQ Press, 2002-3, "Victimology, Predators Part I", IQ Press, 2002, "Ritual Crime in Utah", State of Utah, 1993 and "Basic Patrol Concepts", self published, 1984 and law enforcement articles in many publications including the FBI Bulletin. He is the chapter author of a new book, "The Profilers," Prometheus Press, Nov. 2004

He is a featured speaker and trainer nationally and has consulted in major criminal cases worldwide, including consultation for APBNews.com, MSNBC, Court TV, FOX National News "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, Canadian Global Television, the Michael Reagan Show and most recently for his co-lead role for the Discovery Channel in the "Assassination of King Tut" airing worldwide in 144 countries and 33 languages and in an one-hour documentary on the Curse of the Mummies, set to air on the History Channel in June of 2004.