The following are listed by year of appointment. Originally titled “Marshal,” in 1869 the position became “Captain.” A new City Charter in 1889 led to the title of “Chief”.1
Marshal:
1853: John McCann
1854: John Hogan
1855: J.P.M. Davis
1859: A. Davison
1860: William Hoskins
1863: James Brown
1865: E.I. Smith
1866: James Brown
1868: Charles P. McKay
Captain: (name change)
1869: Fred B. Tarbett
1874: Dave Rand
1877: William M. Gray
1878 Willard F. Fletcher
1881: Gerison Whipple
1881: Peter Pumyea
1882: E. J. Chase
1883: Peter Pumyea
1885: William R. Thomas
1888: Peter Pumyea
Chief
1889: John W. Tompkins
1892: Louis Schaffer
1895: Charles E. Lloyd
1898: Willard F. Fletcher
1899: St. Clair Hodgkins
1905: Adelbert Wilson
1912: Walter J. Petersen
1915: William F. Woods
1916: Walter J. Petersen
1917: John Henry Nedderman
1919: J. Frank Lynch
1921: Fenton G. Thompson
1921: James T. Drew
1927: Donald Lawrence Marshall
1930: James T. Drew
1934: Bodie A. Wallman
1943: Robert P. Tracy
1949: Lester J. Divine
1955: Wyman W. Vernon
1959: Edward M. Toothman
1966–1967: Robert J. Preston
1968–1971: Charles R. Gain
1973–1992: George T. Hart
1993–1999: Joseph Samuels Jr
1999–2004: Richard Word
2005–2009: Wayne Tucker (interim in 2004)
2009–2011: Anthony Batts
2012 to 2013-05-08: Howard Jordan (interim in 2011)
2013-05-08 to 2013-05-10 Anthony Toribio
2013-05-10 to 2013-06-09: Sean Whent (interim, named Permanent May 14, 2014)
2016-06-09 to 2016-06-15 (6 days): Benson H Fairow
2016-06-15 to 2016-06-17 (2 days): Paul Figueroa
2016-06-17 to 2017-01-04: no acting or interim chief, police report to city administrator Sabrina Landreth
2017-01-04: Anne Kirkpatrick
References
- McGill, Justin, ed. Oakland Police Department: A Tradition of Excellence. Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, 2005. (List up until 1973)
- http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Latest-Oakland-police-chief-is-out-after-two-days-8310286.php
