James F. Pastor

Background

Dr. Pastor is the President of SecureLaw Ltd., a public safety and security consulting firm. He is also Associate Professor of Public Safety at Calumet College of St. Joseph.

Dr. Pastor is a frequent contributor to the media, and has presented in numerous national and regional conferences on public safety and security issues. He also provides training, expert witness, and consulting services in premises liability, public safety management assessments, security policy development and audits, crisis and risk management, public-private policing, and terrorism. Highlights of Dr. Pastor’s experience and credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis, December, 2001 from the University of Illinois at Chicago, dissertation entitled: Assessing the Functional & Constitutional Implications of Private Security Patrols on Public Streets.

• J.D. from John Marshall Law School, licensed attorney in Illinois since May, 1990.

• M.A. in Criminal Justice, thesis entitled: A Critical Analysis of Terrorism from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Publications

• Terrorism & Public Safety Policing: Implications of the Obama Presidency, Taylor & Francis (2009).
• Case book Security Law & Methods, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006.
• The Privatization of Police in America: An Analysis and Case Study, McFarland & Company, 2003.
• Chapter entitled: Private Policing on Public Environments, in the ASIS International Protection of Assets (POA) manual, which is considered the “bible” of the security industry, published in January 2007.
• Authored several articles on security, policing and public safety.

External links

• SecureLaw, Ltd.
• CCSJ Public Safety Administration
• Terrorism & Public Safety Policing: Implications of the Obama Presidency
• Security Law & Methods
• The Privatization of Police in America: An Analysis and Case Study
• ASIS Protection of Assets Manual