Where are they now? JOEL BOLANTE, SHOAR'S Ex-UnderSheriff, Now Teaching "Administrative Ethics," Studying for Ph.D.

"There are animals crashing around in th forest. I can hear them, but I can't see them [yet]. -- Senator Howard Henry Baker, Jr. during Watergate, 1973.



On June 30, 2015, in the midst of pending federal criminal investigations, Sheriff DAVID SHOAR lost his "left and right arms" -- ART MAY and JOEL BOLANTE retired. BOLANTE is now a full-time faculty member at Flagler College, teaching public administration programs as an Associate Professor in the program where serial political prevaricator JOE SAVIAK is Associate Director. Among the courses BOLANTE is teaching is ethics. Yes, ethics. Can't wait for him to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about the O'Connell coverup in federal court.

Here's JOEL BOLANTE's faculty page from FLAGLER COLLEGE:

Joel Bolante: Faculty and Staff
Joel Bolante
Assistant Professor
904-826-8518
jbolante@flagler.edu
Department:
Public Administration
Research, Professional and Creative Activity:
Leadership and organizational management training for various first responder organizations and other public service agencies.
Served on selection committees and panels for the appointments of police chiefs and promotions for other command staff positions within Sheriff’s Offices and Police Departments within Florida.
Created a model Executive Staff Agreement and a model Command-Staff Relationships document that has been utilized by many Sheriff’s Offices in Florida.
Professional Profile:
Professor Bolante joins Flagler College as a full-time faculty member after more than 34 years of law enforcement service. His law enforcement leadership experience includes over 20 years at the command and executive staff levels at an agency managing a budget of more than 60 million dollars and over 800 full-time and part-time employees. He retired at the rank of Undersheriff.

Highlights of his career include the development of the Sheriff’s Organized Crime and Narcotics Unit, assignments to a federal Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force investigating organized criminal drug trafficking groups spanning several states, the U.S. Customs Blue Lightning Strike Force intercepting drug trafficking in U.S. waters, and many other interesting assignments in the law enforcement field.

Professor Bolante holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice (summa cum laude) and a Master of Public Administration from Troy University. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University. Additionally, he completed a wide-range of law enforcement professional development courses to include the FBI National Academy (195th Session) in Quantico, VA, the Southern Police Institute’s 90th Administrative Officers Course at the University of Louisville, and the Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute’s Chief Executive Seminar in Tallahassee, FL.

Professor Bolante has taught in the Public Administration Program at Flagler College as a part-time faculty member since the program’s inception in 2003.

Teaching and Related Service:
Courses taught:

Management in the Public Sector
Administrative Law
Public Policy
American Government
Administrative Ethics
Intergovernmental Relations
Survey of Public Administration
Administrative Leadership
Organization Theory