John Garrido

John Garrido was born on November 18^th, 1967 in Chicago to Cheryl Bridgette Lynn and John Anthony Garrido. He lived in Chicago until mov­ing to Hanover Park at the age of 12. John grad­u­ated from Streamwood High School in 1985.

John and his wife of 13 years, Anna Bielicka-​​Garrido, have lived in the 45^th Ward for almost 10 years and they have two dogs; Trixie and Bucheron (Bush).

John joined the Chicago Police Department in 1991. For 20 years, John has worked hard to serve the cit­i­zens of Chicago. Working on the Westside of Chicago for most of his career, John has seen first­hand the effects of drugs and vio­lence on a com­mu­nity. John has worked as a patrol­man; an under­cover nar­cotic buy offi­cer; a vio­lent crimes detec­tive; a homi­cide sergeant and cur­rently works as a lieutenant.

After join­ing the police depart­ment with only a high school edu­ca­tion, John went back to school part-​​time to get his bachelor’s degree from Lewis University in 2001 and then his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in 2006. John was admit­ted to the Bar later in 2006. In addi­tion to his work as a police offi­cer, John is a prac­tic­ing attor­ney with Northwest Legal Service, LLP (5953 N. Elston Ave.) that he and his police depart­ment part­ner estab­lished in August of 2006.