Dan and Lauren Kickert

Dan Kickert has been a police officer in the south suburbs of Chicago for 20 years. He currently serves the City of Chicago Heights Police Department as a patrol officer. He has served with two other agencies in the past and was assigned to the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force as a homicide detective. He has also served as a field training officer, department armorer, range master, tactics instructor, juvenile officer and many other roles.

Lauren Kickert has been a police officer for nine years. She currently serves with the Grant Park, Illinois, Police Department and has served with two other agencies in the past. She finished her master’s degree in criminal social justice at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. She has served as a crisis intervention team officer, an accident reconstructionist, a juvenile specialist and in firearms training, in addition to volunteering her time to coordinate events such as the National Night Out Against Crime and Cop on Top fundraisers for the Special Olympics of Illinois.