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.