Garry McCarthy
{{short description|American law enforcement officer and politician}}
{{for|the Australian politician|Gerry McCarthy}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Ct-met-garry-mccarthy-chicago-mayor-20180321.jpg
| caption = McCarthy in 2018
| office = 61st Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department
| term_start = May 16, 2011
| term_end = December 1, 2015
| appointed = Rahm Emanuel
| predecessor = Terry G. Hillard (interim)
| successor = Eddie T. Johnson
| order2 = Deputy Commissioner of Operations and Crime Control Strategies, New York City Police Department
| term_start2 = 2000
| term_end2 = 2006
| 1blankname2 = {{nowrap|Commissioner}}
| 1namedata2 = Howard Safir
Bernard Kerik
Raymond W. Kelly
| predecessor2 = Ed Norris
| successor2 = Phil Pulaski
| birth_name = Garry Francis McCarthy
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|05|04}}
| birth_place = The Bronx, New York, U.S.
| death_date =
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| party = Democratic{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-garry-mccarthy-chicago-mayor-20180321-story.html|title=Garry McCarthy, former top cop fired by Rahm Emanuel, details why he's challenging him for Chicago mayor|first=Bill|last=Ruthhart|website=chicagotribune.com|date=21 March 2018 }}
| spouse = {{marriage|Gina McCarthy|1984|2014}}
{{marriage|Kristin Barnette|2014}}
| partner =
| relations =
| children = 3
| alma_mater = University at Albany, SUNY (BA)
| profession = American Public Servant
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| module = {{Infobox police officer|embed=yes
| department =25px New York City (1981-2006)
{{flagicon image|}}Newark, New Jersey (2006–2011)
Chicago (2011–2015)
Willow Springs (2022-present)
| serviceyears = 1981–present
| rank = Police commissioner
}}
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Garry Francis McCarthy (born May 4, 1959) is an American law enforcement officer who serves as the Chief of Police of Willow Springs, Illinois. He was previously the Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department.{{cite web|url=http://www.wycc.org/garrymccarthy.html |title=WYCC PBS Chicago - A Plea for Peace |website=Wycc.org |date=2012-10-11 |access-date=2015-12-01}} He was a candidate for mayor of Chicago in the 2019 Chicago mayoral election.{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/3/21/18316398/ex-top-cop-garry-mccarthy-officially-jumps-into-race-against-mayor-rahm-emanuel|title=Ex-Top Cop Garry McCarthy Officially Jumps Into Race Against Mayor Rahm Emanuel|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|date=March 21, 2018|access-date=June 20, 2020}}
Early life
McCarthy was born and raised in the Bronx. He attended Cardinal Spellman High School and graduated in 1977. In 1981, he graduated from SUNY Albany with a BA in History.
Law enforcement career
=New York Police Department=
McCarthy joined the New York City Police Department in 1981 at age 22. He rose through the ranks and became Deputy Commissioner of Operations in 2000, succeeding the likes of Ed Norris and Jack Maple, who implemented COMPSTAT meetings. McCarthy was in the middle of ground zero during the September 11 attacks, working closely with then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani to operate an emergency response command post. While with the NYPD, he held a variety of positions around the city, served as commander of several different precincts and eventually was in charge of the NYPD's CompStat program.{{cite web|last=Moser |first=Whet |url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/May-2011/Meet-Garry-McCarthy-Chicago-s-New-Top-Cop/ |title=Meet Garry McCarthy, Chicago's New Top Cop |website=Chicago |date=2011-05-02 |access-date=2015-12-01}}
=Newark Police Department=
In 2006, McCarthy left his position with the New York Police Department to take over the Police Department of Newark, New Jersey. He was chosen for this role by Mayor Cory Booker,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/07/nyregion/07newark.html?_r=0|title=New York City Crime Strategist Picked as Director of Newark Police Force|newspaper=The New York Times|date=7 September 2006 |access-date=2015-12-01 |last1=Jacobs |first1=Andrew }} and appeared with Booker in addition to his daughter Kyla McCarthy in the documentary series Brick City. McCarthy presided over a sharp reduction in crime during his tenure in Booker's administration in Newark with homicides declining 28 percent, shootings declining 46 percent, and overall crime declining 21 percent. (During the 2020 Democratic Primary debates, Vice-President Biden nick-named McCarthy as "Giuliani's guy" in an attack towards Senator Booker.)
