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There have been many police chiefs of the Atlanta Police Department in the history of Atlanta, Georgia United States. The city shifted from a rural, Marshal/Deputy Marshal model in 1873.

The current police chief is Darin Schierbaum.

The city conducted a nationwide search for a permanent chief. Schierbaum succeeded former police chief Rodney N. Bryant. Bryant took the helm after former chief Erika Shields resigned following the killing of Rayshard Brooks. Bryant served as interim police chief until the city named him as chief in June of 2020. Chief Schierbaum joined the Atlanta Police Department in 2002,[1] was appointed interim chief in June 2022, and chief in October 2022.[2][3]


Name Date appointed Force size Budget
Thomas Jones July 1873 26
James A. Anderson January 1876 33
L. P. Thomas April 1, 1878 33
Lovice T. Anderson April 14, 1880 37
Arthur B. Connolly April 1881 45
W. P. Manley August 20, 1897 171
John W. Ball March 30, 1901 178
Henry Jennings March 30, 1905 196
James Beavers August 11, 1911 254
W. M. Mayes August 3, 1915 267
James Beavers November 8, 1917 283
E. L. Jett (acting) February 15, 1924 339
James Beavers May 19, 1926 386
T. O. Sturdivant April 30, 1932 408 $779,145
M. A. Hornsby February 1, 1937 461 $973,264
Herbert Turner Jenkins February 2, 1947 526 $1,564,010
John F. Inman March 20, 1972 1,508 $16,195,775
A. Reginald Eaves 1974
Lee P. Brown 1978
George Napper 1978
Morris Redding 1982
Eldrin Bell 1990
Beverly Harvard 1994
Richard Pennington 2002 1,639 $172,418,028
George N. Turner January 4, 2010 1,639
Erika Shields December 28, 2016 1,700+ $204,754,624
Rodney Bryant June 13, 2020 1,603 $248,508,775[4]
Darin Schierbaum June 2, 2022 (interim chief)
October 31, 2022 (chief)		 1,500+[5] $228,240,976[6]

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References

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  1. ^ Staff, WSBTV com News. "Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields resigns after shooting death of Rayshard Brooks". WSBTV. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  2. ^ "About APD". atlantapd.org. GRANICUS. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  3. ^ Team News (October 31, 2022). "Mayor names Darin Schierbaum Atlanta's next chief of police". WAGA-TV. FOX Television Stations. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  4. ^ "What Policing Costs Atlanta, GA". vera.org. Vera Institute of Justice. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  5. ^ Diggs, Morse (May 17, 2022). "Atlanta's top cop breaks down the numbers of officer manpower". WAGA. FOX television stations. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  6. ^ Office of Budget and Fiscal Policy - Summary of Operating Budget - Department of Police Services (FY22 ed.). City of Atlanta. June 30, 2023. p. 65. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

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