List of Parkersburg Police Chiefs

The List...

  1. 1888-91 H.L. Dils
  2. 1891-93 James Mehen
  3. 1893-97 D.W. Heaton
  4. 1897-98 J.H. Anderson
  5. 1898-99 D.W. Heaton
  6. 1899-1901 Joe Cook
  7. 1901-03 E. Landsittle
  8. 1903-05 Walter Barr
  9. 1905-09 Patrick Oliver
  10. 1909-11 Jan Helmick
  11. 1911-25 W.A. Smith
  12. 1925-26 J.E. O'Neil
  13. 1926-27 Charles Hamer
  14. 1927-28 Harlan Abels
  15. 1928-37 Clyde Watson
  16. Aug-Nov 1937 James Deem
  17. 1937-47 Clarence Hylbert
  18. 1947-53 Joseph Beckett
  19. 1953-56 O.C. Boles
  20. 1956-59 Bruce Parsons
  21. Jan-Apr 1959 Harry Rasel
  22. 1959-61 Hobert Martin
  23. 1961-62 W.W. Lazell
  24. 1962-65 Wm. R. Callaghan
  25. 1965-68 W.W. Lazell
  26. Feb-Apr 1968 Jesse Starcher
  27. 1968-70 Gale Smith
  28. 1970-74 Dale Eaton
  29. 1974-76 Charles Plum
  30. 1976-78 H.F. Dougherty
  31. 1978-81 W.R. Rhodes
  32. 1981-84 James Midkiff
  33. Aug-Oct 1984 J. Holcomb
  34. 1984-85 John S. Norton
  35. 1985-89 Larry Gibson
  36. 1990-93 Russell Miller
  37. 1994-98 Rick Modesitt
  38. 1998-2001 Thomas A. Dent
  39. 2001- Robert D. Newell

Area Code:
304

Emergency:
911

Non-Emergency:
485-8501

Detective
Bureau:
485-8440

FAX:
424-8404

Switchboard:
424-8444

Third floor,
One Government
Square,
Parkersburg,
WV