Post: | Police Commissioner |
Body: | Metropolitan Police Department – City of St. Louis |
Insigniacaption: | Seal of the Metropolitan Police Department |
Incumbent: | Commissioner Robert J. Tracy |
Incumbentsince: | January 9, 2023 |
Style: | The Honorable |
Termlength: | 4 years Renewable |
Residence: | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Inaugural: | James McDonough |
Salary: | $275,000 |
Reports To: | Mayor of St. Louis |
Website: | Commissioner/Chief |
The Police Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Department – City of St. Louis (SLMPD) is the Police Commissioner of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
The post is currently held by Commissioner Robert J. Tracy who was appointed on December 14, 2022 and assumed office on January 9, 2023.
Police commissioner | Term began – ended | |
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James McDonough | 1861 | |
John E.Couzens | 1861–1865 | |
1865–1866 | ||
William P. Finn | 1866–1868 | |
William Lee | 1868–1870 | |
James McDonough | 1870–1874 | |
Laurence Harrigan | 1874–1875 | |
James McDonough | 1875–1881 | |
Ferdinand B. Kennett | 1881–1882 | |
John W. Campbell | 1882–1883 | |
Bernard P. Taafee | 1883 | |
John W. Campbell | 1883 | |
Laurence Harrigan | 1884–1886 | |
Anton Huebler | 1886–1890 | |
Laurence Harrigan | 1890–1898 | |
John W. Campbell | 1898–1901 | |
Mathew Kiely | 1901–1906 | |
Edmund P. Creecy | 1906–1910 | |
William Young | 1910–1919 | |
Martin O’Brien | 1919–1925 | |
Joseph A. Gerk | 1925–1934 | |
John J. McCarthy | 1934–1937 | |
John H. Glasso | 1937–1943 | |
James J. Mitchell | 1943–1946 | |
Jeremiah O’Connell | 1946–1959 | |
Joseph Casey | 1959–1960 | |
Curtis Brostron | 1960–1970 | |
Eugene Camp | 1970–1982 | |
1982–1985 | ||
Robert Scheetz | 1985–1991 | |
1991–1995 | ||
1995–2001 | ||
2001–2008 | ||
Stephen Pollihan | July–Oct 2008 (Acting) | |
2008–2013 | ||
2013–2017 | ||
Lawrence M. O'Toole | April–Dec 2017 (Acting) | |
John W. Hayden Jr. | 2018–2022 | |
Michel J. Sack | 2022–Jan 2023 (Acting) | |
2023–present |