Eugene A. Rugala, Senior Advisor, Threat Assessment and Management, Center for Personal Protection and Safety

Eugene Rugala, formerly of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG), was assigned to the for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC), FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia. Mr. Rugala was a Supervisory Special Agent assigned to the NCAVC from February of 1995 until his retirement in September of 2005. Prior to retiring from the FBI, Mr. Rugala was Acting Unit Chief of Behavioral Analysis Unit – 1, Threat Assessment and Counter Terrorism.

Mr. Rugala, one of the FBI’s “Profilers,” in the unit made famous by the book and movie “The Silence of the Lambs,” specializes in the detailed analysis of violent crimes, including murder, sexual assault, child sexual abuse, child abduction, extortion, kidnapping, domestic violence, stalking, arson, bombings, school violence, and workplace violence. These analyses are provided to requesting law enforcement agencies in the form of offender profiles, crime scene analysis, investigative and interview strategies, media and crisis communication strategies, and threat assessments.

Mr. Rugala has participated in ongoing research regarding stalking behavior, serial rape, domestic, workplace, and school violence. Mr. Rugala has contributed to a number of publications dealing with workplace violence, school violence and stalking behaviors. Mr. Rugala has testified before the Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives regarding workplace violence as a problem in America's workplaces; has testified before the judiciary committees of the Maryland State House and Senate regarding stalking behaviors on behalf of the Maryland Family Violence Council sponsoring revised stalking legislation; provided expert testimony in several trials dealing with assessing dangerousness in stalking and intimate partner violence; has been a guest lecturer at numerous police schools throughout the United States, including the FBI National Academy, as well as police schools in England, France, Germany, Australia, Japan and the former Soviet Union.

Mr. Rugala has consulted with the Protection Detail of the British Royal Family regarding Public Figure and Celebrity Stalkers. Mr. Rugala has also consulted with members of New Scotland Yard regarding mass murder, specifically as it applies to workplace and school violence. Mr. Rugala has been interviewed by various media organizations regarding domestic violence, stalking, workplace violence, sexual assault, as well as other violent crime issues handled by the NCAVC.

Mr. Rugala holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Penn State University and has attended graduate school at the University of New Mexico. He is past President of the Washington, DC chapter of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, a member of the American Society of Industrial Security, and on the advisory board of the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence.