Brian O'Hara

Brian O'Hara
O'Hara in 2023
54th Chief of the Minneapolis Police Department
Assumed office
November 7, 2022
Appointed byJacob Frey
Preceded byMedaria Arradondo
Deputy Mayor of Newark
In office
July 1, 2022 – October 31, 2022
Serving with
Rahman Muhammad, Jackie Quiles, and Allison Ladd
Appointed byRas Baraka
Succeeded byN/A
Director of the Newark Department of Public Safety
In office
February 16, 2021 – June 30, 2022
Appointed byRas Baraka
Succeeded byRaul Malave (interim)
Personal details
Born1979 (age 46–47)
PartyDemocratic
Children2
EducationRutgers University–Newark (BS, MA)
Police career
Service yearsMinneapolis Police Department
(2022–present)
Newark Department of Public Safety
(2021–2022) Newark Police Department (2001–2021)
Rank Chief of Police
November 2022
Deputy Mayor, Newark
July 2021
Public Safety Director
February 2021
Deputy Chief of Police
January 2020
Captain
September 2017
Lieutenant
March 2011
Sergeant
January 2006
Police Officer
August 2001
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Brian O'Hara (born 1979) is an American law enforcement administrator who has been serving as the 54th chief of the Minneapolis Police Department since November 2022. Previously in Newark, New Jersey, he served as deputy mayor of Newark from July to October 2022, as director of the Newark Department of Public Safety from February 2021 to June 2022, and sworn in as a Newark police officer in 2001.