vitalalumni Speaker Series: Sheriff Ed Gonzalez
Channel: UHD College of Public Service
Date: 2022-04-05

Ed Gonzalez was elected Sheriff of Harris County on November 8, 2016. Sheriff Gonzalez earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Houston-Downtown and went on to serve 18 years in the Houston Police Department. He served on the elite hostage negotiation team and was assigned to the Homicide Division as an investigator. After retiring from HPD in 2009, Sheriff Gonzalez served three terms on the Houston City Council.