The Annapolis Police Department (APD) is a full-service law enforcement agency servicing a population of over 38,000 residents in of the municipality of

Annapolis, Maryland Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...

Address

Annapolis Police Department
199 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 268-9000

History

The APD started as "city watchmen" with the granting of the city charter in 1708. At the time, the

Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office The Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office (AASO) is the law enforcement arm of the court, serving the citizens of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. All deputy sheriffs are certified law enforcement officials with full authority of arrest. History T ...

held concurrent jurisdiction within Annapolis proper for the first six years, after which the city would elect its own Sheriff (as is the case still today in

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). The term "police officer" was not used until 1861. Like today, these police officers answered to the mayor of the city. It wasn't until 1867 that the Annapolis Police Department was officially created by an act of legislation by the Maryland General Assembly.History of the Annapolis Police Department
Today, 131 sworn officers protect a thriving city of 39,000 permanent residents and over 2 million annual visitors. Officers responded to more than 41,000 calls for service in 2007.

List of chiefs

*1867 - 1869 Thomas Basil *1869 - 1870 Nicholas J. Deal *1871 - 1872 Elijah J. Russell *1873 - 1875 Benjamin F. Cadell *1875 - 1879 Henry Burlinghame *1880 - 1882 James B. Thomas *1883 John E. Brown *1883 - 1886 James T. Small *1887 - 1895 Arthur Martin *1896 - 1901 Howard B. Taylor *1901 - 1902 Travers T. Brown *1903 Howard B. Taylor *1904 - 1907 George Hahn, Jr. *1907 - 1925 Charles H. Oberry *1926 - 1935 Richard B. Holliday *1935 - 1949 William R. Curry, Sr. *1949 - 1961 George W. Rawlings *1961 - 1973 Anthony W. Howes *1973 - 1980 Bernard Kalnoske *1980 Samuel A. Cyrus *1980 - 1990 John C. Schmitt *1990 Cassin B. Gittings *1990 - 1994 Harold M. Robbins, Jr. *1994 - 2008 Joseph S. Johnson *2008 - 201
Michael Pristoop
*2017 - 201
Scott Baker
*2019 - 2019 Paul Herman (Acting) *2019 - Presen
Edward Jackson

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