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Matthew W. McNamara is presently a Deputy Chief with the Cook County Sheriff’s Department in Chicago, Illinois, the second largest Sheriff’s Department in the United States. He is also a Director with the Illinois Tactical Officers Association and within this organization he is the Chairman of the Physical Skills Committee.

During his career, Mr. McNamara has served as an investigator in the Internal Affairs Division, Detective in the Criminal Investigations Division Undercover Narcotics Unit, and an Assault Team Leader on his department's Tactical Response Team.

Mr. McNamara is certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (ILETSB) as an instructor in the following disciplines; Assault Rifle Instructor, Hand to Hand Physical Skills and Tactical Combatives, Use of Force, Mental Preparation for Confrontation, and Rapid Deployment to Armed Confrontation. Mr. McNamara is recognized by the ILETSB as having instructional expertise in the areas of trigger manipulation, shooting and moving, weapons nomenclature, hand to hand combat, hand to hand fighting principles and applications, physical skills/tactical combatives for law enforcement officers, and use of force.

Along with teaching for the State of Illinois and providing training to dozens of police departments throughout the Midwest, Mr. McNamara has been a guest instructor for the U.S. Department of Defense Undercover Investigation School in Meridian, Mississippi. Mr. McNamara has also been invited to teach Use of Force and Mental Preparation for Confrontation at the Texas Tactical Police Officers Association's annual conference, which is attended by over 600 law enforcement officers from across the United States.

Mr. McNamara has been called to testify as an expert in the use of force and mental preparation for armed confrontation on behalf of law enforcement agencies involved in federal law suits and has been published in numerous magazines. He has been awarded dozens of awards and letters of recognition, including an Award of Excellence for Superior Performance and a Departmental Commendation for Valor.