Madison Police Department (MPD)

Madison Police Chiefs
1. Fred Mohr, 1856-1857 (City Marshal)
2. Andrew Bishop, 1857-1858, 1862-1863,1872-1875, 1877-1879, 1881
3. John Shealey, 1859, 1867, 1870
4. Fred S. Van Bergen, 1860-1861
5. John B. Hyland, 1864
6. Ira W. Bird, 1865
7. Ben F. Larkin, 1866
8. William Hickey, 1867 (failed to qualify)
9. Joshua W. Tolford, 1868
10. Theodore C. Botsford, 1869
11. Charles C. Hammer, 1871
12. Frank Dorn, 1876
13. Benjamin D. Miner, 1880 (Jan. - Aug.)
14. John L. Lewis, 1880, 1882-1885
15. Edward Lyons, 1886
16. John E. Adamson, 1887-1894 (Big Jack)
17. Charles W. Heyl, 1895 (later became fire chief)
18. E.S. Parkison, 1896
19. Henry C. Baker, 1897-1907
20. Thomas Shayghnessy, 1907-1925
21. Frank Trostle, 1925-1930
22. Harry Davenport, 1930 (May - December)
23. William H. McCormick, 1931-1948
24. Bruce Weatherly, 1949-1959
25. Wilbur H. Emry, 1959-1972
26. David C. Couper, 1973-1993
27. Richard K. Williams, 1993-2004
28. Noble Wray 2004-

Police Stations

City Hall

14 S. Webster

City/County Building

Public Safty Building

Until the late 1990s, the Department was centralized into one downtown location. Today it is divided into five districts

Central – 211 S. Carroll St.

East – 809 S. Thompson Dr.

North – 2033 Londonderry Dr.

South – 825 Hughes Pl.

West – 1710 McKenna Blvd.