Butler council lauds police chief on earning doctorate
Butler City Council congratulated Bureau of Police Chief Bob O’Neill Thursday for earning a doctorate of education from Point Park University in leadership and administration with a concentration in professional leadership.
O’Neill began working toward the degree in July 2019 and finished recently with a 3.98 GPA.
His dissertation was titled “The Effect of Law Enforcement Leaders on Recruitment and Retention in Western Pennsylvania,“ which he defended successfully in August.
O’Neill said he wanted to earn his doctorate to implement policy that would not only help recruit law enforcement officers but retain them by increasing the emphasis on the work being a career.
“We’ve been having an unbelievable time hiring throughout the country for various reasons,” he said. “I think we have to come at this from a totally different angle. It has to be a profession; it can’t just be a job.”
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