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{{Infobox Occupation
{{Infobox official post
| name= Pittsburgh Police Chief
| post = Pittsburgh Police Chief
| image=
| body =
| caption=
| image =
| incumbent = [[Christopher Ragland (acting)]]
| official_names=
| incumbentsince = November 1, 2024
<!------------Details------------------->
| appointer = [[Mayor of Pittsburgh]]
| type=
| department = [[Pittsburgh Bureau of Police]]
| activity_sector= [[Law enforcement agency|Law enforcement]]
| flag = Flag of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.svg
| competencies=
| flagcaption = Flag of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| formation=
| employment_field=
| related_occupation=
| average_salary= $101,369 [http://palwv.org/pittsburgh/gov/ffc/pittsburgh.html]
}}
}}


The '''Pittsburgh Police Chief''' is the head of the [[Pittsburgh Police|Pittsburgh Bureau of Police]], appointed by the [[Mayor of Pittsburgh]]. The Chief is a civilian administrator, and was historically referred to as the Police Superintendent as well as Chief, both titles having the same authority and meaning.
The '''Pittsburgh Police Chief''' is an American law enforcement official who serves as the head of the [[Pittsburgh Bureau of Police]], appointed by the [[Mayor of Pittsburgh]]. The Chief is a civilian administrator, and was historically referred to as the Police Superintendent as well as Chief, both titles having the same authority and meaning.


==Chiefs==
==Chiefs==
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|| [[J. P. Hersel]]
|| [[J. P. Heisel]]
|| [[Robert W. Lyon|Lyon]]
|| [[Robert W. Lyon|Lyon]]
|| 1881
|| 1881
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|| 1885
|| 1886
|| 1886
|| [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1892-04-08/ed-1/seq-6/] was a "viewer" clerk in 1892
|| Was a "viewer" clerk in 1892.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1892-04-08/ed-1/seq-6/|title=Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, April 08, 1892, Image 6|first=National Endowment for the|last=Humanities|date=April 8, 1892|page=6|via=chroniclingamerica.loc.gov}}</ref>
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|| 1887
|| 1887
|| 1887
|| 1887
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|| [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125572672] died 1893
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|| 1889 (Feb23-Mar10)
|| 1889 (Feb23-Mar10)
|| 1896 (March 6)
|| 1896 (March 6)
|| [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1892-08-09/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1887&index=5&rows=20&words=Pittsburg+Police+Superintendent&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1903&proxtext=pittsburg+police+superintendent&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1] aug. 1892, [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87078000/1894-06-23/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1888&sort=date&rows=20&words=Mara+O+O%27Mara+police&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=2&state=Pennsylvania&date2=1903&proxtext=o%27mara+police&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=9] June 24, 1894 was arrested with Public Safety Dir.[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1892-04-08/ed-1/seq-6/] makes 2,400/year
|| [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1892-08-09/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1887&index=5&rows=20&words=Pittsburg+Police+Superintendent&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1903&proxtext=pittsburg+police+superintendent&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1] aug. 1892, <ref>{{cite web|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87078000/1894-06-23/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1888&sort=date&rows=20&words=Mara+O+O%27Mara+police&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=2&state=Pennsylvania&date2=1903&proxtext=o%27mara+police&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=9 |title=The evening herald. [volume&#93; (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, June 23, 1894, THIRD EDITION, Image 3 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress |publisher=Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov |date= |accessdate=2020-03-17}}</ref> June 24, 1894 was arrested with Public Safety Dir.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1892-04-08/ed-1/seq-6/ |title=Pittsburg dispatch. [volume&#93; (Pittsburg [Pa.&#93;) 1880-1923, April 08, 1892, Page 6, Image 6 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress |publisher=Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov |date= |accessdate=2020-03-17}}</ref> makes 2,400/year
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|| [[A. H. Leslie]]
|| [[A. H. Leslie]]
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|| 1896 (August 1)
|| 1896 (August 1)
|| 1901 (October 1)
|| 1901 (October 1)
|| [https://archive.org/stream/memoirsofalleghe01innort/memoirsofalleghe01innort_djvu.txt] Jul 1 1899 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3QMbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-0kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5253%2C1638295] Jul 8 1901 or before [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TBIbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i0gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1146%2C7434638]
|| [https://archive.org/stream/memoirsofalleghe01innort/memoirsofalleghe01innort_djvu.txt] Jul 1 1899 <ref name="google5253">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3QMbAAAAIBAJ&pg=5253,1638295|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref> Jul 8 1901 or before <ref name="google1146">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TBIbAAAAIBAJ&pg=1146,7434638|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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|| 1900
|| 1900
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|| [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yvwaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iEgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7030%2C3680432][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3QMbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-0kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5253%2C1638295] was asst. super jul 1899;
|| [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yvwaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iEgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7030%2C3680432]<ref name="google5253"/> was asst. super jul 1899;
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|| A. H. Leslie
|| [[A. H. Leslie]]
|| [[Henry P. Ford|Ford]]
|| [[Henry P. Ford|Ford]]
|| 1896 (August 1)
|| 1896 (August 1)
|| 1901 (October 1)
|| 1901 (October 1)
|| [https://archive.org/stream/memoirsofalleghe01innort/memoirsofalleghe01innort_djvu.txt] Jul 1 1899 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3QMbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-0kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5253%2C1638295] Jul 8 1901 or before [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TBIbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i0gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1146%2C7434638]
|| [https://archive.org/stream/memoirsofalleghe01innort/memoirsofalleghe01innort_djvu.txt] Jul 1 1899 <ref name="google5253"/> Jul 8 1901 or before <ref name="google1146"/>
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|| [[Roger O'Mara]]
|| [[Roger O'Mara]]
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|| [[John McAleese (Pittsburgh)|McAleese]]
|| [[John McAleese (Pittsburgh)|John McAleese]]
|| mayor
|| mayor
|| by Feb. 3 1902 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hBEbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nUgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1904%2C533731]
|| by Feb. 3 1902 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hBEbAAAAIBAJ&pg=1904,533731|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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|| [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ky4bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lUgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2806%2C3528467][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Sg8bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DUkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1105%2C3903608] moms obit, became jail warden then moved to Lawrence Co.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Yy4bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=70gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2870%2C2161695] lived in Fay, Lawrence Co.
|| Previously warden of the Allegheny county jail; in 1911 lived in Fay, Lawrence Co.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Yy4bAAAAIBAJ&pg=2870,2161695|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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|| [[John P. McTighe]]
|| [[John P. McTighe]]
|| [[Joseph O. Brown|Brown]]
|| [[Joseph O. Brown|Brown]]
|| march 5 1903 was under consideration [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CggbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mkgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1547%2C5037479]
|| march 5 1903 was under consideration <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CggbAAAAIBAJ&pg=1547,5037479|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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|| [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9QgbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rkgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2648%2C3334494][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ay4bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n0gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4284%2C2824975][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vREbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pUgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1136%2C3885003] hats, 400 officers
|| [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9QgbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rkgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2648%2C3334494]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ay4bAAAAIBAJ&pg=4284,2824975|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vREbAAAAIBAJ&pg=1136,3885003|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref> hats, 400 officers
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|| [[William B. Hays|Hays]]
|| [[William B. Hays|Hays]]
|| early 1904
|| early 1904
|| 1904 (April 30)[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JEQbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BUkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6362%2C1944027]
|| 1904 (April 30)<ref name="google6362">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JEQbAAAAIBAJ&pg=6362,1944027|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
