So, What's Your Excuse?

Where were you? What If No One Showed Up to Your Funeral?

Jim Donahue is a native of the Midwest, getting his education at Michigan State University. At mid-life, he has spent most of his life working in his own business and has been an elected official.

Jim has worked with police departments across the country on process improvement at the patrol car level, focusing on technology to improve tactics, safety, and productivity. He instructs in a variety of police academies and having taught "Technology and Tactics" to thousands of cops in-service nationally. He is an accomplished grant writer.

Jim has worked as a reserve officer, initially with U.S. Customs & Immigration at the Detroit/Canada border in the year following the attacks of 9/11. He has also worked as a patrolman on the street in a suburban Detroit community.

As a new resident of Florida, Jim anticipates that he will be working (part-time) as a street cop for a local agency.

Jim is married to Paula and they have two children. Jim is a competitive bodybuilder, with six contests to his credit. Jim is active in his community and his church.