Steven Ellis

**Steven Alexander Ellis** is a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective II currently serving with the Gang Homicide Unit of the Robbery-Homicide Division.

## Early Life

Steven Alexander Ellis was born on September 23, 1979 in Hartford, Kentucky to social worker and addictions specialist Jessica Ellis (née Thompson) and county clerk John Baker Ellis. Steven graduated from McLean County High School in 1997. Steven’s parents tried pressuring him to attend college, so in 1998 he moved to Covina, California to stay with a friend.

## Career

Steven worked as a cashier and barista from 1998 to 2001. In 2001, Steven was accepted to the Los Angeles Police Department. Steven began his career working patrol in the 77th Street Division as part of the South Bureau. Steven went on to work crime suppression with C Platoon of the LAPD Metropolitan Division, and eventually transferred to D Platoon (SWAT) before becoming a detective in 2009. As a detective, he spent time in both SIS and Vice Special during his detective career, before eventually transferring to the Gang Homicide Unit of the LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division. Steven also serves as a LAPD SWAT team leader.

Steven joined Sentinel Blue when it was founded by his friend and fellow LAPD officer Thomas Howe in 2017. After Thomas stepped back from competing in 2022, Steven took the position of Captain of the Sentinel Blue Tier One Team. When the team was split into a men's and women's team in 2022, Steven became the Captain of the Sentinel Blue Men's Team. Steven is sponsored by sponsored by TacWorks Academy for equipment, ammunition and training, clothing and shooting gear, and by Staccato Firearms for handguns and competition gunsmithing. Steven uses a Kimber Custom TLE II as his duty handgun for the Agency category, an FN 509 MRD-LE as his Standard category handgun, and a Staccato XL customized by TacWorks as his Unlimited category handgun. Steven uses a Hecker & Koch HK416 A5 rifle and a Remington 870 Police as his Agency and Standard category rifle and shotgun respectively. Steven uses a self customized Aero Precision M4E1 and a TacWorks customized Benelli M2 as his Unlimited category rifle and shotgun respectively.

### Service History

* **77th Street Division**: 2001 to 2009 (Police Officer)
* **C Platoon**: 2009 to 2012 (Sergeant)
* **South Bureau Homicide Division**: 2012 to 2013 (Detective)
* **Special Investigations Section**: 2013 to 2019 (Detective)
* **Vice Special**: 2019 to 2020 (Detective)
* **Gang Homicide Unit**: 2020 to Present (Detective Supervisor)

## Personal Life

Steven met ATF Special Agent Kate Ellis (née Palmer) in 2009 and the two were married in 2014. Steven is a competitive shooter with the Sentinel Blue Men's Team of the Los Angeles Precision Shooting Team, he also enjoys antiquing, hiking, and camping. Steven is a Sunday person, a Libra in the western zodiac, and an Earth Sheep in the Chinese zodiac.

## Trivia

* Steven is right-handed.
* Steven loves meatball sandwiches.
* Steven wanted to be an explorer when he grew up.
* Steven applied to both the Monterey Park Police Department and the Los Angeles Police Department.
* Steven has never been overseas but wants to visit Sweden and Denmark someday.
* Steven was shot at on his first week on the job.
* Steven once arrested a rapper and gang member during a warrant sweep.
* Steven and his wife Kate have been swingers in the past.

## See Also

* Sentinel Blue Tier One Team
	+ James Wells: EMPD Member
	+ Maggie Marks: HSI Member
	+ Sonia Knight: ICE Member
* Sentinel Blue Men's Team
	+ James Wells: EMPD Captain
	+ Kevin Hyde: ATF Member
	+ Calvin Winslow: HSI Member
	+ Todd Desmond: LASD Member
	+ Jason Hughes: VCSO Member
* Sentinel Blue Women's Team
	+ Maggie Marks: HSI Captain
	+ Sonia Knight: ICE Member
	+ Victoria Allen: BHPD Member
	+ Tracy McGaren: LAPD Member
	+ Charlie Lenzen: LASD Member
	+ Rachel Petersen: LAPP Member