Mark Vaccaro Bio

Mark is a 28-year veteran of the Chicago Police department.  With assignments including bicycle patrol, tactical and gang units, to curriculum development and physical skills.  Mark’s last 14 years were spent in the Educational and Training Division where developed courses and taught the rapid evolving topics of police use of force and de-escalation principles.

Since 2008, Mark has trained over 6000 new police recruits and in-service veteran officers. He retired from CPD in 2021 and has been actively working on several articles regarding police training and officer morale for various police publications.