Contributed by Posted by Debra Florez
Posted August 21, 2007 by Myrtle Bridges
1832 James Seawell (Magistrate of Police)
1855 T.S.Lutterloh (Magistrate of Police)
1868 William H. Porter
1891-1906 W.H. Flowers (died July 28,1920)
1906-1907 J.A. Chason (killed in the line of duty) [no date given]
1907-1908 James Herbert Benton (killed in the line of duty)
1908-1910 John McD.Monaghan (named acting Police Chief after death of J.H.Benton)
In 1916, Monaghan was Deputy sheriff and resigned to accept position in Winston Salem
1911 W.H.Smith
1912-1914 E.D.Britt
1914-1916 J.T.Kelly
1916-1919 [ there is a gap here,no one listed]
1919-1920 Robert J."Fighting Bob" McLamb
1920-1923 Julius A.McLeod (had a heart attack while on duty)
1923-1935 J.Ross Jones (named Police Chief following death of Julius A.McLeod)
He was shot to death and his murder went unsolved
1935-1939 Barney/Barnie McBryde In 1947 McBryde observed his 24th anniversary with the Fayetteville Police
Dept. During that time,he served as patrolman for 1 yr,Sargent for 2 yrs, Assistant Chief for
11 yrs,Chief for 4 yrs,Lieutenant for 2 yrs and Capt for 4 yrs.
1939-1941 Alfred B. Crewe On Oct,1942,the former Chief was charged with obtaining money under false pretense
and forgery
1941-1943 John Lee McArthur,Sr Oct 7,1964--Former Police Chief McArthur committed suicide while awaiting trial
on an assault charge. On Mar 4th,1964 he was arrested and jailed on charges of deadly weapon assault
with intent to kill.He was accused of shooting Ben O.Robinson in the face and hand with a shotgun
[This is my maternal grandfather and according to my Father and Uncle (his sons-in-law) there was
an agreement made with Mr Robinson (who was actually shot in the leg,not the face and hand) to pay
for all his expenses and he had agreed to drop the charges.Unfortunately,it was too late to prevent
my grandfather's suicide by shotgun] Sad to say all this heartache was the result of long term alcoholism.
1943-1945 Neal/Neil A. Wethington
1945-1973 Livius Fenton Worrell Began serving as a patrolman in 1938,promoted to Chief in 1945. He retired
in 1973 and died in 1979.
Oct 9 1973-
Jan 15 1976 Hervey E.Keator
1976 Emerson Hall served 6 months as interim Police Chief prior to the appointment of Danny Dixon.
He retired Sept 1,1976 after 36 yrs in the Police Department
1976-1984 Daniel "Danny" K.Dixon
1984--
May 2000 Ronald "Ron" E. Hanson
Jun 2001--? Tom McCarthy
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