Jim Burch

Adjunct Faculty

police administration and organizations, policing strategies and tactics, accountability, management and supervision, policy, training, and technology.

Jim Burch is President of the National Policing Institute (NPI), a transformative and mission-centered organization encouraging excellence in policing through innovation and science. In this role, Mr. Burch leads and oversees all aspects of NPI’s programs and research within and outside of the U.S.

Mr. Burch has more than decades of experience within the US Department of Justice (DOJ) serving in senior leadership positions. As the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Operations and Management of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), he held the distinguished position of overseeing the management and operations, including grants management, of the agency's six bureaus and offices and OJP financial operations, technology, communications, human resources, audit, and EEO functions. As Acting Assistant Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Mr. Burch led multifaceted engagement strategies spanning congressional, inter-governmental, and public affairs both nationally and in Washington.

He also served as Acting Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) from 2009 to 2011, where he directed over $500 million in annual funding and investments to bolster state and local law enforcement and criminal justice agencies across the US. Prior to serving in this role, Mr. Burch served as the Principal Deputy Director and in various staff positions within BJA, overseeing its Policy Office and related initiatives.

Mr. Burch is a Senior Fellow at George Mason University's Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, where he earned induction into the Evidence-Based Policing Hall of Fame. He is an adjunct faculty member at George Mason University and has published on the topic of evidence-based policing and criminal justice improvement. Mr. Burch also serves on the boards of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, National Public Safety GIS Foundation, and a youth-focused civics education organization called Street Law, Inc.

Courses Taught

CRIM 512 - Implementing Crime & Justice Policy

CRIM 495 - Criminal Justice Reforms

Education

Mr. Burch earned a bachelor's degree in criminology from the University of Maryland at College Park and a Master of Administration degree from Central Michigan University.