There have been many police chiefs of the Atlanta Police Department in the history of Atlanta, Georgia United States. The city shifted from a rural, Marshal/Deputy Marshal model in 1873.
The current police chief is Darin Schierbaum.
The city conducted a nationwide search for a permanent chief. Schierbaum succeeded former police chief Rodney N. Bryant. Bryant took the helm after former chief Erika Shields resigned following the killing of Rayshard Brooks. Bryant served as interim police chief until the city named him as chief in June 2020. Chief Schierbaum joined the Atlanta Police Department in 2002, was appointed interim chief in June 2022, and chief in October 2022.
Name Date appointed Force size Budget Thomas Jones July 1873 26 James A. Anderson January 1876 33 L. P. Thomas April 1, 1878 33 Lovice T. Anderson April 14, 1880 37 Arthur B. Connolly April 1881 45 W. P. Manley August 20, 1897 171 John W. Ball March 30, 1901 178 Henry Jennings March 30, 1905 196 James Beavers August 11, 1911 254 W. M. Mayes August 3, 1915 267 James Beavers November 8, 1917 283 E. L. Jett (acting) February 15, 1924 339 James Beavers May 19, 1926 386 T. O. Sturdivant April 30, 1932 408 $779,145 M. A. Hornsby February 1, 1937 461 $973,264 Herbert Turner Jenkins February 2, 1947 526 $1,564,010 John F. Inman March 20, 1972 1,508 $16,195,775 A. Reginald Eaves 1974 Lee P. Brown 1978 George Napper 1978 Morris Redding 1982 Eldrin Bell 1990 Beverly Harvard 1994 Richard Pennington 2002 1,639 $172,418,028 George N. Turner January 4, 2010 1,639 Erika Shields December 28, 2016 1,700+$204,754,624 Rodney Bryant June 13, 20201,603$248,508,775Darin Schierbaum June 2, 2022 (interim chief) October 31, 2022 (chief)1,500+$228,240,976
See also Georgia State Patrol
References
https://www.atlantapd.org/about-apd/office-of-the-chief/assistant-chief-of-police-darin-schierbaum