Bob Harrison is a senior international/defense researcher at RAND. Harrison is a retired police chief, having served as the chief of police in Vacaville, CA (1998-2004), assistant chief of police (1995-1998) in Coronado, CA, and lieutenant in Coronado, CA (1988-1995). He continues to be involved in police training and research at both RAND and the California Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Commission. Harrison has significant experience in planning and executing strategic plans, as well as visions for change in both an operational and consulting context. At RAND, his work includes developing a virtual reality platform for the police, creating guidelines to optimize the emergence of broadband networks for public safety, assessing the state of border security technologies for DHS, and researching the resilience and effectiveness of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The PRPB research included an assessment of federal consent decrees nationally, their outcomes, and similarities in reforms enacted. Harrison earned his M.S. in human resource management and organization development from Chapman University.
P.G. Dipl. in business strategy & innovation, Oxford University; M.S. in management, California Polytechnic University, Pomona; M.S. in human resource management & organization development, Chapman University
Course Manager, CA POST Command College
