Police Chief
Colonel Teresa A. Theetge
On January 9, 2023, Teresa A. Theetge was sworn in as Cincinnati's 16th Police Chief. Chief Theetge is the first woman to lead the Cincinnati Police Department.
In February of 2022, when Chief Eliot K. Isaac retired from the Cincinnati Police Department after more than 6 years as Chief and 33 years with CPD, Theetge was appointed Interim Police Chief by Interim City Manager John Curp. She was the first female in the City of Cincinnati's history to be appointed to the Interim Police Chief position full-time.
Chief Theetge has been with the Cincinnati Police Department for over 30 years. In 2016, she was promoted to Assistant Chief and in 2020 assumed the role of the Executive Officer. Throughout her career, Chief Theetge has had a multitude of assignments at varying ranks. She has experience in Patrol and Investigative assignments as well as Inspections’ audits and Internal investigations.
Her experience as a member of the command staff include Night Chief, District One Patrol, Central Vice Control, Internal Investigations, and Criminal Investigations.
During her time with the Cincinnati Police Department, Chief Theetge also attended Xavier University where she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Organizational Leadership and her Master’s degree in Human Resource Development.
Chief Theetge is a graduate of the following law enforcement programs: Southern Police Institute (SPI), Police Executive Leadership College (PELC), Certified Law Enforcement Executive (CLEE), Senior Management Institute in Policing (SMIP) and the FBI’s National Executive Institute (NEI). She is also a graduate of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce’s Women Excel Leadership (WE Lead) program and Leadership Cincinnati.
Chief Theetge and her husband Bob have four adult children and eight grandchildren.