Dan Oates

Daniel J. Oates
M.A. J.D.
Dan Oates
Born
Daniel John Oates[2]

January 2, 1955 (1955-01-02) (age 69) [1]
Alma materBucknell University (B.A.)
New York University (M.A.)
New York Law School (J.D.)
Police career
DepartmentMiami Beach Police Department
Service yearsNew York PD: 1980–2001
Ann Arbor PD: 2001–2005
Aurora PD: 2005–2013
Miami Beach PD: 2013–
StatusChief of police
AwardsColorado Association of Chiefs of Police Ralph Smith Innovation Award

Daniel J. Oates (born January 2, 1955) is a career law enforcement official. He is a former chief of police for Miami Beach, Florida,[3] Aurora, Colorado,[4][5] and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Before becoming police chief in Ann Arbor in 2001, he served 21 years in the New York Police Department. He is a charter member of the federal Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council.[6] While with the Aurora Police Department, he was responsible for the criminal investigation of a 2012 mass shooting at a local movie theater, which was one of the largest mass shootings in American history.

  1. ^ Daniel Oates Resume[permanent dead link]. University of Colorado. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference JD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ VEIGA, CHRISTINA (30 April 2014). "Miami Beach's new police chief won't start 'making changes for the sake of change'". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  4. ^ Kemp, Joe; Patrice O'Shaughnessy (20 July 2012). "Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates began crime-fighting career with NYPD". NY Daily News. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  5. ^ Illescas, Carlos (23 July 2012). "Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates doing all the right things". Canon City Daily Record. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  6. ^ Modafferi, Peter; Bouche, Kenneth (2 February 2005). "Intelligence Sharing: The Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council". The Police Chief. 72 (2). Retrieved 21 July 2012.