Brian N. O’Donnell retired as a Lieutenant with the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, Police Department. He served as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps and served with the Charlottesville police department for 25 years. He has a B.A. in economics from Northwestern University and an M.S. in Criminal Justice from Liberty University. O’Donnell is a 2016 graduate of the University of Virginia’s National Criminal Justice Command College, earned the Advanced Specialist designation by the Force Science Institute in 2018, and became an IADLEST National Certified Instructor in 2020.
O’Donnell has worked in patrol, as a SWAT member, as a detective with a regional narcotics task force, and as a full-time Task Force Officer with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. HIs supervisory duties included: patrol Sergeant, patrol Shift Commander, Commander of the Strategic Policing Bureau, and the Training and Firearm’s Units Supervisor.