Chiefs of the Past and Present: 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 |
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