Chicago’s Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, the 4-star chief. He was quoted on a radio show last week saying he would train his officers to shoot licensed civilians with guns. Nice guy, eh?

“Booze, Guns, and Abuse of Authority”

It seems Chicago’s Police Chief doesn’t have a lot of friends out there.  We received tips from multiple sources about the following:

 

Reprinted from NYPD Rants via Newark Speaks.com:

1. Gary McCarthy was found “guilty” in March 2006 over an traffic altercation he had in 2005 with two New Jersey police officers. A traffic court judge ruled that Gary McCarthy had blocked vehicular traffic with his police-issued car while he and his wife confronted two plainclothes members of the Palisades Interstate Police at a gas station along the Palisades Interstate Parkway. The officers in question had just issued a summons to McCarthy’s 19-year-old daughter, who was driving another car and became verbally confrontational toward the two police officers whom in essence were enforcing the law. When Gary McCarthy had arrived on scene he was clearly irate and violently confrontational and had to be grabbed by the two police officers whom also confiscated McCarthy’s firearm and handcuffed him as well as restrained his wife when she attempted to grab the gun from the two police officers. The judge fined McCarthy $200 for blocking traffic.

NOTE: Had this incident occurred in New York City to an NYPD Police Officer the individual in question would be charged with Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, Obstruction of Governmental Administration, Assault on a Police Officer, and Unlawful Possession of a Weapon. That is not even including the possibility of driving while intoxicated. Now mind you that is just the charges faced by an average civilian. McCarthy was acting as representative of the New York City Police Department so imagine when the next incident occurs, in what capacity is he going to be acting in Newark Police Director?

A not-so-pleased Garry.

2. McCarthy’s wife Regina – was charged with “unreasonable noise” – when she verbally abused and cursed at the Palisades Park Police during the entire incident. Most disturbing is the fact that she had attempted to retrieve Gary McCarthy’s confiscated firearm from an Official Police Vehicle while Gary McCarthy was fighting with one officer. Regina McCarthy had to be physically thrown to the ground as she fought with the officer over the firearm and rear cuffed face down on the ground. My question is what was her intention if she had obtained complete control of that weapon which was a 9mm handgun? Was she going to shoot the officers, break Gary McCarthy free, or just hold the officers at gun point? That is a very, very, frightening thought to comprehend!

3. McCarthy acknowledged he had had two glasses of wine at dinner hours before, but said he was not drunk. He also acknowledged that it was Regina who had backed the NYPD’s black Ford Explorer into the gas station against oncoming traffic. My question here is why was a non-certified civilian driving an “Official NYPD Police Vehicle” when she was not trained by the NYPD Drivers Training Unit as required by the NYPD Patrol Guide for all Line and Duty Officers? The bottom-line is she had no permission to operate the said vehicle! Is she going to be doing this with Newark Police Vehicles as well?

4. When the New Jersey Officers in question tried to calm Gary McCarthy, McCarthy only became more irate and confrontational and told the officers when they informed him that they were going to arrest him for gun possession McCarthy replied; ” “Knock yourself out.” Here is a man whom has no respect for police officers when he himself is an executive level law enforcement official in the worlds largest police department. How can men under him respect him? They certainly did not in the NYPD that is for certain.

Happy Garry.  His wife Regina is out of town, perhaps?

5. McCarthy acknowledged that he had cursed in retaliation, that he had disregarded Regina’s advice to leave the scene when they realized that the Palisade Park Police were giving him more than ample warning to leave the scene before it escalated. He added that that one point a Detective Rossi threatened to put McCarthy “through the system,” while saying of his career, “Twenty-four years down the drain. How does it feel?”

6. McCarthy had also lied and denied a report that he had been reprimanded by the NYPD after he had gotten into an physical altercation with a off duty NYPD Sergeant at a cop bar in the Bronx on City Island the night he was appointed deputy commissioner.

On a separate incident McCarthy who was also out drunk again on City Island one evening was shooting out street lights with two other police officers one of whom was McCarthy’s brother whom is a New York State Trooper.

When McCarthy was confronted by an NYPD Sgt concerning the shooting incident McCarthy had retaliated against the officer later on who insisted on pursuing the shooting incident as a criminal matter. Needless to say the incident was quietly swept under the rug by the NYPD!

7. Gary McCarthy spent two days in a New Jersey traffic court in an attempt to explain away the circumstances that led to his being disarmed, handcuffed, and arrested. It is estimated that McCarthy had spent about $7500 on legal fees and court costs concerning the traffic violation. When confronted by reporters outside the courtroom McCarthy glared at the reporters for about five seconds before uttering the words through clenched teeth, “Get away!”

