About the Staff
Meet your staff
We are passionate about providing world-class training to those who have chosen law enforcement as their profession.
John A. Turner, Esq.
LAPPL In-House Counsel & Training Manager
John Turner is currently the In-House Counsel and Training Manager for the Los Angeles Police Protective League. John began his law enforcement career in 1984 and has served as an LAPD officer, a police attorney, a counter-terrorism investigator embedded with US Army combat units in Iraq, the two-term elected Sheriff of Walla Walla County WA, and as a senior law enforcement consultant for the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards & Training (CA POST).
Sheriff Turner has also served as a WA State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WA CJTC) commissioner and an executive board member of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC).
John earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Southwestern University, a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California, a USC DCI graduate certificate, and a Force Science Institute certification. Sheriff Turner is an FBI/CJTC Command College graduate and an FBI-LEEDA Trilogy Award recipient. He holds an Executive Professional Certificate from WA CJTC.
In 2013, Sheriff Turner was nominated by his peers across Washington State for the National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) Sheriff of the Year award and received that year’s NSA Medal of Merit award for outstanding leadership and positive accomplishments to the law enforcement profession.
From 2018 to 2025, John was also an FBI-LEEDA instructor teaching Supervisory Leadership, Command Leadership, Executive Leadership, and Internal Affairs/Critical Incident Protocol courses for agencies across the United States.
Nicholas Covarrubias
PDI Training Coordinator
Nick Covarrubias is currently the PDI Training Coordinator for the Los Angeles Police Protective League. Though new to the League, Nick has been servicing law enforcement and public safety professionals for over 20 years. Prior to joining the LAPPL, Nick worked at the Los Angeles Police Revolver and Athletic Club (LAPRAAC), and most recently at Galls as the Field Training Manager for Retail Operations. During his tenure at Galls, Nick contributed to the success of multiple merger and acquisition integrations where he trained the newly acquired staff on the company’s POS, policies and procedures, at over 50 locations throughout the US. His happy place is anywhere there is service (no less than two bars 😉).