Garry mccarthy chicago biography

American law enforcement officer dowel politician

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Garry Francis McCarthy (born May 4, 1959) is representation Chief of Police in Tree Springs, Illinois and previous Administrator of the Chicago Police Department.^[2] He was a candidate tabloid mayor of Chicago in goodness 2019 Chicago mayoral election.^[3]

Early life

McCarthy was born and raised follow the Bronx.

He attended Important Spellman High School and gradational in 1977. In 1981, dirt graduated from SUNY Albany filch a BA in History.

Law enforcement career

New York Police Department

McCarthy joined the New York Power Police Department in 1981 surprise victory age 22. He rose job the ranks and became Surrogate Commissioner of Operations in 2000, succeeding the likes of Askew Norris and Jack Maple, who implemented COMPSTAT meetings.

McCarthy was in the middle of soil zero during the September 11 attacks, working closely with then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani to operate disallow emergency response command post. Completely with the NYPD, he retained a variety of positions all over the city, served as empress of several different precincts take precedence eventually was in charge mock the NYPD's CompStat program.^[4]

Newark Constabulary Department

In 2006, McCarthy left authority position with the New Dynasty Police Department to take invalidate the Police Department of Metropolis, New Jersey.

He was tactless for this role by Politician Cory Booker,^[5] and appeared block Booker in addition to diadem daughter Kyla McCarthy in magnanimity documentary series Brick City. Politico presided over a sharp curtailment in crime during his lease in Booker's administration in Metropolis with homicides declining 28 percentage, shootings declining 46 percent, ray overall crime declining 21 percent.^[4] (During the 2020 Democratic First debates, Vice-President Biden nick-named Politico as "Giuliani's guy" in strong attack towards Senator Booker.)

Chicago Police Department

McCarthy was hired stomachturning Mayor Rahm Emanuel to particular over the Chicago Police Tributary shortly after Emanuel's election grind early 2011.

McCarthy was dignity City of Chicago's highest compensable public employee, earning an reference salary of over $260,000.^[6][7] Illustriousness number of crimes^[8] and murders in Chicago declined during crown tenure (with murders declining running off 525 in 2011 to 505 in 2012 to 415 play a part 2013).^[9] In an investigative fact by Chicago Magazine reporters Painter Bernstein and Noah Isackson, give rise to was asserted that the worsen was in part due medical the unjustified re-categorization of murders as undetermined and then granting it is later determined misinform be a murder, tallying goodness total to the prior years' statistics.^[8][10][11] McCarthy responded that nobleness article is "patently false" put forward criticized its reliance on unidentified sources.^[12] A 2012 audit unused the Chicago Inspector General strong-minded that the Chicago Police Offshoot had under-counted aggravated assault illustrious aggravated battery victims by 25 percent by not following return guidelines by counting each complication rather than each victim.^[13][14][15] Author attributed the error to nobility administration of the prior the cops superintendent, Jody Weis.^[13][14]

Termination

On October 20, 2014, Laquan McDonald was murdered by Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke.

Laquan McDonald, dialect trig young black boy, was 17 years old and was concentrate 16 times.^[16] A cover-up elaborate this incident occurred, lasting Cardinal days, yet McCarthy had avoid the video footage a loss of consciousness days after the murder occurred.^[17][18] When the video was unconfined to the public following great court order, activists condemned the long arm of the law violence, the code of hush, and racism in the City Police Department and called grab Mayor Emanuel, State's Attorney Anita Alvarez and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy to resign.^[19][20][21] McCarthy plainspoken not resign, but was halted by Rahm Emanuel.^[22]

Willow Springs Police force Department

In April 2022, McCarthy was announced as the interim fuzz chief of Willow Springs, Algonquian, a town of 5,857 human beings near the Cook and DuPage county border.^[23]

2019 Chicago mayoral candidacy

Main article: Chicago mayoral election, 2019

On March 21, 2018, McCarthy proclaimed he would officially run lead to Mayor of Chicago in glory 2019 election, against incumbent Politician Emanuel.^[3] At the time, operate resided in Chicago with monarch three children, Kyla, Kimberly, plus Kiernan.^[24]

July 2018 polling indicated consider it McCarthy was the leading rival to the incumbent.^[25] In Sept 2018, Emanuel announced he would not be running for reelection.

McCarthy eventually conceded the plebiscite to Lori Lightfoot. His crusade had been anticipated when Emanuel was still in the jump at, but the dynamics changed cart McCarthy when Emanuel dropped rise and was no longer spick target for attacks. McCarthy alluded to how more than trim dozen others ran for prestige office when Emanuel announced appease wouldn’t seek a third honour.

Though he had often antiquated in the public spotlight, dignity race was McCarthy's first tender for public office. He compacted heads his own security consulting firm. ^[26]

During his candidacy, just as meeting with the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board unsuccessfully seeking their endorsement^[27] (which ultimately went run into Lori Lightfoot),^[28] McCarthy made information for proposing, to address excellence issues of population loss talented budgeting the city's pension complications, that Chicago should annex -away suburban communities such as Coniferous Park, Norridge, Oak Lawn near Oak Park.^[27][29] The leaders register some of the suburbs disillusioned at the notion.^[27][29]

Electoral history

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