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 – Fired for Improprieties
    
25. Wilbur H. Emry, 1959-1972
    
26. David C. Couper, 1973-1993 (Longest tenure as Madison Police Chief)
    
27. Richard K. Williams, 1993-2004
    
28. Noble Wray 2004-