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The list San Francisco Police Department chiefs includes Heather Fong, Anthony Ribera, George Gascón, Michael Gaffey and Charles Gain. The list consists of 19 members.

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  • 1.

    George Gascón
    American lawyer and police officer (born 1954)
    George Gascón
    Overview: George Gascón (born March 12, 1954) is an American attorney who served as the District Attorney of San Francisco from 2011 to 2019. George Gascón previously served as an Assistant Chief of Police for the ...
    Date of birth: 1954
    Age: 70
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Attorney
    Gender: Male
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    District attorneys in California 88T
    Cuban emigrants to the United States 505T
    Hispanic and Latino American politicians 217T
  • 2.

    Michael Gaffey
    Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
    Overview: Michael Gaffey (January 21, 1893 - March 4, 1961) was the police chief of San Francisco between 1951 and 1955.
    Date of birth: 21 January 1893
    Date of death: 4 March 1961
    Age: 68 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Military
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    Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923) 1,058T
    American people of Irish descent 6,740T
    American police chiefs 118T
  • 3.

    Charles Gain
    American police official (1923–2018)
    Charles Gain
    Overview: Charles Gain (November 1, 1923 – August 21, 2018) was an American police official, who served first as police chief for Oakland, California, then as chief in San Francisco in the 1970s. He was born in ...
    Date of birth: 1 November 1923
    Date of death: 21 August 2018
    Age: 94 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Law Enforcement
    Gender: Male
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    2018 deaths 9,212T
    2018 deaths 7,472T
    Deaths from respiratory failure 246T
  • 4.

    Isaiah W. Lees
    American detective
    Isaiah W. Lees
    Overview: Isaiah Wrigley Lees (December 25, 1830 – December 21, 1902) was the Chief of Police of San Francisco.
    Date of birth: 1830
    Date of death: 1902
    Age: 71 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
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    1830 births 1,856T
    1902 deaths 1,830T
    American police detectives 68T
  • 5.

    Fred H. Lau
    American, Law Enforcement
    Fred H. Lau
    Overview: Fred Harry Lau (born June 26, 1949) is a former chief of police for San Francisco, having served from 1996–2002. He was the first Asian American to ever hold that position, and has been called the first ...
    Date of birth: 26 June 1949
    Age: 75
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Law Enforcement
    Gender: Male
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    American people of Cantonese descent 67T
    American people of Chinese descent 1,485T
    American police chiefs 122T
  • 6.

    Alex Fagan
    American police chief
    Overview: Alex Emanuel Fagan (2 November 1950 – 8 November 2010) was the former Chief of the San Francisco Police Department. Fagan was raised in the East Bay community of Richmond, California, and graduated from ...
    Date of birth: 5 November 1950
    Date of death: 8 November 2010
    Age: 60 (age at death)
    Nationality: Irish
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    2010 deaths 8,925T
    American people of Irish descent 6,740T
    University of California, Berkeley alumni 4,241T
  • 7.

    Richard Hongisto
    American politician
    Overview: Richard D. Hongisto (December 16, 1936, Bovey, Minnesota – November 4, 2004, San Francisco, California) was a businessman, politician, sheriff and police chief of San Francisco, California, and Cleveland ...
    Date of birth: 16 December 1936
    Date of death: 3 November 2004
    Age: 67 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Politician
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    People from Bovey, Minnesota 3T
    California sheriffs 30T
    Cleveland Division of Police 10T
  • 8.

    Heather Fong
    American police chief
    Heather Fong
    Overview: Heather Jeanne Fong (Chinese: 方宇文; pinyin: Fāng Yǔwén, born 1956) is the former chief of police for San Francisco, California, United States. Her ancestral roots are in Ho Chung village, Chung Shan County ...
    Date of birth: 1956
    Age: 68
    Nationality: American
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    American people of Chinese descent 1,357T
    University of San Francisco alumni 204T
    People from Zhongshan 61T
  • 9.

