James Gallagher
By: Mary Beth Almond | Birmingham-Bloomfield Eagle | Published January 8, 2025
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Bloomfield Township Police Chief James Gallagher recently graduated as a member of the 292nd session of the FBI National Academy.
Gallagher joined the Bloomfield Township Police Department in 2000 and served as a field training officer, a dispatch trained officer, and a member of the Oakland County Narcotics Team before succeeding the outgoing chief, Philip Langmeyer, on July 1, 2020.
The 292nd session of the National Academy consisted of men and women from 48 states, the District of Columbia and Guam. The class, which graduated Dec. 12, included members of law enforcement agencies from 27 countries, eight military organizations, and five federal civilian organizations.
Nationally, fewer than one percent of officers have the opportunity to attend the program, which offers 11 weeks of advanced communication, leadership, and fitness training, according to officials.
“It was one of the best of trainings of my career, from the level of the training we got, to the quality of the instructors to the partnerships we created along the way. It was incredible,” Gallagher said in a statement.
A total of 55,797 graduates have completed the FBI National Academy since it began in 1935.
The National Academy is held at the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, the same facility where the FBI trains its new special agents and intelligence analysts.