Rob O’Donnell was born and raised in NYC, beginning his career in 1991 as a NYC Transit Police Officer merging into the NYPD in 1995. He was promoted to Police Officer Special Assignment in 1997, and then to Detective in 2000 where he worked for the departments Organized Crime Control Bureau, Precinct Detective Squad, retiring out of one of the department’s Homicide task forces in 2004. During his career, Rob had been involved with both the 93 World Trade Center Bombing response/rescue, as well as response/recovery on September 11th. After retiring due to injuries sustained in the line of duty, He was involved with the identification and investigation of the Fort Dix terror plot suspects in 2007 in Pennsylvania where he currently serves as a Director of Safety. Rob was also externally involved with the NAS Pensacola terrorist shooting when his Son, A student Naval Aviator had called him for guidance upon entering the building that was under fire making him the only First Responder in the Nation that has dealt with four terrorist attacks on our homeland.

Rob is the Host of the afternoon drive,“Rob O’Donnell Show” based in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area on WILKNewsRadio FM/ AM and Nationally available on the Audacy platform. With almost 30 years of Public Safety experience, Rob currently sits on a National Law Enforcement Advisory Board, is an Ambassador for We Back Blue, and is a Senior Law Enforcement Contributor for Law Enforcement Today, often appearing on Fox News, NewsMaxTV, OAN, as well as most every major radio market throughout the US.

Rob is Married to his wife Lisette for more than 28 years and have raised three children, two of which attended the United States Naval Academy, (a Navy FA-18E Pilot & 2nd Class Midshipman) and the third attending a Pennsylvania State University for Nursing