Lt Michael Swarthout began his career with North Myrtle Beach in 1999 as a firefighter. In 2005 he became a certified Law Enforcement officer with the city and soon thereafter transferred to a full time police officer. He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant n 2012 where he spent the majority of the next three years as a night shift supervisor. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 2016. The majority of his Lieutenant career has been in the Detective Bureau. Currently, he is the Detective Lieutenant and also the Lieutenant over Communications/Detention.