Harrison Yates

Sergeant Yates, voiced by Trey Parker, is a character in South Park. He is an inept Irish-American police officer. He plays the general role of an officer, taking part in various investigations and situations. He is somewhat gullible and believes in the supernatural, and often wastes time by conducting extremely trivial investigations. When Michael Jackson, known as Mr. Jefferson, moves into South Park and it is revealed that Yates hates all black men wealthier than himself and frames them—as Mark Fuhrman was accused of doing to O.J. Simpson—but panics and becomes disillusioned when he realizes "Mr. Jefferson" is black despite his "white appearance." He is married to Maggie Yates.