|| [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9QgbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rkgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2648%2C3334494]
|| [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9QgbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rkgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2648%2C3334494]
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| 21 || [[Alexander W. "Buck" Wallace]] || [[William B. Hays|Hays]] || 1904 (April 30) [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JEQbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BUkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6362%2C1944027] || June 1906 was out [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OQAbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t0gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3605%2C3617135] || [https://books.google.com/books?id=NZvmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA140&lpg=PA140&dq=alexander+wallace+pittsburg+police&source=bl&ots=t2vaRX7sFm&sig=O5GME7w-X5NXQs4u7andTHWvY5A&hl=en&sa=X&ei=j3d3VJjWN8ifNvy2gZAH&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=alexander%20wallace%20pittsburg%20police&f=false][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zSkbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vUgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5056%2C5144537] ran for alderman 1908 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9QgbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rkgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2648%2C3334494] big bio, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xBEbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pUgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3997%2C5325936] ran a saloon!, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OQAbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t0gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3605%2C3617135] lived with sister & denied pay cause "out of towner", [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hSAeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g44EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2725%2C154150] brother died aug. 1904
| 21 || [[Alexander W. "Buck" Wallace]] || [[William B. Hays|Hays]] || 1904 (April 30) <ref name="google6362"/> || June 1906 was out <ref name="google3605">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OQAbAAAAIBAJ&pg=3605,3617135|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref> || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NZvmAAAAMAAJ&q=alexander+wallace+pittsburg+police&pg=PA140 |title=Municipal News - Google Books |accessdate=2020-03-17|last1=Crandall |first1=William S. |year=1905 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zSkbAAAAIBAJ&pg=5056,5144537|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref> ran for alderman 1908 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9QgbAAAAIBAJ&pg=2648,3334494|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref> big bio, <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xBEbAAAAIBAJ&pg=3997,5325936|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref> ran a saloon, <ref name="google3605"/> lived with sister & denied pay cause "out of towner", <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hSAeAAAAIBAJ&pg=2725,154150|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref> brother died aug. 1904
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| 22 || [[Thomas A. McQuaide]] || [[George W. Guthrie|Guthrie]] || 1906 || 1914 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=spdRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4531%2C5156817] || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D1hTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_IQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3016%2C950398] joined 1886 chief of detectives 1903, chief 1906-? 3 mayors [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1126&dat=19101130&id=_EFRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cWYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3514,4602534][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wy4bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=70gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1103%2C11470] 1911
| 22 || [[Thomas A. McQuaide]] || [[George W. Guthrie|Guthrie]] || 1906 || 1914 <ref name="google4531">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=spdRAAAAIBAJ&pg=4531,5156817|title=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref> || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D1hTAAAAIBAJ&pg=3016,950398|title=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref> joined 1886 chief of detectives 1903, chief 1906-? 3 mayors <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1126&dat=19101130&id=_EFRAAAAIBAJ&pg=3514,4602534|title=The Gazette Times - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wy4bAAAAIBAJ&pg=1103,11470|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref> 1911
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|23 || [[Noble Matthews]] || [[Joseph G. Armstrong|Armstrong]] || 1914 || 1918 || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=spdRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4531%2C5156817]
|23 || [[Noble Matthews]] || [[Joseph G. Armstrong|Armstrong]] || 1914 || 1918 || <ref name="google4531"/>
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|24 || [[Robert J. Alderdice]] || [[Edward V. Babcock|Babcock]] || 1918 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=spdRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4531%2C5156817] || 1921 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=spdRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4531%2C5156817] || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5bcaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lUkEAAAAIBAJ&dq=alderdice%20police&pg=4237%2C3747323][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c6VRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LGgDAAAAIBAJ&dq=alderdice%20police&pg=5585%2C5174599]
|24 || [[Robert J. Alderdice]] || [[Edward V. Babcock|Babcock]] || 1918 <ref name="google4531"/> || 1921 <ref name="google4531"/> || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5bcaAAAAIBAJ&dq=alderdice+police&pg=4237,3747323|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c6VRAAAAIBAJ&dq=alderdice+police&pg=5585,5174599|title=The Gazette Times - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gm1RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BGgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3112%2C5879809] Jan 1919
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gm1RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BGgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3112%2C5879809] Jan 1919
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|25 || Davis || [[Edward V. Babcock|Babcock]] || 1919 (September 28) || 1921? ||
|25 || Davis || [[Edward V. Babcock|Babcock]] || 1919 (September 28) || 1921? ||
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| 26 || [[Thomas F. Carroll]] || [[Edward V. Babcock|Babcock]] || 1921 (June 11?) || 1921 (August 17?) || [https://www.nytimes.com/1921/06/11/archives/police-after-gamblers-pittsburgh-chief-sends-large-force-to-forbes.html][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OqJiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CHgNAAAAIBAJ&dq=police%20superintendent%20pittsburgh&pg=5024%2C3703537]
| 26 || [[Thomas F. Carroll]] || [[Edward V. Babcock|Babcock]] || 1921 (June 11?) || 1921 (August 17?) || <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1921/06/11/archives/police-after-gamblers-pittsburgh-chief-sends-large-force-to-forbes.html |title=POLICE AFTER GAMBLERS.; Pittsburgh Chief Sends Large Force to Forbes Field Game. - The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1921-06-11 |accessdate=2020-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OqJiAAAAIBAJ&dq=police+superintendent+pittsburgh&pg=5024,3703537|title=Providence News - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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| 27 || [[John C. Calhoun (Pittsburgh)|John C. Calhoun]] || [[William A. Magee|Magee]] || 1922 (April 13) || 1922 (September 5) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6_pPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t1MDAAAAIBAJ&dq=john%20calhoun%20pittsburgh&pg=4903%2C2626079]
| 27 || [[John C. Calhoun (Pittsburgh)|John C. Calhoun]] || [[William A. Magee|Magee]] || 1922 (April 13) || 1922 (September 5) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6_pPAAAAIBAJ&dq=john+calhoun+pittsburgh&pg=4903,2626079|title=The Evening Independent - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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| 28 || [[Edward N. Jones]] || [[William A. Magee|Magee]] || 1923 (June 17) || 1923 (November) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xUYbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3UkEAAAAIBAJ&dq=superintendent%20pittsburgh&pg=6135%2C1257454]
| 28 || [[Edward N. Jones]] || [[William A. Magee|Magee]] || 1923 (June 17) || 1923 (November) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xUYbAAAAIBAJ&dq=superintendent+pittsburgh&pg=6135,1257454|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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| 29 || [[Edward J. Brophy]] || [[William A. Magee|Magee]] || 1923 (November 18) || 1926 (Spring) || [https://www.nytimes.com/1925/08/14/archives/pittsburgh-police-war-on-gamblers-detectives-invade-forbes-field-on.html]
