Frank Kaminski,
chief of police in suburban Park Ridge, Illinois, was
sworn in Saturday,
June
13, as president of the Illinois
Association of Chiefs
of Police. He will lead
the 1,220- member organization and seven-person board for one year after
being elected by the members.
Kaminski
had been a vice president
the past four years.
"He is highly principled, a man
of great
integrity, and totally committed
to making communities safer
through effective law enforcement
and interacting with colleagues in local, regional,
state, and international
organizations," said
Ed Wojcicki, the association's executive
director.
As Evanston's police chief
from 1996-2006, where he served
in various
capacities for 32 years, he
rebuilt systems of public trust through a Citizens
Police Academy,
Chief's Advisory
Board,
Evanston
Citizens Police Association, Police Chaplain-Clergy Team, and other
partnerships. He then
served
for three years as
the Public Safety Director for the
Evanston
Township High School, where he instituted
a Positive Presence Program
engaging the
school
and the community and
he
developed and implemented violence reduction strategies to reduce gang-
related incidents. On hand
for Kaminski's installation ceremony were three former Evanston police chiefs.
Kaminski has an
extensive background in community policing/problem
solving, school- community relations,
accreditation, media
relations, enhanced
911, criminal and internal investigations, financial management,
and labor relations.
He has achieved
the association's
Police Chief Certification
and he has been a
Mentor for the International
Association
of Chiefs of Police new
Police Chiefs' Mentoring Project. He has
degrees from
the
University of Illinois Chicago
and
Roosevelt University, and he has continued
ILACP -
426
S 5th St. Springfield, IL 62703 www.ilchiefs.org
his education
at the FBI National
Academy, Harvard's Senior Management Institute for Police,
Northwestern's Executive Institute for Chiefs of Police and Kellogg Management Institute.
His network is broad
and
deep. He is a past president
of the Kiwanis Club of Park Ridge and Evanston;
founding member and past
president of the
International
Police Planners Association; a life member
of the NAACP; an assessor
in top-rated accreditation programs; and an
adjunct instructor and several colleges and
universities.