Montgomery County Citizen Academy Alumni Association (MCCAAA)

MCCAAA presents the Honorable John J. McCarthy, State’s Attorney of Montgomery County, Maryland, at our meeting on Thursday, April 16, 2026, 7:00 p.m.

After graduating from Catholic University of America in 1974, Mr. McCarthy taught at Good Counsel High School in Wheaton, Maryland. While teaching, he attended law school in the evenings at the University of Baltimore. He graduated and was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1979. Mr. McCarthy joined the State’s Attorney’s Office for Montgomery County in 1982. Mr. McCarthy has served as the State’s Attorney for Montgomery County since 2006, currently in his fourth term. Prior to the 2006 election he served as the Deputy State’s Attorney for 10 years.

Mr. McCarthy was the first Maryland prosecutor elected to the American College of Lawyers in 2008, the highest honor a trial lawyer can receive in America. Mr. McCarthy was elected to the Youth Coaching Hall of Fame in 2007 for Washington, DC area and received the J. Joseph Curran award for Public Service in 2010.

Mr. McCarthy is a former President of the Montgomery County Bar Association and the State’s Attorney Association of Maryland. Mr. McCarthy currently teaches at Montgomery College and Johns Hopkins.

Join us at the Public Safety Training Academy, 8751 Snouffer School Road, Gaithersburg, MD, for what promises to be an informative and fascinating presentation.

The Montgomery County Citizen Academy Alumni Association (MCCAAA) is for graduates of the Citizen Academy and holds monthly meetings with speakers on subjects relating to public safety in Montgomery County, Maryland. MCCAAA is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions. MCCAAA holds monthly meetings on the third Thursday of each month at the Public Service Training Academy, 9751 Snouffer School Road, Gaithersburg. All meetings begin at 7 pm unless otherwise noted.

The Montgomery County Citizen Academy (MCCA), established in 1994, is an extension of the Department’s community policing efforts. Participants learn how the police department works and gain a better understanding of what is required for officers to perform their duties. For details on applying, contact PO3 Prince Starks-Bey at 240-773-6900. Applications can be emailed to citizen.academy@montgomerycountymd.gov.

MCCA Session 77 graduated 27 students on December 23. MCCA Session 78 started January 6th and will run until April 21st. If you have friends or family interested in the program, have them send in their application by email ASAP so we can enroll them. The academy is held on consecutive Tuesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Public Safety Training Academy, 8751 Snouffer School Road in Gaithersburg.

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