J.L. Shinpaugh, Rogers City Marshal

Pictured at right is J.L Shinpaugh, our Rogers Chief of Police from 1906-07 and 1910-11.  During those years, however, the post was known as City Marshal.  Shinpaugh was born in Illinois, but came to Rogers late in the 1890s or early in the 1900s.  He served on the town police force from about 1904 on and was the first town lawman to wear an official uniform, probably during his 1910 term of office.  In 1944, the City of Rogers changed the title of City Marshal to Chief of Police.  Walter Dean, who served the community between 1930 and 1953, was the first peace officer in Rogers to officially hold this title.  The individuals who oversaw law enforcement in Rogers are listed below.

City Marshal

1881-1886, Robert Sikes

1886-1887, C.W. Vandergriff

1888-1892, H. Hornback

1893-1902, J.J. Barnett

1903-1905, Cash Parker

1906-1907, J.L. Shinpaugh

1908-1909, James Hardin

1910-1911, J.L. Shinpaugh

1912-1913, J.B. Atkinson

1914-1917, Frank Vinson

1918-1920, J.B. Atkinson

1920-1921, T.C. McSpadden

1922-1926, J.H. Roper

1926-1929, J.T. Carroll

1930-1931, Walter Dean

1932-1935, O.C. Roller

1935-1942, Walter Reddick

1942-1944, Walter Dean

Chief of Police

1944-1953, Walter Dean

1953-1962, Quant Morrison

1962-1964, Joe Means

1965-1970, Carlton Brown

1971-1976, Jack Cole

1976-1977, Jimmy B. Luster

1977-1980, Charles Gourley, Jr.

1981-1993, Dennis H. Musteen

1993-1999, Mike Jones

1999-2003, Timothy D. Keck

2003-2009, H. Stephen Helms

2009-2011, Stephen W. Hamilton

2011-, James H. Allen