Douglas P. Bernabei

Educational Background:

• Illinois State University: 1982, Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice
• Northwestern University: 2003, School of Police Staff and Command Class SPSC 181
• Over 2000 hours of Continuing Education in Law Enforcement 1981-Present

Employment History:

• 2006-present: Chief of Police, City of Peru, Illinois
• 2014-present Administrative Services Manager, City of Peru, Illinois
• 1991 to 2006: Chief of Police, City of Spring Valley, Illinois (State’s Attorney’s “It Takes a Village” award recipient 1997)
• 1993 to 2009: Adjunct Faculty Member in Criminal Justice, Illinois Valley Community College, Oglesby, Illinois
• 1998 to 2017 Adjunct Faculty, Illinois Valley Crime Prevention Commission Mobile Training State of Illinois
• 1986 to 1991: Patrol Officer/Homicide Detective/Patrol Corporal City of Bradenton, Florida (1989 Police Officer of the year)
• 1983 to 1986: Patrol Officer, City of Crest Hill, Illinois
• 1981 to 1983: Patrol Officer, City of Spring Valley, Illinois

Current /Past Board memberships:

• Director-State Bank of Cherry-Chairman
• Illinois Valley Regional Dispatch
• LaSalle County Joint ETSB (911)
• City of Peru ETSB (911)-Secretary
• Bureau County ETSB (911) - Chairman/Founding Member
• Illinois Valley Chiefs of Police Association-Past President
• Illinois Chiefs of Police Association
• International Association of Chiefs of Police
• Tri-Dent Drug Task Force Advisory Board and Illinois State Police Drug Task Force Advisory
• Peru Township Trustee 2010-2017
• Bureau County Board 2000-2006
• St. Bede Academy Board of Education Member
• North Central Behavioral Health Systems Board Member
• Mc Gruff Board Neighborhood Watch-Founding Member
• Attorney General Jim Ryan’s Missing and Murdered Children Investigative Protocol Committee