Herbert Turner Jenkins (June 7, 1907 – July 20, 1990) was an American law enforcement official and the longest-serving police chief of Atlanta.
He joined the Atlanta Police Department in 1932 and was made chief in 1947.
Fully backed by Mayor William Hartsfield, he was able to bring all parties to the table helping Atlanta progress mostly peacefully through straits that crippled other Southern cities.
After retiring, he became a researcher at Emory University and authored books about Atlanta history.
He was buried next to his wife at the Rockbridge Baptist Church cemetery in Norcross, Georgia, and survived by two sons.