John Granara is an American attorney who is the former chief legal counsel to the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office

Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office (Massachusetts)

The Middlesex County Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency for Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The agency's primary responsibility is oversight of the Middlesex House of Correction in Billerica, Massachusetts and the Middlesex Jail in Cambridge, Massachusetts...

. He served as Special Sheriff of Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

-National protected areas:* Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge* Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge* Longfellow National Historic Site* Lowell National Historical Park* Minute Man National Historical Park* Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge...

 following the resignation and suicide of Sheriff James DiPaola

James DiPaola

James Vincent DiPaola was county sheriff of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from 1996 until his death in 2010. He had served as a Malden police officer for 18 years and was a Massachusetts state representative from 1993 to 1996. On November 26, 2010, DiPaola committed suicide...

. Granara had been the chief legal counsel to the Middlesex County Sheriff's Department since DiPaola took office in 1997. Granara was a coordinator for DiPaola's 1996 election campaign.