Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department
The Superintendent of Police for the Chicago Police Department is the head of the Chicago Police Department.
The post is currently held by David Brown who first took office on April 15, 2020.
This position, in its current iteration, has existed as the head of the Chicago Police Department since 1960.
List of Superintendents
| No. | Name | Dates in office | Mayoral administration |
| 1 | Orlando Wilson | March 2, 1960–July 1, 1967 | Richard J. Daley |
| 2 | James B. Conlisk, Jr | November 1, 1973–July 1967 | Richard J. Daley |
| 3 | James M. Rochford | February 11, 1974–October 11, 1977 | Richard J. Daley Michael A. Bilandic |
| 4 | James E. O’Grady | April 10, 1978–April 25, 1979 | Michael A. Bilandic Jane Byrne |
| 5 | Richard J. Brzeczek | January 11, 1980–April 29, 1983 | Jane Byrne |
| 6 | Fred Rice, Jr. | August 27, 1983–November 1, 1987 | Harold Washington |
| 7 | LeRoy Martin | November 18, 1987–April 12, 1992 | David Orr Eugene Sawyer Richard M. Daley |
| 8 | Matt L. Rodriguez | April 13, 1992–December 1, 1997 | Richard M. Daley |
| 9 | Terry G. Hillard | February 18, 1998–April 18, 2003 | Richard M. Daley |
| 10 | Philip J. Cline | October 6, 2003–April 2, 2007 | Richard M. Daley |
| 11 | Jody P. Weis | February 1, 2008–March 1, 2011 | Richard M. Daley |
| 12 | Garry McCarthy | May 11, 2011–December 1, 2015 | Richard M. Daley Rahm Emanuel |
| 13 | Eddie T. Johnson | April 13, 2016–December 2, 2019 | Rahm Emanuel |
| 14 | David Brown | April 15, 2020–present | Lori Lightfoot |