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Police Chiefs of San Diego

1. Coyne, Joseph 05/16/1889 - 05/26/1891
2. Crawford, William H. 05/27/1891 - 07/27/1891
3. Pringle, W. H. 07/28/1891 - 08/27/1891
4. Brenning, Jacob 08/28/1891 - 05/09/1897
5. Russell, James 05/10/1897 - 05/04/1899
6. Bushyhead, E.W. 05/05/1899 - 05/31/1903
7. Thomas, Albert A. 06/01/1903 - 06/16/1907
8. Moulton, George W. 06/17/1907 - 09/03/1907
9. Neely, William T. 09/04/1907 - 04/30/1909
10. Wilson, J. Keno 05/03/1909 - 01/10/1917
11. Steer, Joseph 01/11/1917 - 05/04/1917
    ...Patrick, James (interim) 05/05/1917 - 10/09/1917
12. McMullen, S.P. 10/10/1917 - 04/08/1919
13. Patrick, James 04/09/1919 - 05/31/1927
14. Doran, Joseph W. 06/01/1927 - 05/12/1929
15. Hill, ArthurR. 05/13/1929 - 05/03/1931
16. Benbough, Percy J. 05/04/1931 - 08/03/1931
17. Scott, Harry H. 08/26/1931 - 06/11/1932
18. Peterson, John T. 06/12/1932 - 07/31/1932
19. Newsom, Robert P. 08/01/1932 - 06/04/1933
20. Raymond, Harry J. 06/05/1933 - 09/01/1933
21. Peterson, John T. 09/02/1933 - 09/06/1934
22. Sears, George M. 09/07/1934 - 04/27/1939
    ...Kelly, Harry J. (interim) 04/28/1939 - 07/18/1939
23. Peterson, John T. 07/19/1939 - 03/20/1940
24. Peterson, Clifford E. 03/21/1940 - 10/15/1947
25. Jansen, A. Elmer 10/16/1947 - 01/07/1962
26. Sharp, Wesley S. 01/08/1962 - 01/03/1968
27. Roed, O. Jimmy 01/04/1968 - 03/11/1971
28. Hoobler, Ray L. 03/11/1971 - 09/09/1975
    ...Kolender, W. B. (interim) 09/10/1975 - 02/13/1976
29. Kolender, W. B. 02/13/1976 - 07/29/1988
    ...Burgreen, Robert W. (interim) 07/30/1988 - 09/18/1988
30. Burgreen, Robert W. 09/19/1988 - 05/17/1993
31. Sanders, Jerry 05/17/1993 - 04/16/1999
    ...Enerson, Keith (interim) 04/17/1999 - 04/26/1999
32. Bejarano, David 04/26/1999 - 04/25/2003
    ...Welter, John (interim) 04/25/2003 - 08/04/2003
33. Lansdowne, William 08/04/2003 - present