Richard McHale is a retired sergeant from the Middle Township Police Department, where he served in the Patrol Division, SRO program, and Major Crimes Unit. He was a member of the SWAT Team and Honor Guard. He is a veteran of the Marine Corps Reserves, where he earned the rank of sergeant and received an Honorable Discharge.

He has been involved with the Mark Himebaugh “Missing Persons” Investigation, since 1996, and presented the Himebaugh Investigation, PowerPoint overview, to the behavioral scientists and analysts, at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, in 2015. He wrote the book 'Where is Mark? The Abduction of Mark Himebaugh'.