About Us
MS Harrison Consulting, LLC aims to improve organizational capacity, effectiveness and efficiency. The following content conveys the consultancy’s vision to be a leading provider of services to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that will improve the performance of individuals, teams and the overall organization by increasing and improving capacity through both human capital and workload reduction. It is also designed to help individuals, groups and organizations discover creative and innovative implementation of processes while being required to do more with less in today’s climate of limited resources.
“Mike Harrison understands the importance of the partnership that must exist between mayors and police chiefs if they are to improve police department operations, change police department culture and strengthen police-community trust. His partnership with the mayors of New Orleans and Baltimore were key factors in the reforms he achieved in those cities. He has also been a tremendous resource to and is well respected by mayors across the country through the work he has done with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, especially the invaluable contributions he made as an active member of our Working Group of Mayors and Police Chiefs that developed recommendations for police reform and racial justice during the summer of 2020.”
—Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director, The United States Conference of Mayors
About Michael Harrison
Recognized nationally and internationally as a leader and proponent of constitutional, community-based policing, Michael S. Harrison has been at the forefront of bringing about departmental reforms and changing for the better essential relationships between the police and the communities they serve. He currently serves as the Co-lead monitor overseeing a four-year court mandated reform agreement in the Minneapolis Police department and was recently awarded the five-year monitorship overseeing the Mayoral/Community Commitment reforms in the Louisville Police Department. As a consultant for the past two years, he consulted for the US Department of Justice in their pattern and practice investigation in the Memphis Police Department. Additionally, he led and participated in assessments of multiple law enforcement agencies across the country.
Prior to consulting, Harrison led the Baltimore Police Department as its 41st Commissioner from February 2019 to August 2023. He has earned an unparalleled reputation among law enforcement officials at local, state and national levels for his ability to implement reforms mandated by federal consent decrees, coordinate effectively with political and community leadership, and forge trusted relationships with local residents faced with endemic violence and the collateral effects that result.
Before coming to Baltimore, Harrison served in the New Orleans Police Department for nearly three decades. He joined the NOPD in 1991 and ascended steadily through the ranks. He was appointed to Superintendent in 2014 and led the Department for four ½ years.
Michael Harrison has been instrumental in the development, implementation and assessment of community policing programs that have led to demonstrably increased partnership and collaboration. Moreover, he is skilled at moving progressive law enforcement bills forward through the legislature and implementing evidence-based crime fighting strategies, many of which resulted in tangible crime reductions.
Harrison was appointed to the Police Executive Research Forum Board of Directors in 2019, serving as its President from 2021 to 2023. He has been a member of the Major Cities Chiefs Association and served as both the Central and Eastern Region Representative. Additionally, he was active as a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives and the Law Enforcement Immigration Task Force.
Harrison received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Phoenix and a Master of Criminal Justice from Loyola University, New Orleans. He is also a graduate of the Senior Management Institute for Police, Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command and the F.B.I’s National Executive Institute.
A firm believer in civic duty, Michael Harrison served honorably for eight years with the Louisiana Air National Guard. He also currently serves as Overseer of Access Fellowship Church in New Orleans.