Brian Budds

Background

About Brian Budds

I began my career in law enforcement in 1996. I have a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an M.S. in Public Safety Administration from Lewis University. I am also a graduate of Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and Command in Evanston, IL, the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA, and the Senior Executives in State & Local Government Program at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, MA. I am an active member of the Illinois and International Association of Chiefs of Police, and the FBI National Academy. I am also a Certified Police Chief through the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police. I have extensive labor-management experience and am very familiar with accreditation processes and standards set forth by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).I am a trained assessor and have served in that capacity for many promotional processes for various regional police agencies. I am also a certified instructor through ILETSB specializing in executive leadership development and instruction.