Lieutenant Kody Harrison was born in Eugene, Oregon and moved to South Texas in 1997. He began his career with the Corpus Christi Police Department on January 10, 2000.

During his 24-year career, Lieutenant Harrison has served in several capacities. After completing the academy and field training program, Lieutenant Harrison served as a patrol officer and was promoted to senior officer in 2003. Lieutenant Harrison spent three years as a Gang Investigator, three years on the FBI Task Force, five years as a NVID Investigator, five years on the DEA Clandestine Lab Mobile Enforcement Team, four years as a DEA Task Force Officer and three years on the NVID felony booking desk. For much of his time as a senior officer, Lieutenant was undercover (12 years) and during four of those years spent with the DEA, he recovered over $1,000,000 a year in cash and assets every year. Lieutenant Harrison was also a board member for the Counter Terrorism Information Group in 2001, and it 2009, he was the National Vice President of the Vice Investigators Association. Lieutenant Harrison also served as a CCPD Academy Instructor for 13 years.

On March 3, 2019, Lieutenant Harrison was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and currently serves as the Crime Reduction Unit Supervisor as well as the CCPD Safety Officer. He has obtained the TCOLE Master Peace Officer License, is a TCOLE Certified Instructor and a TCOLE Firearms Instructor. Lieutenant Harrison obtained his Advanced Undercover School Certification; and, in 2014, obtained Clan Lab Certification from the DEA Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

Lieutenant Harrison has received numerous accolades to include seven letters of recognition, four letters of commendation including a letter in recognition of his proactive investigation that led to the recovery and lifesaving emergency medical treatment of an elderly female (2019), four letters of appreciation including one from then Attorney General of Texas Greg Abbott (4/2006), a certificate of merit and officer of the month. In 2018, Lieutenant Harrison was selected as NVID Investigator of the year. In 2017, he was Investigator of the month for his proactive investigation leading to the safe return of a kidnapped underage human trafficking victim and the arrest of the offender.

Lieutenant Harrison currently represents the police department in many groups including the Homeless Coalition, Beautify Corpus Christi Association, Downtown Management District, Montessori School of Corpus Christi Safety Council, to name a few. He is also a co-founder of the Coordinated Outreach Group that coordinates all the private, state, federal and local homeless outreach partners in the area in an effort to stop duplicated resources and coordinate resources for individual cases.

Lieutenant Harrison’s then captain, Captain Sepulveda, stated this: “Lieutenant Harrison is a talented supervisor whom I have learned I can rely on, regardless of the difficulty of the task at hand or the novelty of the challenge. His combination of intelligence, his commitment to his community, and his compassionate character exemplifies the department’s goals and mission.”

In his free time, Lieutenant Harrison enjoys hunting, fishing, and spending time with his three daughters.