Jeff Chudwin

Jeff Chudwin served 38 years and retired as Chief of Police for the Village of Olympia Fields, Illinois.  He has been a law enforcement officer since 1974 and continues as a sworn officer with the Peotone (IL) Police Department.  He served as an Assistant State’s Attorney for both Will and Cook Counties in Illinois.  Chief Chudwin is a founding member of the Illinois Tactical Officers Association (ITOA) and has served as President of the association since 1995.  He is a founding member and for ten years served as co-chairman of the statewide law enforcement mutual aid system/the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) Region 4 – of Cook, DuPage and Lake Counties.  In addition, he served as co-chairman of the terrorism/emergency preparedness committees for the South Cook County Suburban Chiefs of Police Association, and the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association.

Since 1978, Chief Chudwin has provided training to police officers and agencies on the legal and practical issues of police use of force, tactical response training, and officer survival at conferences throughout the country.  He has worked on legal and policy issues related to officer involved shootings and has represented officers involved in high-level use of force incidents.  He is the executive editor of the ITOA Journal and has authored numerous articles for law enforcement publications on the issues of police use of force, firearms training, SWAT, and patrol functions.