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. Porter 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–November 29, 2024
- Michael Pickett (interim), November 29, 2024–

Gallery

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
Robinson, Carol (October 24, 2024) "Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond retiring: New interim chief named." AL.com