Previous Police Chief's
 

The first officer of the law in the area that is now known as the City of Princeton was a constable named William Scales, who was appointed by the Gibson County Court in 1813.

 
Year

Town Marshal

 Department Members
1890-94  C. W. Nickells
1894-98  W. S. Spilrman
1898-00  Daniel J Haley
1900*  Daniel J Haley   Officers Removed from duty
1901-02  Daniel J Haley
1902*  Daniel J Haley
1903-05  Daniel J Haley
1906-08  George Skelton
1909  Al Mauck
1910-13  Daniel J Haley
1914-16 August A. Fichter Retired in December  

Police Chief's
1916-17  Ellis Helsley 
1918-22  James H. Guthrie
1923-24  Samuel Fettinger
1925-26  Samuel Fettinger
1927-29  Herschel Higgins
1930-47  Roy W. Burton
1948-49  Staneil Williams May 1949
1949-52  Blythe Decker
1952-57  John Solly Mitchell April
1957-59  Maurice Woods
1959-67  Adron Dillon
1968-71  Heber Zimmerman
1972-74  Ron Dunning
1974-79  Bennie Coomer
1980-83  Bill Bennet
1984-96  Howard "BO" Hardiman
1996  Howard "BO" Hardiman
1997-02  Nick Michas
2002-

 Butch Davis