{"id":809,"date":"2018-02-27T15:17:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T20:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hartfordhistory.net\/blog\/?p=809"},"modified":"2018-02-27T15:17:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T20:17:56","slug":"david-rosado-the-latest-in-a-long-line-of-police-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hartfordhistory.net\/blog\/2018\/02\/27\/david-rosado-the-latest-in-a-long-line-of-police-chiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"David Rosado: the latest in a long line of police chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

In light of David Rosado becoming Hartford’s new police chief, it seemed appropriate to track down and publish a list of previous chiefs. It wasn’t as easy as expected; the list below comes mostly from from an archived page<\/a> of the Police Department’s old website.<\/p>\n

As for Rosado, he’s new to the Department but hardly new to Hartford. He grew up in the old Charter Oak Terrace housing projects and graduated from Bulkeley High School, returning there last week for a swearing-in ceremony meant to send a message to city kids. \u201cBulkeley means something to me; that\u2019s where I grew up,\u201d Rosado told the Hartford Courant<\/a>. “There\u2019s significance to that; it sends a message to kids there that ‘You too can accomplish something if you set your mind to it.'”<\/p>\n

Here’s video<\/a> of the ceremony by NBC Connecticut (WVIT-TV).<\/p>\n

After graduating from the University of Connecticut, where he also obtained a law degree, Rosado rose through the ranks of the Connecticut State Police, including stints leading Troop H in Hartford, Troop W in Windsor Locks, and the internal affairs unit. He was a a lieutenant colonel, with more than two decades of service, when he left the state police to take the Hartford post.<\/p>\n

In a January 23 news release<\/a> from City Hall, City Councilman Thomas \u201cTJ\u201d Clarke II referred to Rosado as the city’s first Latino police chief.<\/p>\n

This list dates back to 1901, though the Police Department was formally created in 1860. Anyone with material on the Department’s history is welcome to send it to kevin@hartfordhistory.net<\/a> or P.O. Box 370202, West Hartford, CT 06137-0208.<\/p>\n

Hartford police chiefs<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Rosado: 2018-<\/p>\n

James C. Rovella: 2012-2018<\/p>\n

Daryl K. Roberts: 2006-2011<\/p>\n

Patrick J. Harnett: 2004-2006<\/p>\n

Mark R. Pawlina: 2003-2004 (acting chief)<\/p>\n

Bruce Preston Marquis: 2000-2003<\/p>\n

Joseph J. Croughwell: 1994-2000<\/p>\n

Jesse Campbell: 1993-1994<\/p>\n

Ronald J. Loranger: 1989-1993<\/p>\n

Bernard R. Sullivan: 1982-1989<\/p>\n

George W. Sicaras: 1980-1982<\/p>\n

Hugo J. Masini: 1974-1980<\/p>\n

Thomas J. Vaughn: 1968-1974<\/p>\n

John Kerrigan: 1963-1968<\/p>\n

Paul Beckwith: 1958-1963<\/p>\n

Michael J. Godfrey: 1944-1958<\/p>\n

Charles J. Hallissey: 1941-1944<\/p>\n

John J. Butler: 1939-1941<\/p>\n

Garret J. Farrell: 1913-1939<\/p>\n

Cornelius Ryan: 1901-1904<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In light of David Rosado becoming Hartford’s new police chief, it seemed appropriate to track down and publish a list of previous chiefs. It wasn’t as easy as expected; the list below comes mostly from from an archived page of the Police Department’s old website. As for Rosado, he’s new to the Department but hardly … Continue reading “David Rosado: the latest in a long line of police chiefs”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-public-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartfordhistory.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartfordhistory.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartfordhistory.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartfordhistory.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartfordhistory.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartfordhistory.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":813,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartfordhistory.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartfordhistory.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartfordhistory.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartfordhistory.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}