Police Commissioners - Annapolis Police Department 


  • 1931 - 1932 R. Lee Waller
  • 1932 Thomas G. Basil
  • 1932 - 1935 Charles Meyers
  • 1952 - 1965 George W. Rawlings
  • 1966 - 1973 Ridgely Gaither
  • 1973 William B. Clatonoff
The post of Police Commissioner was abolished in 1973.

Chiefs of Police - Annapolis Police Department


  • 1867 - 1869 Thomas Basil
  • 1869 - 1870 Nicholas J. Deal
  • 1871 - 1872 Elijah J. Russell
  • 1873 - 1875 Benjamin F. Cadell
  • 1875 - 1879 Henry Burlinghame
  • 1880 - 1882 James B. Thomas
  • 1883 John E Brown
  • 1883 - 1886 James T. Small
  • 1887 - 1895 Arthur Martin
  • 1896 - 1901 Howard B. Taylor
  • 1901 - 1902 Travers T. Brown
  • 1903 Howard B. Taylor
  • 1904 - 1907 George Hahn, Jr.
  • 1907 - 1925 Charles H. Oberry
  • 1926 - 1935 Richard B. Holliday
  • 1935 - 1949 William R. Curry, Sr.
  • 1949 - 1961 George W Rawlings
  • 1961 - 1973 Anthony W Howes
  • 1973 - 1980 Bernard Kalnoske
  • 1980 Samuel A. Cyrus
  • 1980 - 1990 John C. Schmitt
  • 1990 Cassin B. Gittings
  • 1990 - 1994 Harold M. Robbins, Jr.
  • 1994 - 2008 Joseph S Johnson
  • 2008 - 2017 Michael A. Pristoop