[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 110 (Friday, July 8, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN RECOGNITION OF MARK McCARTNEY OF THE LEESBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT

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                         HON. BARBARA COMSTOCK

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, July 8, 2016

  Mrs. COMSTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise to acknowledge Mark McCartney, the 
Master Police Officer of the Leesburg Police Department, for his many 
years of service to the community of Loudoun County. Mr. McCartney has 
been a part of the Leesburg Police since August 1986, and his many 
years of service have been hallmarked with distinctions worthy of such 
a dedicated officer who will soon be retiring exactly 30 years after he 
first started.
  Mark began his police training in 1985 when he was enrolled in the 
Municipal Police Academy of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and 
then subsequently attended the 64th session of the Northern Virginia 
Criminal Justice Academy. He served the following 10 years as a patrol 
officer before being promoted to the rank of corporal in 1989. He was 
furthermore a motorcycle officer for 18 years during which he 
investigated countless road accidents, and was a member of the Crash 
Reconstruction Unit. More notably still, Officer McCartney also acted 
as the sniper for the Special Operations Team, whilst also returning to 
the North Virginia Criminal Justice Academy as a radar instructor. He 
was decorated as Master Police Officer in 2003.
  Officer McCartney has gone beyond his duty throughout his years of 
service as evidenced by his exemplary record, and this record has not 
gone unseen. Indeed, Mark McCartney has been honored with multiple 
awards throughout his career including that of Officer of the Year, the 
Loudoun County Chamber Life Saving Award, and of course the Leesburg 
Police Outstanding Service Award. This is a man who deserves all our 
thanks and gratitude for all that he has done for our community.
  Mr. Speaker, I would ask my colleagues to congratulate Officer 
McCartney for his service, and to join me in wishing him a happiness 
and fortune in his future endeavors.

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