Kevin Hyde

**Kevin P. Hyde** is a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Supervisory Special Agent and the current group supervisor of the Major Case Group (Group I) at the Glendale Field Office.

## Early Life

Kevin Patrick Hyde was born on December 31, 1978 in Palo Alto, California, to businessman and community activist Lane Hyde and real estate agent and property manager Alyssa Hyde (nee Zorin). Kevin graduated from Palo Alto High School in 1996, he attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice where he graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice.

## Career

Kevin began his career as a Police Officer with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department (PAPD) in 2000. In 2002, Kevin was accepted to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), he began his career working as a street agent at the Los Angeles Field Office. Kevin has served his entire career in the Los Angeles Field Division, he began investigating violent gang crime, as well as domestic and international arms trafficking before transferring over to criminal intelligence, Hyde also served on several gang and drug task forces including the Southern California Drug Task Force. In 2011, Kevin transferred over to the Major Case Group at the Glendale Field Office where he eventually became group supervisor. Hyde is also a Special Response Team (SRT) operator/team leader.

Kevin joined Sentinel Blue when it was founded by his friend LAPD officer Thomas Howe in 2017. Kevin is sponsored by sponsored by TacWorks Academy for equipment, ammunition and training, clothing, and competition gunsmithing. Kevin uses a Glock 19M MOS as his duty handgun for the Agency category, a Glock 17 MOS as his Standard category handgun, and a Glock 17 customized by TacWorks as his Unlimited category handgun. Kevin uses a Hecker & Koch HK416 A5 rifle and a Remington 870 Police as his Agency and Standard category rifle and shotgun respectively. Kevin uses a self customized Aero Precision M4E1 and a TacWorks customized Benelli M2 as his Unlimited category rifle and shotgun respectively. As of 2023, Kevin is no longer competing in the Unlimited category, and instead focusing on the Agency and Standard categories.

### Service History

* Los Angeles Field Division: 2002 to 2013
* Major Case Group (Group I): 2013 to Present (Group Supervisor)

## Personal Life

Kevin has been married to Victoria Ann Hyde (nee Carlow) since 2009. Kevin is a competitive shooter and has been a member the Sentinel Blue Men's Team of the Los Angeles Precision Shooting Team, also known as Sentinel Blue, since its inception in 2017. Kevin is also a community activist and often does lectures on violent and street crimes in the Greater Los Angeles area. Kevin is a Sunday person, a Capricorn in the western zodiac, and an Earth Horse in the Chinese zodiac.

## Trivia

* Kevin is right-handed.
* Kevin is a certified money laundering expert and fraud examiner.
* Kevin loves banana sandwiches.
* Kevin was rejected from the Secret Service and the DEA before eventually being accepted to the ATF.
* Kevin wanted to be a basketball player when he grew up.
* Kevin has a good working relationship with several prominent street gang leaders and community leaders.
* Kevin has only been in one long term relationship, with his wife Victoria Ann.

## See Also

* Sentinel Blue Tier One Team
	+ Steven Ellis: LAPD Captain
	+ James Wells: EMPD Member
	+ Maggie Marks: HSI Member
	+ Sonia Knight: ICE Member
* Sentinel Blue Men's Team
	+ James Wells: EMPD Captain
	+ Steven Ellis: LAPD Member
	+ Calvin Winslow: HSI Member
	+ Todd Desmond: LASD Member
	+ Jason Hughes: VCSO Member
* Sentinel Blue Women's Team
	+ Maggie Marks: HSI Captain
	+ Sonia Knight: ICE Member
	+ Victoria Allen: BHPD Member
	+ Tracy McGaren: LAPD Member
	+ Charlie Lenzen: LASD Member
	+ Rachel Petersen: LAPP Member