Kriste Kibbey Etue is an American Police Director who was appointed by Rick Snyder in 2011, making her the first female Director and the 18th Director in the 100-year history of Michigan State Police. ^{[10] [4]}

Born and raised in the state of Michigan for most of her life, she grew up in Ingham County and lived lived in the city of Lansing throughout her life. ^[0]

Her father was a police officer and a person whom she looked up to growing up due to the stories he would tell about his duties as a police officer.

Ever since seeing her father arrive at home and comfort her with heroic stories about serving the law, she too wanted to become a police officer.

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Colonel Etue holds an associate’s degree from Kalamazoo Valley Community College and is a graduate of the 206th Session of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. ^[4]

Colonel Etue began her career with the Department of State Police in 1987 as a member of 101st Trooper Recruit School.

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Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue was appointed to the cabinet-level position of Director of the Michigan State Police by Governor Rick Snyder effective January 9, 2011.

Colonel Etue is the 18th Director in the 100-year history of the department and she is the department’s first female Director.

As Director, Colonel Etue also serves as State Director of Emergency Management and as Michigan’s Homeland Security Director.

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Prior to her appointment as Director, Colonel Etue served as Deputy Director and Commander of the Administrative Services Bureau for four years.

In this capacity, Colonel Etue provided executive direction and leadership to the Office of Behavioral Science; the Departmental Services Division, which includes budget forecasting, budget development and facility management; the Training and Standards Division; the Human Resources Division; the Public Affairs and Government Relations sections; and the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards.

As a Captain, Colonel Etue served as commander of the Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division where she was responsible for the management and administration of statewide emergency management and homeland security programs, planning, and activities.

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She was one of only six female state emergency management directors in the country.

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Colonel Etue chairs the Michigan Homeland Protection Board, Michigan Public Safety Interoperability Board, Auto Theft Prevention Authority, and Michigan Intelligence Operations Center Advisory Board.

She is also a member of the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Traffic Improvement Association of Michigan.

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Colonel Etue serves on the Executive Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and as an Advisor-At-Large to the IACP State and Provincial Division, working to advance the profession of law enforcement.

In 2015, Colonel Etue was appointed by Governor Snyder to serve on the state’s Community Service Commission.

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On Sunday, September 24th, 2017, after president Donald Trump took to his Twitter to condemn the actions by dozens of NFL players around the league for their protest against racism and police brutality against African Americans- Kriste Kibbey Etue also offered a response. She made a post on Facebook that has since been condemned by the public for the way the Director of the police department referred to the players. ^[2]

In the post, Officer Etue wrote:

After the post, Spokeswoman Shanon Banner clarified that the post was not about race.

Users took to the Michigan State Police facebook page asking for Officer Etue to be fired as she clearly does not understand that the NFL protest is about Police brutality and Racism in the us. ^[14]