    Anthony Ribera
    former Police chief of the City and County of San Francisco
    Anthony Ribera
    Overview: Anthony "Tony" Ribera (born January 25, 1945) is the former Police chief of the City and County of San Francisco.
    Date of birth: 25 January 1945
    Age: 80
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    1945 births 12,583T
    California Republicans 1,630T
    Living people 968,467T
  • 10.

    James F. Curtis
    American chief of police
    James F. Curtis
    Overview: James Freeman Curtis II (December 19, 1825 – March 1, 1914), participant in the 1849 California Gold Rush, Chief of Police of San Francisco, officer in the California state militia and volunteer in the ...
    Date of birth: 1825
    Date of death: 1914
    Age: 88 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Military
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  • 11.

    Jesse B. Cook
    American police chief
    Jesse B. Cook
    Overview: Jesse Brown Cook was a San Francisco police officer, chief and a police commissioner.
    Date of birth: 1860
    Date of death: 1938
    Age: 77 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
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  • 12.
    Thomas J. Cahill
    Overview: Thomas J. Cahill (June 8, 1910 – October 12, 2002) was the chief of police of San Francisco, California from 1958 to 1970, the longest tenure as chief of police in San Francisco history. He served under ...
    Date of birth: 8 June 1910
    Date of death: 12 October 2002
    Age: 92 (age at death)
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    2002 deaths 6,703T
    1910 births 7,072T
    People from San Francisco, California 2,308T
  • 13.

    George Wittman
    Chief of the San Francisco police department
    Overview: George W. Wittman (1857–1950) San Francisco Police officer, chief of police.
    Date of birth: 1857
    Date of death: 1950
    Age: 92 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
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    American police chiefs 118T
    1857 births 2,679T
    1950 deaths 3,510T
  • 14.

    William J. Biggy
    American politician
    William J. Biggy
    Overview: William J. Biggy (died December 1, 1908 in the San Francisco Bay, near Alcatraz) was San Francisco Chief of Police 1907–08.
    Date of death: 1908
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    Year of birth missing 11,452T
    1908 deaths 2,044T
  • 15.
    Overview: Charles W. Dullea (May 30, 1889 – 1966) was the Chief of Police in the San Francisco Police Department from 1940 to 1947.
    Date of birth: 30 May 1889
    Date of death: 1966
    Age: 76 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
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    Date of death missing 1,326T
    1966 deaths 4,465T
    1889 births 5,293T
  • 16.

    Prentice E. Sanders
    American police officer (1937–2021)
    Prentice E. Sanders
    Overview: Prentice Earl Sanders, also known as Earl Sanders (October 12, 1937 – January 11, 2021), was a member of the San Francisco Police Department from 1964 through 2003. He became the first African American ...
    Date of birth: 12 October 1937
    Date of death: 11 January 2021
    Age: 83 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Law Enforcement
    Gender: Male
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    2021 deaths 9,812T
    California National Guard personnel 25T
    21st-century African-American people 4,716T
  • 17.

    Frances J. Ahern
    San Francisco Police Chief
    Overview: Francis J. Ahern (1899–1958) was the San Francisco Police Chief from January 1956 to September 1958.
    Date of birth: 1899
    Date of death: 1958
    Age: 58 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
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  • 18.

    William J. Quinn
    Chief of the San Francisco Police department
    Overview: William J. Quinn (April 23, 1883 – October 10, 1963) native of San Francisco, California. He attended Lincoln Grammar School, Sacred Heart College and studied law at Saint Ignatius College (now the Un ...
    Date of birth: 23 April 1883
    Date of death: 10 October 1963
    Age: 80 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
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    University of San Francisco alumni 204T
    History of San Francisco, California 212T
    1963 deaths 4,136T
  • 19.

    Frank Jordan
    American mayor
    Frank Jordan
    Overview: Francis Michael Jordan (born February 20, 1935) is an American politician, former police chief, former mayor of San Francisco and a foundation executive.
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    20th-century American politicians 12,273T
    Mayors of San Francisco, California 55T
    University of San Francisco alumni 204T
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