Join Michael Butsch, Northeast Regional Director of Secure Community Network, for a comprehensive training program to counter an active threat event. Learn what to do and how to respond in an active threat situation. 

Tuesday, June 17th @ 6:30 pm

TCS, 30 Hillspoint Road, Westport

Questions? [email protected]

Michael S. Butsch is a Connecticut native and graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in 1992. He served as an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1992-1997. Mike attended the FBI Academy and reported to the FBI’s New York City Office in September 1997. While in New York, Mike was assigned to the New York City Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF). He specialized in Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda affiliated groups. Mike played a lead role in several of New York’s most significant terrorism investigations between 1998 and 2012, including: the investigation of a plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport in 1999; the investigation of a key co-conspirator in the 9/11 attacks; the investigation into Al Qaeda’s plot to attack major financial institutions in New York City, Washington D.C., and elsewhere post-9/11; and the investigations of two high-profile Al Qaeda recruiters who were ultimately convicted in the U.S. and who are serving life sentences.

 After his transfer to New Haven in 2012,  Mike supervised the FBI New Haven Squad responsible for all Public Corruption, Civil Rights/Hate Crimes, and Human Trafficking investigations in Connecticut. From 2020-2022, Mike served as the FBI’s Assistant Legal Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. In this position, Mike worked with the Swedish Police, Swedish Intelligence Services and Swedish Prosecutors on a range of investigations including those related to Organized Crime, Terrorism, Crimes Against Children, and White Collar Crime, among other violations. In August 2022, Mike returned to New Haven as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge, overseeing all FBI criminal and cyber investigations in Connecticut as well as the office’s crisis response elements including the SWAT Team, Crisis Negotiators, and Evidence Response Team.

In June 2024, Mike retired from the FBI and joined Secure Community Network (SCN) as the Regional Director for the Northeast.

Mike earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, a Master of Science Degree in Human Resource Development from Florida International University, and a Master of Business Administration Degree from the University of Connecticut.

The Secure Community Network program in our community is funded by the Jewish Federation of Greater Fairfield County.