George Filenko has been in public safety for over three decades. His career began as community service officer. He served as a police and fire tele-communicator at North West Central Dispatch eventually being promoted to operations supervisor. George was appointed Director of Communications at the Deerfield Police Department where he supervised the construction of a state of the art 911 center. The Lake County Sheriffs Office appointed George to oversee a county wide transition to a 800 megahertz radio system and the construction of a countywide 911 center. George's initial goal was to become a police officer. His lifelong dream came to fruition when the vision requirements for police officers were changed. After two decades in emergency telecommunications he transitioned to police officer. George rose through the ranks working patrol, investigations, internal affairs, evidence served his department in every capacity, eventually he was promoted to Commander and Chief of Police. George retired February 2021 after 21 years of service and the longest serving police chief in Round Lake Park history. George worked as an investigator for the Lake County Major Crime Task Force rising through the ranks and becoming the longest serving commander of the unit. He led a number of high profile investigations. George has trained hundreds of police officers and Command personnel in Critical Incident Response as a trainer for NIPAS and the Illinois State Police. He has lectured at numerous conferences and several universities. George is a graduate of the Southern Police Institute and FBI LEEDA. He has been recognized by numerous organizations including the Illinois Bar Association, Lake County Chiefs of Police and the Lake County States Attorneys Office for his work in the area of homicide investigations. He has served on numerous boards and committees and is the past President of the Lake County Chiefs of Police. George cofounded the Lake County Opioid Initiative that received national recognition for its innovative approach to the opioid crises. George has appeared on CNN, FOX, MSNBC and other local and national media outlets. George immigrated to the United States as a child and speaks several languages fluently. He takes great pride in overcoming obstacles throughout his life and eventually achieving all his goals.

John-Erik Anderson served with the Lincolnshire Police Department for over 25 years and held increasingly accountable positions that provided him the opportunity to experience the Department across all its broad functional responsibilities, both internally and externally. He started as a Patrol Officer; was certified as a DARE officer and became the Department's School Resource Officer at Stevenson High School. In 2002, John-Erik was appointed to Investigator, a position he held until he was promoted to Sergeant in 2014. As a sergeant, John-Erik supervised Investigations, School Resource Officers, and Patrol. John-Erik was a Deputy United States Marshal with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Identity Theft Task Force and was selected as the Village of Lincolnshire Employee of the Year. As a result of his work as an investigator with other law enforcement officials at the local, county, state, national and international levels; John-Erik was selected to the Lake County Major Crime Task Force, after having been nominated by the Lincolnshire Police Department. The Task Force, comprised of 40 officers from throughout Lake County, investigates homicides, kidnappings, child abductions, officer-involved shootings, in-custody deaths, and other heinous criminal activities. John-Erik was promoted to Assistant Commander, with responsibilities for organizing and supervising surveillance and apprehension operations, identifying training needs, personnel evaluations, and Task Force policy formulation and administration. As an investigator, John-Erik was responsible for the management of major cases handled by the Department, which required the ability to work productively with internal and external law enforcement resources. He organized, coordinated, and directed inter-agency investigations working with local, state, federal, and international authorities. This collaboration resulted in the apprehension and successful prosecution of murder suspects, kidnappers, and persons accused of fraud, embezzlement and involvement in identify theft, and locally related postal cases. John-Erik led a kidnapping investigation whereby he located the 10 year old victim in Mexico. With the assistance of the FBI, he was able to get her reunited with her family. The offender was later convicted and sentenced to both state and federal prison. John-Erik helped to spearhead the investigation into the largest theft case in Lake County history (theft in excess of $7.5 million) and also led the investigation into the only drug induced homicide ever charged in Lincolnshire. Both cases resulted in felony convictions. John-Erik has completed more than 2,500 hours of professional training and development and also successfully completed the Northwestern Center for Public Safety School of Police Staff and Command. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Illinois Wesleyan University and a Master of Science degree from Illinois State University. John-Erik is a certified advanced evidence technician, school resource officer, juvenile officer, homicide investigator, and crisis intervention officer. John-Erik served as the Department's Public Information Officer and has taught a wide variety of topics from search and seizure to homicide investigations. He is a recognized expert in the investigation of identity theft and other financial crimes and has trained both law enforcement and private sector personnel in the detection and prevention of financial crimes. John-Erik currently serves as the Illinois High School Association's head soccer clinician. In this role he is responsible for the development and distribution of all educational materials used to train all high school soccer officials throughout Illinois. He is a former National Soccer Referee who still actively officiates at the high school level.