Oak Park Police Chief LaDon Reynolds | Contributed photo
Oak Park Police Chief LaDon Reynolds | Contributed photo
Five new members have joined the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board through their appointments by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
Oak Park Police Chief LaDon Reynolds and the other four appointees were Pritzker’s first appointees to the 18-person board, his spokeswoman Jordan Abudayyeh told Patch.
The board certifies, regulates and administers all Illinois local police officers’ training programs. It also funds regional training units and local police agencies for part of their training costs. It also reviews and approves applicants.
Reynolds has worked as an instructor at the board’s Executive Institute. His specialties are diversity awareness and community policing within the Effective Police Supervision program. He also teaches at Western Illinois Unversity’s School and Campus Security Training Program and is an adjunct professor at Triton College, teaching community relations and police administration.
Reynolds began serving as police chief in Oak Park in January 2019, Patch reported. He graduated as a patrol officer from the Chicago Police Training Academy. He began his time with the Oak Park Police Department in 1994. He served as detective commander in the department in charge of the Investigations Division before his promotion as deputy police chief. Before becoming chief of police, he was acting chief and interim chief.
Reynolds has experience with other advisory and standards boards, including formerly serving as board member for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Metro Suburban Chapter, chairman of the Law Enforcement Executive Board for the Chicago FBI Regional Crime Forensics Laboratory.
The other appointees include Ghida Neukirch, Highland Park city manager; Elivia Williams, Village of Richton police chief; Mitchell Davis, Village of Hazel Crest police chief; and Ricardo Pagán, McHenry County Sheriff’s Office undersheriff.
Pritzker will have a chance to appoint two more board members, with one current member’s term already expired and another member’s term expiring in August.
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