# Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department

The Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department is the head and senior-most officer to serve in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The incumbent manages the day-to-day operations of the LAPD and is usually held a four star officer.
The chief of police is appointed by the mayor and reports to the Board of Commissioners.

## List of police chiefs

| Chief | Term began | Term ended | Notes |
| Jacob F. Gerkens | December 18, 1876 | December 26, 1877 | |
| Emil Harris | December 27, 1877 | December 5, 1878 | |
| Henry King | December 5, 1878 | December 11, 1880 | |
| George E. Gard | December 12, 1880 | December 10, 1881 | |
| Henry King | December 11, 1881 | June 30, 1883 | |
| Thomas J. Cuddy | July 1, 1883 | January 1, 1885 | |
| Edward McCarthy | January 2, 1885 | May 12, 1885 | |
| John Horner | May 13, 1885 | December 22, 1885 | |
| James W. Davis | December 22, 1885 | December 8, 1886 | |
| John K. Skinner | December 13, 1886 | August 29, 1887 | |
| P.M. Darcy | September 5, 1887 | January 22, 1888 | |
| Thomas J. Cuddy | January 23, 1888 | September 4, 1888 | |
| L.G. Loomis | September 5, 1888 | September 30, 1888 | |
| Hubert H. Benedict | October 1, 1888 | January 1, 1889 | |
| Terrence Cooney | January 1, 1889 | April 1, 1889 | |
| James E. Burns | April 1, 1889 | July 17, 1889 | |
| John M. Glass | July 17, 1889 | January 1, 1900 | |
| Charles Elton | January 1, 1900 | April 5, 1904 | |
| William A. Hammel | April 6, 1904 | October 31, 1905 | |
| Walter H. Auble | November 1, 1905 | November 20, 1906 | |
| Edward Kern | November 20, 1906 | January 5, 1909 | |
| Thomas Broadhead | January 5, 1909 | April 12, 1909 | |
| Edward F. Dishman | April 13, 1909 | January 15, 1910 | |
| Alexander Galloway | February 14, 1910 | December 27, 1910 | |
| Charles E. Sebastian | January 3, 1911 | July 16, 1915 | |
| Clarence E. Snively | July 17, 1915 | October 15, 1916 | |
| John L. Butler | October 16, 1916 | July 16, 1919 | |
| George K. Home | July 17, 1919 | September 30, 1920 | |
| Alexander W. Murray | October 1, 1920 | October 31, 1920 | |
| Lyle Pendegast | November 1, 1920 | July 4, 1921 | |
| Charles A. Jones | July 5, 1921 | January 3, 1922 | |
| James W. Everington | January 4, 1922 | April 21, 1922 | |
| Louis D. Oaks | April 22, 1922 | August 1, 1923 | |
| August Vollmer | August 1, 1923 | August 1, 1924 | |
| R. Lee Heath | August 1, 1924 | March 31, 1926 | |
| James E. Davis | April 1, 1926 | December 29, 1929 | |
| Roy E. Steckel | December 30, 1929 | August 9, 1933 | |
| James E. Davis | August 10, 1933 | November 18, 1938 | |
| David A. Davidson | November 19, 1938 | June 23, 1939 | |
| Arthur C. Hohmann | June 24, 1939 | June 5, 1941 | |
| Clemence B. Horrall | June 16, 1941 | June 28, 1949 | |
| William A. Worton | June 30, 1949 | August 9, 1950 | Interim Chief |
| William H. Parker | August 9, 1950 | July 16, 1966 | |
| Thad F. Brown | July 18, 1966 | February 17, 1967 | |
| Thomas Reddin | February 18, 1967 | May 5, 1969 | |
| Roger E. Murdock | May 6, 1969 | August 28, 1969 | Interim Chief |
| Edward M. Davis | August 29, 1969 | January 16, 1978 | |
| Robert F. Rock | January 16, 1978 | March 28, 1978 | Interim Chief |
| Daryl F. Gates | March 28, 1978 | June 27, 1992 | |
| Willie L. Williams | June 30, 1992 | May 17, 1997 | |
| Bayan Lewis | May 18, 1997 | August 12, 1997 | Interim Chief |
| Bernard C. Parks | August 12, 1997 | May 4, 2002 | |
| Martin H. Pomeroy | May 7, 2002 | October 26, 2002 | Interim Chief |
| William J. Bratton | October 27, 2002 | October 31, 2009 | |
| Michael P. Downing | October 31, 2009 | November 17, 2009 | Interim Chief |
| Charles L. Beck | November 17, 2009 | June 27, 2018 | |
| Michel Moore | June 27, 2018 | February 29, 2024 | |
| Dominic Choi | March 1, 2024 | November 8, 2024 | Interim Chief |
| Jim McDonnell | November 8, 2024 | Incumbent | |