08/19/2026
Marmet West Virginia Police Department Continues Advanced Training
This week, Marmet Police Department Interim Chief J. Plear and Patrolman E. Oden traveled to New Martinsville, West Virginia, to attend Pat McCarthy’s three-day Tactical Street Crimes Training Course that was being held by New Martinsville Police Department.
Continued education and advanced training are an important part of professional law enforcement. This course provides officers with practical knowledge, investigative techniques, and officer-safety strategies designed to better prepare them for the challenges they may encounter while serving their communities.
Throughout the three-day course, training includes:
* Officer safety and surviving police ambushes
* Officer-involved shooting survival and incident review
* Effective interview techniques and recognizing body-language indicators
* Gang and drug investigation tactics
* Interrogation techniques and courtroom testimony
* Developing street sources and confidential informants
* Street-level intelligence gathering
* Homeland security and domestic threat awareness
* Covert surveillance techniques
* First-responder considerations for hostage situations and de-escalation
* Search procedures and identifying hidden compartments
About the Instructor — Pat McCarthy
Pat McCarthy is the creator and instructor of the Street Crimes Program and a nationally recognized law-enforcement instructor with extensive experience in patrol, gang investigations, undercover operations, SWAT, organized crime, and federal task-force investigations.
McCarthy served 25 years with the Chicago Police Department, including assignments as a patrol officer, member of the Special Operations Unit, SWAT team member and sniper, Gang Crime Specialist, and undercover investigator. During his career, he worked undercover purchasing illegal fi****ms and narcotics from street-gang members and participated in investigations involving violent crime, gangs, drugs, and organized crime.
He also served as a Special Investigator with the FBI for 11 years, working with multiple federal task forces focused on Asian gangs and organized crime, international criminal enterprises and narcotics, and violent crime and gangs.
McCarthy previously served six years in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and earned a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Lewis University. Throughout his law-enforcement career, he received numerous departmental commendations, honorable mentions, and letters of appreciation from federal agencies.
He is also a former two-term president of the International Association of Asian Crime Investigators and has lectured on gang and organized-crime investigations throughout the United States, Canada, and China.
Training like this allows our officers to continue expanding their knowledge, sharpening their skills, and bringing valuable information and experience back to the department.
The goal remains simple: continue learning, continue improving, and continue providing the citizens of Marmet with professional and effective law-enforcement service.
Street Crimes Facebook Link:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1LEcns7FfB/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Chicago Street Cop Book Link:
https://www.amazon.com/Chicago-Street-Cop-Amazing-Stories/dp/0996666605/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461696160&sr=8-1&keywords=chicago+street+cop&fbclid=IwYWZkawlFZDBPYng3ajlwdGlkAAPG6bnNi3BwZG9mAWZkaWQWUMwjOBusE0-l7yDeeE4Iz5sprcXVFWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR7cv9X0_y_pkXsiSNN0cF3CIlhGwkpGEB9FOg-3qpRsJW0nzow2A-_PAASLYw_aem_Hx92q6DutqoExu8EMgh49g&content_source=fb&fb_content_id=Q9-wBQFaaahlRsJWNqNhQK360hJyNCdJ-Qth100G7nbz_5RhB2GafW75En2WiIRrfw&channel_type=fb
