Department Service Number: 51
Detective Tom Cox has been in law enforcement since 1993. He came to work for our department in 1999. Detective Cox transferred from the patrol division to the detective bureau in 2002. He is assigned to the Major Case Squad for Greater St. Louis as an investigator; he is also assigned to the Quad City Task Force as an investigator, and a member of the International Homicide Investigators Association.
Detective Cox has an Associates Degree in Applied Sciences in Computer Systems and Network Technology, which assists the bureau in staying above the curve in computer related crimes. Detective Cox is also the department's video forensic examiner for the Audio / Video Enhancement System from Ocean Systems, which was purchased by the Quad Cities to assist investigators with the ever changing video surveillance technology. Detective Cox is one of the department's firearm instructors and also assigned as a weapon armorer.