Prof Marc Buslik - PhD.
Marc S. Buslik is a retired, highly decorated, 39-year veteran – police officer, sergeant, lieutenant, captain - of the Chicago Police Department (CPD), most recently the Commander of the 19th (“Town Hall”) District on Chicago’s north side.
He is on the faculty of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) - Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice. He recently returned to the CPD to assist with the development of training curricula in compliance with state law and requirements, and a federal court consent decree.
He is a 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 unhoused in the Uptown and nearby communities.
He is a member of The Hinda Institute advisory board, where he provides the essential law enforcement viewpoint on the legal system, and where he recently presented a multi-session perspective on transformation in the criminal justice system.
Professor Buslik is a long-time consultant with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and has traveled to former Soviet-bloc countries to assist them with establishing broad government and police accountability mechanisms, most recently Ukraine. He has authored several articles and book chapters on policing, crime and disorder control, and the sociology of neighborhoods.
He is a nationally recognized expert on the use of police body worn cameras. He has presented on his evidence-based model “Collaborative Police Legitimacy” across the US. He is the recipient of the American Society of Criminology’s 2023 “Innovation in Policing” award and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences' 2024 "Leadership and Innovation" award.
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 received a B.A. in Criminal Justice, with a minor in Computer Science; he 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. His research focus is in police accountability and disciplinary systems. He is a graduate of the Northwestern University “School of Police Staff and Command”.