By Steve Neavling
Ted E. Docks has been named special agent in charge of the Criminal Division at the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office.
Docks, who had been serving as inspector of the Inspection Division, joined the bureau as a special agent in 2005, when he was assigned to the Louisville Field Office.
He transferred to the Lansing Resident Agency in the Detroit Field Office in 2009 and led the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Academic Alliance. In addition, he served as the counterterrorism trainer coordinator.
Docks was promoted to supervisory special agent in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate at FBI headquarters in 2012, a role that earned him the National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Medal from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Docks moved to the Lansing Resident Agency in 2014 to serve as supervisory senior resident agent.
In 2020, Docks became assistant special agent in charge of the Houston Field Office, leading the criminal branch.
He was promoted to inspector in the Inspection Division in 2022.
Before joining the bureau, Docks worked in finance and sales. He received his bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in finance and accounting from Morehead State University in Kentucky.
