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Captain McCarthy is currently the Commanding Officer of Narcotics Division. His prior assignment was the Commanding Officer of Special Operations Support Division, Captain McCarthy his command was of approximately 100 sworn and civilian personnel. The division includes: Asian Crime Investigation Section, Gang Support Section, and Traffic Coordination Section.
Captain McCarthy moved to Los Angeles, California on April 18, 1980 and joined the Los Angeles Police Department three days later. As a police officer, Captain McCarthy worked Newton Patrol, Communications, Detective Services Division, and twice worked at both 77th Street Patrol and Narcotics Division. Promoting to sergeant in 1988, he worked such varied assignments as Southeast Patrol, Hollenbeck Patrol, Internal Affairs Division and the Office of the Chief of Police. In 1994, he promoted to lieutenant and worked Harbor Patrol as a Watch Commander and Operations West-Bureau and Operations Valley-Bureau both as an Adjutant to a Deputy Chief. Upon his promotion to captain, he was assigned to the Rampart Division. His subsequent commands have been Internal Affairs, Risk Management Division, Detective Support Division and his current assignment, the Commanding Officer of Special Operations Support Division.
Captain McCarthy was born in New York, New York in 1956 and comes from a long line of law enforcement professionals. He is the eldest son of a retired New York City Police Officer. Captain McCarthy’s great grandfather worked as a Deputy Sheriff in the Bronx. He has two cousins who currently work for the New York Police Department and a sister-in-law who retired as a Deputy Inspector from the NYPD. Captain McCarthy’s wife left a nine-year career with Hughes Aircraft Company in 1988 to join the Los Angeles Police Department and is currently a Commander assigned to South Bureau. The McCarthy’s have two daughters. |
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