| 29 || [[Edward J. Brophy]] || [[William A. Magee|Magee]] || 1923 (November 18) || 1926 (Spring) || <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/08/14/archives/pittsburgh-police-war-on-gamblers-detectives-invade-forbes-field-on.html |title=PITTSBURGH POLICE WAR ON GAMBLERS; Detectives Invade Forbes Field on Complaint That Thousands Were Bring Bet on Giant Series. - The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1925-08-14 |accessdate=2020-03-17}}</ref>
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| 30 || [[Peter P. Walsh|Peter Paul Walsh]] || [[Charles H. Kline|Kline]] || 1926 (Spring) || 1933 (April 15) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9b8aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aksEAAAAIBAJ&dq=police%20superintendent%20pittsburgh&pg=6611%2C5153518] [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09347/1020318-426.stm] [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=878aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aksEAAAAIBAJ&dq=police%20superintendent%20pittsburgh&pg=2215%2C4577871] [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11317/1189238-426-0.stm][https://www.nytimes.com/1926/06/25/archives/pittsburgh-chief-admits-he-directed-police-to-aid-pepper-walsh.html]
| 30 || [[Peter Paul Walsh]] || [[Charles H. Kline|Kline]] || 1926 (Spring) || 1933 (April 15) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9b8aAAAAIBAJ&dq=police+superintendent+pittsburgh&pg=6611,5153518|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09347/1020318-426.stm |title=Eyewitness 1927: Coolidge keeps his cool |publisher=Post-gazette.com |date=2009-12-13 |accessdate=2020-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=878aAAAAIBAJ&dq=police+superintendent+pittsburgh&pg=2215,4577871|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11317/1189238-426-0.stm |title=Eyewitness 1927: Big bang hammers North Side hard |publisher=Post-gazette.com |date=2011-11-13 |accessdate=2020-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/06/25/archives/pittsburgh-chief-admits-he-directed-police-to-aid-pepper-walsh.html |title=PITTSBURGH CHIEF ADMITS HE DIRECTED POLICE TO AID PEPPER; Walsh Tells Senators That He Ordered Detectives "to Bring In a Majority." KEEPS INQUIRERS LAUGHING Insists That He Did Not "Line Up" the Force, Despite Letter to His Subordinates. WHEELER IN CONFERENCE Secret Meeting Precedes the Open Session, the Entire Committee Taking Part. ADMITS HE DIRECTED POLICE TO AID PEPPER - The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1926-06-25 |accessdate=2020-03-17}}</ref>
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| 31 || [[Franklin McQuaide|Franklin T. McQuaide]] || [[John S. Herron|Herron]] || 1933 (April 15) || 1934 (January) ||
| 31 || [[Franklin T. McQuaide]] || [[John S. Herron|Herron]] || 1933 (April 15) || 1934 (January) ||
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| 32 || [[Ben R. Marshall]] || [[William N. McNair|McNair]] || 1934 (January) || 1934 (September) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ByIbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c0sEAAAAIBAJ&dq=police%20superintendent%20pittsburgh&pg=1265%2C3975403] Joined 1909 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=InEbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eEsEAAAAIBAJ&dq=police%20superintendent%20pittsburgh&pg=4212%2C4136605][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LLVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K2kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3530%2C1748754]?
| 32 || Ben R. Marshall || [[William N. McNair|McNair]] || 1934 (January) || 1934 (September) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ByIbAAAAIBAJ&dq=police+superintendent+pittsburgh&pg=1265,3975403|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref> Joined 1909 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=InEbAAAAIBAJ&dq=police+superintendent+pittsburgh&pg=4212,4136605|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LLVRAAAAIBAJ&pg=3530,1748754|title=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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| 33 || [[Jacob Dorsey|Jacob F. Dorsey]]* || [[William N. McNair|McNair]] || 1934 (September) || 1936 (Summer) ||
| 33 || [[Jacob F. Dorsey]]* || [[William N. McNair|McNair]] || 1934 (September) || 1936 (Summer) ||
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| 34 || [[Franklin McQuaide|Franklin T. McQuaide]] || [[Cornelius D. Scully|Scully]] || 1936 (Summer) || 1939 (March 17) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19440506&id=3aYkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uGkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1796,3280244]
| 34 || [[Franklin T. McQuaide]] || [[Cornelius D. Scully|Scully]] || 1936 (Summer) || 1939 (March 17) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19440506&id=3aYkAAAAIBAJ&pg=1796,3280244|title=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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| 35 || [[Harvey J. Scott]] || [[Cornelius D. Scully|Scully]] || 1939 (March 17) || 1952 (August 11) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=botYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hUENAAAAIBAJ&dq=police%20pittsburgh&pg=4140%2C4094537]
| 35 || [[Harvey J. Scott]] || [[Cornelius D. Scully|Scully]] || 1939 (March 17) || 1952 (August 11) || <ref name="google4140">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=botYAAAAIBAJ&dq=police+pittsburgh&pg=4140,4094537|title=Greensburg Daily Tribune - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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| 36 || [[Henry Pieper]]* || [[David L. Lawrence|Lawrence]] || 1952 (August 11) || 1952 (August 13) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=botYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hUENAAAAIBAJ&dq=police%20pittsburgh&pg=4140%2C4094537][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RT0dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lU0EAAAAIBAJ&dq=pieper&pg=1665%2C4604992]
| 36 || [[Henry Pieper]]* || [[David L. Lawrence|Lawrence]] || 1952 (August 11) || 1952 (August 13) || <ref name="google4140"/><ref name="google1665">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RT0dAAAAIBAJ&dq=pieper&pg=1665,4604992|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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| 37 || [[James Slusser|James W. Slusser]] || [[David L. Lawrence|Lawrence]] || 1952 (August 13) || 1970 (January 5) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RT0dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lU0EAAAAIBAJ&dq=pieper&pg=1665%2C4604992][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hZtRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2mwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=police%20chief%20pittsburgh&pg=5769%2C6186][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S8hdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wl4NAAAAIBAJ&dq=sussler%20pittsburgh&pg=1108%2C442686][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aOEbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VGIEAAAAIBAJ&dq=james%20slusser&pg=7185%2C3648436]
| 37 || [[James W. Slusser]] || [[David L. Lawrence|Lawrence]] || 1952 (August 13) || 1970 (January 5) || <ref name="google1665"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hZtRAAAAIBAJ&dq=police+chief+pittsburgh&pg=5769,6186|title=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S8hdAAAAIBAJ&dq=sussler+pittsburgh&pg=1108,442686|title=Observer-Reporter - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aOEbAAAAIBAJ&dq=james+slusser&pg=7185,3648436|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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| 38 || [[Stephen A. Joyce]] || [[Peter F. Flaherty|Flaherty]] || 1970 (January 5) || 1971 (February 10) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wcZdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YV4NAAAAIBAJ&dq=robert%20colville%20police&pg=3679%2C2201284]
| 38 || [[Stephen A. Joyce]] || [[Peter F. Flaherty|Flaherty]] || 1970 (January 5) || 1971 (February 10) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wcZdAAAAIBAJ&dq=robert+colville+police&pg=3679,2201284|title=Observer-Reporter - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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| 39 || [[Robert Colville|Robert E. Colville]] || [[Peter F. Flaherty|Flaherty]] || 1971 (February 10) || 1975 (March 1) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HoI0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=F5YEAAAAIBAJ&dq=robert%20coll%20police&pg=4442%2C4879586]
| 39 || [[Robert E. Colville]] || [[Peter F. Flaherty|Flaherty]] || 1971 (February 10) || 1975 (March 1) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HoI0AAAAIBAJ&dq=robert+coll+police&pg=4442,4879586|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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| 40 || [[Robert Coll|Robert J. Coll]] || [[Peter F. Flaherty|Flaherty]] || 1975 (March 1) || 1986 (April 4) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A8EcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-WIEAAAAIBAJ&dq=robert%20coll%20police&pg=4590%2C1503786]
| 40 || [[Robert J. Coll]] || [[Peter F. Flaherty|Flaherty]] || 1975 (March 1) || 1986 (April 4) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A8EcAAAAIBAJ&dq=robert+coll+police&pg=4590,1503786|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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| 41 || [[William Ward (Pittsburgh)|William Ward]]* || [[Richard Caliguiri|Caliguiri]] || 1986 (April 4) || 1986 (April 21) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-fNfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=71UMAAAAIBAJ&dq=robert%20coll%20police&pg=6465%2C1036981]
