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Wayne W. Schmidt
AELE Law Enforcement Legal Center
841 W. Touhy Ave.
Park Ridge, IL 60068-3351
(847) 685-0700
E-mail: aele@aol.com

• Mr. Schmidt does not accept private clients. AELE is not a law firm and this web page is not intended to be advertising.


Professional Activities:

• Chief executive/staff officer of the AELE Law Enforcement Legal Center, a non-profit organization that provides legal research assistance to law enforcement and correctional administrators. It publishes monthly periodicals and offers law seminars in Las Vegas and San Francisco. (Associate Director 1973-78, Executive Director 1978-to present)

 

• Editor of the Discipline & Employment Law section of the AELE Monthly Law Journal (since 2007).


• Editor of the Fire and Police Personnel Reporter, a monthly legal newsletter that digests employment law court decisions affecting public safety workers (since 1975). More than 8,000 discipline and employment law case digests are online.

 

• Chair of the Internal Affairs Subcommittee and Vice-Chair of the Legislative Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (since 1988). Principal author of a model internal investigations procedure, “Peace Officers Bill of Rights Guarantees: Responding to Union Demands with a Management Sanctioned Version.”


• Senior Legal Advisor to the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, headquartered in Springfield (since 1974).

 

• Associate Editor, Law Enforcement Executive Forum, a scholarly journal published bimonthly by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board.

 

• Textbook coauthor (with Judge Julian Hanley) of Legal Aspects of Criminal Evidence (1977, 1979); republished as Introduction to Criminal Evidence (1982) and as Introduction to Criminal Evidence and Court Procedure (1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2006). Author, Fire Personnel Research Manual, a fire science curricula supplementary text (1978).

 

• Between 1968-1977, persistently promoted the creation of police legal units. Was the guiding architect for a federal program [LEAA] that funded up to 50 new police legal units a year. Also authored the IACP’s Guidelines for Police Legal Units (1972) and documents with similar content, published by the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, the Council of State Governments, the International City Management Association (Local Government Police Management textbook) the National Judicial College (Trial Judge’s Journal) and Northwestern University School of Law (Police Legal Advisor Training Program).

 

• Biographee, Marquis Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law.

 

• Member of the Bars of the States of Illinois (1968), New Mexico (1966, currently inactive), New York (1982) and the District of Columbia (1970). Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the U.S., U.S. Courts of Appeal in 10 Circuits, U.S. District Courts in D.C. and 3 states, and the U.S. Tax Court.

 

• Has taught at, and has regularly attended annual meetings and seminars of the International Assn. of Chiefs of Police (since 1968) and the American Bar Association (since 1968); has presented at seminars and/or annual meetings of the National District Attorneys’ Assn., the National Sheriff’s Assn. and state associations of prosecutors, chiefs of police and/or sheriffs in 26 states.

 

Educational Achievements:

• Washington University in St. Louis 1959-60 [liberal arts].


• London Metropolitan University, [formerly City of London College of Law] 1963 (Diploma First Class in English and Comparative Law) as a resident scholar of Goodenough College.


• University of New Mexico, 1960-64 (Bachelor of Arts in economics and government and Graduate School studies in economics and labor relations).


• Oklahoma City University, 1964-66 (Juris Doctor).


• Northwestern University Graduate School of Law, Chicago Campus.


    • Ford Foundation Graduate Fellow, Police Legal Advisor Program, 1967-68.
    • Master of Laws, 1974 (LL.M. thesis was on police administrative rulemaking).

Earlier Employment (1961-1973):

• Deputy Sheriff/writ officer, part-time 1961-64 (ages 19-23) Albuquerque, NM.
• Bernalillo County Constable (elected official, 1962-64), Albuquerque, NM.
• Adjuster and Chief Investigator, Investigation and Adjustment Co., Oklahoma City, OK (1965-66).
• Acting Constable (part-time), Nichols Hills District, Oklahoma County, OK (1965-66).
• U. S. Army Infantry (active duty 1966-67).
• Intern Legal Advisor (half-time), Chicago Police Dept. (Intelligence Div., 1967-68).
• Legal Consultant to the Chief of Police (part-time), Gary, IN (1968-70).
• Director, Police Legal Advisor Training Program at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (1968-70).
• Director, Police Legal Center, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Metro Washington, DC (1970-73).

 

Family: Daughter Nancy lives in Scottsdale; son Andrew and his wife Jen live in Phoenix; sister Nancy and her partner Joe live in Petaluma.

 

 

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