Fil Waters is an Honorably Retired HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT DETECTIVE, where he was employed from 1993-2017 as a full-time police officer and served from 1995-2017 as a Homicide Detective. He previously served as a full-time Deputy with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office (1985-1993) where he was a Detective Sergeant in the Detective Bureau and Narcotics Unit. He began his LE career at the Harris County Sheriff’s Office as a reserve Deputy Sheriff (1984- 1985) working in the Jail and Patrol Divisions. Prior to his Law Enforcement career, he was a Construction Manager for US Home-Houston Area (1983-1985), and served as a 1st Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps in the capacity of Platoon Commander, Company Commander, Adjutant, Liaison Officer, Top Secret Security Manager, Division Separations Officer, and Government Recorder for Administrative Discharge Boards, where he conducted investigations for the Commanding General, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, NC and was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice Leadership and Management, with special emphasis in the areas of criminal justice administration, leadership, police-community relations, and security administration from Sam Houston State University.
In addition to his formal education, he completed over 3000 hours of Law Enforcement training reflecting many specialized training courses in policing, investigations, intelligence, and security.
He attended the Harris County Regional Law Enforcement Academy (1984), Montgomery County Sheriff’s Academy (1985), and Houston Police Academy-Lateral Class L3-93 (1993). He has also attended a variety of in-service schools conducted at the Federal, State, County, and local levels.