On December 24th, 1866, the Board ordained unanimously that Peter Emge be appointed a Town Constable of said town of Athens. An ordinance was passed January 1867 that said " The Town Constable shall receive twenty per cent for all collections made by him or his deputies in pursuance of this ordinance, And it shall be the duty fo the Town Constable and his deputies to enter complaints before any Justice of the Peace for all and any breaches of this ordinance."

Note: The Town Constable (later known as the Village Marshall) reported to the Police Magistrate.

 

1886-1892    Michael Schlesinger - Town Constable

1886 -          Henry Dose - Police Magistrate

1888-1894    John Emge - Justice of the Peace

1895-           Dan Woodward - Town Constable

1895-           William Etling - Village Marshall

1896-           Edward Sherer - Police Magistrate

1897-1898   Peter Deichmann - Police Magistrate

1899 -         Dan Fullmer - Police Magistrate

1899-          Fred Groh - Village Marshall

1900           Leonhard Schoepp - Village Marshall

1902           Michael Schlesinger - Village Marshall

1903           D.M. Fullmer - Police Magistrate

1904           F.E. Sherer - Village Magistrate

1905           D.M. Fullmer - Police Magistrate

1906           Riley Teter - Village Marshall

   

The New Athens Police Department would like to thank the New Athens Historical Society for the information provided above.

1907-1908     Frank Armstutz - Village Marshall

 

1909             Michael Schlesinger - Village Marshall

 

1910-1914     Martin Feurer - Village Marshall

 

1913             D.M. Fullmer - Police Magistrate

 

1913-1917     Fred Koenitz Sr.- Police Magistrate

 

1917             Calrence Vogler - Police Magistrate

 

1915 - 1917   Harry Beimfohr - Village Marshall

 

1917 - 1919   Frank Hall - Village Marshall

 

1919 - 1921   John Morgan - Village Marshall

 

1921             Riley Teter - Village Marshall

 

1921             Albert Keuss - Police Magistrate

 

1922             Earnest Engel - Village Marshall

 

1922             George Traut - Police Magistrate

 

1923             Fred Koenitz - Police Magistrate

 

1924             Lois Wiget - Village Marshall

 

1925 - 1927   John Steinheimer - Village Marshall

 

1927 - 1929   William Falbe - Village Marshall

 

1938 - 1939   Frank Heitmann - Village Marshall

 

1939 - 1944   William Bretsch - Village Marshall

 

1944 - 1961   Lee Warren - Chief of Police

 

1961             Ollie Burk - Chief of Police

 

1970             Harold Birkner - Chief of Police

 

1988 - 1993    Richard Hart - Chief of Police

 

1994 -  1998   Paul Borger - Chief of Police

1999 - 2000  William Rainey - Chief of Police

 

2000 - 2001  Darren Fults - Chief of Police

 

2001- 2005    Michael Smith - Chief of Police

 

2005 - 2008   Larry Kirk - Chief of Police

 

2008 - 2010   William Rainey - Chief of Police

 

2010 - 2011    Tim Buehler - Chief of Police

 

2011 - 2012

 

2013               Terry Marquardt - Chief of Police