Patrick O’Hara is a Professor of Public Administration at John Jay, having earned his doctorate at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University. He has been President of the New York State Political Science Association, Coordinator of the Conference on Criminal Justice Education, Bramshill-John Jay Exchange Scholar and has written extensively on both public and private-sector management. He helped create and, from 2001 through 2007, helped lead the NYPD Certificate Program which delivers college-based management and community relations curricula to NYPD personnel. He secured a $500,000 grant in 2005 that helped the college establish the Law Enforcement Executive Institute (LEEI) for police leaders throughout New York State. His principal research interest for the past decade has been criminal justice administration and policy, culminating in the 2005 publication of Why Law Enforcement Organizations Fail: Mapping the Organizational Fault Lines in Policing by Carolina Academic Press. |
