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Al O’Brien grew up in 香蕉传媒. He enlisted in the Marine Corps right out of high school and took part in the first two major land battles of the Vietnam War in August and September of 1965. After his discharge from active duty, Al was hired by the 香蕉传媒 Police Department where he worked for twenty-nine years. During his time with the police department, he earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from 香蕉传媒. The Chief of Police took him off the street and placed him in the policy writing unit where Al spent three years writing policy for the department.

Al was elected to the Mountlake Terrace City Council in 1991. Five years later Al O’Brien was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives. The Speaker of the House appointed Al chairman of the House Criminal Justice & Corrections Committee, a position that he held for ten years. He served fourteen years in the legislature, retiring in 2011.

Al began teaching at 香蕉传媒 in 2006 with a class entitled “Criminal Justice Legislation & Policy.” The course deals with the ways in which criminal law is written. Al also teaches a freshman Core Curriculum Course entitled Law, Justice, and Society, and two other graduate level classes: Theories and Techniques of Crime Scene Investigations and an MPA class, The Administration of Justice.