Alisha Jordan

• Rank: Captain III
• Division: Southwest Division
• Email: 30895@lapd.online

Bio

Captain Jordan has been a member of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) since 1994. During the first 5 years of her career, she was assigned to patrol as a police officer at Southwest, North Hollywood, and Central, respectively. Following her time in patrol, Captain Jordan spent the next six years of her career as a police officer working three different narcotic assignments in either an undercover or plainclothes capacity. In 2005, Captain Jordan was upgraded to Senior Lead Officer (SLO) within the Central Area’s command. Shortly after her promotion to SLO, Captain Jordan was promoted to the rank of Police Detective and was assigned to 77th Area Detectives. In 2007, she was promoted to the rank of Detective II and was assigned to the Internal Affairs Group, followed by the Force Investigation Division. By 2011, Captain Jordan returned to patrol after her promotion to Police Sergeant. As a sergeant, she was assigned to West Los Angeles Division (WLA) as a patrol field supervisor and the Officer-In-Charge (OIC) of the Parole Compliance Unit. Following her time at the WLA Division, Captain Jordan was a sergeant assigned to the Use of Force Division and the OIC of the Southwest Area’s FBI Violent Gang Task Force.

By 2017, Captain Jordan returned to the rank of Detective II and was appointed to Assistant OIC of the newly formed Operations – Central Bureau, Family Justice Center (FJC). She remained at FJC until she was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. As a lieutenant, Captain Jordan was assigned as one of Central Patrol Division’s watch commanders, the OIC for Recruitment and Employment Division – Hiring and Evaluation Section, and one of Force Investigation Division’s team leaders. In December 2023, she was promoted to the rank of captain and was assigned as WLA Patrol Commanding Officer. She was upgraded to Captain II and transferred to PAC-LAX as the Commanding Officer of Field Services Division. Recently, Captain Jordan transferred to Southwest Division as the Area Commanding Officer.

Captain Jordan has been a member of one of the Department’s Incident Management Team since 2023 and has a vast amount of experience with the Incident Command System.

Captain Jordan has a bachelor’s degree in political science from California State University, Long Beach, and is currently working on her master’s degree. She has also graduated from Sherman Block’s Supervisory Leadership Institute, the Principles of Force Science Institute, and the LAPD’s Leadership course and the FBI Academy. Throughout her tenure with this organization, Captain Jordan has been awarded the Police Meritorious Service Medal, the Community Policing Medal on two separate occasions, the Police Star, the Police Meritorious Unit Citation, and the Human Relations Medal.

As a proud native of Los Angeles, Captain Jordan has dedicated her professional life to serving and protecting the city, and she will continue to do so.