Police Chiefs at Towson

Police Chiefs at Towson

 

 

Russell Lee Hilton

 

1953? - 1955

Joseph V. DeFontes

 

1955 - 1966

Gene E. Dawson

 

1967 - 1984 

Stephen Murphy

 

1985 - 1999

Joe Herbert

 

1999 – 2001

 temporary chief 

Colonel Bernard Gerst

 

2001 - 2018

Colonel Charles "Joe" Herring

 

2018 - present

 

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