8. The traffic incident might not have even occurred had Gary McCarthy done nothing instead of intervened after his teenage daughter Kyla was ticketed for parking illegally in a handicapped zone on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in February 2005. The Palisades police officers who ticketed Kyla and later arrested McCarthy and his wife Regina testified they told Kyla that if she brought a handicapped parking placard to court, they would recommend her ticket be dismissed.

Garry with eight of the sixteen stars he wears on his uniform.
Got Narcissism?

In fact, both McCarthy and his wife ran their mouths and were completely out of control as they cursed and fought with police officers! Unfortunately the McCarthy’s own testimony did little to exonerate any of them.

9. Gary McCarthy had been drinking the night of the incident. Perhaps that explains why a civilian witness, Douglas Eric Hansen of Massapequa Park, L I., testified that when McCarthy exited his black Ford Explorer, which is an official NYPD vehicle, he did so from the passenger side. If that is accurate, it means Regina – who is not a police officer – was driving a department car. Either way – driver or passenger – she had no business inside that vehicle, which McCarthy is issued as a top-ranking department official. It is not for his personal use which is corruption and official misconduct! To make matters worse McCarthy produced Chief of Department Joseph Esposito, the department’s highest uniformed officer as a witness whom was not even on scene that night or at the incident! Gary McCarthy telephoned Chief Esposito while in custody the night of the incident and neither man notified the Internal Affairs Bureau, as is required in such incidents. This explains why IAB got a late break on the case with two officers monitoring the incident.

NOTE: According to a section of the Patrol Guide reading, “Testimony Before Governmental or Quasi-governmental Agencies,” one must have written permission from the police commissioner before testifying. That would make it clear that Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly was on board with Chief Esposito’s court appearance on behalf of McCarthy. In the 11 months since the incident, Raymond Kelly had taken no action against McCarthy concerning his actions and behavior. NYPD spokesman, Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Paul Browne, claimed McCarthy’s actions did not rise to the level of departmental discipline. Yet the average police officer would have been terminated for the same offense!

Is this Kyla McCarthy the same Kyla McCarthy who calls her daddy when she gets ticketed?
Photo by TalentJug.com.

10. On February 18th, 2005, after Kyla McCarthy was ticketed. She immediately telephoned her father Gary McCarthy. According to Palisades Parkway detective Thomas Rossi, who issued the ticket, Kyla “got on her cell phone and said, ‘My father would like to speak to you.’” Rossi refused to speak to Gary McCarthy which is standard procedure on Motor Vehicle stops as something not to do. Kyla McCarthy added that her father was a deputy commissioner in the NYPD and said to Detective Rossi, “My father really wants to talk to you.” McCarthy arrived minutes later, backed his department car into a one-way zone, jumped out and said to Detective Rossi and his partner Officer Roman Galloza, “You know who I am. This is bull****. This is @#%$ bull****.” McCarthy became increasingly agitated and noticing McCarthy’s gun in his waistband, Galloza wrested the gun from McCarthy, tossing it into his own police vehicle. Regina, meanwhile, shouted, “That’s my husband’s @#%$ gun,” and retrieved it, cradling it to her chest as Detective Rossi dived on top of her. Both McCarthy’s were then handcuffed and arrested.

NOTE: McCarthy and Regina used the word “@#%$” so many times, according to testimony, that Traffic Court Judge Steven Zaben, a man of the old school, instructed witnesses to avoid using their actual language. “Just say ‘the f-word,’” he told them. The most sensible advice was offered by Chief Esposito who when McCarthy telephoned him while in custody, said “Take the summons and get out of there.” According to testimony “McCarthy identified himself as the deputy commissioner of the New York City Police Department but did not produce a badge/shield or identification. … As he was speaking a white female later identified as Regina McCarthy [his wife] who was yelling obscenities at us from the passenger seat of the black Ford [which happened to be an NYPD department car.] …“I explained that I was the officer who issued the summons and McCarthy said loudly ‘you know who the @#%$ I was before you issued the summons and that is bull****. McCarthy said numerous times very loudly “to go @#%$ ourselves”. McCarthy was told to get out of the area … before he was charged with weapons possession and McCarthy said … You can suck my dick” After a scuffle between McCarthy and Rossi’s partner Roman Galloza, Rossi “grabbed the handgun out of his [McCarthy’s] waistband for officer safety and threw it in the front seat of [the patrol car]… McCarthy’s wife …stated ‘That is my husband’s @#%$ gun.’ She reached for the handgun and I had to jump on her back and take the gun out of her hand. I placed her into handcuffs…” The NYPD took no disciplinary actions against McCarthy. Spokesman Paul Browne said early on his actions did “not rise to the level of discipline.”

