RadioOnFire.com - Mayor Catherine Pugh announced New Orleans police Superintendent Michael Harrison as her new pick for Baltimore police commissioner.
"Superintendent Harrison has achieved clear, compelling and consistent results in reducing violent crime, implementing a federally-mandated consent decree, increasing police recruitment, introducing advanced technologies, and deploying proactive and effective policing strategies that reflect 21st century, constitutional policing," Pugh said in a statement. "He will bring not only significant and relevant experience to addressing the challenges of Baltimore, but the insight and sensitivity needed to reestablish essential trust and confidence of citizens in their police officers."
Harrison was the initial recommendation of the mayor's Commissioner Search Panel, but never applied for the job, saying he felt a commitment to New Orleans.
Harrison informed New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell of his decision to formally retire from the department, which he has served since 1991 and led since 2014.
Pugh said Harrison will become acting commissioner in a few weeks, and his name will be officially submitted to the City Council in February.
Harrison has been credited with his approach to community engagement to help reduce violence in New Orleans. In 2018, the city saw a downturn in the number of murder and armed robberies.
Commissioner-designate Harrison will participate in a number of meetings with community leaders, neighborhood associations and citizens prior to the formal submission of his nomination to the City Council. The timing and locations of those meetings, and eventual City Council hearings, have yet to be determined.
Source WBAL
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