Bio - Garry McCarthy

Garry F. McCarthy Bio

Throughout his extensive law enforcement career, Garry McCarthy, president, and CEO of McCarthy Byrnes, has consistently delivered superior results. Through executive
leadership roles, operations management techniques and implementing innovative crime control strategies, McCarthy has significantly reduced crime and streamlined
efficiencies.

From 2011 to 2015, Mr. McCarthy served as the Police Superintendent for the City of Chicago—the second-largest police department in the nation. He oversaw a $1.4 billion
budget and 13 thousand sworn and civilian employees. During his tenure, he worked diligently to reduce violence and crime by using proven crime fighting and prevention 
strategies that helped reduce crime in other major American cities including New York City and Newark. Under Garry McCarthy’s leadership, Chicago saw four straight years of reduction in overall crime and the fewest violent crime incidents since the 1960s.

Through policy and training efforts, he reduced police-related shootings by 70 percent and police complaints by 50 percent. Since 2011- 2015, overall crime in Chicago fell by more than 37 percent—across the FBI’s combined major crime indices. Prior to his role as the Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, McCarthy served as the Police Director for Newark, New Jersey from 2006 to 2011. Under his watch, the department led the nation in murder reduction in 2008. From 2006 to 2008, he oversaw a 12 percent reduction in overall crime and reduced civilian complaints against personnel by more than 20 percent. He has also created innovative systems that helped ensure accountability throughout the police force. This role presented a mix of challenges. Due to state-mandated layoffs, McCarthy was called to implement strategies that streamlined the department and reduced the budget by more than $33 million. Here, he removed non-essential roles and ensured that there was no disruption in patrol levels or officers on the street.