GARY S. AUMILLER, PH.D.
DIPLOMATE IN POLICE AND CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY
(631) 724-5522 FAX (631)
724-5546 EMAIL:
SINEATER@MSN.COM
EDUCATION:
GRADUATE:
Ph.D. 12/83 Clinical Psychology (APA Approved, graduated with
distinction)
M.A. June, 1981 School Psychology
UNDERGRADUATE:
A.B.
(Bachelors) May, 1978 Arts and Letters Pre-Professional Program
Psychology Major
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS:
Premio Psyche Prize Winner – Yearly International Award given by
Minister of Interior
in
Book called
Red Flags: How to Know When You Are Dating a Loser
published by Plume (Viking Penguin), September, 1999 (regional
bestseller)
Book called
Keeping It Simple:
Sorting Out What Really Matters in Your Life
published by Adams Publishing, August, 1995 (regional bestseller)
Book called
Walk Like a Chameleon: Use Your Animal
Instincts to Improve Your
Relationships and Life published by Plume (Viking Penguin),
August,
2001
Three National book tours
Books published in German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese. Portuguese
and Korean
President of Society of Police and Criminal Psychology 1999, 2004
President
Currently Executive Director for three years
Editor of the Journal of Police and
Criminal Psychology, 1999
One of fourty-three international Diplomates in Police Psychology
Author of over 60 articles in magazines or professional journals
Appeared on over 135 national and local TV, and radio shows
Regular Guest Commentator on Court TV
Lecturer at the
Motivational and keynote speaker for over 350 corporations, police
departments
conventions and federal agencies
National lecturer for American Health Institute on Trauma Survival
Consultant to FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit, Employee Assistance Program,
Stress Issues
in Law Enforcement Program, EEO Recruiting and Hostage Rescue Team
Chris Hatcher Vision Award for Police and Criminal Psychology – October,
2005
National Science Foundation Antarctica Program consultant and evaluator
INTERPOL Consultant, International Police Force in
and Policing organizations
Consultant to Numerous Police Departments and Federal Agencies on
Disasters such as
Motivational speaker to FBI Field Offices for All-Employee Conferences
Consultant to International Assoc. for Chiefs of Police and FBI on
Domestic Violence
Psychological Representative on Board for Suicide in Law Enforcement
Conference,
State of
Forensic consultant and evaluator in child custody and child abuse cases
Consultant and Testimony on numerous court cases regarding trauma, police
issues,
brutality, alcohol abuse, and violent criminal acts including high
profile cases
Certified School Psychologist – ran group therapy program in Harborfields
Co-organizer for Suicide Conference at
Co-organizer for Domestic Violence Conference at
Consultant to Surgeon Generals Office on Suicide in Law Enforcement
Consultant to United Nations on
National Hostage Negotiator Association Competition Judge
Awarded "Man of the Year" by
United States Postal Service debriefing team after shootings and other
incidents
Consultant to Italian National Police Physicians
Writer, panelist and consultant on the
Afterburn: Police as Victims of Violent
Crime
International Teleconference, 1997
Writer, panelist and consultant to
The Rusting Badge: The Need for
Police Chaplaincy
International Teleconference, 1998
Consultant Pennsylvania State/Marworth
Treatment Center for Substance Abuse in
Physicians and Police Officers
Psychologist Representative to Police Chaplain Association
Psychologist Representative for International Managers of
and College Training
Consultant to numerous electronic and written media including National
Public Radio,
New York Newsday, Good Day New York, New York Times, CNN, Fox News, CBS
News, ABC News, The
National Enquirer, etc. on news events such as, the OJ Simpson Trial,
Atlanta Olympic Bombing, World Trade Center Bombing, and TWA Flight 800 Crash
Consultant to Orion Pictures and Miramax Films on police movies
Screenplay
Disco!! The Final Dance
feature movie produced for video release -- 5/99
Won best supporting actor in national film festival for acting role in
Columbia Pictures
movie
Murdered Innocence
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Society of Police and Criminal Psychology – President, 1999, 2004
Current Executive Director
International Association for the Chiefs of Police
Executive Board and Officer, 1995-1999
National Black Police Association
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers
International Law Enforcement and
Board Member, American Representative
International Managers of
WORK EXPERIENCE:
May, 1989 to present
Director/Psychologist/Consultant. Law Enforcement Psychological
Services.
