The History & Legacy of the Pharr Police Department
Police Chiefs
(Click on each name to learn more)
- Tom Mayfield – known as “Whispering Tom”
- George Ingram – Police Chief approximately from 1924-1928
- DP Wilson – Police Chief approximately from 1937 to 1943
- Hugh West – Police Chief from 1943 to 1948
- Leon Reynolds – Police Chief from Sep 1948 to April 1950
- Grover Brady – Police Chief from 1950 to 1953
- Noah Lee Cannon – Police Chief from Mar 1953 to 1955
- Leroy Eastin – Police Chief from 1955 to May 1956 (Chief when Darby was mayor)
- John W. Payton – Police Chief from May 1956 to 1958 (Chief when Bowe was mayor)
- Truett Jordan – Police Chief from Apr 1958 to May 1959
- John W. Payton – Police Chief from May 1959 to 1963
- L.L Posey – Police Chief from 1963 to 1964
- Alfredo H. Ramirez – Police Chief from1964 to 1972.
- Manuel Chaves– Police Chief from Aug 1972 to May 1973
- Raul G. Reyna – Police Chief from Oct 1973 to Jan 1977
- Don Jackson – Police Chief from 1977 to 1981
- Patrick Dalager – Police Chief from 1981 to July 6, 1982
- Anacleto Martinez – Police Chief from Nov 9. 1982 to June 12, 1991
- Leo Saldana – Police Chief from Dec 1991 to July 1996 (Acted as an interim in 1991)
- Jesse Medina – Police Chief from 1996 to 2003
- Ruben Villescas – Police Chief from Jan 2004 to 2017 and was temporarily an interim when Medina left.
- Jose A. Luengo – interim from Oct 2017 to Jan 2019  then Police Chief from Jan 2019 to July 2020
- Andy Harvey – Chief of police from July 2020 – September 2022
- Juan F. Gonzalez – Chief of police from September 2022 – Present