Buffalo Police Then and Now

Buffalo Police Department Chief Executives

Commissioner Rocco J. Diina

Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske

Commissioner Richard T. Donovan

Commissioner Ralph V. Degenhart

Commissioner John B. Myers

Commissioner James B. Cunningham

Commissioner Thomas R. Blair

Commissioner Frank N. Felicetta

Commissioner William Schneider

Commissioner Howard E. Finney

Commissioner Frank N. Felicetta

Commissioner Joseph A. DeCillis

Commissioner Michael C. Noeppel

Commissioner Thomas J. McMahon

Commissioner Charles E. Cannan

Commissioner Jeremiah R. Cronin

Commissioner Austin J. Roche

Commissioner Glenn H. McClellan

Commissioner James W. Higgins

Commissioner Austin J. Roche

07-21-1998 - 12-31-2005

01-21-1994 – 07-17-1998

08-01-1992 – 01-01-1994

05-01-1985 – 08-01-1992

02-06-1984 – 03-24-1985

01-01-1978 – 01-21-1984

01-17-1973 – 12-31-1977

01-01-1966 – 04-15-1973

09-29-1963 – 01-01-1966

01-01-1962 – 09-29-1963

01-01-1958 – 12-31-1961

01-01-1954 – 12-31-1957

01-01-1950 – 12-31-1953

01-01-1946 – 12-31-1949

03-02-1943 – 12-31-1945

01-09-1942 – 03-01-1943

03-08-1941 – 12-31-1941

01-01-1938 – 03-05-1941

01-01-1934 – 12-31-1937

01-01-1930 – 12-31-1933

Commissioner James W. Higgins

Chief Charles F. Zimmerman

Chief John Burfiend

Chief James W. Higgins

Chief Henry J. Girvin

Chief John Martin

Sup. Michael Regan

Sup. William S.Bull

Sup. George Chambers

Sup. Daniel Morganstern

Sup. Martin Morin

Sup. William A. Phillips

Sup. Thomas Curtin

Sup. James H. Shephard

Sup. William J. Wolf

Sup. William A. Phillips

Sup. John Byrne

Sup. Peter C. Doyle

Sup. David W. Reynolds

01-01-1924 – 03-31-1926

01-22-1922 – 12-31-1923

05-01-1919 – 01-01-1922

01-02-1918 – 05-01-1919

01-01-1916 – 01-02-1918

04-23-1906 – 12-24-1915

03-07-1894 – 01-24-1906

06-01-1893 – 03-07-1894

01-22-1891 – 06-01-1893

03-18-1887 – 01-22-1891

07-31-1884 – 03-18-1887

05-12-1883 – 07-31-1884

12-28-1882 – 05-12-1883

01-14-1880 – 12-28-1882

05-16-1879 – 01-04-1880

05-01-1872 – 05-26-1879