IACP Appointee
LETR Executive Council
Russ Laine



Email:
rlaine@algonquin.org


Russ Laine has been involved in law enforcement since 1976 and is currently the Chief of Algonquin Police Department in Illinois. He is a Past President of the IACP and is still actively involved with that organisation. He has been involved with the Torch Run since 1989 and has been a member of the Executive Council since 2000. Russ is a Board member with Special Olympics Illinois.

Russ is marred with two children and four grand children and loves the outdoors and boating.




IACP Appointee
LETR Executive Council
Walt McNeil



Email:
wmcneil@myquincy.net



Walt McNeil has 35 years of professional executive leadership in criminal justice, including 12 years as a Police Chief in two Florida police agencies and 4 years working and leading 2 Florida state-wide agencies. His career began in 1979 in the Tallahassee, Florida Police Department serving at all levels. Walt is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has served two terms as the Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission. He was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to lead the Florida response to Hurricane Katrina when that hurricane struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Walt currently serves as a two year member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council appointed by Secretary Napolitano. He serves as the Chair of the IACP LETR Committee and is a Past President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)