LOCAL · PA · 1986-1990
Earl D. Buford
Police Chief · Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania
On the record
First African-American Pittsburgh Chief
Background
Earl D. Buford (—) was Pennsylvania's Police Chief · Pittsburgh of Pittsburgh 1986–1990 (4 years). Took office after Robert Coll; succeeded by Robert McNeilly Jr.. Note: First African-American Pittsburgh Chief. Same-year political environment (1986): Governor Dick Thornburgh.
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Others who held this office in Pennsylvania
- Robert McNeilly Jr. (1996-2006)
- Robert Coll (1978-1986)
- Richard L. Freeman (1977-1978)
- James S. Slusser (1973-1977)
- Robert E. Coll (1959-1969)
- Lawrence J. Maloney (1949-1959)