Alton Police History
History of Constables, Marshalls & Chiefs

Title. Name. Dates Served

City Constable S.L.Miller 1837-1838
City Constable Jacob D. Miller 1838-1839
City Constable Thomas Starver 1840-1843
City Constable W.J. Miller 1842-1843
City Constable John Soloman 1843-1844
City Constable John Kilburn 1844-1845
City Constable Frederick Weed 1845-1846
City Constable Samuel Pitts 1846-1847
City Constable David Booz 1847-1848
Marshall Thomas B. Stains 1849-1850
Marshall Levi Worrall 1850-1851
Marshall Joseph Sinclair 1851-1851
Marshall William G. Pickard 1851-1853
Marshall H.A. Oaves 1854-1855
Marshall Levi Worrall 1855-1856
Marshall Henry Wissore 1856-1862
Marshall John C. Simpson 1862-1863
Marshall Christy Coyne 1863-1864
Marshall Michael Steiner 1864-1867
Marshall Henry Wissore 1867-1868
Marshall John Young 1868-1869
Marshall Antoine Sauvage 1869-1872
Marshall Aaron Challacombe 1872-1874
Marshall John Dawson 1874-1876
Marshall Ferdinand Volbracht 1876-1879
Marshall Jacob Kuhn 1879-1881
Marshall Philip Reiley 1881-1883
Marshall Charles L. Joesting 1883-1890
Marshall Jacob Kuhn 1890-1891
Marshall Henry Sworts 1891-1893
Marshall Jacob Kuhn 1893-1897
Chief of Police Jacob Kuhn 1897-1899
Chief of Police Ferdinand Volbracht 1899-1904
Chief of Police John W. Maxwell 1904-1911
Chief of Police Joseph R. LaChance 1911-1912
Chief of Police James A. Lynn 1912-1915
Chief of Police James J. Mullen 1915-1917
Chief of Police Peter Fitzgerald 1917-1921
Chief of Police John Lind 1921-1922
Chief of Police Peter Fitzgerald 1922-1925
Chief of Police Gustave Rotsch 1925-1931
Chief of Police Joseph Reno 1931-1933
Chief of Police James Hart 1933-1935
Chief of Police Gustave Rotsch 1935-1937
Chief of Police Paul Smith 1937-1945
Chief of Police George M Brooks 1945-1946
Chief of Police Claude Barkley 1946-1949
Chief of Police Raymond Galloway 1949-1953
Chief of Police John Heafner 1953-1968
Chief of Police William H. Peterson 1968-1969
Chief of Police Rudy Sowders 1969-1985
Chief of Police John Light 1985-1986
Chief of Police Donald Sandidge 1986-1989
Chief of Police Dennis Downey 1989-1993
Chief of Police Sylvester Jones 1993-1997
Chief of Police William Fitzgerald 1997-1997
Chief of Police Donald Lovell 1997-2002
Chief of Police Christopher Sullivan 2002-Present