=Chicago Police Department=
McCarthy was hired by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to take over the Chicago Police Department shortly after Emanuel's election in early 2011. McCarthy was the City of Chicago's highest paid public employee, earning an annual salary of over $260,000.{{cite web|url=http://abc7chicago.com/archive/8178957/ |title=Intelligence Report: The highest paid city workers in Chicago |website=abc7chicago.com |date=2011-06-08 |access-date=2015-12-01}}{{cite web|url=http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/08/15/data-of-city-of-chicago-worker-salaries/ |title=Data Of City Of Chicago Worker Salaries |website=Chicago.cbslocal.com |date=2014-08-15 |access-date=2015-12-01}} The number of crimes{{cite web|url=http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2014/04/07/fudging-chicago-crime-numbers |title=Fudging Chicago Crime Numbers |website= Chicago Tonight |date=2015-11-24 |access-date=2015-12-01}} and murders in Chicago declined during his tenure (with murders declining from 525 in 2011 to 505 in 2012 to 415 in 2013).{{cite web|author= |url=https://news.yahoo.com/2013-ends-big-drop-homicides-chicago-212612071.html |title=Chicago's murder rate plunged in 2013 |website=News.yahoo.com |date=2014-01-01 |access-date=2015-12-01}} In an investigative article by Chicago Magazine reporters David Bernstein and Noah Isackson, it was asserted that the decline was in part due to the unjustified re-categorization of murders as undetermined and then if it is later determined to be a murder, tallying the total to the prior years' statistics.{{cite web |last=Bernstein |first=David |url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2014/Chicago-crime-rates/ |title=The Truth About Chicago's Crime Rates |website=Chicago |date=2014-04-07 |access-date=2015-12-01 |archive-date=2015-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217094153/http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2014/Chicago-crime-rates/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|author=John Kass |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2014-04-10-ct-kass-met-0410-20140410-story.html|title=What looks like murder to mom doesn't to police |website=Chicago Tribune |date=2014-04-10 |access-date=2020-06-15}} McCarthy responded that the article is "patently false" and criticized its reliance on anonymous sources.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-crime-stats-debated-as-magazine-calls-police-claim-of-progress-an-illusion|title=Chicago crime stats debated as magazine calls police claim of 'progress' an illusion |publisher=Fox News |date=2014-04-18 |access-date=2015-12-01}} A 2012 audit by the Chicago Inspector General determined that the Chicago Police Department had under-counted aggravated assault and aggravated battery victims by 25 percent by not following state guidelines by counting each incident rather than each victim.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/26693217-418/chicago-police-underreported-number-of-2012-assaults-audit-finds.html#.U1dEFspOWmQ |title=Chicago Police underreported number of 2012 assaults, audit finds |website=Suntimes.com |date= |access-date=2015-12-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2014-04-07-chi-report-chicago-police-undercounted-shooting-victims-in-2012-20140407-story.html|title= Inspector General: Chicago police underreported aggravated assaults, batteries in 2012 |website=Chicago Tribune|date=2014-04-07 |access-date=2020-06-20}}{{cite web|url=http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/OIG-Crime-Stats-Audit.pdf|title=Report of the office of inspector general: "chicago police department assault-related crime statistics classification and reporting audit|date=April 2014|website=Chicagoinspectorgeneral.org|access-date=2015-12-01|archive-date=2016-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212215101/http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/OIG-Crime-Stats-Audit.pdf|url-status=dead}} McCarthy attributed the error to the administration of the prior police superintendent, Jody Weis.
==Termination==
On October 20, 2014, Laquan McDonald was murdered by Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke. Laquan McDonald, a young black boy, was 17 years old and was shot 16 times.{{cite web|url=https://graphics.suntimes.com/laquan-mcdonald-jason-van-dyke-shooting-trial/timeline/|title=A timeline of the Laquan McDonald shooting and the Jason Van Dyke case|first1=Tanveer|last1=Ali|first2=Jon|last2=Seidel|first3=y|last3=Grimm|website=Chicago Sun-Times}} A cover-up of this incident occurred, lasting 400 days, yet McCarthy had seen the video footage a few days after the murder occurred.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chicago-police-chief-garry-mccarthy-fired-laquan-mcdonald-fallout/|title=Chicago police chief fired amid Laquan McDonald fallout|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=December 2015 }}{{cite web|url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/11/30/mccarthy-says-his-hands-were-tied-in-laquan-mcdonald-case/|title=McCarthy Says His Hands Were Tied In Laquan McDonald Case|date=30 November 2015|publisher=}} When the video was released to the public following a court order, activists condemned police violence, the code of silence, and racism in the Chicago Police Department and called on Mayor Emanuel, State's Attorney Anita Alvarez and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy to resign.{{cite web|url=https://wgntv.com/2014/07/29/ministers-activists-to-call-for-resignation-of-cpd-superintendent-garry-mccarthy/|title=Ministers, activists to call for resignation of CPD Superintendent Garry McCarthy|date=29 July 2014|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/11/26/laquan-mcdonald-police-trial-david-march-joseph-walsh-thomas-gaffney/2115017002/|title=Chicago cops accused of covering up Laquan McDonald shooting to go to trial|website=USA TODAY}}{{cite web|url=https://thegrio.com/2015/12/02/rahm-emanuel-anita-alvarez-resignation/|title=Rahm Emanuel, Anita Alvarez - where's your resignation?|last=TheGrio|date=December 2, 2015|publisher=}} McCarthy did not resign, but was terminated by Rahm Emanuel.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-police-chief-garry-mccarthy-fired-by-mayor-rahm-emanuel/ |title=Chicago Police Chief Garry McCarthy fired by Mayor Rahm Emanuel |publisher=Fox News |date=2001-09-11 |access-date=2015-12-01}}
=Willow Springs Police Department=
In April 2022, McCarthy was announced as the interim police chief of Willow Springs, Illinois, a town of 5,857 people near the Cook and DuPage county border.{{Cite web|url=https://wgntv.com/news/former-cpd-supt-garry-mccarthy-to-be-named-interim-police-chief-in-willow-springs/|title=Former CPD Supt. Garry McCarthy officially named interim police chief in Willow Springs|date=6 April 2022}}
2019 Chicago mayoral candidacy
{{main|Chicago mayoral election, 2019}}
On March 21, 2018, McCarthy announced he would officially run for Mayor of Chicago in the 2019 election, against incumbent Mayor Emanuel.
