Syracuse PD - Retired, Onondaga County District Attorney's Office
Tim Galanaugh was hired by the City of Syracuse Police Department, Syracuse, NY (2001). After completion of their police academy and field training program, he began his police career as a patrol officer. During his tenure within the department he had the opportunity to work many assignments to include: patrol officer within a proactive Crime Reduction Team, detective within the Criminal Intelligence Section (specializing in criminal street gangs), and most notably with a cross-designation as a deputized U.S. Marshal within the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force while assigned as a detective within the Syracuse Gang Violence Task Force (2011-2017). It was then that Tim's career path became more focused on investigating criminal street gangs. He sought out several associations that focused on providing a wide range of gang training. He served as a Regional Director for NYGIA from 2011-2013, presenting at numerous conferences to Law Enforcement Professionals throughout New York State and the East Coast relating to the topics of Graffiti Deciphering, History of Gangs in the United States, and Prosecution Methods for Gang Investigations. In addition, he has provided testimony at the Federal and State levels relative to his experience and knowledge with investigating criminal street gangs. He retired from the Syracuse PD in January of 2018. Immediately following his retirement, he was hired as an investigator with the Onondaga County District Attorney's Office, where he is assigned to assist the prosecution of homicide investigations and the investigation of Officer-Involved Shootings/In-custody deaths.