LTA Night of Leadership Please join us for our 9th annual Night of Leadership Key Note Speaker: Michael Harrison October 17, 2019 6:00pm– 8:00pm Michael Harrison was sworn in as the Baltimore Police Department’s 41st Commissioner on March 12, 2019 Before coming to Baltimore, Commissioner Harrison served the New Orleans Police Department for nearly 28 years He joined the NOPD in 1991 and moved steadily through the ranks Among his many assignments, he was the supervisor of the Public Integrity Bureau, Assistant Commander of the Seventh District, Commander of the Specialized Investigations Division and Commander of the Seventh District In 2014, he was appointed Superintendent and served in that role for four years, where he led the department through the nation’s most comprehensive consent decree Commissioner Harrison honorably served eight years with the Louisiana Air National Guard He received a Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Phoenix and a Masters of Criminal Justice from Loyola University New Orleans He is also a graduate of Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and Command, the Senior Management Institute for Police, as well as the FBI’s National Executive Institute Additionally, he is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Major City Chiefs Association, the Police Executive Research Forum, and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives Commissioner Harrison has been married to his high school sweetheart since 1992 They have two adult children and are now proud residents of Baltimore