Chief of Police
The Chief of the Chambersburg Police Department is appointed by Borough Council and is the chief executive of the department.
As Chief of the Chambersburg Police Department, I am very pleased that you have chosen to visit our web site. I am proud of the tradition and service that our department provides to the citizens of Chambersburg.
We are a full service agency with many specialized units. The department is organized in the following manner:
- Police Chief's Office
- Patrol Division
- Investigations Division
- Records
PAST CHIEFS OF POLICE/HIGH CONSTABLES
- 1803 to ? George Strite, High Constable
- 1813 to 1836 Robert Allison, High Constable
- 1864 to 1865 John Case/Caserman, High Constable
- 1865 to 1874 M.W. Houser, High Constable
- 1875 to 1875 G. Shearer Houser, High Constable
- 1875 to 1875 Christian Brandt, High Constable
- 1875 to 1877 Peter Myers, High Constable
- 1877 to 1884 Charles Croft, Chief of Police
- 1884 to 1886 Adam H. Smith, Chief of Police
- 1886 to 1901 Casimir B. Kriechbaum, Chief of Police
- 1901 to 1902 James H. Mull, Chief of Police
- 1902 to 1904 Charles E. Evans, Chief of Police
- 1904 to 1906 Grafton M. Swisher, Chief of Police
- 1906 to 1908 Charles E. Evans, Chief of Police
- 1908 to 1910 Grafton M. Swisher, Chief of Police
- 1910 to 1919 Augustus Klenzing, Chief of Police
- 1920 to 1958 H.S. Byers, Chief of Police
- 1959 to 1970 J. Byers Schlichter, Chief of Police
- 1971 to 1983 William N. Johnston, Chief of Police
- 1983 to 2008 Michael T. DeFrank, Chief of Police
- 2008 to 2016 David J. Arnold, Chief of Police
Prior to 1803, law enforcement was provided by the Franklin County Sheriff starting with Sheriff Jerimiah Talbott.
