Experience inside the systems that shape policing.

His engagements have included executive advisory work for police chiefs, large-scale training curricula, organizational assessments and consent decree implementation support, and funded initiatives with national policing institutes and philanthropic partners. He is also a frequent speaker and instructor at police leadership academies, agency training events, and educational institutions, and partners with other consultancies and advisory firms on engagements where his legal and command background adds depth to a broader team.

That work is grounded in a career built inside the systems he now advises:

• Director of Constitutional Policing and Policy, Los Angeles Police Department, the highest civilian command position in the department’s history
• Deputy Mayor for Homeland Security and Public Safety, City of Los Angeles
• Deputy Executive Director, Los Angeles World Airports, overseeing LAX security and fire services
• Assistant U.S. Attorney, Central District of California, where he built the office’s first cybercrime and intellectual property crimes section over nearly a decade
• Senior Counsel to two U.S. Attorneys General
• Assistant Secretary for Policy Development, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

He holds a Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School Los Angeles and is an active member of the California State Bar.

Alikhan has taught and lectured at the National Defense University’s College of International Security Affairs, the USC Gould School of Law, and the UCI School of Law. He is a certified academy instructor and a featured educator in numerous police leadership programs throughout the United States.

His writing reflects the same conviction that shapes his advisory and teaching work: lawful, effective policing starts with returning to constitutional principles rather than reacting to pressure in the moment.