Tom O'Reilly

Senior Policy Advisor

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Justice Programs, Dept. of Justice

Thomas J. O’Reilly is a senior policy advisor for the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). In this capacity, he is responsible for a wide range of justice information sharing initiatives, including fusion center programs and the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) Program Manager’s Office Outreach Program. Prior to his position at BJA, Mr. O’Reilly was 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. Mr. O’Reilly also served as the assistant director of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice as well as chief of Police Programs for the State Law Enforcement Planning Agency, and was the planning officer for the Trenton, NJ, Police Division. Previously, Mr. O’Reilly was elected president of the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) and vice chairman of DOJ’s Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative Advisory Committee, and served as a member of the National Crime Information Center Advisory Committee, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Advisory Policy Board. Mr. O’Reilly received a bachelor’s in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University, a master’s in Administration from Rider University, and a Public Manager Certification from Rutgers University.