Captain John Leavitt joined the Tucson Police Department as a Reserve Police Officer in 1982, where he served while a student at the University of Arizona. He became a salaried officer in 1985, working in patrol assignments. As he was promoted through the ranks, he worked a wide variety of assignments, including SWAT Commander, various investigative commands, narcotics enforcement, and administrative assignments. He has been in senior command assignments for over 23 years. Last year Captain Leavitt became the Commander of the Counter Narcotics Alliance, a HIDTA initiative in the Tucson area, comprised of state, local, county, and federal law enforcement agencies. In addition to maintaining the high level of enforcement activities from the alliance, he has been engaged in expanding its influence throughout the community, becoming part of the region’s drug education, prevention, and treatment efforts. Captain Leavitt holds a bachelor of arts in political science from the University of Arizona, a master of education from Northern Arizona University, and certificates from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Police Executive Leadership Institute, the Senior Management Institute for Police, and the Eller College of Management. He is an adjunct instructor in the School of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Arizona, teaching police management. He is a certified ethics instructor for the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and for the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Board.