Captain Kris Pitcher

Capt. Kris Pitcher is the new commanding officer of LAPD’s Devonshire Division. Captain Pitcher has been a member of the Los Angeles Police Department for 24 years and has worked a variety of assignments including uniformed patrol, training, vice enforcement and various investigative entities. He was appointed to the rank of Captain in December of 2000 and served as the Commanding Officer of Foothill and North Hollywood Patrol Divisions, Vice Division and Force Investigation Division before being appointed the Commanding Officer of Devonshire Area in August of 2011. He earned a Bachelor’s in Political Science and a Master’s in Public Administration from CSUN. He is a Certified Litigation Specialist (CLS) from AELE, is certified by the Force Science Research Center in use of force analysis, graduated from Police Executive Research Forum’s (PERF) Senior Management Institute for Police (SMIP) Executive strategic management program and has attended Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government executive education program.