Experienced officer. Community leader. Mother and volunteer. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Captain ll Chris Waters has been named the interim captain for Northeast Division, which includes Silver Lake. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Captain Waters joined the department as an LAPD Explorer (now known as Cadets) and entered the police academy on September 12, 1988. Her past assignments include patrol, central traffic, detectives, vice, Office of Operations and Civil Rights Integrity Division-CRID and Internal Affairs. She has also been adjutant to three deputy chiefs, a watch commander, vice officer-in-charge (OIC), homicide detective and the commanding officer of Commission Investigation Division, the regulatory arm of the Police Commission. A graduate of Loyola Marymount University, Captain Waters holds a master of arts degree from California State University at Dominguez Hills in behavioral science and is an active volunteer in her community and church.
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