Brian Churchill

• Rank: Captain I
• Bureau/Division/Office: Pacific Division
• Email: 36534@lapd.online

Bio

Captain Brian Churchill began his career with the Los Angeles Police Department in 2002, joining the ranks as a patrol officer at Southwest Division. He subsequently served at Pacific and Wilshire Divisions, building the foundational patrol experience that has defined his approach to leadership and service to the community throughout his career.

Captain Churchill’s early assignments reflect a deliberate commitment to the most challenging aspects of street-level policing. He served on the Wilshire Gang Enforcement Detail before being selected as a Field Training Officer, developing the next generation of LAPD officers at Wilshire and Olympic Divisions and with Operation West Bureau’s Violent Crime Task Force. He was subsequently selected for the Archangel Protective Security Task Force within the Counter-Terrorism Special Operations Bureau.

Promoted to Sergeant in 2012, Captain Churchill again assigned to Wilshire Patrol before returning to the Wilshire Gang Enforcement Detail in 2013. He was promoted to Sergeant-II, serving in the roles of Assistant Watch Commander, Officer-in-Charge of the Media Relations Division, and the LAPD Leadership Program, where he designed and delivered professional development training for law enforcement leadership nation-wide. This included the first of its kind app-based training on LAPD University. Following his promotion to Lieutenant in 2022, he served as Watch Commander at Wilshire Division and then as Officer-in-Charge at Internal Affairs Division.

In parallel with his law enforcement career, Captain Churchill serves as a Commander in the United States Coast Guard Reserve, where he is the Senior Reserve Officer at Base Los Angeles–Long Beach. His military service began in the California Army National Guard, which included a deployment to Kosovo. In 2022, he served as a Federal Coordinator for Operation Allies Welcome, supporting the resettlement of Afghan refugees.

From 2018 to 2019, Captain Churchill took a leave of absence from the Department when he was selected as a White House Fellow, the nation’s most prestigious fellowship. He served as a Senior Advisor for the Indo-Pacific at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. In that role, he led development of the U.S. Administration’s Indo-Pacific development finance strategy, negotiated bilateral and multilateral agreements with Singapore, Japan, Australia, and the Asian Development Bank, and managed a portfolio of projects critical to U.S. national security. He was among those who helped conceptualize the Blue Dot Network, America’s initiative to advance infrastructure transparency and sustainability in emerging markets.

Since 2022, he has served as an elected commissioner for the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions, ensuring sound investment policy and governance for the $36Bn fund.

During his nearly three decades of varied service, Captain Churchill has advised foreign ministries and international organizations on governance, media, and development. He authored media freedom policy for Ukraine’s Ministry of the Interior on behalf of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, has partnered with South Sudan’s Ministry of Information on food security and education initiatives, and is a Fellow of the US-Japan Leadership Program.

Captain Churchill holds a Master of Science from the University of London’s Centre for Financial and Management Studies and a Bachelor of Liberal Studies from Boston University. He is a graduate of the LAPD Leadership Program, Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute, and POST Management School.