The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) is a police department of the City of Santa Monica, California. The current police chief of the SMPD is Jacqueline A. Seabrooks. Former Police Chiefs of the SMPD *George B. Dexter (1896 - 1898) *Max K. Barretto (1898 - 1911) *Ellis E. Randall (1912 - 1915) *Fred W. Ferguson (1916 - 1920) *Clarence E. Webb (1921 - 1936) *Charles L. Dice (1936 - 1939) *Clarence E. Webb (1940 - 1945 Second Term) *Stacy Schmidt (1945 - 1947) *Joseph P. McClelland (1947 - 1950) *James F. Keane (1979 - 1991) *James T. Butts, Jr. (1991 - 2006) *Timothy J. Jackman(2006-2012)
Media Santa Monica named its first female police chief in April of 2012. She assumed her new post in May of 2012, succeeding Timothy J. Jackman, who retired. On July 24, 2007, Lindsay Lohan had her first mugshot by the Santa Monica Police Department when she was booked and charged with drunken driving and cocaine possession. She was released on $25,000 bail.