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Chief History
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 Stephen Akerstrom at (603) 267-8351.
1900 – E. Gardner
1901 – Clarence E. Gilman
1902 – E. Gardner
1902 – 1903 – Clarence E. Gilman
1904 – 1906 – William H. Chaplin
1906 – Harry Howland – Special Police
1906 – 1908 – Joseph Hammel – Special Police
1906 – 1908 – N. A. Bickford – Police
1907 – 1909 – E. G. Marden – Police
1909 – Joseph Hammel – Police Officer
1910 – 1918 – Arthur L. Dow
1918 – 1928 – N. E. Sanborn – Police Officer
1929 – W. A. Waite – Police Officer
1930 – N.E. Sanborn – Special Police Officer
1931 – 1936 – Homer L. Crockett – Special Police Officer
1937 – 1943 – Chief Homer L. Crockett (The title of Chief of Police was first used in 1937)
1944 – 1945 – Chief William Richards
1946 – 1953 – Chief Victor N. Allard
1954 – 1961 – Chief Donald J. Leith
1961 – 1975 – Chief Earl M. Sweeney
1976 – 1980 – Chief Robert S. Dawes
1981 – 1987 – Chief Douglas A. Boyd
1987 – 1998 – Chief Michael P. McCarty
1998 – 2003 – Chief David C. Nielsen
2003 – 2013 – Chief Vincent A. Baiocchetti
2013 – 2025 – Chief Mark B. Lewandoski
2025 – Present – Chief Stephen M. Akerstrom
Special thanks to the Belmont Town Clerk Cynthia DeRoy and Staff
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