Jeff Chudwin is the Chief of Police for the Village of Olympia Fields, IL. He has been a law enforcement officer since 1974 and has served as an Assistant State’s Attorney for Will and Cook Counties in Illinois. Since 1978, Chief Chudwin has provided training to police officers on issues of police use of force, tactical firearms use, and officer survival, statewide and at national conferences. Chief Chudwin has represented officers involved in deadly force incidents and speaks on preparing for deadly force incidents and their aftermath. He writes for law enforcement publications on the issues of police use of force, firearms training, SWAT and patrol functions.

Chief Chudwin is a founding member of the Illinois Tactical Officers Association and has served as president of the association for the past twelve years. Chief Chudwin was deployed as a member of the ILEAS Task Force Illinois in response to the Hurricane Katrina EMAC request by the State of Louisiana.