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Orland Park Police Chief Tim McCarthy Retires: Part 2

Clip: 7/28/2020 | 5m 30sVideo has Closed Captions

After 48 years in law enforcement, he is retiring on Aug.1.

The second half of our conversation with Tim McCarthy, the former Secret Service agent who took a bullet to protect President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and who has spent the last 26 years as chief of police in Orland Park.

07/28/2020 | Rating NR

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