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Adjunct Professor Phil Pulaski has 43 years of law enforcement experience including 34 years of service with the NYPD where, as a senior executive, he managed patrol, investigative, counterterrorism and community affairs activities. After retiring from NYPD, he was the Chief of Police in two police departments. Professor Pulaski has been a licensed NYS attorney for 44 years and, prior to joining the NYPD, he worked for 4 years as a civil engineer for the US Environmental Protection Agency. Currently, he is a consultant for the Institute for Intergovernmental Research.

As NYPD’s Chief of Detectives, Professor Pulaski managed 3,600 personnel who investigated more than 256,000 felony and misdemeanor crimes including 335 homicides, and he also was responsible for all forensic and digital evidence analyses as well as NYPD’s Real Time Crime Center. Previously, he was the Deputy Police Commissioner of Operations where he managed NYPD’s CompStat process and crime reduction programs. Professor Pulaski also served as commanding officer of the Counter Terrorism Bureau, FBI/NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force, Intelligence Division, Manhattan Detective Division, Bronx Detective Division, Special Investigations Division and Forensic Investigations Division. Additionally, he served as a managing attorney in the Legal Bureau, a captain in Internal Affairs Bureau and commander of the Arson/Explosion Squad.

Professor Pulaski has extensive experience conducting counterterrorism, counterintelligence, intelligence and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) national security investigations including the 9-11 World Trade Center attack, October 2001 anthrax attacks, May 2010 Times Square attempted bombing and July 1997 attempted subway bombing. He also was responsible for the NYPD officers assigned to 11 cities in 9 foreign countries. Additionally, Professor Pulaski successfully managed numerous mass casualty incidents involving bombings, hostage situations, aircraft/train/ferry boat crashes, hazardous materials, explosions and building collapses.

Professor Pulaski practiced law for NYPD for 30 years, wrote numerous NYPD legal publications and taught law courses including NYS Bar Continuing Legal Education. He collaborated closely with the senior executive ADAs from the 5 NYC District Attorney’s Offices and Special Narcotics Prosecutor as well as senior attorneys from the NYC Law Department. In partnership with the Innocence Project and NYC Medical Examiner, Professor Pulaski was responsible for a $1.25 million National Institute of Justice grant that involved cataloging decades old NYPD DNA evidence. To address potential wrongful conviction issues, as Chief of Detectives, he led the NYPD team that implemented innovative new programs involving eyewitness identification, audio/video recording of custodial interrogations and physical evidence analysis.

• BE (Chemical Engineering), Manhattan College
• ME (Environmental Engineering), Manhattan College
• JD, St. John’s University Law School
• LLM, Touro Law School

• Advanced Issues in Criminal Law: The Law of Policing LAW 606E

• NYS Bar Association 2012 Outstanding Police Contribution in the Criminal Justice System

• (Six Things a Police Chief Must Get Right In a Mass Shooting Investigation)

• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure
• Criminal investigations including murdered police officers, serial killers, civilian deaths resulting from police action, multi-victim homicides, rape, kidnappings, bombings, mass casualty incidents, narcotics trafficking, hate crimes, financial crimes and criminals committing serial robberies, burglaries, arsons and sex offenses
• National security investigations including counterterrorism, intelligence, counterintelligence and weapons of mass destruction (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear)
• Crime scene processing
• Forensic evidence analysis including DNA, fingerprints, firearms, National Integrated Ballistic Identification (NIBIN) system, ballistic toolmarks, drugs, toxicology (human performance, post-mortem), trace evidence, bloodstain patterns, questioned documents, gunshot residue, footwear and tire treads
• Digital evidence analysis
• Internal affairs investigations
• CompStat and crime reduction programs
• Laboratory accreditation ISO 17025 and ISO 17020
• Infrastructure protection and physical security
• Executive/personal protection
• National Incident Management System