11. To add insult to injury and embarrassment after Commissioner Ray Kelly let Gary McCarthy skate after the New Jersey incident; Gary was back up to his old tricks again. McCarthy involved himself in another car stop. This one involved the arrest of a relative in Manhattan for drunken driving. When a cop on the midnight tour of the Manhattan North Task Force pulled the relative over, the relative telephoned McCarthy but the cop refused to speak to him. Instead, after consulting with his Sergeant and Lieutenant, the cop arrested the relative of McCarthy. McCarthy was not happy. He began calling the borough commander, Assistant Chief Raymond Diaz, to have the cop, Sergeant and Lieutenant transferred. Behind-the-scenes negotiations with a union trustee ultimately produced a back-door apology. Only a few months ago Gary McCarthy again involved himself in the Manhattan North Task Force car stop. This time, it involved a friend of his who was summonsed by a cop for talking on his cell phone while driving. When the cop asked McCarthy’s friend why he had been talking while driving, the friend answered, “Because I got a @#%$ phone call.” Again, McCarthy was not happy, and again, he attempted to have the cop transferred. The cop, however, comes from a police family. A relative is an inspector. So far there have been no transfers. Neither McCarthy nor the Task Force Captain, William Crossan would comment on the case.

12.Gary was back up to his old tricks again. He involved himself in another car stop, this one involved the arrest of a relative in Manhattan for DWI.

28 thoughts on “Chicago Police Chief: Booze, Guns and Abuse of Authority”
  1. There are some “Big City Cops” just like him that believe they are “Above the Law” when it comes to speeding etc. For a police official to say he will train officers to shoot law abiding citizens is outrageous ! He should be removed from office.

    1. It sounds like he should have been canned LONG AGO. It is sad a and disappointing that higher authority keeps permitting these things to continue in spite of the fact that it continually diminishes respect for law enforcement, law enforcement officers and authority, every where. Even societies children are growing up learning to have disrespect for authority.

  2. Well, if he is going to train them to shoot legally armed citizens, that is considered a threat. A threat can be met with equal force. So, using his “logic” we would end up defending ourselves and neutralizing the threat. Hey “Chicago Top Cop” you are not crap down here!

  3. How in the world is this man a police officer at any level. Sure don’t say much for Chicago police force, the mayor or anyone else involved with the hiring of police officers in Chicago.

  4. There are many police officers who are professional and follow the law to the letter both on duty and off duty. Gary Mcarthy has to be one of the most unprofessional goons I have read about that is employed as a police officer. The motto to protect and server, Who is he protecting and serving? It is not the general public as a whole.

  5. I’ll second Kurt’s comments (above).

    I’ve met some Chicago PD officers, and even trained quite a few. All were top notch.

    None subscribe to this lunacy of Garry McCarthy and they almost universally just roll their eyes if you mention this douche bag’s name.

    I have no doubt they don’t look for an opportunity to shoot anyone, especially a productive, law-abiding citizen.

    But McCarthy, and his shady past are really over the top. But, I mean, isn’t this the kind of person one would expect of a big city leftist mayor to appoint as Police Chief?

    John

  6. According to McCarthy’s logic when his wife grabbed his piece and refused to drop it. The officer should have dropped her.

    1. Guarentee here in Oklahoma that would have been enough for the officer to use deadly force.

  7. The City of Chicago spends millions of dollars every year sending police personnel to college, graduate school, law school and all types of training due to a tuition repayment program that pays Full tuition for a grade of “A”. CPD has patrol officers who are licensed attorneys and Phds. So bringing in an outsider who had been rejected in a previous attempt to be hired was done to demean the CPD and to show us there was a New Boss in town! Well, in 2012 we had 512 homicides, with a clearance rate of only 25%! Our current Mayor, who is also an outsider does not seem to care since he has armed security 24/7. McNumbnuts has stayed beyond his expiration date.

  8. Doesn’t surprise me. He looks like he can fly off the cuff. I personally don’t believe much that comes out of his mouth. I saw the news articles and video on his plan to ban assault weapsons (which are already banned btw in Chicago) and lie or purposely mislead the public when he held a semiauto pistol and called it an UZI!! WTF man! You’re an a$$hol3 who misleads the public and pushes misinformation and out right LIES to the public!

  9. 7,400 Guns seized in Chicago in 2012.

    Some questions for Supt. McCarthy.

    Of these 7,400 guns, how many we’re seized as a direct result of an arrest?

    Of the arrested, how many were actually prosecuted?

    Of those that were prosecuted, how many received jail time?

    What was the longest jail sentence issued?

