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Belmont Police Chief History

According to the Town of Belmont Annual Reports, Law Enforcement in the Town, in the form of Police or Police Officer, is first recorded in 1900. Special Police Officers were used for special events and the term Police Chief was first used in 1937. If you have any other information, pictures or corrections, please contact Chief Mark Lewandoski at (603) 267-8351.

1. 1900 - E. Gardner
2. 1901 - Clarence E. Gilman
3. 1902 - E. Gardner
4. 1902 - 1903 - Clarence E. Gilman
5. 1904 - 1906 - William H. Chaplin
6. 1906 - Harry Howland - Special Police
7. 1906 - 1908 - Joseph Hammel - Special Police
8. 1906 - 1908 - N. A. Bickford - Police
9. 1907 - 1909 - E. G. Marden - Police
10. 1909 - Joseph Hammel - Police Officer
11. 1910 - 1918 - Arthur L. Dow
12. 1918 - 1928 - N. E. Sanborn - Police Officer
13. 1929 - W. A. Waite - Police Officer
14. 1930 - N.E. Sanborn - Special Police Officer
15. 1931 - 1936 - Special Police Officer Homer L. Crockett
16. 1937 - 1943 - Chief Homer L. Crockett (The title of Chief of Police was first used in 1937)
17. 1944 - 1945 - Chief William Richards
18. 1946 - 1953 - Chief Victor N. Allard
19. 1954 - 1961 - Chief Donald J. Leith
20. 1961 - 1975 - Chief Earl M. Sweeney
21. 1976 - 1980 - Chief Robert S. Dawes
22. 1981 - 1987 - Chief Douglas A. Boyd
23. 1987 - 1998 - Chief Michael P. McCarty
24. 1998 - 2003 - Chief David C. Nielsen
25. 2003 - 2013 - Chief Vincent A. Baiocchetti
26. 2013 - Present - Chief Mark B. Lewandoski

***Special thanks to the Belmont Town Clerk Cynthia DeRoy and Staff***