With over four decades of experience in law enforcement—from detective work in California to police leadership in Idaho—Lee DeVore brings deep, real-world insight to his true crime writing. His career spanned everything from groundbreaking community policing initiatives to overseeing high-profile investigations, including the chilling case of the “Parking Lot Rapist.” In both his writing and service, DeVore is driven by a commitment to justice, public safety, and telling the full story.
Author Biography
The Parking Lot Rapist
The author, Lee DeVore was hired by the Fullerton Police Department as a police officer in October of 1963. During his tenure at the department for 30 plus years, Lee worked in all areas of the Department, but most of his career was spent in the Detective Division as an investigator, a supervisor, detective lieutenant and then the captain of the division. During his career at Fullerton, the author was instrumental, along with other participants, in writing and administering a program known as “Operation Cleanup” which was in operation in Fullerton for many years, which was designed to work with immigrant Hispanic and Asian communities within the city. The program was recognized by the State of California and honored as the Community Policing Program of the year in the 1990s , and the author wrote several articles for law enforcement magazines and publications on this program and other police related subjects. He is a graduate of the California State University in Long Beach with a bachelor’s degree in public administration and has a Master of Arts degree from Redlands University in Redlands, California.
The author retired in December of 1994 then accepted a position as the Chief of Police with the Twin Falls Police Department in Twin Falls, Idaho in August of 1995. Lee spent the next 10 years as the chief of in Twin Falls and retired from the City of Twin Falls in August of 2005. During his tenor in Twin Falls Lee was the President of the Idaho Police Chiefs Association, the past Chairman of the Idaho Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission, and an Executive Council member for the Western Regional Institute for Community Oriented Public Safety.
Lee and his wife Barbara live in Twin Falls, Idaho.
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