037 ATF Senior Special Agent Rick McMahon Discusses Outlaw Bikers, Murder For Hire, And Much More!

Send us Fan Mail Send us a textToday we are traveling to Kentucky! My guest today is (Retired) ATF Senior Special Agent Rick McMahan. Rick spent over twenty-five years as a federal agent, retiring in 2017. During his career, Rick worked a wide array of criminal casework from interstate firearms traffickers; murder for hire cases; and even a serial bomber. For over a year and a half, Rick was the lead case agent/ contact agent for an agent working undercover to infiltrate an outlaw motorcycle gang. Rick served as an ATF firearms instructor as well as on the job trainer for new agents.In today’s episode you will learn:• How and why Rick became an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol Firearms Tobacco and Explosives (ATF). • What the selection and training were for new agents with the ATF.• The relationship between ATF agents and local law enforcement.• The uniform and equipment for an ATF agent.• His role in an undercover operation with an outlaw motorcycle club.  • What really goes on in an outlaw motorcycle club.• Misconceptions and mistakes writers make when portraying ATF agents.  All of this and more on today’s episode of the Cops and Writers podcast. Join Rick at the Writers Police Academy.Please visit the Cops and Writers website.If you have a question for the sarge, hit him up at his email.Come join the fun at the Cops and Writers Facebook groupCheck out my affiliate link to Adam Richards new Crime Fiction Guns Course What would you do if you lost the one you loved the most? How far would you go to quench your thirst for vengeance?https://a.co/d/2UsJPbaSupport the show What's the craziest thing you saw when you were a cop?My first week on the job, a guy running at me with a butcher knife. He'd just killed his brother over the last hot dog.That's chapter 1. There are 33 more.Police Stories: The Rookie Years just launched - available on Amazon. Search 'Police Stories Patrick O'Donnell' or click thSupport the show