Michael
R. King is a Product Planning Manager and 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. He continues
to serve as a Reserve Police Officer and provides analytical support and consultation to the Ogden City Police Department.
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 resourcing.
Mike has
a Master of Criminal Justice degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice and Communications.