| 41 || [[William Ward (Pittsburgh)|William Ward]]* || [[Richard Caliguiri|Caliguiri]] || 1986 (April 4) || 1986 (April 21) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-fNfAAAAIBAJ&dq=robert+coll+police&pg=6465,1036981|title=The Vindicator - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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| 42 || [[William Moore (Pittsburgh)|William "Mugsy" Moore]] || [[Richard Caliguiri|Caliguiri]] || 1986 (April 21) || 1987 (May 11) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xuIhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9mIEAAAAIBAJ&dq=mugsy%20moore%20police&pg=5563%2C4414706][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x8obAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OmMEAAAAIBAJ&dq=mugsy%20moore%20police&pg=2979%2C7426417]
| 42 || William "Mugsy" Moore || [[Richard Caliguiri|Caliguiri]] || 1986 (April 21) || 1987 (May 11) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xuIhAAAAIBAJ&dq=mugsy+moore+police&pg=5563,4414706|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref name="google2979">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x8obAAAAIBAJ&dq=mugsy+moore+police&pg=2979,7426417|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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| 43 || [[Donald Aubrecht]]* || [[Richard Caliguiri|Caliguiri]] || 1987 (May 11) || 1987 (May 22) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x8obAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OmMEAAAAIBAJ&dq=mugsy%20moore%20police&pg=2979%2C7426417]
| 43 || [[Donald Aubrecht]]* || [[Richard Caliguiri|Caliguiri]] || 1987 (May 11) || 1987 (May 22) || <ref name="google2979"/>
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| 44 || [[Ralph Pampena]] || [[Richard Caliguiri|Caliguiri]] || 1987 (May 22) || 1990 (May 17) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DN4cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MWMEAAAAIBAJ&dq=ralph%20pampena&pg=6497%2C4536214]
| 44 || [[Ralph Pampena]] || [[Richard Caliguiri|Caliguiri]] || 1987 (May 22) || 1990 (May 17) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DN4cAAAAIBAJ&dq=ralph+pampena&pg=6497,4536214|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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| 45 || [[Mayer DeRoy]] || [[Sophie Masloff|Masloff]] || 1990 (May 17) || 1992 (June 15) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nXk0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pYEAAAAIBAJ&dq=mayer%20deroy%20police&pg=3031%2C1290480][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MZ4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8J8FAAAAIBAJ&dq=earl%20buford%20police&pg=6684%2C7102054]
| 45 || [[Mayer DeRoy]] || [[Sophie Masloff|Masloff]] || 1990 (May 17) || 1992 (June 15) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nXk0AAAAIBAJ&dq=mayer+deroy+police&pg=3031,1290480|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref name="google6684">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MZ4tAAAAIBAJ&dq=earl+buford+police&pg=6684,7102054|title=Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>
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| 46 || [[Earl Buford]]♥ || [[Sophie Masloff|Masloff]] || 1992 (June 15) || 1995 (December 29) || [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MZ4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8J8FAAAAIBAJ&dq=earl%20buford%20police&pg=6684%2C7102054][http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADF8A8C45FA59D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM]
| 46 || [[Earl Buford]] || [[Sophie Masloff|Masloff]] || 1992 (June 15) || 1995 (December 29) || <ref name="google6684"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADF8A8C45FA59D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Post-Gazette.com|website=nl.newsbank.com}}</ref>
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| 47 || [[William Bochter|William E. Bochter]]*♥ || [[Thomas J. Murphy, Jr.|Murphy]] || 1995 (December 29) || 1996 (April 2) || [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADF8A9AD6A39FE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM]
| 47 || [[William E. Bochter]]* || [[Thomas J. Murphy, Jr.|Murphy]] || 1995 (December 29) || 1996 (April 2) || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADF8A9AD6A39FE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Post-Gazette.com|website=nl.newsbank.com}}</ref>
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| 48 || [[Robert McNeilly]]♥ || [[Thomas J. Murphy, Jr.|Murphy]] || 1996 (April 2) || 2006 (January 2) || [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05363/629385-53.stm][http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06292/731229-53.stm]
| 48 || [[Robert McNeilly]] || [[Thomas J. Murphy, Jr.|Murphy]] || 1996 (April 2) || 2006 (January 2) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.post-gazette.com/pg/05363/629385-53.stm|title=The mayoral transition: Police chief out|website=old.post-gazette.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.post-gazette.com/pg/06292/731229-53.stm|title=Mayor, residents praise police chief nominee as innovator, communicator|website=old.post-gazette.com}}</ref>
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| 49 || [[Dom Costa]]♥ || [[Bob O'Connor (mayor)|O'Connor]] || 2006 (January 2) || 2006 (September 28) || [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06288/730151-53.stm]
| 49 || [[Dom Costa]] || [[Bob O'Connor (mayor)|O'Connor]] || 2006 (January 2) || 2006 (September 28) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.post-gazette.com/pg/06288/730151-53.stm|title=How O'Connor pal rose and fell so fast|website=old.post-gazette.com}}</ref>
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| 50 || [[Earl Woodyard|Earl Woodyard, Jr.]]* || [[Luke Ravenstahl|Ravenstahl]] || 2006 (September 29) || 2006 (October 31) ||
| 50 || [[Earl Woodyard, Jr.]]* || [[Luke Ravenstahl|Ravenstahl]] || 2006 (September 29) || 2006 (October 31) ||
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| 51 || [[Nathan Harper]]♥ || [[Luke Ravenstahl|Ravenstahl]] || 2006 (October 31) || 2013 (February 20) || [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06304/734403-100.stm]
| 51 || [[Nathan Harper]] || [[Luke Ravenstahl|Ravenstahl]] || 2006 (October 31) || 2013 (February 20) || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.post-gazette.com/pg/06304/734403-100.stm|title=Council approves Harper as city police chief|website=old.post-gazette.com}}</ref>
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| 52 || [[Regina McDonald]]*♥ || [[Luke Ravenstahl|Ravenstahl]] || 2013 (February 20) || 2014 (September 15) || [http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/source-ravenstahl-to-fire-harper-676141/]
| 52 || [[Regina McDonald]]* || [[Luke Ravenstahl|Ravenstahl]] || 2013 (February 20) || 2014 (September 15) || <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/source-ravenstahl-to-fire-harper-676141/ |title=Harper asked to resign as Pittsburgh police chief - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=2013-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223174210/http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/source-ravenstahl-to-fire-harper-676141/ |archive-date=2013-02-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| 53 || [[Cameron McLay]]♥ || [[Bill Peduto|Peduto]] || 2014 (September 15) || 2016 (November 8) ||[http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2014/09/02/Pittsburgh-to-name-new-police-chief-this-afternoon/stories/201409020123]
| 53 || [[Cameron McLay]] || [[Bill Peduto|Peduto]] || 2014 (September 15) || 2016 (November 8) ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2014/09/02/Pittsburgh-to-name-new-police-chief-this-afternoon/stories/201409020123|title=Ex-Wisconsin police captain Cameron McLay named new Pittsburgh police chief|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref>
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| 54 || [[Scott Schubert]] || [[Bill Peduto|Peduto]] || 2016 (November 8) || Current ||[http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2016/11/04/Pittsburgh-police-chief-Cameron-McLay-and-Mayor-Bill-Peduto-hold-news-conference/stories/201611040193]
| 54 || [[Scott Schubert]] || [[Bill Peduto|Peduto]] || 2016 (November 8) || 2022 (July 1) ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2016/11/04/Pittsburgh-police-chief-Cameron-McLay-and-Mayor-Bill-Peduto-hold-news-conference/stories/201611040193|title=Pittsburgh police chief Cameron McLay stepping down|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref>
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| 55 || [[Larry Scirotto]] || [[Ed Gainey|Gainey]] || 2023 (July 7) || 2024 (November 1) ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2024/10/25/pittsburgh-police-chief-larry-scirotto-retiring/stories/202410250079|title=Pittsburgh police Chief Larry Scirotto retiring amid scrutiny over NCAA basketball referee job|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref>
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| 56 || [[Christopher Ragland]] || [[Ed Gainey|Gainey]] || 2024 (November 1) || Present ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2024/10/25/pittsburgh-police-chief-larry-scirotto-retiring/stories/202410250079|title=Pittsburgh police Chief Larry Scirotto retiring amid scrutiny over NCAA basketball referee job|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref>
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♥ ''still living''


