Prof Marc Buslik
Professor Buslik has taught for over 25 years at UIC, Oakton College, and the Illinois Institute of Technology. His courses have included Policing, Criminal Investigation, and Information Technology policy and implementation.
Professor Buslik returned to school, as a police officer, for a Master of Public Administration degree, and for a Ph. D. from the Criminology, Law, and Justice program at UIC. He is a graduate of the Northwestern University “School of Police Staff and Command”.
Marc S. Buslik is a retired 39-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department (CPD), most recently the District Commander of the 19th (“Town Hall”) District on the City’s north side. Just prior to this assignment he was the Department’s liaison to the US Department of Justice (US DOJ) during their civil rights investigation of the CPD. He was a Department Terrorism Liaison Officer, a member of the FBI’s Terrorism Liaison Officers Committee, and was on the Chicago Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Professor Buslik was the Senior Policing Consultant to the New York University Law School “Policing Project” as they supported the CPD’s “Neighborhood Policing Initiative,” a community-engagement and problem-solving effort. He is a pro bono member of the Chicago Council on Mental Health Equity, providing input to City of Chicago mental health response policies and practices based on his work with people who were in mental health crisis, with substance use disorders, and/or experiencing homelessness in the Uptown community.