James Lichau

Harris County Sheriff's Office

Lichau began his career as a Target Analyst Reporter for the US Military in 2012. He continued in the intelligence analysis field post enlistment by joining the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in 2016, where he has served as a criminal intelligence analyst for the Real Time Crime Center and the Crime Analysis and Intelligence Division.

Kyle Richards

Texas Department of Public Safety

Kyle G. Richards is assigned to the Central-Texas Regional Headquarters under the Intelligence & Counterterrorism Division for the Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS).  

Kyle hails from San Antonio, Texas where he entered the Air Force 2001, prior to the events on September 11th. He graduated from the USAF Security Forces Academy at Lackland AFB, Texas as a military policeman, and was later laterally retrained as a military working dog handler. In the latter half of his military career, Kyle transitioned into military intelligence, specializing in signals and geospatial intelligence disciplines. As an intelligence professional, he was assigned to numerous agencies, in both analytical and liaison roles, focusing on foreign intelligence, domestic threats, and transnational organized crime involving numerous theaters of operation. Kyle also served as adjunct faculty, teaching various concepts of problem-solving and mitigation of cognitive biases and logical fallacies, for the National Security Agency. Following his military retirement in the Fall of 2021, Kyle began his career with TXDPS, where he is responsible for 43 counties that comprise the Central-Texas region. In the course of his duties, Kyle works with Texas Highway Patrol and Texas Department of Transportation to conduct descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analysis regarding highway safety. Additionally, he supports all law enforcement divisions within TXDPS to evaluate crime trends, provide case support, conduct open-source research, and augments support to the Texas Anti-Gang – San Antonio center as needed. Kyle has an extensive background in security, counterterrorism, project management, defense and law enforcement intelligence, data analytics, and problem-solving. He is proud to have served his nation and continues to serve the people of Texas.