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Home > Special Collections > Municipal Reference Library > Links > Historical> Detroit City Clerks Detroit Police Commissioners Detroit Police Commissioners from 1901 to Present  Frank C Andrews May 4, 1901 to Feb. 10, 1902 Geo. W. Fowle Feb. 11, 1902 to June 20, 1905 John B. Whelan July 1, 1905 to Mar. 14, 1906 Fred W. Smith Mar. 14, 1906 to June 30, 1909 Frank H. Croul July 1, 1909 to May 17, 1913 John Gillespie May 17, 1913 to Sept. 30, 1916 James Couzens Sept. 30, 1916 to July 5, 1918 Ernest Marquardt July 5, 1918 to Jan. 14, 1919 James Inches Jan. 14, 1919 to Feb. 3, 1923 Frank H. Croul Feb. 2, 1923 to July 15, 1926 William P. Rutledge July 15, 1926 to Jan. 21, 1930 Harold H. Emmons Jan. 21, 1930 to May 21, 1930 Thomas C. Wilcox May 21, 1930 to Jan. 9, 1931 James K. Watkins Jan. 10, 1931 to Aug. 14, 1933 John P. Smith Aug. 15, 1933 to Mar. 31, 1934 Heinrich A. Pickert Apr. 1, 1934 to Jan. 1, 1940 Frank D. Eaman Jan. 2, 1940 to June 1, 1942 John H. Witherspoon June 1, 1942 to Dec. 31, 1943 John F. Ballenger Jan. 1, 1944 to Jan. 1, 1948 Harry S. Toy Jan. 1, 1948 to Jan. 2, 1950 George F. Boos Jan. 2, 1950 to Sept. 30, 1952 Donald S. Leonard Oct. 1, 1952 to June 4, 1954 Edward S. Piggins June 5, 1954 to Sept. 1, 1958 Herbert W. Hart Sept. 2, 1958 to Jan. 2, 1962 George Edwards Jan. 2, 1962 to Dec. 19, 1963 Ray Girardin Dec. 19, 1963 to July 21, 1968 Johannes F. Spreen July 22, 1968 to Jan. 5, 1970 Patrick V. Murphy Jan. 6, 1970 to Oct. 1, 1970 John F. Nichols Oct. 16, 1970 to ? Phillip Tannian 1974 William Hart 1976 Stanley R. Knox 1991 Isaiah McKinnon 1994 Benny Napoleon July, 1998 Charles Wilson July, 2001 Jerry Oliver 2002 to October, 2003 Ella Bully-Cummings November, 2003 to Present Return to Historical Lists of Detroit Officials