Street Survival Instructor Biographies

Lt. Jim Glennon

Lt. Jim Glennon is a third generation police officer and 26-year veteran of the Lombard, Illinois Police Department. Currently a Commander in the Patrol Division, Jim has held positions as a patrol officer, detective, arson investigator, shift sergeant, and Commander of the Investigations Unit. In 1998 he was selected as the first Commander of Investigations for the newly formed DuPage County Major Crimes (Homicide) Task Force. In that capacity Jim supervised over 40 detectives and was responsible for the investigations of dozens of homicide cases.

Jim is a graduate of the School of Police Staff and Command, at the Northwestern University Traffic Institute. Elected class president and recipient of the prestigious Kreml Leadership Award, Jim began teaching for Northwestern within months of completing the ten-week course.

Lt. Glennon has been an instructor in both the law enforcement field and private industry for over 15 years. He teaches courses for the Illinois Training Board in the fields of Interview and Interrogations, Communication Skills, and Leadership methods for police supervisors. As the original Defensive Tactics Coordinator for the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy in DuPage County, Illinois, Jim specializes in officer safety issues with a concentration on human communication and specifically body language. He has been an expert witness in Federal Court and has published several articles. His private sector clients include casinos, hospitals, restaurants, and dozens of other businesses.

Chief Timothy M. Goergen

Timothy M. Goergen is a police officer serving as the Chief of Police for the Village of Bloomingdale, Illinois. A police officer since 1980, Tim has held a myriad of different roles within his department, to include Patrol Officer, Training Officer, Detective, Sergeant, Watch Commander, and Patrol Division Commander.

While working with the Bloomingdale Police Department, Tim has had the opportunity to develop and instruct many in-house training programs. Tim has held the positions of Assistant Range Master, Defensive Tactics Program Coordinator and Team Leader of the department's Tactical Response Team.

Educationally, Tim was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Illinois University in 1981, with a double major in Law Enforcement and Sociology. In 1994 he completed a Master of Arts degree from Western Illinois University in the area of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration. Tim has also completed postgraduate work in the field of Challenge Education. He is a graduate of the F.B.I. National Academy (172nd session) and the Northwestern University Traffic Institute Executive Management Program.

Tim is also the founder of Hill'N'Ash, Inc., a management consulting firm. During his tenure at Hill’N’Ash, he served as a consultant to many public and private organizations across the country. He is a coauthor of the course Leadership Development for Front Line Supervisors developed for the Police Training Institute at the University of Illinois, and helped develop and deliver the North East Multi-Regional Instructor Development Course and High Impact Roll Call Training Course. Tim has presented workshops on Team Building and Leadership Development to many organizations, to include the American Public Works Association, American Water Works Association, Illinois Library Association and the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers.

Tim has also served two tours of duty in Iraq as a private contractor. Tim was asked to join the First Team that traveled to Iraq in the summer of 2003 to help reconstruct the Baghdad Police Academy where he acted as the Assistant Director of the Baghdad Police Academy. On his second tour in the spring of 2004, Tim was assigned as the Bureau Chief of Professional Development Programs for advanced police training programs for the country of Iraq.