List of Police Chiefs of Atlanta

There have been many police chiefs of the Atlanta Police Department in the history of Atlanta, Georgia. The city shifted from a rural, Marshal/Deputy Marshal model in 1873. The current police chief is former Assistant Police Chief Rodney Rodney Bryant (acting), after Chief Erika Shields resigned following the killing of Rayshard Brooks. Bryant will serve as interim police chief until the city finds a replacement.

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 J. 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 (acting)	June 13, 2020

See also

• Georgia State Patrol