From Ingleside to Effingham, Chicago to Collinsville...
I promise to be a senator for all of Illinois
About Mark C. Curran Jr.
Serving the people of Illinois
- Lake County Sheriff — 2006 to 2018
- Under budget 12 consecutive years
- Implemented Community Safety Team
- Formed the Lake County Sheriff’s Gang Task Force
- Law Enforcement Immigration Task Force
- First sheriff nationwide to spend a week in his own jail (2008)
- Attorney General’s Gang Crime Bureau Chief
- Prosecuted street gangs
- Held seminars on combating gang violence
- Served as editor of the statewide law enforcement-focused newsletter
- Senior Prosecutor, Lake County State’s Attorney
- Special Assistant, United States Attorney
Past and Present Community Involvement
- Bibles, Badges, and Business
- St. Joseph’s Knights of Columbus
- Lake County Chiefs of Police
- Illinois Sheriff’s Association
- National Sheriff’s Association
- Major County Sheriff’s Association
- Archdiocese of Chicago Committee on Immigration
- Libertyville baseball, basketball, and soccer coach
Education and Training
- A., Spring Hill College (Mobile, AL)
- D., IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Career Prosecutor Academy (Houston, TX)
- Suburban Law Enforcement Police Academy (DuPage County, IL)
- Senior Management Institute for Police
- National Sheriff’s Association First Time Sheriff’s Conference
- Senior Management Institute for Police (Boston University)
- Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command
- FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar (Quantico, VA)
Happily married to his wife Irene and proud father of three boys. Roman Catholic. Pro-Liberty. Pro-Life.