At the time, he resided in Chicago with his three children, Kyla, Kimberly, and Kiernan.{{cite web|url=http://garryformayor.com/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328060512/http://garryformayor.com/about|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 28, 2018|title=Meet Garry|publisher=Garryformayor.com|date=March 29, 2013|access-date=March 29, 2018}}
July 2018 polling indicated that McCarthy was the leading challenger to the incumbent.{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/7/10/18463502/poll-for-challenger-lightfoot-shows-rahm-s-2019-re-election-bid-in-big-trouble|title=Poll for challenger Lightfoot shows Rahm's 2019 re-election bid in big trouble|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|date=July 10, 2018|access-date=June 20, 2020}} In September 2018, Emanuel announced he would not be running for reelection.
McCarthy eventually conceded the election to Lori Lightfoot. His campaign had been anticipated when Emanuel was still in the race, but the dynamics changed for McCarthy when Emanuel dropped out and was no longer a target for attacks. McCarthy alluded to how more than a dozen others ran for the office when Emanuel announced he wouldn’t seek a third term. Though he had often been in the public spotlight, the race was McCarthy's first bid for public office. He now heads his own security consulting firm. {{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-election-results-mayor-defeated-20190226-story.html|title=Concession speeches come early, often in crowded Chicago mayoral race|last=Pearson|first=Rick|website=Chicago Tribune|date=26 February 2019 |access-date=2019-02-27}}
During his candidacy, when meeting with the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board unsuccessfully seeking their endorsement{{cite web |last1=Spielman |first1=Fran |title=City should annex suburbs, McCarthy says. No thanks, suburbs say |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/2/5/18419949/city-should-annex-suburbs-mccarthy-says-no-thanks-suburbs-say |publisher=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=30 November 2019 |date=5 February 2019}} (which ultimately went to Lori Lightfoot),{{cite web |last1=Sun-Times Editorial Board |title=Why the Sun-Times endorses Lori Lightfoot to be Chicago's next mayor |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-election-2019/ |website=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=February 18, 2019 |date=February 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212225622/https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-election-2019/ |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |url-status=live }} McCarthy made news for proposing, to address the issues of population loss and budgeting the city's pension obligations, that Chicago should annex nearby suburban communities such as Evergreen Park, Norridge, Oak Lawn and Oak Park.{{cite web |last1=Swanson |first1=Lorraine |title=Chicago Mayoral Hopeful Wants To Annex Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park |url=https://patch.com/illinois/oaklawn/chicago-mayoral-hopeful-wants-annex-oak-lawn-evergreen-park |publisher=Patch |access-date=30 November 2019 |date=5 February 2019}} The leaders of some of the suburbs balked at the notion.
Electoral history
| class=wikitable
!colspan=5|2019 Chicago mayoral election |
| colspan=1 rowspan=2 |Candidate
!colspan=2 |Runoff Election{{cite web|url=https://chicagoelections.com/en/election-results.asp?election=220 |title=2019 Municipal Runoffs - 4/2/19 |publisher=Chicago Board of Elections |date= |access-date=April 17, 2019}} |
|---|
| Votes
!% !Votes !% |
| Lori Lightfoot
| align="right" | 97,667 | align="right" | 17.54 | align="right" | 386,039 | align="right" | 73.70 |
| Toni Preckwinkle
| align="right" | 89,343 | align="right" | 16.04 | align="right" | 137,765 | align="right" | 26.30 |
| William Daley
| align="right" | 82,294 | align="right" | 14.78 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Willie Wilson
| align="right" | 59,072 | align="right" | 10.61 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Susana Mendoza
| align="right" | 50,373 | align="right" | 9.05 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Amara Enyia
| align="right" | 44,589 | align="right" | 8.00 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Jerry Joyce
| align="right" | 40,099 | align="right" | 7.20 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Gery Chico
| align="right" | 34,521 | align="right" | 6.20 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Paul Vallas
| align="right" | 30,236 | align="right" | 5.43 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Garry McCarthy
| align="right" | 14,784 | align="right" | 2.66 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| La Shawn K. Ford
| align="right" | 5,606 | align="right" | 1.01 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Robert "Bob" Fioretti
| align="right" | 4,302 | align="right" | 0.77 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| John Kolzar
| align="right" | 2,349 | align="right" | 0.42 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Neal Sales-Griffin
| align="right" | 1,523 | align="right" | 0.27 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Write-ins
| align="right" | 86 | align="right" | 0.02 | colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray | |
| Total
| align="right" | 556,844 | align="right" | 100 | align="right" | 523,804 | align="right" | 100 |
See also
References
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External links
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