Emada Tingirides

• Rank: Assistant Chief
• Bureau: Director, Office of Operations
• Email: 31546@lapd.online

Bio

Assistant Chief Emada E. Tingirides
Director, Office of Operations Los Angeles Police Department

Assistant Chief Emada E. Tingirides is a native Angeleno who was raised by a single mother and spent her early years in Watts and Southwest Los Angeles before moving to Chatsworth. Inspired to serve following the 1992 civil unrest, she joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1995. She comes from a family rooted in service—her mother a Nurse Practitioner, her grandfather served in the United States Army and her grandmother a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Corrections Officer and teacher of 35 years.

Assistant Chief Tingirides began her LAPD career in West Los Angeles before assignments in Downtown and South Los Angeles. She served five years as a Senior Lead Officer in the Southwest Area, building close ties with community members. Promoted to Sergeant in 2006, she continued her commitment to community engagement as the Officer in Charge of the Southeast Area Community Relations Office.

In 2011, she was selected by then-Chief Charlie Beck to work with civil rights attorney Connie Rice on designing the Community Safety Partnership (CSP)—an innovative, relationship-based policing model built on trust, transparency, and long-term commitment. The success of CSP helped reduce crime, rebuild trust, and transform how LAPD engages with communities across the city.

She was promoted to Lieutenant in 2016, Captain in 2019, and in 2020 became the first Commanding Officer of the newly created Community Safety Partnership Bureau. She led the expansion of the model to 10 sites citywide, fostering deeper police-community collaboration.

Following her time as Deputy Chief overseeing both Operations-South Bureau and Operations-Central Bureau, Emada was promoted in 2025 to Assistant Chief and Director of the Office of Operations, where she now oversees all 21 geographic patrol divisions across Los Angeles, the Community Safety Partnership Bureau, and the Department’s youth outreach and engagement programs.

Assistant Chief Tingirides has been recognized widely for her trailblazing work. She was named Public Official of the Year by Governing Magazine, one of Los Angeles Magazine’s Most Influential Women, and was a distinguished guest of First Lady Michelle Obama at the State of the Union Address. She holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice from National University and a Master of Advanced Study in Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California, Irvine.