VACP Past Presidents
| YEAR | PRESIDENT | DEPARTMENT |
| 2023-2024 | Chief Craig L. Branch | Germanna Community College |
| 2022-2023 | Colonel Jeffrey S. Katz | Chesterfield County |
| 2021-2022 | Chief A.J. Panebianco | Middleburg |
| 2020-2021 | Chief Maggie A. DeBoard | Herndon |
| 2019-2020 | Chief Howard B. Hall | Roanoke County |
| 2018-2019 | Chief Douglas A. Goodman | Ashland |
| 2017-2018 | Colonel Kelvin L. Wright | Chesapeake |
| 2016-2017 | Colonel Thierry G. Dupuis | Chesterfield County |
| 2015-2016 | Chief David C. Sloggie | Williamsburg |
| 2014-2015 | Chief Gary W. Roche | Pulaski |
| 2013-2014 | Chief Timothy J. Longo, Sr. | Charlottesville |
| 2012-2013 | Chief James E. Williams | Staunton |
| 2011-2012 | Chief Richard C. Clark, Jr. | Galax |
| 2010-2011 | Chief Douglas L. Davis | Waynesboro |
| 2009-2010 | Chief M. Douglas Scott | Arlington County |
| 2008-2009 | Chief Richard J. Rappoport | City of Fairfax |
| 2007-2008 | Chief James Ray Lavinder | Roanoke County |
| 2006-2007 | Chief J. Michael Yost | Williamsburg |
| 2005-2006 | Colonel Charles W. Bennett, Jr. | Lynchburg |
| 2004-2005 | Chief Philip A. Broadfoot | Danville |
| 2003-2004 | Chief Henry W. Stanley, Jr. | Henrico County |
| 2002-2003 | Chief John T. "Jack" White | Poquoson |
| 2001-2002 | Chief Charlie T. Deane | Prince William County |
| 2000-2001 | Chief G. L. "Butch" Wells | Staunton |
| 1999-2000 | Chief James W. Powers | Fredericksburg |
| 1998-1999 | Director Steven G. Hanes | Norfolk Southern Railway |
| 1997-1998 | Colonel T. Neal Morris | Danville |
| 1996-1997 | Chief Charles R. Wall | Virginia Beach |
| 1995-1996 | Colonel Richard G. Engels | Henrico County |
| 1994-1995 | Colonel Terry L. Roop | Martinsville |
| 1993-1994 | Chief Stanley K. Johnson, Jr. | Falls Church |
| 1992-1993 | Chief Gilbert F. "Spud" Jackson | Suffolk |
| 1991-1992 | Colonel Joseph E. Pittman, Jr. | Chesterfield County |
| 1990-1991 | Chief Larry G. Vardell | Williamsburg |
| 1989-1990 | Chief Richard W. Presgrave | Harrisonburg |
| 1988-1989 | Chief Pat G. Minetti | Hampton |
| 1987-1988 | Chief Jack W. Asbury | Bluefield |
| 1986-1987 | Chief William K. "Smokey" Stover | Arlington County |
| 1985-1986 | Chief Frank W. Johnstone | Albemarle County |
| 1984-1985 | Chief Harry T. Haskins | Salem |
| 1983-1984 | Colonel Leslie T. Sheppard | Henrico County |
| 1982-1983 | Chief Roland A. Lakoski | Chesapeake |
| 1981-1982 | Chief H. B. Childress | Pulaski |
| 1980-1981 | Colonel William W. Davis | Virginia Beach |
| 1979-1980 | Chief J. deKoven Bowen | Charlottesville |
| 1978-1979 | Lt. Colonel John S. Pearson, Assistant Superintendent | Virginia State Police |
| 1977-1978 | Colonel Frank S. Duling | Richmond |
| 1976-1977 | Major E. B. Minter, Chief | Hopewell |
| 1975-1976 | Colonel M. David Hooper | Roanoke |
| 1974-1975 | W. D. Lorton | Radford |
| 1973-1974 | Chief A. E. "Gene" Rhodenizer | Lexington |
| 1972-1973 | Roy F. Jamison | Culpeper |
| 1971-1972 | Claude J. Staylor, Jr. | Norfolk |
| 1970-1971 | Colonel Harold W. Burgess, Superintendent | Virginia State Police |
| 1969-1970 | Colonel William L. Durrer | Fairfax County |
| 1968-1969 | Emory J. Bolejack | Martinsville |
| 1967-1968 | George T. Eads | Salem |
| 1966-1967 | William A. Fawver | Arlington County |
| 1965-1966 | W. H. Kelly | Williamsburg |
| 1964-1965 | Major Russell A. Hawes, Chief | Alexandria |
| 1963-1964 | Major P. W. Crews, Executive Officer | Virginia State Police |
| 1962-1963 | W. L. Burrow | Franklin |
| 1961-1962 | John W. Stover | Bristol |
| 1960-1961 | Julius F. Ritchie | Harrisonburg |
| 1959-1960 | Colonel Wilmer J. Hedrick | Henrico County |
| 1958-1959 | William F. Peach | Newport News |
| 1957-1958 | Frank H. Webb | Roanoke |
| 1956-1957 | Colonel J. Thomas Boyd | Winchester |
| 1955-1956 | R. F. Craft | Clifton Forge |
| 1954-1955 | Colonel O. Dewey Garton | Richmond |
| 1953-1954 | J. C. Garrett | Danville |
| 1952-1953 | W. E. Traylor | Petersburg |
| 1951-1952 | S. A. Bruce | Hampton Roads Port Authority |
| 1950-1951 | L. B. Butler | Suffolk |
| 1949-1950 | O. B. Dunn | Portsmouth |
| 1948-1949 | Colonel Charles W. Woodson, Jr. | Virginia State Police |
| 1947-1948 | H. L. Woodyard | Arlington County |
| 1946-1947 | J. M. Peach | Newport News |
| 1945-1946 | Edgar Simms | Alexandria |
| 1944-1945 | Major E. H. Organ | Richmond |
| 1943-1944 | Colonel Charles W. Woodson, Jr. | Virginia State Police |
| 1942-1943 | John F. Woods | Norfolk |
| 1941-1942 | V. B. Grow | Nansemond Ordinance Department |
| 1940-1941 | John M. Webb | Staunton |
| 1939-1940 | Captain A. S. Wright, Acting Chief | Richmond |
| 1938-1939 | John W. Huffman | Clifton Forge |
| 1937-1938 | George G. Anderson | Hopewell |
| 1936-1937 | James H. Boice | Harrisonburg |
| 1935-1936 | W. W. Jefferson | Petersburg |
| 1934-1935 | John S. Arnold | Alexandria |
| 1933-1934 | W. E. Mahone | Newport News |
| 1932-1933 | H. W. Churn | Suffolk |
| 1931-1932 | J. M. Broughton | Portsmouth |
| 1930-1931 | W. A. Vest | Salem |
| 1929-1930 | James M. Hayes, Jr. | Virginia Motor Vehicle Commission |
| 1928-1929 | A. A. McPherson | Newport News |
| 1927-1928 | Major Robert B. Jordan | Richmond |
| 1926-1927 | Major Robert B. Jordan | Richmond |
A New VACP
The Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police is celebrating our 100th Anniversary in 2026! In honor of that milestone, we are rolling out a number of changes and new programs for our members... starting with this NEW WEBSITE & MEMBER PORTAL!
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