Ervin Dinsmore

Ervin Dinsmore, retired public safety official with the city of Chattanooga, died July 14, 2023, at the age of 83. Dinsmore worked for the city of Chattanooga from 1965 until 1999. He worked his way up through the ranks to be named police chief in 1989 and then was elected fire and police commissioner for the city. A graduate of Chattanooga’s Central High School in 1958, Dinsmore studied at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and was a graduate of the FBI National Academy. He was active in the Forgotten Child Fund created by Chattanooga’s fire and police departments to provide gifts for needy children.