Chiefs of Police

For exact dates of appointment and a short bio, go to the SPPD History page
and click on the document "Saint Paul Police Timeline"

Chief's emblem

	Axel C. Henry 2022- Chief of Police	Jeremy A. Ellison 2022-2022 Interim Chief
Todd D. Axtell 2016-2022 Chief of Police	Kathy Wuorinen 2016 Interim Chief	Thomas E. Smith 2010-2016 Chief of Police
J. Mark Harrington 2004-2010 Chief of Police	William Finney 1992-2004 Chief of Police	William W. McCutcheon 1980-1992 Chief of Police
Robert LaBathe 1980 Emergency Chief	Richard H. Rowan 1970-1979 Chief of Police	Robert LaBathe 1970 Acting Chief
Lester McAuliffe 1961-1970 Chief of Police	Frank A. Schmidt 1960-1961 Acting Chief	William F. Proetz 1955-1961 Chief of Police
Albert A. Anderson 1954-1955 Acting Chief	Neal McMahon 1952-1954 Chief of Police	Neal McMahon 1952 Acting Chief
Charles J. Tierney 1943-1952 Chief of Police	Charles J. Tierney 1943 Acting Chief	Clinton A. Hackert 1936-1943 Chief of Police
Charles W. Coulter 1935-1936 Chief of Police	Gustave H. Barfuss 1935 Acting Chief	Michael J. Culligan 1934-1935 Chief of Police
Michael J. Culligan 1934 Acting Chief	Frank R. Cullen 1934 Chief of Police	Thomas E. Dahill 1932-1934 Chief of Police
Thomas A. Brown 1930-1932 Chief of Police	Edward J. Murnane 1930 Chief of Police	Thomas E. Dahill 1930 Acting Chief
Edward J. Murnane 1924-1930 Chief of Police	Michael Gebhardt 1923-1924 Chief of Police	Frank W. Sommer 1922-1923 Chief of Police
Michael Gebhardt 1922 Chief of Police	Michael Gebhardt 1922 Acting Chief	Henry J. Crepeau 1921-1922 Chief of Police
Thomas E. Campbell 1920-1921 Chief of Police	John J. O'Connor 1914-1920 Chief of Police	Michael Gebhardt 1913-1914 Chief of Police
Martin J. Flanagan 1912-1913 Acting Chief	Frederick M. Catlin 1912 Chief of Police	Frederick M. Catlin 1912 Acting Chief
John J. O'Connor 1900-1912 Chief of Police	Parker L. Getchell 1900 Chief of Police	Michael N. Goss 1896-1900 Chief of Police
John Clark 1894-1896 Chief of Police	Albert Garvin 1892-1894 Chief of Police	John Clark 1883-1892 Chief of Police
Charles Weber Jr. 1878-1883 Chief of Police	James King 1875-1878 Chief of Police	James P. McIlrath 1872-1874 Chief of Police
Luther J. Eddy 1870-1872 Chief of Police	James P. McIlrath 1867-1870 Chief of Police	John Jones 1866-1867 Chief of Police
George Turnbull 1865-1866 Chief of Police	John R. Cleveland 1864-1865 Chief of Police	Michael Cummings 1863-1864 Chief of Police
James Gooding 1861-1863 Chief of Police	Horace H. Western 1861 Chief of Police	John O'Gorman 1859-1861 Chief of Police
John W. Crosby 1858-1859 Chief of Police	William R. Miller 1854-1856 City Marshal	William R. Miller 1856-1858 Chief of Police