Public Safety was addressed in Greeley in 1871 with the establishment of a police force under the leadership of its first Police Chief, S.B. Wright. We have come a long way from the days of yore.
Listed in the order in which they served, the following is a list of the officially appointed Marshals and Chiefs of Police of Greeley as compiled by Barnard Houtchens in "The Compiled Ordinances of the City of Greeley, 1949" and records of the Greeley Tribune:
As we progress, there are many trials and ribulations and we can thank those men and women who have come before us who led our department through the good and bad times. We have to take our hats off to them and salute them for a "job well done"
| NAME |
DATES SERVED |
RANK |
| D.F. Camp |
1888-1912 |
Chief |
| Lavern Claus |
1933-1953 |
Lieutenant |
| Harold Burger |
1937-1957 |
|
| C. Henry Carlson |
1937-1957 |
|
| Paul Close |
1936-1957 |
|
| Irv Timkin |
1937-1957 |
|
| C.C. Hunter |
1937-1959 |
Chief |
| Paul Martin |
1938-1959 |
|
| Otto Oster |
May 22, 1950 to October 1, 1963 |
Lieutenant |
| Guido Lepore |
March 22, 1950 to March 22, 1969 |
Officer |
| Earl Towning |
1943-1970 |
Chief |
| Charles Arvas |
1951-1973 |
Sergeant |
| William Mitchell |
January 1, 1962 to April 1973 |
Officer |
| Carrol Long |
December 1950 to April 30, 1973 |
Chief |
| Robert Staggs |
December 1950 to June 1973 |
Sergeant |
| Leo Malcom |
June 1954 to December 1973 |
Lieutenant |
| Bart Schlichting |
January 1, 1961 to May 1, 1975 |
Officer |
| Ray Thomas |
December 1950 to December 31, 1975 |
Officer |
| Dionicio Soria |
January 6, 1957 to July 7, 1977 |
Officer |
| Edward Gormley |
July 19, 1952 to September 1, 1978 |
Sergeant |
| Donald Hughes |
June 15, 1955 to June 1, 1979 |
Sergeant |
| Wilbur Ross |
April 10, 1959 to October 5, 1979 |
Captain |
| Lester Davison |
June 20, 1955 to June 20, 1980 |
Officer |
| Robert Hirsch |
March 9, 1961 to November 30, 1981 |
Lieutenant |
| Donald O'Leary |
January 1, 1967 to August 5, 1982 |
Sergeant |
| Ralph Nealy |
March 4, 1971 to December 1986 |
Officer |
| Wesley Hall |
April 1, 1965 to March 1986 |
Officer |
| William Riggs |
April 1, 1954 to May 31, 1989 |
Sergeant |
| E. Doyle Barker |
January 1, 1969 to January 31, 1991 |
Lieutenant |
| Jim Robinson |
June 13, 1973 to January 31, 1991 |
Sergeant |
| Ray Niehaus |
February 4, 1964 to October 1, 1991 |
Officer |
| Theodore Palmisano |
June 1, 1974 to November 1, 1994 |
Sergeant |
| James Stewart |
January 16, 1968 to November 1, 1996 |
Sergeant |
| Donald Lutz |
January 1, 1962 April 20, 2000 |
Lieutenant |
| G. Frank Bishop |
September 15, 1977 to April 25, 2001 |
Officer |
|
Ed Clark |
January 9, 1997 to July 11, 2002 |
Officer
|
| Michael King |
August 1, 1978 to July 30, 2003 |
Officer |
|
John Gates |
September 15, 1978 to July 31, 2003 |
Sergeant
|
|
Jeff Housden |
May 20, 1993 to September 11, 2003 |
Officer
|
| Kent Donahue |
September 1, 1977 to August 18, 2004 |
Captain |
|
Dave Volpe |
September 1, 1977 to November 12, 2004 |
Officer
|
| Rusty Mellon |
November 7, 1968 to July 7, 2005 |
Sergeant |
| Paul Branham |
September 4, 1979 to August 15, 2005 |
Chief |
| Linda Ghent |
May 1, 1986 to January 11, 2006 |
Officer |
|
Dave Beckmann |
April 18, 1980 to July 15, 2006 |
Sergeant
|
|
Criss Clinton |
December 16, 1974 to August 31, 2006 |
Officer
|
|
Roger Muller |
August 1, 1976 to November 3, 2006 |
Lieutenant |
|
Ken Vance |
June 26, 1974 to January 17, 2007 |
Sergeant |
|
Gary Wojcieszak |
January 4, 1980 to March 15, 2007 |
Officer
|
|
Russell Keller |
April 2, 1984 to July 27, 2007 |
Officer
|
|
Pat Foelske |
August 1, 1971 to December 12, 2007 |
Lieutenant |
|
Louis Abuso |
May 1, 1986 to April 9, 2008 |
Officer |