Humble Police Department: Training Officer Rich Peters

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Training Coordinator
Officer Rich Peters
281-319-9775

Officer Rich Peters graduated from Waller High School in Waller, Texas. After graduating from High School, he enlisted into the United States Marine Corps (OO-RAH), spending six years on active duty and three years on active reserve. While in the Marine Corps, he served as a machine gunner, armorer, military police officer, marksmanship instructor, and a Marine Corps Scout Sniper.

Upon being honorably discharged from the Marine Corps, officer Peters began to pursue his career in law enforcement. He attended the University of Houston’s police academy, graduating in 1994. In October of 1995, he came to work at the Humble Police Department as a Reserve Police Officer. Then in October of 1996 he was offered a full time position with the department as a patrol officer. Officer Peters spent 13 years in patrol working all of the various shifts within the patrol bureau. In the course of his patrol career, he spent several years working with two police narcotic K-9’s, Nija and Lola. He has been on the Department’s SWAT team since 1996, graduating from basic SWAT school in May of 1997. In addition to his other duties, he serves the department as a sniper on the SWAT team.

Officer Peters is also one of the Department’s Firearms Instructors and is an active Police Instructor for the department teaching a number of firearms and tactical related classes annually. He has attained a Master peace Officer Certificate as well as several other certificates which include Firearms Instructor, Basic Instructor, Sniper Instructor, Ballistic Shield Instructor, Narcotic K-9 Handler and Narcotic Interdiction.

On January 1st 2010, officer Peters left the patrol division and accepted the position of Community Services Coordinator. Some of his current responsibilities include coordinating and hosting the Department’s Citizens Police Academy; overseeing and assisting the Citizens Police Academy Alumni Organization; meeting with, instructing and educating various groups such as schools, boy scout troops, churches and other organizations in the Humble area. Topics of discussion and education vary from crime prevention, safety, drug education and basic public relations. Officer Peters also assists with coordinating community events such as National Night Out, Good Oil Days, the C.A.R.E. program, Humble Police Association’s Annual Crawfish Festival, National Salute to Law Enforcement as well as coordinating fingerprinting for children.

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