List of Minneapolis Chiefs of Police
List of police chiefs

List of Minneapolis Chiefs of Police

Section Title: List of police chiefs
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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	Shot by an opium user

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

1884-1885	2	John West

1886	1	Colonel Charles R. Hill

1887–1890	3	Board of Police Commissioners	Abolished

1890	1	Major R. R. Henderson

1894-1898	5	Vernon M. Smith	Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894-1924; Minneapolis City Directories

1899-1900	1	James G. Doyle	Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894-1924

1901-1902	1	Fred W. Ames	Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894-1924

1902	1	E. F. Waite, to fill vacancy per Ames' resignation	Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894-1924

1903-1904	1	Ed. J. Conroy	Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894-1924

1905-1906	1	James G. Doyle	Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894-1924

1907-1910	1	Colonel Frank T. Corriston	Resigned, "laxity"

1911-1912	2	Michael Mealey	Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894-1924

1913-1916	4	Oscar Martinson	Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894-1924

1917-1918	2	Lewis Harthill	Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894-1924

1919-1921	3	J.F. Walker	Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894-1924

1921-1923	2	A.C. Jensen	Reference: Minutes of the City Council, 1894-1924

1925–1927	3	Frank W. Brunskill	Tong wars

1928–1930	?

1931-33	3	William Meehan	Racial integration

1934-35	2	Mike Johannes	Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934

1936-40	5	Frank Forestal

1941	1	Edward B. Hansen (resigned)	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)	Established Community Relations Unit

1968	1	Donald Dwyer	American Indian Movement

1969-70	2	B.J. Lutz

1971-73	3	Gordon Johnson	Overweight police

1974	1	Jack McCarthy

1974-75	2	John R. Jensen

1976-77	2	Carl E. Johnson

1978-79	2	Elmer C. Nordlund	Resigned, scandal	Teenage prostitution

1979	1	Donald Dwyer	Temporary

1980–1988	8	Anthony V. Bouza	Retired

1989–1994	5	John Laux	Resigned to Bloomington Police Department	Murder of Jerry Haaf, KARE 11 media complaint

1994–2002	9	Robert Olson	Dismissed, contract not renewed	Federal mediation

2002–2006	5	William McManus	Resigned to San Antonio Police Department

2006-2007 (sworn)- 2012	7	Tim Dolan	I-35W Mississippi River Bridge

2012–2017	5	Janeé Harteau	submitted resignation in the aftermath of the shooting of Justine Damond	First female, openly gay, and Native American chief in city history

2017–present	present	Medaria Arradondo	Officer body camera usage made mandatory

Sentence(s)

In 2017, Janeé Harteau was the Minneapolis Chief of Police.
In 2017, Janeé Harteau was the Minneapolis Chief of Police.

final_sentence: In 2017, Janeé Harteau was the Minneapolis Chief of Police.
final_sentence: In 2017, Janeé Harteau was the Minneapolis Chief of Police.