About Dean McCann

Sergeant Dean McCann is a retired Sergeant of the Odessa Police Department. Dean had worked in the Patrol Services Bureau as an officer, a Field Training Officer and a First Line Supervisor. In his almost 11 years in the Criminal Investigation Bureau, Dean has been assigned to the Gang Unit, the Crimes Against Property Section, Crimes Against Persons Section and the Metro Homicide Unit. Dean was a 15 year veteran of the Odessa Police Department SWAT Team, serving as an Operator, Team Leader and Operations Sergeant. During his tenure in the military and on SWAT, he had participated in over 600 High Risk Warrant services, Hostage Situations and Barricaded Subjects, while in a leadership capacity.

Dean came to the Odessa Police Department after serving as a Team Leader with the 3rd Battalion, United States Army Rangers, stationed in Fort Benning, Georgia. Dean is a black belt in Hapkido, a former fight instructor, a former World Karate Association Full-Contact Kickboxer and a former member of the West Texas Karate Points Fighting Team based in El Paso, Texas.

Dean has been teaching for over 17 years, in classes ranging from Child Abuse to Interview and Interrogation to Intermediate Arrest, Search and Seizure. Dean’s Rapid Response to the Active Shooter training became mandatory training at the Odessa Police Department in 2002, and he has conducted this training, among other classes, all over Texas. Dean has previously been an Associate Instructor with MP Productions, Inc. of Raleigh, North Carolina as an Assistant Instructor of Leadership, Ethics and Mentoring Training for law enforcement and Corporate America.

Dean is a Certified D.P.S Defensive Tactics Instructor, a T.C.L.E.O.S.E. Instructor, a former Advanced M26 Taser Instructor, a Certified Tactical Team Close Quarter Combat Instructor, a Critical Incident Instructor for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, an Active Shooter Instructor certified by the National Tactical Officer’s Association in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Most recently, Dean completed the FBI’s National Firearms Instructor Certification Course.

In the political thriller "Conflict of Interest", Dean was cast as an FBI Agent, a masked assassin and a Special Ops Commander,  and served as  Weapons Master,  Tactical Technical Adviser and Trainer, Stuntman and Stunt Coordinator.

In "The Ascent", Dean served as Weapons Master, Rappelling and Tactical Technical Adviser/Trainer, Safety Coordinator and also the webmaster. Testimonials are being listed for Dean's training and professional standards.

Dean corresponds with Mike Tommasetti with Off the Ground, Inc, a company involved in the motion picture and television industries for 22 years. He also corresponds and has worked for Kerry Wallum of Fast Talkin Productions in Lampasas, Texas. 

Dean's  resume is also listed in the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB) and the Texas Film Commission in Austin, Texas.

Dean is also a registered member of www.filmsavage.com, a leading cast and crew database in New Mexico.  His information can be found here.