Division of Justice Services - Leadership

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  • Suzanne L.Y. Bond
  • Deputy Director

Assistant Deputy Director Suzanne Bond began her career with the Illinois State Police (ISP) in 1995 where she served as the Legal Advisor to the Division of Forensic Services. Later, she was assigned to ISP’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, where she was also a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois. Immediately prior to being named ISP’s General Counsel in 2011, Suzanne served as the Chief of the agency’s Office of Equal Opportunity Employment, where she managed internal investigations of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation complaints. In 2015, after serving as ISP’s General Counsel and supervising the ISP’s Legal Office for four years, Suzanne was named Special Counsel to the Director of ISP, where she specialized in those areas of the law related to privacy, ethics, employment, personnel, and policy.

Since 2015, Bond has taken on several projects at the Illinois State Police Academy and Division of Statewide 9-1-1, as well as standing up new offices, boards, and programs for ISP prior to her appointment as Assistant Deputy Director in August 2024. Suzanne is a graduate of the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana and Washington University School of Law in Saint Louis.

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  • Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Davis
  • Assistant Deputy Director

Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Davis was appointed as the Assistant Deputy Director for the Division of Justice Services, Public Safety Services Command in April 2025. Lieutenant Colonel Davis graduated from the University of Illinois Springfield in 2003, with a major in Psychology and minor in Criminal Justice. He has been with the Illinois State Police since January 2006, starting his career in District 6, before transferring to District 9. Lieutenant Colonel Davis served as the Field Support Section Manager for the Division of Operations prior to becoming the Statewide Strategic Planning Officer. He moved to the Office of Labor Relations and Special Projects serving as a Sworn Labor Relations Liaison and eventually interim Bureau Chief. After leaving the Office of Labor Relations and Special Projects, he served as a Lieutenant in Crime Scene Services before being promoted to Captain in the Division of Patrol as the Support Services Commander. In December 2023, he was appointed to Major in the Office of the Director and oversaw the Office of Strategic Planning, Office of Protective Security, Office of Metrics, Accreditation and Policy, and the Executive Protection Unit.