Baltimore Police Department - Police Commissioners

Police Commissioners

• Charles Howard, 1860–62
• Nicholas L.Wood, 1862–64
• Samuel Hindes, 1864–66
• James Young, 1866–67
• LeFevre Jarrett, 1867–70
• John W. Davis, 1870–71
• William H.B. Fusselbaugh, 1871–81
• George Colton, 1881–87
• Edson M. Schryver, 1887–97
• Daniel C. Heddinger, 1897–1900
• George M. Upsher, 1900–04
• George R. Willis, 1904–08
• Sherlock Swann, 1908–10
• John B.A. Wheltle, 1910–12
• Morris A. Soper, 1912–13
• James McEvoy, 1913–14
• Daniel C. Ammidon, 1914–16
• Lawrason Riggs, 1916–20
• Charles D. Gaither, 1920–37
• William Lawson, 1937–38
• Robert F. Stanton, 1938–43
• Hamilton R. Atkinson, 1943–49
• Beverly Ober, 1949–55
• James M. Hepbron, 1955–61
• Bernard Schmidt, 1961–66
• Donald D. Pomerleau, 1966–81
• Frank J. Battaglia, 1981–84
• Bishop L. Robinson, 1984-87 (first African American commissioner)
• Edward J. Tilghman, 1987–89
• Edward V. Woods, 1989–93
• Thomas C. Frazier, 1994–99
• Ronald L.Daniel, 2000
• Edward T. Norris, 2000–02
• Kevin P. Clark, 2003–04
• Leonard D. Hamm, 2004–2007
• Frederick H. Bealefeld III, 2007–2012
• Anthony W. Batts, September 2012-present