List of Birmingham police chiefs

This is a List of Birmingham police chiefs since the founding of the Birmingham Police Department in 1871:

• O. D. Williams, 1871–873
• W. G. Oliver, 1873–1875
• John B. Webb, 1875–1876
• Ed G. Taylor, 1876–1878
• Ben Plosser, 1878
• L. M. Teal, 1878–1879
• G. H. Pond, 1879–1880
• F. W. Beall, 1880–1881
• W. G. Oliver, 1881–1882
• M. P. Lewis, 1882–1884
• Frank Gafford (as Birmingham City Marshal), 1884–1887
• A. O. Pickard (as Birmingham City Marshal),, 1887–1891 (also noted as O. A. Pickard)
• S. H. Norton, 1891–1893
• Thomas McDonald, 1893–1899
• Conrad Austin, May 15, 1899–1901
• William Wier, 1901–1910
• George Bodeker, 1910–1914
• Martin Eagan, 1914–1917
• Thomas Shirley, 1917–1921
• Fred McDuff, 1921–1933
• Luther Hollums, 1934–1942
• T. A. Riley, 1942–1943
• Floyd Eddins, 1943–1950
• Marcus Hancock, 1951–1952
• C. L. Pierce, 1952–1954
• George L. Pattie, 1954–1955
• Jamie Moore, 1956–1972
• Jim C. Parsons, 1972–1978
• Bill Myers, 1978–1981
• Arthur Deutsch, January 2, 1982–1991
• Johnnie Johnson Jr ,1991–1998
• Mike Coppage, 1998–2003
• Annetta Nunn, 2003–2007
• A. C. Roper, 2007-February 16, 2018
  • Orlando Wilson (interim), February 16–April 2018
  • Henry Irby (interim), April 2018–June 4, 2018
• Patrick Smith, June 4, 2018–February 25, 2022
  • Scott Thurmond (acting), January 28–June 1, 2022
• Scott Thurmond, June 2, 2022–

Gallery

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  Thomas McDonald

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  Conrad Austin

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  William Wier

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  George Bodeker

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  Martin Eagan

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  Thomas Shirley

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  Fred McDuff

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  Jim Parsons

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  Annetta Nunn

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  A. C. Roper

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  Patrick Smith

References

• Norton, Bertha Bendall (1970) Birmingham's First Magic Century: Were You There?. Birmingham: self-published/Lakeshore Press

• Robinson, Carol (January 28, 2022) "Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith resigns; mayor names acting chief." The Birmingham News