==Longest Tenure==
==Longest Tenure==
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==Public Safety Directors==
==Public Safety Directors==
Pittsburgh was required by an 1887 state law to have a Public Safety Director over all emergency responders.<ref>http://flh.genealogy.com/gc/genealogy/books/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bglhbooks%3BGenealogy-glh37930111%3B140%3B-1%3B&polarity=&scale=&jumptophysicalpage=139</ref>
Pittsburgh was required by an 1887 state law to have a Public Safety Director over all emergency responders.<ref>{{cite web| title=Genealogy.com: Genforum & Family History Search | website=Genealogy.com | url=http://flh.genealogy.com/gc/genealogy/books/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bglhbooks%3BGenealogy-glh37930111%3B140%3B-1%3B&polarity=&scale=&jumptophysicalpage=139 | access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref>
*[[Lee C. Schmidt]]- Current
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* Steven Bucar - July 29, 2014 [http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2014/07/26/What-happens-to-Pittsburgh-Public-Safety-Director-Mike-Huss/stories/201407250162]- Present
*[[Wendell Hissrich]] - January 11, 2016 [https://www.wesa.fm/post/city-names-fbi-unit-chief-new-public-safety-director#stream/0 City Names FBI Unit Chief As New Public Safety Director] - January 2022
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* [[Michael Huss]] -January 24, 2007 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2udRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DnIDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=2165%2C2864332]-July 29, 2014
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*[[Steven Bucar]] - July 29, 2014 [http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2014/07/26/What-happens-to-Pittsburgh-Public-Safety-Director-Mike-Huss/stories/201407250162 What happens to Huss?]- September 2015
* [[Robert Kennedy (Pittsburgh)|Robert Kennedy]] Jan. 2003 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KiUxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yXADAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=2690%2C3089391]-2005 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2udRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DnIDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=6735%2C2901636]
* [[Sal Sirabella]] 1995?-Jan. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KiUxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yXADAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=2690%2C3089391] 2003 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2udRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DnIDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=6735%2C2901636]
* [[Michael Huss]] -January 24, 2007 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2udRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DnIDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=2165%2C2864332 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search]-July 29, 2014
* [[Kathy Kraus]] 1995-2005? [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2udRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DnIDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=6735%2C2901636]
* [[Robert Kennedy (Pittsburgh)|Robert Kennedy]] Jan. 2003 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KiUxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yXADAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=2690%2C3089391 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search]-2005 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2udRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DnIDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=6735%2C2901636 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search]
* [[Lou DiNardo]] April 27, 1992 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sNhRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V24DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4717%2C8832324]-1995 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CaoxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jm4DAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=1504%2C377139]
* [[Sal Sirabella]] 1994-2003Jan. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KiUxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yXADAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=2690%2C3089391 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search] 2003 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2udRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DnIDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=6735%2C2901636 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search]
* [[Glenn Cannon (Pittsburgh)|Glenn Cannon]] October 7, 1986-[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hXBiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=03YNAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=1958%2C817225] July 1992 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Qa5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1G0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=aviation%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=3015%2C4328301] -
* [[Kathy Kraus]] 1995-2005? [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2udRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DnIDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=6735%2C2901636 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search]
* [[John J. Norton]] July 3, 1985 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HZIcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TGIEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4315%2C399661]-October 7, 1986 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hXBiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=03YNAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=1958%2C817225]
* [[Lou DiNardo]] April 27, 1992 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sNhRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V24DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4717%2C8832324 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search]-1995 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CaoxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jm4DAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=1504%2C377139 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search]
* [[John H. Bingler]] April 1970- [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=23MlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wvIFAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=898%2C4147377] Princeton Engineering, Pitt Law, US Justice Dept Civil Rights Division 1965-1967, Frogman, born 1939.
* [[Glenn Cannon (Pittsburgh)|Glenn Cannon]] October 7, 1986-[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hXBiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=03YNAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=1958%2C817225 Observer-Reporter - Google News Archive Search] July 1992 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Qa5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1G0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=aviation%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=3015%2C4328301 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search] -
* [[James Cortese]] June 11, 1969 – 1970? [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hZtRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2mwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=police%20chief%20pittsburgh&pg=5942%2C125789] chief of the Bureau of Building Inspection in mid-1960s born 1932.
* [[John J. Norton]] July 3, 1985 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HZIcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TGIEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4315%2C399661 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search]-October 7, 1986 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hXBiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=03YNAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=1958%2C817225 Observer-Reporter - Google News Archive Search]
* [[David W. Craig]] March 16, 1967-January 1967? [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0MZaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lWwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=3625%2C3535909] [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UwJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XAEEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4034%2C2135408] former City Solicitor
* [[John H. Bingler]] April 1970- [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=23MlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wvIFAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=898%2C4147377 Gettysburg Times - Google News Archive Search] Princeton Engineering, Pitt Law, US Justice Dept Civil Rights Division 1965-1967, Frogman, born 1939.
* [[James J. Dillon]] -March 16, 1967 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UwJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XAEEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4034%2C2135408] Former FBI Agent and attorney.
* [[James Cortese]] June 11, 1969 – 1970? [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hZtRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2mwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=police%20chief%20pittsburgh&pg=5942%2C125789 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search] chief of the Bureau of Building Inspection in mid-1960s born 1932.
* [[Louis Rosenberg (judge)|Louis Rosenberg]] 1957?-1961? was city council, after a federal judge [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8ZxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CG0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4954%2C2345954] Born 1898 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OMdaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NmwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4391%2C1486408]
* [[David W. Craig]] March 16, 1967-January 1967? [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0MZaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lWwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=3625%2C3535909 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search] [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UwJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XAEEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4034%2C2135408 Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search] former City Solicitor
* [[James Dillon (law enforcement officer)|James Dillon]] -March 16, 1967 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UwJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XAEEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4034%2C2135408 Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search] Former FBI Agent and attorney.
* [[David Olbum]] January 1, 1955- [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V9UeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vk0EAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=5823%2C1156652] was city council, after a common pleas judge [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8ZxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CG0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4954%2C2345954] board member of County Sanitary Authority 1946-1955, and County Elections supervisor (succeeding John Heinz) 1928 Pitt Law Grad previously born 1907 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V9UeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vk0EAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=5823%2C1156652]
* [[George E.A. Fairley]] 1943 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jFcbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kkwEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4772%2C5172927] 1936-Jan. 1 1955 born 1877 Colonel World War I vet, superintendent for CMU from 1920-1936 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V9UeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vk0EAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=5823%2C1156652] Colonel
* [[Louis Rosenberg (judge)|Louis Rosenberg]] 1957?-1961? was city council, after a federal judge [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8ZxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CG0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4954%2C2345954 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search] Born 1898 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OMdaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NmwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4391%2C1486408 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search]
* [[Thomas A. Dunn]] - January 1935 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wcoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IkwEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=2717%2C1474549] - Aug 7 1936 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xMoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IkwEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=2649%2C2777772] Chamber of Commerce President 1920-1931, candidate for Mayor 1929. Served on Prison Board. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wcoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IkwEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4126%2C1501895] Died Aug 10 1936 fired on July 15, 1936.
