By Steve Neavling
Christopher J.S. Johnson has been named special agent in charge of the Springfield Field Office in Illinois.
Johnson, who had been serving as an inspector in the Inspection Division at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., joined the bureau as a special agent in 2004 and was first assigned to the Detroit Field Office to investigate violent crimes and crimes against children.
In 2009, Johnson became supervisory special agent and worked in the Crimes Against Children Unit in the Criminal Investigative Division at FBI headquarters.
In 2010, Johnson transferred to the St. Louis Field Office and continued to investigate violent crime and crimes against children, as well as issues related to violent gangs.
The following year, Johnson joined the FBI’s Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team (CARD), which currently includes 75 agents, analysts, and other bureau personnel from across the country, and teaches local law enforcement officers how to respond to child abductions. Johnson eventually became a CARD Team leader for the North Central and South Central regions.
In 2014, Johnson returned to the St. Louis Field Office and supervised a squad that investigated violent gangs and transnational organized crime matters. While still in St. Louis in 2017, Johnson supervised another squad that investigated violent crime, violent crimes against children, and transnational organized crime from a different region.
In 2020, Johnson was promoted to assistant special agent in charge of the Detroit Field Office’s Mission Services and Administrative Branch. Then in 2022, Johnson was selected to serve as an inspector in the Inspection Division at headquarters.
Before joining the bureau, Johnson worked as a police officer in the St. Louis metropolitan area in Missouri. He received bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice and psychology from Saint Louis University and a master’s of management degree from Webster University in Missouri.
