Instructor Biography

Laura King

Chief Laura L. V. King currently serves as the chief of police for the McHenry County, Illinois, Conservation District. Prior to her current assignment, she served as the commander of the Support Services Division of the McHenry Police Department from 2012 to 2016. She began with the department in 1996 as a patrol officer, developing community-oriented policing programs. Chief King was an inspector with the North Central Narcotics Task Force, conducting overt and covert narcotics operations. As a detective for three years, she conducted general investigations with assigned specialty areas. When she became a patrol/administrative sergeant, her responsibilities increased to include supervision of staff members, quality assurance for written reports, scheduling, productivity monitoring, and grant program management. Chief King is an adjunct instructor in the criminal justice and psychology programs at McHenry County College. She is also the author of Officer Safety: Redefined. Chief King earned her Doctor of Philosophy and master’s degrees in psychology at Capella University in Minneapolis, Minnesota; she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice management from Judson University in Elgin, Illinois.