2023 Judicial Conference Program

Commissioner Harrison was appointed to the Police Executive Research Forum Board of Directors in 2019, where he now serves as the President. He is a member of the Major Cities Chiefs Association and served as both the Central and Eastern Region Representative. Additionally, he is 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. 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 the Senior Management Institute for Police, as well as Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and Command. He is a graduate of the F.B.I’s National Executive Institute. He has considerable experience in navigating a policing agency through the rigors of operating under a federal consent decree, having led two large police departments under such oversight. A firm believer in civic duty, he honorably served eight years with the Louisiana Air National Guard. In 2010, Commissioner Harrison was ordained as a minister at City of Love Church in New Orleans. Commissioner Harrison has been married to his high school sweetheart since 1992, and they are the loving parents of two adult children. Commissioner Harrison and his wife have made Baltimore home and have become proud residents. SUSAN H. HAZLETT, District Administrative Judge , District Court of Maryland, District 9, Harford County, since June 23, 2010; Acting District Administrative Judge, May 26 to June 22, 2010 (Associate Judge since June 2, 2008). Presiding Judge, Adult DUI Subsequent Offender Court Program, 2013-2018. Presiding Judge, Harford County Teen Court, 2012 - present. Commission on Judicial Disabilities, 2011- 2021, Acting Chair, Commission on Judicial Disabilities, 2017. Vice-Chair, Judicial Inquiry Board, 2021- present. Member, Judicial Council, Maryland Judicial Conference, 2011- 2017. Chair, Education Committee, Judicial Council, 2015- 2021. Member, District Court Chief Judge’s Committee, Judicial Council, 2015- present. Assistant State’s Attorney, Baltimore County, 1988-2008 (district court division, 1988-90; juvenile court, 1990; felony trial team, 1990-94; child abuse and sex offense division, 1994-97; circuit court supervisor, 1997-2004; senior trial attorney, child abuse and sex offense division, 2004-08). Maryland State’s Attorneys’ Association (chair, child abuse subcommittee, 2001-05). State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1999-2008; Child Protection Panel, Baltimore County, 2002-2008. Child Protection Team, Franklin Square Hospital, 2004-2008. Born in Wheeling, West Virginia, September 17, 1961. West Virginia University, B.A., 1983; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1987. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1987. Harford County Bar Association, 2008 – present, Executive Council 2015-2017. Glen Elyn Community Association (co-chair, children’s activities committee, 1998- 2010); Carroll Manor Recreation Council (chair, dance program, 1996-2005). Stroke and turn official, Harford Swim League, 2001-2016. Harford County Public Library Board of Trustees, 2010-2020. Special Recognition Award, Maryland Children’s Alliance, 2004. Maryland’s Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2014. Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2017. Champion for Children and Youth Award, Harford County, 2018. HONORABLE SUSAN H. HAZLETT DISTRICT COURT IN HARFORD COUNTY 2 SOUTH BOND STREET | BEL AIR, MARYLAND 21014-3737

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