May, 1993 to December, 1995
Adjunct Staff. "On-Site Academy", Gardener,
August, 1985 to May, 1989
Executive Director. Center for Professional Counseling.
June, 1987 to December, 1989
Director of Psychology.
October, 1982 to June 1988
Supervising School Psychologist.
September, 1982 to June, 1983
Intern Psychologist. Sagamore Children's Center,
September, 1981 to June 1983
Intern Psychologist. Psychological Evaluation and
September, 1981 to June, 1982
School Psychology Intern. St. Christopher's
September, 1981 to June, 1982
School Psychology Intern.
Sept., 1980
to June 1981
Graduate Assistant. University Placement Services.
June, 1979
to August, 1981
Psychiatric Evaluation Specialist. Crisis counseling,
evaluation, and disposition of persons requesting help at hospital and community
mental health center. Consultation
to medial and chemical dependence unit of hospital.
Teaching of inservice staff training and facilitating adolescent group
therapy program.
Alcohol/Drug Counselor. Attend to counseling and
group therapy needs of patients on chemical dependence units of hospital.
Psychiatric Technician.
Attend to physical and therapeutic
needs of patients on an inpatient psychiatric hospital ward.
September, 1977 to December, 1977
Administrative and Teaching Assistant.
May, 1977 to September, 1977
Youth Outreach Counselor.
Montgomery County
Recreation Department,
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION:
Diplomate in Police and Criminal Psychology
Society of Police and Criminal Psychology
License in Psychology
Permanent Certificate in School Psychology
Certified Alcoholism/Drug Counselor
Certificate in Rational Emotive Therapy
Institute for Rational Emotive Therapy
RESEARCH
&
State of
Teach the Science
Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, September, 2007
International Association for the Chief of Police, October 2007
Issues in Forensic Psychology: What Every Lawyer Should Know,
Law, November, 2006.
Undercover Policing in and International Context –
Daubert-Frye Challenges in Court/Matrimonial Commission and Forensics,
Family Court
Commission --
Answering Daubert-Frye Challenges, 2005, pending presentation Society for
Police and
Criminal Psychology, October 2005.
Daubert-Frye Challenges in Court, Family Court Commission –
Red Flags!! How to Know You are Dating a Loser.
NYPD Women in Policing
Conference. 6/2005
Getting Away with Murder:
What People are Dying for You to Know.
Congresso
Internationale,
Stress in Law Enforcement:
The Need for Simplicity. Congresso
Internationale,
Domestic Violence and the Forensic Evaluation.
Custody Evaluations in Court.
Law Enforcement Stress.
Various sites across
Passion: The Emotion between
Heaven and Hell:
Police and Criminal Psychology.
Walk Like a Chameleon. Animal
patterns that affect your life.
Various Locations across
the country.
Recovering from the Ashes.
Ceremony for survivors of 911,
Cop2Cop. Ceremony for 9/11, 9/11/02
Presentations to over 400 police departments, court systems, hospitals and corporations
regarding simplifying lifestyles, trauma recovery
1993- Present, frequent keynote
speaker
Presentations of Leadership and Followership Program to over 35 companies
or
conventions as a keynote speaker
Violence Program for School Superintendent Conference days taught or
scheduled in
various NY School Districts
Keynote Speaker or Emcee at over 135 conventions, or awards dinners
"Trauma Survival: Overcoming the Emotional Scarring"
42 presentations for American Health Institute,
FBI Symposiums -- Present
Domestic Violence and the Police Abuser.
International Association for Chiefs of Police.
Suicide in Police Officers.
International Association for Chief of Police.
