YEAR NAME DEPARTMENT
1967-68 Captain Clyde Vasconcellos* Illinois State Police
1968-69 Chief Melvin Meyer* Homewood PD
1969-70 Chief John Rinkema* South Holland PD
1970-71 Chief Max Atkins* Country Club Hills PD
1971-72 Chief Casimir Linkiewicz* Calumet City PD
1972-73 Chief Rennie Smith III South Chicago Heights PD
1973-74 Chief Ralph Gray Glenwood PD
1974-75 Director James Brodie* Oak Forest Hospital PD
1975-76 Chief Edward Lawhead* Burnham PD
1976-77 Chief Robert Roberts* Country Club Hills PD
1977-78 Chief Robert Olson* Orland Park PD
1978-79 Chief Peter Sanders* Riverdale PD
1979-80 Chief William Nolan* Homewood PD
1980-81 Chief Fred Unger Olympia Fields PD
1981-82 Chief Marion Young Sauk Village PD
1982-83 Chief Louis Wawryzniak Thornton PD
1983-84 Chief William Fischer* Midlothian PD
1984-85 Chief Norbert Smith Evergreen Park PD
1985-86 Chief Charles Tieri* Steger PD
1986-87 Chief Warner T. Huston Alsip PD
1987-88 Chief James D. Crull Burnham PD
1988-88 Chief Melbourne “Duke” Gorris Orland Park PD
1989-89 Chief Nick Kolbasuk* Hometown PD
1989-90 Chief William J. Burke Jr.* Tinley Park PD
1990-90 Chief Jim R. Klaman Richton Park PD
1990-91 Chief James Wade* Tinley Park PD
1991-92 Chief Thomas Meloni Thornton PD
1992-93 Chief George Pfotenhauer* Dolton PD
1993-94 Chief Mike O’Connell* Riverdale PD
1994-95 Chief Frank Gilbert Oak Lawn PD
1995-96 Chief Robert G. Maeyama Park Forest PD
1996-97 Chief John Bittin* Midlothian PD
1997-98 Chief Tom Zielinski Calumet Park PD
1998-99 Chief Tom Leonard University Park PD
1999-00 Chief Mike Williams Flossmoor PD
2000-01 Chief Larry Burnson Matteson PD
2001-02 Chief David Shilling Riverdale PD
2002-03 Chief Tim McCarthy Orland Park PD
2003-04 Chief Peter Fee Hazel Crest PD
2004-05 Chief David Palmer Lynwood PD
2005-06 Chief Warren Millsaps South Holland PD
2006-07 Chief Ray Robertson East Hazel Crest PD
2007-08 Chief Pat O’Connor Moraine Valley PD
2008-09 Chief Thomas W. Fleming Park Forest PD
2009-10 Chief William Villanova Oak Lawn PD
2010-11 Chief Thomas Scully Orland Hills PD
2011-12 Chief William Joyce South Chicago Heights PD
2012-13 Chief Russell Harvey Bridgeview PD
2013-14 Chief Ed Gilmore Calumet City PD
2014-15 Chief Elvia Williams-White Richton Park PD
2015-16 Chief Robert Pyznarski Crestwood PD
2016-17 Chief Greg Baker South Holland PD
2017-18 Chief Daniel Godfrey Bedford Park PD
2018-19 Chief Jack Touhy St. Xavier University PD
2019-20 Chief Mitchell Davis III Hazel Crest PD
2020-21 Chief Michael Jones Matteson PD
2021-22 Chief Roy Wells Phoenix PD
2022-23 Chief Louis Dominguez Hometown PD
2023-24 Chief Timothy Denton Worth PD
2024-25 Chief Malcolm J. White Sauk Village/Country Club Hills PD
* Denotes Deceased