Law Enforcement Consultant · Newark, NJ

Strengthening Trust in Public Safety.

Brian O’Hara helps leaders and public agencies navigate crisis, rebuild trust, strengthen culture, and achieve lasting transformation.

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Areas of Focus

Where I Help Organizations Most

Two decades of command experience distilled into practical advisory work for public-safety leaders and the communities they serve.

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Organizational Reform

Culture change and structural reform that make accountability and improvement stick long after the engagement ends.

02.

Consent Decree Compliance

Hands-on experience implementing and sustaining federal consent decrees — from unit command to citywide oversight.

03.

Crisis Response

Command-level planning and direction for high-profile critical incidents, protests, and emergencies.

04.

Public Safety Leadership

Executive coaching and command consulting for chiefs, directors, and command staff under pressure.

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Organizational Assessments

Providing agencies a top-to-bottom analysis of current systems to identify opportunities for improvement.

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Strategic Opportunity Coaching

Connecting vendors with public agencies considering new technologies, and assisting them through the procurement process.

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Community Trust

Stakeholder engagement and community partnership strategies that rebuild legitimacy and trust.

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Emergency Management

Interagency coordination and emergency-management planning across police, fire, and public safety.

What I Do

Advisory Built on Command Experience.

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Organizational Reform & Culture Change

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Federal Consent Decree Compliance

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Crisis & Critical Incident Response

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Public Safety Leadership & Command Consulting

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Brian O’Hara, law enforcement consultant in Newark, New Jersey
25+years across two major U.S. police departments
About Brian O’Hara

Leadership Forged On The Front Lines.

From a Newark police officer in 2001 to Director of Public Safety and, later, 54th Chief of the Minneapolis Police Department, Brian O’Hara has spent his career leading police organizations through their most difficult moments — organizational transformation, crisis response, critical incidents, and the long work of rebuilding public trust.

  • Led the successful implementation of Newark’s federal consent decree.
  • Oversaw police, fire, and emergency management as Director of Public Safety.
  • Led two major city police departments through a period of significant institutional reform.
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25+Years in Law Enforcement
2Major U.S. Police Departments
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