“A Formula for Prediction and Treatment of Police Suicide” –
FBI Conference on Police Suicide – September, 1999
Society of Police and Criminal Psychology – October, 1999
“Two Steps Forward, Three Back: The
Society of Police and Criminal Psychology – October, 1998
International Association of Chiefs of Police – October 1998
“A Survival paradigm for the Treatment of Police Officer Domestic
Abusers”
FBI Symposium on Domestic Violence in Law Enforcement, Sept, 1998
"Incidence and Treatment of Domestic Violence in the Police Family"
International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference,
"What We Can Learn from the Great Motivators, Artists, Poets, Authors,
and
Entertainers about Being Better Leaders and Psychologists"
Consortium of Police Psychological Services Conference, 1997
Society of Police and Criminal Psychology
"Zen and the Art of the Police Organization:
Bringing Spirituality into Policing."
FBI Symposium on the Police Organization
"When to Retire: A Test for
that Final Police Decision" --
Society of Police and Criminal Psychology Convention
"Using the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Model for Therapy with the
Divorcing
Officer"
Society of Police and Criminal Psychology Convention
International Association of the Chiefs of Police
"Simplifying Life as a College Student"
Various Colleges, 1993- present
"Simple Therapy: An approach to therapy with police officers"
Society of Police and Criminal Psychology,
International Association for Chiefs of Police
Various (47) FBI field offices across the country
"Let’s Make It Simple" FBI
Symposium for Police Families
"How to look for a good therapist to work with police officers"
Metropolitan Police Conference,
"Ten reason why cops are different psychologically"
Metropolitan NY Police Departments,
"Recognizing the alcohol problem in police officers"
Various police departments and unions, 1990
"The outdoors and mental health"
Various sites for Boy Scouts of America, 1988 - 1989
"Ten Myths of Adolescents"
Various school districts in
"Combining Behavioral Modification Training and Emotional Control
Training for
Parents" -- doctoral dissertation,
"Classical Conditioning of Hypnotic Susceptibility" -- Masters project,
Hofstra
University
"A Functional Analysis Model of the Mental Status Examination" --
Master's Project
"Assessment of Organizational Style as a Personality factor in Job
Selection."
Walk Like a
Chameleon: Use your Animal Instincts
to Control Your Relationships and Your Life.
Book published by Plume Books (Penguin Putnam) August, 2001,
Red Flags!!
How to Know When You’re Dating a Loser. Book published by Plume
Books (Penguin Putnam) September, 1999,
Keeping it Simple:
Sorting Out What Really Matters In Your Life.
The Hometown Psychologist Articles – These were a series of 70 weekly syndicated articles sold to small newspapers, all around 750 words dealing with advice on topics of living in a light humorous manner. The series ran from August, 1993 to June 1994 and appeared in over 40 different newspapers in 22 states, and numerous newsletters in reprint.
Additionally, I have written paid free lance articles for Cosmopolitan, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsday
Two book publications are pending: The Sineater (a forensic psychologist novel for a Penguin Putnam
imprint) and The Psychology of Undercover Policing (for Springer)
The Police Psychologist Articles – a continuing series of over 40 articles written for police newsletters and newspapers that are distributed in individual police department and unions across the country. Series is quarterly since 1991 and given free to a membership list.
Aumiller, G. & David Corey (2001). Police Psychology Core Domains & Proficiencies: Definitons.
The Journal for Police and Criminal Psychology.
Springer Publishing,
Aumiller, G. (2001). The Suicide Fomula:
A Strategy for Assessment and Treatment of the Suicidal Patient.
In D. Sheehan (Ed.), Domestic Violence by Police Officers.
Aumiller, G. (1999). Treating Officers and Family Members
Involved in Domestic Violence Situations:
A Survival Paradigm. In
D. Sheehan (Ed.), Domestic Violence by Police Officers.
Aumiller, G. (August
16, 1998) When the Test Is All
Wrong. Newsday Newspapers.
Aumiller, G. (October 1998). IACP Guidelines for Officer-Involved Shootings. The Police Chief.
International
Association of Chiefs of Police,
Aumiller, G. (Summer, 1996) Ten Reasons Cops Are Different. The Heavy Badge, Heavy Badge Publications, NY.
Aumiller, G. (Summer, 1996) Rituals. The Heavy Badge, Heavy Badge Publications, NY.
Aumiller, G. (Summer, 1996) I Hate the Red Dress. The Heavy Badge, Heavy Badge Publications, NY.
Currently writing a quarterly column on Issues in Forensic Psychology with circulation to
Lawyers and judges.