Ann E. Young is a retired Los Angeles Police Department captain with more than 34 years of law enforcement experience, including extensive command, investigative, supervisory, and administrative responsibilities. During her career with the LAPD (1982–2016), she became the first Black woman promoted to the rank of captain. Her command assignments included Detective Support and Vice Division, Central and South Traffic Divisions, and Van Nuys Operations Support Division.
Captain Young has substantial experience in criminal investigations, Internal Affairs, personnel discipline, use-of-force adjudication, departmental policies and procedures, and law enforcement administration. She is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the Senior Management Institute for Police, participated in LAPD Boards of Rights, and holds a master’s degree in education. She has taught criminal justice, criminal law and procedure, juvenile procedures, victimology, and related subjects at California State University, Dominguez Hills, and other academic institutions.
Areas of focus
- Use of Force & Officer-Involved Incidents
- Police Misconduct & Internal Affairs Investigations
- Domestic Violence, Threat Management & Specialized Investigations
- Child Abuse & Juvenile Investigations
- Police Personnel Matters & Supervisory Accountability
- Police Command, Administration & Training
Experience in detail
Use of force and officer-involved incidents. Extensive command-level experience reviewing and adjudicating law enforcement use-of-force incidents, including officer decision-making, compliance with departmental policies, reporting requirements, and supervisory responsibilities. As an LAPD captain, she evaluated officer conduct and the appropriateness of force through administrative review processes, with an emphasis on command accountability and the adequacy of investigative and supervisory responses to force incidents.
Police misconduct and Internal Affairs investigations. Direct investigative experience as an LAPD Internal Affairs detective, conducting personnel complaint investigations and interviewing complainants and witnesses. Additional experience reviewing administrative investigations, evaluating officer accountability, and participating in formal disciplinary proceedings through LAPD Boards of Rights.
Domestic violence, threat management, and specialized investigations. Command experience overseeing specialized investigative functions, including Threat Management, stalking-related matters, workplace violence concerns, Mental Evaluation, Missing Persons, Hate Crimes, Vice, and human trafficking-related operations, with knowledge of investigative procedures, evidence collection, victim protection, and risk assessment in sensitive and complex investigations.
Child abuse and juvenile investigations. Investigative experience involving juvenile matters, sexual offenses, and child abuse during LAPD investigative assignments, including investigative protocols, victim and witness interviews, evidence preservation, interagency coordination, and law enforcement responsibilities involving vulnerable victims.
Police personnel matters and supervisory accountability. Extensive command experience involving personnel management, officer performance, training, administrative investigations, disciplinary recommendations, and departmental accountability, including evaluating supervisory decision-making and investigative oversight under established policies and accepted law enforcement practices.
Police command, administration, and training. Command experience overseeing specialized investigative and traffic operations, operational planning, personnel deployment, and administrative management.
Direct contact
Email: milolegs@aol.com