Bio - Marc Maton

Chief Marc Maton began his law enforcement career as an Illinois State Police Trooper in 1986. From 1988 through 2003, his primary assignments were in drug units and multi-jurisdictional task forces. In 2001, he served as the Chairman of the Illinois MEG and Task Force Director’s Association. In 2003, he was given command of Zone 3 in Joliet. In 2009, he was appointed as the Chief of Field Operations for the Illinois State Police. In 2012, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Illinois State Police, where he served until his retirement in December 2014.

In January 2015, Marc was appointed as the Chief of Police for the Lemont Police Department. He received Police Chief certification in 2016. He is currently Past President of the IRMA Police Chief’s Steering Committee and is an Executive Board member of both the Illinois Drug Enforcement Officers Association and the Illinois Homicide Investigators Association. He also serves on the Board for the Illinois Security Professional’s Association. He has been a member of American Mensa since 1995.

Marc joined the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police in 1998. He is currently the President of the Association. He has been a Committee Chairman and Executive Board Member since 2001. He also currently serves as the Chairman of the Legislative Committee.

Marc was the Illinois Crime Commission Police Chief of the Year in 2017. In 2019, he received the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police Presidents Award. In 2020, he was honored as the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police Chief of the Year.

Marc is a graduate of the Northwestern University Executive Management Program and the Naval Postgraduate School Executive Leaders Program. He has a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and a Master’s in Law Enforcement Administration from Western Illinois University. He is married with three sons and resides in Plainfield, Illinois.