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There have been 49 police chiefs of the Minneapolis Police Department in the history of Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1][2]

List of police chiefs

Sources: 1800s[2], 1900s[3]
Term Approx. Years Chief of Police Departure Notable/Related Events
1867 1 H. H. Brackett
1868 1 Dan A. Day
1869 1 H. H. Brackett and Stuart Seeley
1870 1 Dan A. Day
1871 1 C. L. Peck
1872 1 George C. Kent
1873 1 R. W. Hanson and Michael Hoy
1874–1875 2 John H. Noble
1876–1883 8 A. S. Munger
1883 1 A. C. Berry
1884 1 John West
1886 1 Colonel Charles R. Hill
1887–1890 3 Board of Police Commissioners Abolished
1890 1 Major R. R. Henderson
1904 1 Ed. J. Conroy
1910 1 Colonel Frank T. Corriston[4] Resigned, "laxity"
1911-1912 2 Michael Mealey aka Michael O'Malia [4]
1912–1922 ?
1923-1924 2 Chief Jensen
1925–1927 3 Frank W. Brunskill[5] Tong wars
1928–1930 ?
1931-33 3 William Meehan Racial integration[6]
1934-35 2 Mike Johannes Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934[7]
1936-40 5 Frank Forestal[8]
1941 1 Edward B. Hansen (resigned)[9] Resigned, mobs
1942 1 Joe M. Jonas
1943-44 2 Elmer F. Hillner
1945 1 Ed Ryan
1946-48 3 G.W. MacLean
1949-55 7 Thomas R. Jones
1956 1 E.I. Walling
1957-59 3 Milton E. Winslow
1960 1 Kenneth Moore
1961-63 3 E.I. Walling
1964-68 4 Calvin F. Hawkinson Resigned to Plymouth Police Department (MN)[10] Established Community Relations Unit
1968 1 Donald Dwyer American Indian Movement[11]
1969-70 2 B.J. Lutz
1971-73 3 Gordon Johnson Overweight police[12]
1974 1 John "Jack" McCarthy
1974-75 2 John R. Jensen
1976-77 2 Carl E. Johnson
1978-79 2 Elmer C. Nordlund Resigned, scandal[13] Teenage prostitution[14]
1979 1 Donald Dwyer Temporary
1980–1988 8 Anthony V. Bouza[15] Retired
1989–1994 5 John Laux[16] Resigned to Bloomington Police Department Murder of Jerry Haaf[17], KARE 11 media complaint[18]
1994–2002 9 Robert Olson[19] Dismissed, contract not renewed Federal mediation[20]
2002–2006 5 William McManus Resigned to San Antonio Police Department[21]
2006-2007 (sworn)-present 7 Tim Dolan[22] I-35W Mississippi River Bridge

List of city marshals

There were constables appointed as city marshals of Saint Anthony before it was joined to Minneapolis.[2]

Term Name
1855 Benjamin Brown and L. Turner
1856-57 J. Chapman
1857-1859-1860 John A. Armstrong
1861 J. H. Noble
1862 William Lashells
1863 M. B. Rollins
1864 E. Lippencott and J. M. Shepard
1865–1866 M. W. Getchell
1867–1869 Michael Hoy
1870–1871 L. C. Smith

References

  1. ^ "Inside the Minneapolis Police Department". City of Minneapolis. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  2. ^ a b c By Isaac Atwater (Published 1893). History of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Munsell. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Minneapolis Police Dept Annual Reports". Retrieved 2009-12-03.
  4. ^ a b "CHIEF RESIGNS UNDER FIRE.; Head of Minneapolis Police Was Criticised for Laxity by Grand Jury". New York Times. December 25, 1910, Sunday. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Near v. Minnesota No. 91 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 283 U.S. 697". Thomas L. Tedford and Dale A. Herbeck Freedom of Speech in the United States, 5th ed. State College, PA: Strata Publishing, Inc., 2005. January 30, 1931. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  6. ^ Ben Welter (2006-04-15). "Race row in Minneapolis". Star Tribune Archives. Retrieved 2009-09-03. [dead link]
  7. ^ Dale Kramer (1942-05). "THE DUNNE BROTHERS, the Teamsters Strike of 1934". Harpers Magazine, excerpted by St. Louis Park Historical Society. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ Marda Woodbury (1998). Stopping the presses: the murder of Walter W. Liggett. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-2929-9.
  9. ^ "Disappearing Chief, Mob Moves "Fiction" to Mayor". Milwaukee Journal. 1941-07-20.
  10. ^ Tim Harlow (2010-01-07). "Calvin Hawkinson, former police chief of Minneapolis". Star Tribune.
  11. ^ "Nation: The Angry American indian: Starting Down the Protest Trail". TIME Magazine. 1970-02-09.
  12. ^ "Minneapolis Likes Trim Policemen". Reading Eagle. 1971-11-03.
  13. ^ Sourced in book "Minority group threat, crime, and policing: social context and social control". Star Tribune. 1979-08-10. ISBN 978-0-275-92983-1.
  14. ^ "Efforts to Curb Teen-Age Prostitution Having Little Effect in Minneapolis". Lakeland Ledger. 1978-05-05.
  15. ^ By Jim Parsons (August 19, 1994). "Tony Bouza: DFL candidate for governor". Star Tribune by way of E Democracy.
  16. ^ "Bloomington Police Chiefs: More than fifty years of leadership". City of Bloomington. 2008.
  17. ^ Art Hughes. ""Officer Down:" Remembering Jerry Haaf". Minnesota Public Radio. {{cite web}}: Text "2002-09-25" ignored (help)
  18. ^ "Determination 98: Minneapolis Police Chief John Laux v. KARE-TV". Minnesota News Council. 1993-06-17.
  19. ^ Departing Minneapolis Police Chief Robert Olson. Minnesota Public Radio. 2004-01-13. {{cite AV media}}: Unknown parameter |= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |program= ignored (help)
  20. ^ Art Hughes (2003-12-04). "Minneapolis police, community reach accord on reducing tension". Minnesota Public Radio.
  21. ^ Brandt Williams (2006-03-16). "McManus leaves as Minneapolis police chief". Minnesota Public Radio.
  22. ^ Brandt Williams (January 9, 2007). "Homicide problem awaits Minneapolis' new police chief". Minnesota Public Radio.


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