Previous Chiefs 1800s

H.G. Parks - Marshal

1867 - 1868
Marshal Parks was the first marshal elected with the town incorporation in 1867. He headed a department of 2.

John Farmer - Marshal

1868 - 1869

Jerry Claypool - Marshal

1869 - 1870

Theodore Park - Marshal

1870 - 1872

William Mead - Marshal

1872 - 1873

J.M. White - Marshal

1873 - 1878

W.S. Beckner - Marshal

1878 - 1880

J.M. White - Marshal

1880 - 1884

J.B. Davis - Marshal

1884 - 1886

J.J. Lowrey - Marshal

1886 - 1890

Isaiah Charles – Marshal

1890 - 1892

Louis Breitenbach – Marshal

1892 – 1893
Marshal Breitenbach was one of a long line of Town Marshals elected to serve the citizens of Santa Rosa before there was an official city police department. He was arrested in 1893 for taking $1,164 of city money and was convicted of embezzlement.

W.J. Steadman - Marshal

1893 - 1898