Arnold Sagalyn

Arnold J. Sagalyn (March 2, 1918 – September 11, 2017) was an American journalist, government employee, and private consultant in the area of law enforcement and security.

Biography and career Arnold J. Sagalyn was born on March 2, 1918, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

In 1939, he became a special assistant for Eliot Ness of "The Untouchables" fame, who, at the time, was the safety director of Cleveland, Ohio. He helped Ness in the reorganization of the city's police department. The same year, Sagalyn came to Washington where he helped to organize a nationwide law enforcement program against prostitution. By the 1990s, he ran the consulting firm Sagalyn Advocates. He died at the age of 99 at his home in Washington on September 11, 2017.