Police Chiefs of the MPD
First to current in ascending order. Click on each name for more information.
- William B. Webb – Sept. 1861 – Nov. 1864
- A.C. Richards – Dec. 1864 – Jan. 1878
- Thomas P. Morgan – Feb. 1878 – Nov. 1879
- William G. Brock – Dec. 1879 – April 1883
- William M. Dye – April 1883 – June 1886
- Samuel H. Walker – July 1886 – Dec. 1886
- William G. Moore – Dec. 1886 – July 1898
- Richard Sylvester – July 1898 – April 1915
- Raymond W. Pullman – April 1915 – Feb. 1920
- Harry L. Gessford – April 1920 – Dec. 1921
- Daniel Sullivan – Feb. 1922 – Oct. 1925
- Edwin B. Hesse – Oct. 1925 – April 1929
- Henry G. Pratt – April 1929 – Nov. 1931
- Pelham D. Glassford – Nov. 1931 – Oct. 1932
- Ernest W. Brown – Oct. 1932 – Nov. 1941
- Edward J. Kelly – Nov. 1941 – Feb. 1946
- Harvey G. Callahan – Feb. 1946 – June 1947
- Robert J. Barrett – July 1947 – Nov. 1951
- Robert V. Murray – Dec. 1951 – Dec. 1964
- John B. Layton – Dec. 1964 – July 1969
- Jerry V. Wilson – Aug. 1969 – Sept. 1974
- Maurice J. Cullinane – Dec. 1974 – Jan. 1978
- Burtell M. Jefferson – Jan. 1978 – June 1981
- Maurice T. Turner, Jr. – July 1981 – July 1989
- Issac Fulwood – July 1989 – Sept. 1992
- Fred Thomas – Dec. 1992 – July 1995
- Sonya Proctor (Interim) – Nov. 1997 – April 1998
- Charles H. Ramsey – April 1998 – Dec. 2006
- Cathy L. Lanier – Jan. 2007 – Sept. 2016
- Peter Newsham – September 2016 – Dec. 2020
- Robert J. Contee III – Jan 2021 –