Marvin Tahmahkera

 MARVIN L. TAHMAHKERA

Police Sergeant (ret.)

Arizona State University Police Department

325 E. Apache Blvd.

Tempe, Arizona 85287-1812

(480) 965-3456

marvin.tahmahkera@asu.edu

"Marvin Tahmahkera entered the law enforcement profession when he became a police cadet for the Palos Hills, Illinois Police Department in 1987.  Later that year, he was also hired as a desk officer for the police department where his duties included police dispatching, clerical work and training other desk officers.  In 1988, Mr. Tahmahkera graduated with an Associates of Applied Sciences degree in Criminal Justice for the Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois.  From 1989 to 1991, he worked in the private security industry for various companies in Illinois and Arizona.

In 1991, Mr. Tahmahkera joined the Arizona State University Police Department in Tempe, Arizona as a patrol officer.  In 1993 he became a field training officer for the organization and later became the field training coordinator.  In that same year, he was promoted to the rank of corporal and achieved his General Instructor's certification through the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training (AZPOST) Board in Phoenix.  In 1996, Mr. Tahmahkera was promoted to the rank of sergeant and became the department's field training sergeant.  AZPOST has recognized Mr. Tahmahkera as a Subject Matter Expert in the field of patrol procedures and operations.  Mr. Tahmahkera was exclusively a patrol sergeant until 2003, when he was assigned the new position of Training Coordinator for the ASU Police.  In 2007, Mr. Tahmahkera was re-assigned back to the field training division to exclusively oversee that program.  In 2013, Mr. Tahmahkera retired from the Arizona State University Police Department and is currently working as a police officer with the Maricopa County Community College District Police Department.

Mr. Tahmahkera was a member of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers until the organization disbanded in 2006.  He has taught classes and provided instruction at the Arizona Law Enforcement Training Academy, the Glendale Community College Police Academy, the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy and the Mesa Police Academy.  During 2005 and 2006, Mr. Tahmahkera was a contract instructor for the Criminal Justice Institute in Little Rock, Arkansas teaching "Field Training for the 21st Century".  In 2013, Mr. Tahmahkera became an adjunct instructor for the Lamar Institute of Technology Regional Police Academy in Beaumont, Texas.

Mr. Tahmahkera holds AZPOST specialty instructor certificates in high risk vehicle stops, defensive tactics, impact weapons and chemical agents.  He specializes in officer safety and survival training.  Mr. Tahmahkera has also been recognized as an instructor in mobile field force and crowd control response tactics and further assists the ASU Police firearms training staff in the topics of building searches, low light survival, high risk entry and active shooter response."

Mr. Tahmahkera is a member of the National Tactical Officer's Association.

bio compiled by

Chief of Police Jason Goodrich

Larmar University Police Department

Lamar University

Beaumont, Texas