Police Chief Sam Bonilla has served in law enforcement for 29 years, including as the Deputy Chief of Police at the Bloomingdale Police Department prior to his coming to the City of Warrenville in 2022. He is a licensed attorney and the Program Coordinator for the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy (SLEA), which the training academy uses to train and certify newly hired police officers. Chief Bonilla’s legal specialties are Constitutional Law, Municipal Defense, Police Use of Force and Police Liability; and he is licensed before the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois. Chief Bonilla is a member of the International Chiefs of Police Association, the DuPage County Chiefs of Police Association, and a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.