* [[David Olbum]] January 1, 1955- [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V9UeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vk0EAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=5823%2C1156652 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search] was city council, after a common pleas judge [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8ZxRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CG0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4954%2C2345954 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search] board member of County Sanitary Authority 1946-1955, and County Elections supervisor (succeeding John Heinz) 1928 Pitt Law Grad previously born 1907 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V9UeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vk0EAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=5823%2C1156652 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search]
* [[Marshall Bell (Pittsburgh)|Marshall Bell]] September 1934?[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LLVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K2kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3530%2C1748754]-January 1935 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wcoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IkwEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=2717%2C1474549]
* [[George E.A. Fairley]] 1943 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jFcbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kkwEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4772%2C5172927 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search] 1936-Jan. 1 1955 born 1877 Colonel World War I vet, superintendent for CMU from 1920-1936 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V9UeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vk0EAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=5823%2C1156652 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search] Colonel
* [[Ralph E. Smith]] Jan 22, 1934 Born Ellicottville New York 1868 moved to Pittsburgh 1902 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wsNRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MWkDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=2919%2C2279192] March 1934 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ByIbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c0sEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=1265%2C3975403] Office at 215 City-County, Police Chiefs office 205 City-County.
* [[Thomas A. Dunn]] - January 1935 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wcoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IkwEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=2717%2C1474549 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search] - Aug 7 1936 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xMoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IkwEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=2649%2C2777772 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search] Chamber of Commerce President 1920-1931, candidate for Mayor 1929. Served on Prison Board. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wcoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IkwEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4126%2C1501895 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search] Died Aug 10 1936 fired on July 15, 1936.
* [[James M. Clark]] July 1926 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8EwbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EUwEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=6081%2C3524464] April 1933 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9b8aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aksEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=1537%2C5178412]
* [[Marshall Bell (Pittsburgh)|Marshall Bell]] September 1934?[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LLVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K2kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3530%2C1748754 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search]-January 1935 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wcoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IkwEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=2717%2C1474549 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search]
* [[Ralph E. Smith]] Jan 22, 1934 Born Ellicottville New York 1868 moved to Pittsburgh 1902 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wsNRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MWkDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=2919%2C2279192 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search] March 1934 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ByIbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c0sEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=1265%2C3975403 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search] Office at 215 City-County, Police Chiefs office 205 City-County.
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* Prichard 1920 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5rcaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lUkEAAAAIBAJ&dq=alderdice%20police&pg=1925%2C4235669]
* [[Charles S. Hubbard]] October 1914 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XQ5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h2YDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=3710%2C5270006] October 1915 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uqFRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CGgDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=5950%2C1430269] 1918 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=spdRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4531%2C5156817]
* [[James M. Clark]] July 1926 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8EwbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EUwEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=6081%2C3524464 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search] April 1933 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9b8aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aksEAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=1537%2C5178412 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search]
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* Prichard 1920 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5rcaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lUkEAAAAIBAJ&dq=alderdice%20police&pg=1925%2C4235669 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search]
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* [[John H. Dalley]] May 25, 1913 [https://www.nytimes.com/1913/05/25/archives/economy-in-motor-fire-apparatus-pittsburghs-safety-director.html] October 1913 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6BVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FGYDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4436%2C3161280]
* [[Charles S. Hubbard]] October 1914 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XQ5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h2YDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=3710%2C5270006 The Gazette Times - Google News Archive Search] October 1915 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uqFRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CGgDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=5950%2C1430269 The Gazette Times - Google News Archive Search] 1918 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=spdRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4531%2C5156817 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search]
* [[John M. Morin]] 1912 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DqRcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZVgNAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=5781%2C2855903] -January 28, 1913
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* [[John H. Dalley]] May 25, 1913 [https://www.nytimes.com/1913/05/25/archives/economy-in-motor-fire-apparatus-pittsburghs-safety-director.html ECONOMY IN MOTOR FIRE APPARATUS; Pittsburgh's Safety Director Estimates 50 Per Cent. Profit on Complete Installation.] October 1913 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6BVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FGYDAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=4436%2C3161280 The Gazette Times - Google News Archive Search]
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* [[Edward G. Lang]] 1908 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19080420&id=lysbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xEgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6780,4827367][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=spdRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4531%2C5156817]
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* [[John M. Morin]] 1912 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DqRcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZVgNAAAAIBAJ&dq=safety%20director%20pittsburgh&pg=5781%2C2855903 Gettysburg Times - Google News Archive Search] -January 28, 1913
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* Harry Moore late March 1903 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CggbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mkgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1547%2C5037479] April 1904 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9QgbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rkgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2648%2C3334494]
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* [[Edward G. Lang]] 1908 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19080420&id=lysbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xEgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6780,4827367 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=spdRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4531%2C5156817 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search]
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* Harry Moore late March 1903 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CggbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mkgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1547%2C5037479 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search] April 1904 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9QgbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rkgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2648%2C3334494 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search]
*[[Frank Ridgeway]] 1906-07
*[[Frank Ridgeway]] 1906-07
*[[A.H. Leslie]] November 26, 1901 [https://archive.org/stream/memoirsofalleghe01innort/memoirsofalleghe01innort_djvu.txt][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NXlIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cWcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=982%2C536144]-1902 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ky4bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lUgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2806%2C3528467]
*[[A.H. Leslie]] November 26, 1901 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/memoirsofalleghe01innort|title=Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; personal and genealogical|first=Wis )|last=Northwestern Historical Association (Madison|date=March 17, 1904|publisher=Madison, Wis., Northwestern Historical Association|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NXlIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cWcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=982%2C536144 The Pittsburgh Gazette - Google News Archive Search]-1902 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ky4bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lUgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2806%2C3528467 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search]
*[[J.O. Brown]] 1887-1889 [http://flh.genealogy.com/gc/genealogy/books/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bglhbooks%3BGenealogy-glh37930111%3B138%3B-1%3B&polarity=&scale=&jumptophysicalpage=141] July 17, 1899 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5AMbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-0kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2682%2C3138318] & 1892 (with all salaries): [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1892-04-08/ed-1/seq-6/]
*[[J.O. Brown]] 1887-1889 <ref>{{cite web| title=Genealogy.com: Genforum & Family History Search | website=Genealogy.com | url=http://flh.genealogy.com/gc/genealogy/books/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bglhbooks%3BGenealogy-glh37930111%3B138%3B-1%3B&polarity=&scale=&jumptophysicalpage=141 | access-date=2020-03-17}}1</ref> July 17, 1899 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5AMbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-0kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2682%2C3138318 The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search] & 1892 (with all salaries): [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1892-04-08/ed-1/seq-6/ Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, April 08, 1892, Image 6]


