Detective 
Electronic Crime Branch
Kentucky State Police

John Sims is a Detective for the Electronic Crime Branch of the Kentucky State Police, with over 24 years of Law Enforcement experience and 18 of those years being spent in Investigations. 

Sims began his Law Enforcement career with the Paducah Police Department in February of 2001. He was a graduate from DOCJT Class #304 and spent two years on Patrol before applying with the Kentucky State Police. Sims graduated from Class #81 with the Kentucky State Police in October of 2003. Sims was assigned to Post 1, Mayfield. While working as a Road Trooper, Sims was assigned to Graves and McCracken Counties. In March of 2006, Sims transferred to Investigations. During his tenure as a Post 1 Detective, Sims took various trainings and became specialized in working Financial Investigations and ICAC Investigations. He also became proficient in crime scene photography. While working in Investigations at Post 1, Sims was named Detective of the Year at Post Level in 2012 and was named Detective of the Year for the Kentucky State Police in 2015. 

In January 2017, the Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch (ECB) expanded to include detectives that covered different parts of the state. The primary function of the ECB is to work investigations regarding the exploitation of children via electronic means. Detective Sims was assigned to the ECB and worked investigations in the Western part of state covering multiple counties over multiple Post Districts in 2017. Since his start at the ECB, Detective Sims has become proficient in Peer to Peer (P2P) Investigations including BitTorrent, Emule, CPS, and Freenet.

In August of 2022, Detective Sims became the second Electronic Storage Device Detection (ESDD) K9 handler with the state, with his partner Cam. Cam is an English lab who is trained to detect electronic storage devices and assists the Electronic Crime Branch on search warrants regarding the exploitation of children. In 2021, Detective John Sims was named the Detective of the Year for the Electronic Crime Branch. Kentucky State Police