SAN PEDRO — Capt. Jay Mastick of the Los Angeles Police Department Harbor Division was recently promoted to the position of area captain. The date of his promotion is effective July 4.
Mastick joined the department in 1995 and has fulfilled assignments in multiple areas of Los Angeles. In the fall of 2005 Mastick returned to Harbor Area as a field supervisor and complaint investigator. In 2006, Mastick transferred to Internal Affairs Group and served as an investigator. In 2009, Mastick was assigned to the department advocate’s office, representing the department in internal disciplinary hearings. In 2012, Mastick transferred to Pacific Area and served as a patrol watch commander at LAX and a plainclothes supervisor in the Crime Task Force, a joint operation between the LAPD and the Los Angeles Airport Police.
In 2014, Mastick was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to Wilshire Area as a patrol watch commander. In 2016, Mastick returned to Internal Affairs Group and served as the officer-in-charge of Criminal Investigations Division, Central Section. In 2019, Mastick was promoted to the rank of captain and assigned to Harbor Area as the patrol commanding officer and oversees the daily operation of Harbor patrol sworn and civilian personnel.
Mastick was born and raised in Torrance, where he attended West High School. He lives with his wife and children, a son and a daughter in Orange County. The Captain said he is overwhelmed with gratitude and he is very pleased to be working here. He added he is looking forward to spending the next several years here at Harbor Division.