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ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Major Douglas Burig
Major Douglas Burig has been a member of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) for 25 years where he
currently serves as the Director of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation. His responsibilities include
statewide oversight of the investigative programs and specialized investigative resources for his agency
including: intelligence & counterterrorism; drug law enforcement; organized crime; domestic security
operations; computer crime; marine operations; criminal investigation assessment; among others. Prior to
his current position, Major Burig served in numerous disciplines within the PSP including: Director of the
Intelligence Division; patrol; criminal investigations; criminal investigation assessment; and analytical
intelligence as the commander of the state’s primary designated fusion center – the Pennsylvania Criminal
Intelligence Center (PaCIC). He also served on the state’s Type III Incident Management Team for seven
years.
In October 2006, Major Burig was one of the first responders to the West Nickel Mines Amish School Shooting and was the on-scene
incident commander when 10 young girls were shot. In September 2014, after Pennsylvania State Police Corporal Bryon Dickson and
Trooper Alex Douglass were shot at the PSP Blooming Grove Barracks, Major Burig was assigned to the role of Deputy Incident
Commander to manage 1,000 law enforcement personnel for the final 45 days of the investigation & manhunt.
Major Burig earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Salisbury University and a Master’s Degree in the Administration of
Justice & Homeland Security from Wilmington University. He is also a graduate of the 255th session of the FBI National Academy in
Quantico, Virginia. Major Burig also completed the year-long FBI International Leadership in Counterterrorism (LinCT) program.
Major Burig is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Vice President of the Association of State Criminal
Investigative Agencies (ASCIA), the Pennsylvania Coroner’s Education Board, and the MAGLOCLEN Policy Board. He also serves on
the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force Executive Board for the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia Field Divisions.
Douglas Burig is the Executive Director of the Middle Atlantic-Great Lakes Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network (MAGLOCLEN),
one of the six Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Centers. RISS is a congressionally funded program and receives its
funding through grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
RISS provides secure information and intelligence sharing, investigative support services, and officer safety deconfliction to thousands
of law enforcement and criminal justice agencies across the country.
As the MAGLOCLEN Executive Director, Mr. Burig is responsible for the overall operations and management of the center, strategic
development, regional partnerships, staff development, policy board relationships and coordination, and a host of other
center-specific, regional, and nationwide responsibilities.
Prior to Mr. Burig’s appointment as Executive Director, he was a member of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) for 25 years, where
he served as Director of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation. He was responsible for statewide oversight of the investigative
programs and specialized investigative resources for his agency, including intelligence and counterterrorism, drug enforcement,
organized crime, domestic security operations, computer crime, marine operations, and criminal investigation assessment. Prior to
this position, Mr. Burig served in numerous disciplines within the PSP, including patrol; criminal investigations; criminal investigation
assessment; the AMBER Alert Program; analytical intelligence as the commander of the state’s primary designated fusion center, the
Pennsylvania Criminal Intelligence Center; and as Director of the Intelligence Division. In addition, he served on the state’s Type III
All Hazards Incident Management Team for seven years.
Mr. Burig is a member of the RISS Directors Association, Inc. (RDA) and the RISS National Policy Group (RNPG). The RNPG is the
governing body for the RISS Program and consists of the six RISS Directors and the chair of each center’s policy board. Mr. Burig
serves as the Chair of the RISS Outreach Committee (ROC). The ROC consists of staff from the six RISS Centers, the RISS
Technology Support Center, and other appropriate participants. The ROC is responsible for executing the tenets outlined in the RISS
Outreach and Education Plan.
Mr. Burig earned a master of science degree in the administration of justice and homeland security from Wilmington University and a
bachelor of arts degree in political science from Salisbury University. He is also a graduate of the 255th Session of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation (FBI) National Academy. In 2018, Mr. Burig completed the one-year FBI International Leadership in Counterterrorism
Program.
Mr. Burig is a member of the DOJ Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
and the IACP Police Investigative Operations Committee. He formerly served on the Pennsylvania Coroner’s Education Board, the Anti
-Defamation League’s Law Enforcement Advisory Committee and as the Vice President of the Association of State Criminal
Investigative Agencies (ASCIA). Since 2017, Mr. Burig has been a regular presenter at the FBI National Academy.
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