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DR. PATRICK OLIVER
Director of the Criminal Justice Program and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A. and M.B.A., Baldwin Wallace University; Ph.D., Antioch University
Professional Highlights:
• 27 years in lawenforcement, including Chief of Police in the cities of Fairborn, Grandview
Heights, and Cleveland, Ohio, and as Ranger Chief of Cleveland Metropolitan Parks
• 11 years as a trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol
• Consultant and Trainer with the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police, the International
Association of Chiefs of Police, and the National Organization of Black LawEnforcement
Executives (NOBLE)
• Founder and Director of the Chief Executive Officers Mentoring Program for NOBLE
• Past Commissioner for the Commission of Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies
• Past President for the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police
• Member of the Civil Rights Committee for the International Association of Chiefs of
Police
Author of
Recruitment, Selection & Retention of Law Enforcement Officers
, 2013
Life Verse: “Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.”
(1 Cor. 4:2)
“Equipping students for lifelong leadership and service” is at the core of
Cedarville’s educational mission. With more than 70 years of military and
law enforcement service between them, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Loren Reno ’70 and
Dr. Patrick Oliver bring a wealth of leadership experience to the classroom.
While they teach undergraduate courses in business administration and
criminal justice, respectively, they are collaborating to develop a leadership
course for Cedarville’s M.B.A. program.
After a 38-year career, Reno held the rank of a three-star general when
he retired as Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission
Support at the United States Air Force (USAF) Headquarters inWashington,
D.C. For nearly three decades, Oliver served as the Chief of Police in Fairborn,
GrandviewHeights, and Cleveland, Ohio, and as Ranger Chief of Cleveland
Metropolitan Parks.
Bothmen are passionate about leadership and are unswervingly committed
to the biblical principles that define their calling.
