Assistant Chief Brian A. Kilcullen joined the Department as a Patrol Officer in February 1994. He was promoted to Sergeant in December 1998, to Lieutenant in April 2001, and most recently to Assistant Chief in October 2008.

Assistant Chief Kilcullen currently oversees the Investigative Services Bureau, which includes the Detective Division, Youth Aid Bureau, Special Investigations Unit, Office of Field Intelligence, and the Crime Scene Investigation Unit. He previously held assignments in the Department’s Field Services and Administrative Services Bureaus in numerous capacities. He has also served as the Department’s Public Information Officer. He has received numerous departmental awards during his career, and served with the Utah Olympic Public Safety Command during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, UT.

Assistant Chief Kilcullen is a Schenectady native and attended Schenectady City Schools, graduating from the former Mont Pleasant High School. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Siena College and a Master of Public Administration degree from Marist College. He has been certified by New York State Department of Criminal Justice Services as a Firearms and General Topics Instructor and as a Certified Ethics Instructor by the National Institute of Ethics.