History of City of Winter Haven Police Department Marshalls/Police Chiefs 1911- Present
June 26, 1911	E. H. Waggoner	Appointed by Council
December 3, 1913	U. S. Griffin	Elected
December 1913	R. W. Hardy	Elected
December 1914 – December 1916	C. B. “Bruce” Woodham	Elected/Re-elected
December 1916	B. F. Norman	Elected
APPOINTED FROM THIS POINT ON
December 1917 – January 1919	B. F. Norman
January 1919	R. W. Hardy
January 1920	J. A. Norman
January 1921 – June 1921	S. P. Sessions
June 1921 – July 1922	L. L. Lynch
August 1922	B. H. Vaughn
1923	Three Marshalls: B. H. Vaughn, H. H. Hughes, C. B. Woodrum
1924	Three Marshalls: B. H. Vaughn, H. H. Hughes, P. L. Hightower
TITLE OF CHIEF OF POLICE and/or POLICE CHIEF BEGAN
1925	J. W. Blue
1926 – 1930	J. H. McKibbon
1931 – 1936	W. A. Barksdale
1936 – 1940	Dweitt Sinclair
1941 – 1945	Neil M. Carn
1945 – January 23, 1947	M. D. “Mallie” Rowe
January 23 – January 31, 1947	Neil M. Carn	Acting Police Chief
January 31 – December 31, 1948	Munsey Smith
January 1 - January 18, 1956	G. W. Hansford
January 27 – March 1, 1956	Bill Eller	Acting Police Chief
March 1 – January 1972	Munsey Smith
1972 – 1973	(no record of interim or acting chief during this time)
1973 – 1976	Hamp Rogers
TITLE CHANGED FROM POLICE CHIEF TO DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TO COVER POLICE, FIRE AND TRAFFIC, AS PART OF CITY MANAGER’S RE-ORGANIZATION ATTEMPT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS AND REDUCE THE BUDGET
1976 – August 1977	Hamp Rogers
TITLE CHANGED BACK TO POLICE CHIEF
August 9, 1977 – December 29, 1979	Tom Wheeler
December 29, 1979 – January 30, 1980	Ron Martin	Interim Chief
January 3, 1980 – March 24, 1997	Ron Martin	Police Chief
March1997 – October 1997	Darrell Kirkland	Acting Chief
October 1997 – January 1998	Darrell Kirkland	Interim Chief
February 1998 – September 2002	David Romine
September 2002 – October 2003	Darrell Kirkland
November 2003 – April 2004	Buddy Waters	Interim Chief
April 2004 – October 2006	Paul Goward
October 2006 – Present	Mark LeVine

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