Thomas OReilly Receives 2012 IJIS Institute Shumate Award
Summary
Prior to his Police Institute appointment, Mr. O’Reilly served as a Director of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI) of the Program Management Office.In that role, he led a team of representatives from the FBI; the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and state, local, and tribal agencies in implementing SAR at all fusion centers nationwide.O’Reilly, Executive Director of the Police Institute at the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice in Newark, N.J., has long worked to advance information sharing within the public safety and criminal justice communities, which is the mission of The IJIS Institute.Prior to his Police Institute appointment, Mr. O’Reilly served as a Director of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI) of the Program Management Office.In that role, he led a team of representatives from the FBI; the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and state, local, and tribal agencies in implementing SAR at all fusion centers nationwide.Mr.O’Reilly also served for over 20 years as the administrator of the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, the organization responsible for oversight of the state police, emergency management, fusion center operations, criminal justice system coordination, criminal and civil legal services, and juvenile justice.IJIS Institute Executive Director Steve Ambrosini said, “Tom is well known for his work in facilitating cross-agency cooperation to achieve implementation of the SARs program across the nation.