==Police Commissioners==
==Police Commissioners==
* William J. Kane 1920 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5rcaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lUkEAAAAIBAJ&dq=alderdice%20police&pg=1925%2C4235669]
*[[William J. Kane]] 1920<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5rcaAAAAIBAJ&dq=alderdice+police&pg=1925,4235669|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Law enforcement/Law enforcement topics}}
* [[Pittsburgh Police]]
* [[Pittsburgh Police]]
* [[Allegheny County District Attorney]]
* [[Allegheny County District Attorney]]
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==References==
==References==
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*[file:///C:/Users/Bunner/Downloads/2781-2627-1-PB%20(4).pdf]


==External links==
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Pittsburgh Police Chief
Flag of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
since November 1, 2024
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
AppointerMayor of Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Police Chief is an American law enforcement official who serves as the head of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, appointed by the Mayor of Pittsburgh. The Chief is a civilian administrator, and was historically referred to as the Police Superintendent as well as Chief, both titles having the same authority and meaning.

Chiefs

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No. Chief Appointed by Start End Notes
1 Matthew J. Green mayor 1868 1869
2 Robert Hague Brush 1869 1872
3 John Irwin Blackmore 1872 1875
4 James McCandless McCarthy 1875 1876
5 W. M. Hartzell McCarthy 1876 1877
6 Philip Demmel McCarthy 1877 1878
7 Robert Hague Liddell 1878 1879
8 J. P. Heisel Lyon 1881 1883
9 G. L. Braun or L. G. Brown Fulton 1884 1884
10 T. A. Blackmore Fulton 1885 1886 Was a "viewer" clerk in 1892.[1]
11 Nathan S. Brokaw Fulton 1887 1887
12 Roger O'Mara McCallin 1889 (Feb23-Mar10) 1896 (March 6) [1] aug. 1892, [2] June 24, 1894 was arrested with Public Safety Dir.[3] makes 2,400/year
13 A. H. Leslie Ford 1896 (August 1) 1901 (October 1) [2] Jul 1 1899 [4] Jul 8 1901 or before [5]
14 Soloman Coulson Diehl 1900 [3][4] was asst. super jul 1899;
15 A. H. Leslie Ford 1896 (August 1) 1901 (October 1) [4] Jul 1 1899 [4] Jul 8 1901 or before [5]
16 Gamble Weir mayor 1901?
17 Roger O'Mara Diehl 1901 (Jan 14) 1901 (Sep 10)
18 John McAleese mayor by Feb. 3 1902 [6] Previously warden of the Allegheny county jail; in 1911 lived in Fay, Lawrence Co.[7]
19 John P. McTighe Brown march 5 1903 was under consideration [8] [5][9][10] hats, 400 officers
20 Bernard McStay Hays early 1904 1904 (April 30)[11] [6]
21 Alexander W. "Buck" Wallace Hays 1904 (April 30) [11] June 1906 was out [12] [13][14] ran for alderman 1908 [15] big bio, [16] ran a saloon, [12] lived with sister & denied pay cause "out of towner", [17] brother died aug. 1904
22 Thomas A. McQuaide Guthrie 1906 1914 [18] [19] joined 1886 chief of detectives 1903, chief 1906-? 3 mayors [20][21] 1911
23 Noble Matthews Armstrong 1914 1918 [18]
24 Robert J. Alderdice Babcock 1918 [18] 1921 [18] [22][23]

[7] Jan 1919

25 Davis Babcock 1919 (September 28) 1921?
26 Thomas F. Carroll Babcock 1921 (June 11?) 1921 (August 17?) [24][25]
27 John C. Calhoun Magee 1922 (April 13) 1922 (September 5) [26]
28 Edward N. Jones Magee 1923 (June 17) 1923 (November) [27]
29 Edward J. Brophy Magee 1923 (November 18) 1926 (Spring) [28]
30 Peter Paul Walsh Kline 1926 (Spring) 1933 (April 15) [29][30][31][32][33]
31 Franklin T. McQuaide Herron 1933 (April 15) 1934 (January)
32 Ben R. Marshall McNair 1934 (January) 1934 (September) [34] Joined 1909 [35][36]
33 Jacob F. Dorsey* McNair 1934 (September) 1936 (Summer)
34 Franklin T. McQuaide Scully 1936 (Summer) 1939 (March 17) [37]
35 Harvey J. Scott Scully 1939 (March 17) 1952 (August 11) [38]
36 Henry Pieper* Lawrence 1952 (August 11) 1952 (August 13) [38][39]
37 James W. Slusser Lawrence 1952 (August 13) 1970 (January 5) [39][40][41][42]
38 Stephen A. Joyce Flaherty 1970 (January 5) 1971 (February 10) [43]
39 Robert E. Colville Flaherty 1971 (February 10) 1975 (March 1) [44]
40 Robert J. Coll Flaherty 1975 (March 1) 1986 (April 4) [45]
41 William Ward* Caliguiri 1986 (April 4) 1986 (April 21) [46]
42 William "Mugsy" Moore Caliguiri 1986 (April 21) 1987 (May 11) [47][48]
43 Donald Aubrecht* Caliguiri 1987 (May 11) 1987 (May 22) [48]
44 Ralph Pampena Caliguiri 1987 (May 22) 1990 (May 17) [49]
45 Mayer DeRoy Masloff 1990 (May 17) 1992 (June 15) [50][51]
46 Earl Buford Masloff 1992 (June 15) 1995 (December 29) [51][52]
47 William E. Bochter* Murphy 1995 (December 29) 1996 (April 2) [53]
48 Robert McNeilly Murphy 1996 (April 2) 2006 (January 2) [54][55]
49 Dom Costa O'Connor 2006 (January 2) 2006 (September 28) [56]
50 Earl Woodyard, Jr.* Ravenstahl 2006 (September 29) 2006 (October 31)
51 Nathan Harper Ravenstahl 2006 (October 31) 2013 (February 20) [57]
52 Regina McDonald* Ravenstahl 2013 (February 20) 2014 (September 15) [58]
53 Cameron McLay Peduto 2014 (September 15) 2016 (November 8) [59]
54 Scott Schubert Peduto 2016 (November 8) 2022 (July 1) [60]
55 Larry Scirotto Gainey 2023 (July 7) 2024 (November 1) [61]
56 Christopher Ragland Gainey 2024 (November 1) Present [62]

Longest Tenure

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  • 17 years, 145 days – James W. Slusser (1952–1970)
  • 13 years, 5 months – Harvey J. Scott (1939–1952)
  • 11 years, 34 days – Robert J. Coll (1975–1986)
  • 9 years, 275 days – Robert McNeilly (1996–2006)
  • 9 years – Thomas A. McQuaide (1906–1914)
  • 7 years – Peter Paul Walsh (1926–1933)
  • 7 years – Roger O'Mara (1889–1896)
  • 6 years, 112 days – Nathan Harper (2006–2013)
  • 5 years, 61 days – AH Leslie
  • 4 years, 19 days – Robert E. Colville (1971–1975)
  • 3 years, 197 days – Earl Buford (1992–1995)
  • 3 years, 6 months – Franklin T. McQuaide (1933, 1936–1939)
  • 2 years, 360 days – Ralph Pampena (1987–1990)

Public Safety Directors

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Pittsburgh was required by an 1887 state law to have a Public Safety Director over all emergency responders.[63]

Police Commissioners

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See also

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References

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