Episode 37 Idaho State Police Detective Vickie Gooch

Years of Service: 1980-PresentVickie began her law enforcement career in 1980 and worked for several different law enforcement agencies. Like many new officers, Vickie worked on patrol handling calls ranging from traffic stops, vehicle accidents where passengers and drivers died to burglary and domestic violence calls. In 1988, Vickie began working for what is now the Idaho State Police as a detective in the narcotics unit before finding her true calling working major cases such as child sexual assault, rape, murder, fraud, internal investigations, officer-involved critical incidents to name just a few. Vickie retired in 2023 but was recently rehired by ISP where she currently works cold cases using genealogy and DNA to catch suspects that have thus far gone unpunished.