Andy O'Hara Publishing
Andy O'Hara Publishing
 
"Writing is the only profession where no one considers
you ridiculous if you earn no money."
 
--Jules Renard
 
 

Andy O'Hara is a veteran and retired police officer who spent much of his childhood and police career in the Sacramento Valley. 
 
Andy dabbled for a bit with small town journalism, with his writing appearing in the Sacramento Bee, Gold River News and Spectrum Magazine.  He was both full-time reporter and assistant editor for the City Times of Citrus Heights.  His short stories, articles and poetry have appeared in various on-line literary magazines. 
 
Forced from his 24-year police career by severe post traumatic stress disorder, Andy publishes the website, Badge of Life, offering new cutting edge ideas for law enforcement agencies to address the problems of police suicide and mental health.  His trauma and work were featured in Sacramento Magazine in October, 2007.
 
His book, The Swan, Tales of the Sacramento Valley, was first published in 2004 and revised in 2007.  A work of fiction, he takes the reader on a tour of the valley and explores its people, its stories, its tragedies.  Not surprisingly, he tells the story of a highway patrolman who sits in desperation and contemplates suicide. 
 
Under the pseudonym, "Jerry Jimston," Andy O'Hara has published "The Jimston Journal, A Publication for the Arts," a free on-line literary journal that has been a conduit for a lot of great writers and photographers from around the world.
 
Neighbors are awakened frequently to bitter arguments between O'Hara and Jimston as to which is the pseudonym.  Some doubt remains.


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The Swan, Tales of the Sacramento Valley, is a collection of stories by Andy O'Hara about the people who live in the valley today.  Stories of Redding, Orland, Roseville, Red Bluff, Citrus Heights, Davis, Carmichael, Yuba City and the Old Sacramento Jazz Festival.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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THE BADGE OF LIFE: A NEW Police Suicide Prevention Program.  A free online publication on how agencies can improve their police suicide prevention programs.  We look at police suicide statistics and rates, peer support officer programs, academy suicide prevention training, police post traumatic stress and the lack of police suicide program evaluations.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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THE JIMSTON JOURNAL, A MAGAZINE FOR THE ARTS: The best photography, poetry, articles and fiction from around the world.



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Andy O'Hara is a retired California Highway Patrolman who has written a book about the Sacramento Valley, The Swan, Tales of the Sacramento Valley.  Among the stories in his book is the struggle of a CHP officer with thoughts of suicide.  In his book, Andy O'Hara writes about the farms and towns fo the Sacramento Valley, including Redding, Sacramento, Orland, Roseville, Davis, Carmichael, Old Sacramento, The Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, Citrus Heights, Yuba City and South Sacramento.
 
Andy O'Hara's book, The Swan Tales of the Sacramento Valley can be purchased from his website, at Borders bookstores or from online bookstores. 
 
As a retired CHP officer, Andy O'Hara brings a unique perspective to the Sacramento Valley he knew as both a child and adult.
 
Andy O'Hara is also founder of the Badge of Life Psychological Survival for Police Officers Program.   The Badge of Life program tracks police suicide numbers and offers a dramatic new way to reduce police suicides and police PTSD.