Karen Vick

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Karen Vick
Image:KarenVick.jpg
First appearance	Pilot
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Gender	Female
Occupation	Santa Barbara Interim Police Chief
Portrayed by	Kirsten Nelson
Created by	Steve Franks & Andy Berman

Interim Chief Karen Vick is a character on the American dramedy Psych played by Kirsten Nelson. She was impressed by Shawn Spencer's display of psychic-like insight into her police officer's lives after she tried to arrest him for being an accomplice in a series of crimes which were solved with Shawn's tips. She is suspicious of his psychic abilities, but is not above using any tool at her disposal to solve tough cases. Her status as Police Chief appears to be Interim due to a current pregnancy.

According to Head Detective Carlton Lassiter's weblog, Vick replaced Police Chief John Fenich upon his retirement about a month prior to Shawn's arrival at the SBPD. Vick's relationship with Lassiter seems strained by the fact that she is "an outsider" who was chosen by "the powers that be in City Hall" to take the position over "someone from within our own ranks." Vick's decision to allow a self-proclaimed psychic so far into official police investigations has done little to assuage Lassiter's misgivings.

On her way to non-lethal weapons training with Lassiter, Vick's water broke and Lassiter rushed her to a hospital where she gave birth to a daughter.