Editing Harrison Yates (section)

==About==
Sergeant Harrison Yates is the lead detective of the [[Park County Police|Park County Police Department]] and as far as we know, the highest-ranked police officer in Park County. He is usually accompanied by his partner [[Detective Murphey|Mitch Murphey]] or other officers. He works alongside detectives, police officers and forensic scientists to investigate crimes and solve cases throughout the town of South Park. Dedicated over-zealously to his work, Yates pulls long hours doing research, using the most absurd methods to combat crime in the name of truth and justice, (even if it may not be all that true or just).

Whenever he is in doubt about his role in the police force, he can always count on his wife, [[Maggie Yates]], to give him a good pep talk and get him back out there, even though he often complains about her and mistreats her.

He first appeared as a member of the FBI, but has since been seen as part of the Park County Police, a role he has consistently kept in the series since then. 

===Career===
While at times Yates is prone to incompetence and laziness, he is shown more often than not to be passionate to the force and excessive to the point where it parodies that of many hard boiled cop dramas. When Yates has a hunch or an idea on how to tackle his latest case, he will spearhead it without rarely ever the use of restraint or forethought. He has consulted with psychics like [[Eric Cartman|Eric Cartman]] to help with the notorious Left Hand Killer case and took on a 'questionably' dedicated undercover role to uncover a prostitution ring. Yates even went so far as to create a massive operation to 'contain' a protest of [[Butters Stotch|two]] [[Jimmy Valmer|children]] and even walk through the lives of famous artists to educate on how downloading their music will reduce them to only a semi-luxurious life.

These extreme and unquestioning methods seems to stem from the idea of how important Yates believes he is to the people of South Park. His egomania was in full display as a yelp critic, where he would work late hours taking on the responsibility informing the people over how his restaurant experience went.
 
Despite all of this, Sgt. Harrison has shown to be reasonable at times; taking the idea of child affairs very seriously... before finding out the adult was a hot chick. His own officers generally fall in line to his orders, even when they may know better, (he has a habit of referring to multiple officers as 'Mitch').