Lois Gibson
Police

Chief Harold Hurtt says that her sensitivity and compassionate interviewing skills gently coax astonishing details from victims’ memories.

When the body of a little girl washed up on a Galveston beach, it was Ms. Gibson who gave the girl a face and a personality. Lois, a forensic artist, volunteered to do a rendering of the girl, christened “Baby Grace,” for Galveston police because she felt it was important to find out who that little girl was and to bring her killers to justice. And her forensic work was very instrumental doing those two things.

Lois has worked for HPD for nearly 26 years. During that time, she’s helped catch countless criminals. Chief Harold Hurtt says that her sensitivity and compassionate interviewing skills gently coax astonishing details from victims’ memories. She’s even written two books about the considerable insight she’s gained over the years.

Of course, she doesn’t put down her pencils when she goes home for the night. She’s a career coach to other artists trying to break into the forensic art field. She’s even helped almost a dozen artist get jobs in the forensic field.

In her spare time, Lois cooks and serves the food for all her women’s groups at her church.

Because of her skill at drawing a bead on criminals, we present this BRAVO! certificate to Lois Gibson.