About

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Glenn Bukata was raised in South Florida, and in 1983, he joined the Plantation Police Department as a Community Service Aide investigating minor infractions and auto crashes.

On January 17, 1985, Glenn became a Police Officer with the Plantation Police Department, and during his four-year tenure, he witnessed several crimes and received a multitude of accolades from his superiors and the community until he transitioned to the Broward County Sheriff's Office. 

In December 1987, Glenn was hired by the Broward County Sheriff's Office, where he patrolled the then-unincorporated areas of Hollywood, Dania, Davie, and the cities of Pembroke Park and Deerfield Beach. During his tenure as a road patrol deputy, Glenn appeared in the 1989 debut of COPS, Newsweek, and TV Guide, and he also developed a niche for building relationships with the community and arrestees alike to create intelligence that solved and thwarted past and planned armed business robberies. 

In February 1991, Glenn was transferred from the road patrol division directly into the Robbery Unit, where he thoroughly investigated and solved armed robberies and bank robberies in South Broward County and North Dade County with the collaboration of fellow law enforcement.

In April 1993, Glenn was transferred to the Homicide Unit at the age of 29 years and worked alongside nine other seasoned veterans who mentored him to become a detailed note-taker, report writer, and investigator.  In the early 1990s to early 2000s, the Broward County Sheriff's Office Homicide Unit investigated between thirty-five and fifty homicides a year. Each detective was assigned twenty to twenty-five non-homicides annually. 

Between 2007 and 2012, Glenn supervised the Homicide Unit with one additional sergeant overseeing ten detectives and two civilian administrative assistants. Within his first year as a Sergeant, the unit received "Unit of the Year" for investigating nearly forty homicides and achieving a 100% clearance rate.  Glenn also developed a database for unidentified murdered victims called "Found and Forgotten" to bring closure to family members of missing loved ones. 

During his 18 years in the Homicide Unit, Glenn worked well over 500 death cases involving homicide, murder for hire, infanticide, suicide, self-defense, international human smuggling-related deaths, murder-suicide, accidental deaths, industrial and product-related deaths, plane crashes, vessel crashes and drowning along with colleagues from local, state, national and international police agencies such as Scotland Yard, Department of State, Border Patrol, Coast Guard, Navy, Division of Insurance Fraud, US Marshals, DEA, ICE, FBI, DHS, ATF, OSHA, NTSB, FAA the Medical Examiner, State Attorney, and US Federal Prosecutors. 

Glenn has investigated the murders of seven Deputy Sheriff during his tenure in the Homicide Unit, and he also created a Federal Task Force with local investigators and agents from the FBI, DEA, ICE, DHS, and CBP to combat human smuggling, "Operation Lost At Sea". This task force solved all the deaths of many migrants who perished at sea, and it also thwarted the enterprise of human smuggling from the islands to South Florida.  Glenn also investigated numerous deaths of workers at construction sites, waterways, and Port Everglades with OSHA and aboard cruise ships with the FBI.

In 2012, Glenn was transferred to the Violent Crimes Unit, which investigates cases involving attempted murder, murder for hire, kidnapping, aggravated battery, threats against government officials, and school violence. During his tenure in Violent Crimes, Glenn tracked down kidnapping victims, suicidal people, and parents threatening to murder their children. 

In 2013, Glenn was transferred to the Road Patrol Division in Pompano Beach and then to West Park, where he proudly mentored the men and women of the Broward County Sheriff's Office. During his tenure as a patrol Sergeant, Glenn received an award from the FBI for identifying and capturing a bank robbery suspect and another for the arrest of a man for a high-profile hit-and-run fatality.  As a road patrol Sergeant, Glenn made several felony arrests, and he also infiltrated a criminal enterprise by arresting a fugitive the Department of State wanted for manufacturing US Passports.

In 2015, Glenn was transferred to Cooper City and in charge of School Resource Deputies, Traffic Unit, and Code Enforcement, where he investigated school violence, Baker-Acted suicidal students threatening harm to other students, Hit & Run crashes, code enforcement issues, and he implemented safety measure for the elections.

During his 18-year tenure as a Homicide Detective/Sergeant, Glenn appeared in one movie, eight television crime shows, three magazines, and countless news articles and stories about violent crimes. Glenn appeared on America's Most Wanted in ten episodes, the most for any detective in the history of AMW.

In December 2017, Glenn retired from law enforcement after proudly serving his community for 34 years. Now, Glenn is ready to serve you.

"Pursuing truth with integrity and expert analysis of criminal or civil cases resulting in death or injury to a loved one".