Then and now: Here is every Wichita police chief who has served in department history
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Here is a list of everyone who has served as chief in the Wichita Police Department’s 151-year history, according to a plaque hanging in Wichita City Hall. They’re listed in order from earliest serving to current chief. The department started in 1871.
William C. Smith: April 1871 - April 1871 and April 1874 - April 1875
Michael M. Meager: April 1871 - April 1874 and April 1875 - April 1877
Richard Cogdell: April 1877 - March 1878
Daniel F. Parks: March 1878 - March 1879
James Cairns: March 1879 - Sept. 1887 and Nov. 1889 - April 1890
Williams W. Haines: Sept. 1887 - May 1888
Lewis Aspey: June 1889 - Nov. 1889
Charles E. Burrows: April 1890 - April 1893 and June 1895 - Nov. 1895
Rufus Cone: April 1983 - April 1895
O. Park Massey: April 1895 - June 1895
Frank S. Burt: Nov. 1895 - Nov. 1897, April 1902 - March 1905 and April 1909 - April 1910
William Campbell: Nov. 1897 - March 1899
Charles M. Jones: March 1899 - Sept. 1899
George T. Cubbon: Sept. 1899 - March 1902, April 1905 - March 1907 and Oct. 1911 - March 1913
Bedford Wood: April 1907 - March 1908
Orman C. Emery: March 1908 - April 1909
James H. McPherson: Sept. 1910 - March 1911
Lincoln McKinley: April 1911 - June 1911
S.S. Meanor: Aug. 1911 - Oct. 1911
G.C. Kensler: April 1913 - April 1915
O.K. Stewart: April 1915 - May 1915
G.C. Hay: July 1915 - March 1919
Samuel W. Zickefoose: April 1919 - March 1921
Thomas F. Dawkins: April 1921 - June 1921
W.A. Scott: June 1921 - May 1924
T.J. Thompson: May 1924 - March 1926
I.B. Walston: April 1926 - March 1928
Orlando W. Wilson: March 1928 - Aug. 1939
Leroy E. Bowery: Sept. 1939 - June 1941
Clyde Wilder: June 1941 - June 1941
Thomas H. Jaycox: July 1941 - July 1946
George W. Shepherd: July 1946 - Nov. 1952
Roland Price: Nov. 1952 - Jan. 1957
R. L. Anderson: Jan. 1957 - Sept. 1957
Eugene M. Pond: Oct. 1957 - Nov. 1968
Merrill R. Kirkpatrick: Nov. 1968 - Feb. 1972
Floyd R. Hannon, Jr.: Feb. 1972 - July 1976
Richard E. LaMunyon: Sept. 1976 - Nov. 1988
Kerry D. Crisp: Nov. 1988 - Feb. 1989
Floyd D. Powell: Feb. 1989 - May 1989
Rick Stone: May 1989 - June 1995
William M. Watson: June 1995 - Dec. 1999
John E. Hershberger: Dec. 1999 - April 2000
Norman D. Williams: April 2000 -Sept. 2014
Nelson L. Mosley: Sept. 2014 - Jan. 2016
Gordon Ramsay: Jan. 2016 - March 2022
Lemuel Moore: March 2022 -
This story was originally published February 13, 2022 at 5:00 AM.