    How many of those arrested were repeat offenders

    Does the total of 7,400 guns seized include this weapons that were turned in a an exchange for a gift card?

    Does the total of 7,400 guns include those that were voluntarily turned in, or that were turned in as found property?

    Sir, of these 7,400 guns, how many were in the possession of a convicted felon?

    How many of these guns were in the possession of some one with no criminal record?

    How many of these guns were registered in the City of Chicago?

    Were any of these guns part of a legitimate collectors collection, and the the sole reason for their seizure was do to the now unconstitutional City Of Chicago Gun Registration Ordinance.

    Would you know how and where to look for this information yourself, without assigning it to an exempt flunky?

    If less that half of those arrested did not receive any jail time, then the problem is not having enough gun laws, it’s the inability of a a broken corrupt Cook County Judicial System, and what if anything do you intend to do about that?

  10. I am surprised none of McCarthy’s CHICAGO antics have not been published as of yet! Perhaps a check with the NILES, ILLINOIS Police Department would reveal more of his wife and his “style”. Oh, aren’t they or already have divorced because of his escapades here in Chicago? He is a bufoon and so is Rahm for hiring him! They have depleted the Police Department, so it is no wonder there are so many deaths! The latest of only having Detectives North, South and West was one big goof! But that’s right, he thinks he is in N.Y.P.D BLUE! From accounts here in Chicago, he is still a boozing, drunk bully! Anybody want to talk about the Cubs game? But ole Rahm doesn’t care that what is being done is not protecting the Citizens of Chicago…..they both like playing with Smoke and Mirrors! Take officers from here and move them over there, thus depleting one district for another and leaving the citizens unsafe! Chicago is short how many thousand officers? It disgust me the way this City is run!

  11. Chicago’s Top Gangsta Thug is a white guy with a dressy police uniform. He has it decked out like a tin pot dictator from a third world country too.

  12. Ah yes, and wasn’t tough guy Garry one of Bernie Keriks’ main guys? In case you don’t know Bernie,the former NYPD former police commissioner, is still in jail. Bernie may be out this year in October. Maybe Garry and him can discuss old times when he gets out.

  13. What about the beef in Niles – when he and his wife got drunk and ended up in Niles PD squads cars for the ride in.

  14. Its ashame when a Mayor thinks more about the schools than
    the safety of the great people of chicago. Also why does’nt
    our great news paper print about the woman that is having
    McCarthys baby and its not his wife. The city is going to
    Hell in a hand bag.

  15. Nothing surprises me when it comes to Chicago’s mayor, or his goonies. Both of them are a disgrace to the PD, Chicago, and the US. Sounds like McCarthy must have been recruited from Castro, or the local pub. I SAY FIRE HIS ASS, and put a person in there who wants to serve and protect.

  16. I wrote a book History of Street Cops, in there, I and my partners and other Officers are the real police. The snipers at Cabrini Green are gone, but the shootings and killings are still here, why. The Gangs get larger and in control more each day, in fact each hour. The Federal Government (F.B.I.) went after the mob it took years ,they did not win 100 percent but they sure stopped alot of unnessary killings, why not apply the same to the gangs of today.

  17. I just got a call from one of my partners, he said that politics are the source of hiding crimes, not using the city’s funds for the right purpose, like hiring more Officers. I remember when I was in 011th District, Fillmore before the riots, during and after. When the area of violance was in trouble, the police bosses flooded the crime infested areas, with remember ( the Task Force). Well, were are they today, the city is paying overtime for current officers to work more hours then a normal shift, now that doesn’t make sense either. Where does all this money go to protect the citizens of Chicago, they take Officers from low crime areas and send them into high crime areas and still the killings, shootings continue. WHY A child watching TV is murdered, its in the news, next week it happens again, and again and a gain, no one does nothing. Something wrong with this picture, in the 1970-80’s the bosses flooded the high crime areas and with results, less shootings, still alot of gang shootings and of course we had the snipers.

    1. The Mayor is responsible for all of this . He Hired somebody who knows nothing about this city but will cut the police strenght buy 3000 officers . Humm I woder why more murders occur. Oh wait it is more important to cut pension and benifits .

  18. McCarthy is the typical example of the big city mayor. No respect for individual liberty, ban everything he doesn’t like, shoot law-abiding citizens for having a gun. His kind need to be removed from office.

  19. Chicago resident my whole life. Been calling Garry McCarthy “Jenny” McCarthy for a while now. Then I realized – what an insult to Jenny! Beautiful, fun Chicago girl n’ all – done more for humanity by taking off her clothes than this insufferable athole has ever done in putting on his uniform. Jefferson was right – we get “exactly” the government we deserve.

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