Harrison Yates

Sergeant Harrison Yates, voiced by Trey Parker, is the leader of the Park County Police Force and as far as we know, the highest-ranked police officer in town. He is usually accompanied by his partner Mitch Murphy or two generic police officers. He first appears as a member of the FBI, but later is seen as part of the Park County Police, a role he has consistently kept in the series' latter half.

Role in the Series
Although never being extremely prominent, he has played a major role in many episodes. In "The Jeffersons", when Michael Jackson, also known as Mr. Jefferson, moves into South Park and it is revealed that Yates hates all black men wealthier than himself and frames them — but panics and becomes disillusioned when he realizes "Mr. Jefferson" is black despite his "white appearance." He discovers Mr. Jefferson is indeed black, but when Mr. Jefferson decides he will give away all of his money, Yates lets him go, having no need to put another poor black man in jail. In "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy," Kyle reports to Yates and the cops that the Kindergarten teacher, Ms. Stevenson, is in a relationship with his younger brother Ike. It is shown that Yates and his pals, like all the other men in South Park do not see anything wrong with women committing sex crimes like this one. At one point remarked that he would have gladly hooked up with a sexed-up teacher when he was a kid, again proving to be more of a hindrance than anything else to the case.

In "Butter's Bottom Bitch," he went undercover as a prostitute after learning of an increase in South Park prostitutes. Though it was obvious when he was a man in drag (he retained his male sexual organs, his mustache and his hairy body), no one seemed to notice this or at least chose to ignore it. He also is unaware of the fact he doesn't need to have sex with the Johns to arrest them for soliciting prostitution, something that creeps out the rest of his squad. He seems to take his role so seriously that he not only has sex with his Johns, he also is involved in a bareback gang-bang with dozens of college boys, and he also "falls in love" with his pimp, runs off to Switzerland, is married for a year, before at last arresting him for being a pimp.

In "The Coon," Yates is the primary police officer approached by Cartman in the guise of the Coon. While he seems to see the Coon as annoyance and tells him to leave, Yates praises the assistance and work of the town's other hero, Mysterion, despite neither hero doing much to assist the police force themselves, and the lack of response by them to either hero.

Appearance
Yates has orange hair, an orange mustache, and thick, orange eyebrows. He wears a white, button-up shirt, black tie, black suspenders, a belt with a gold object at it's center, and a brown pistol holder attached to his left suspender. As a prostitute, he wore a short, red skirt, a red bra, and a blonde wig.

Personality
Yates is somewhat gullible and believes in the supernatural, and often wastes time by conducting extremely trivial investigations. He seems to enjoy letting other people solve crimes for him, be they supposed psychic mediums, the Hardly Boys, Inspector Butters or Mysterion.

Maggie Yates
He is married to Maggie Yates, who shares his views on rich black men (she supported him during "The Jeffersons" ). Ironically, in "Butter's Bottom Bitch" he marries a rich black man. He also has an unnamed son, mentioned in "Cartman's Incredible Gift."]]

Trivia

 * In "Cartman's Incredible Gift," he is called Lou at one point. He has yet to be referred to by any name since then, except Yolanda in "Butters' Bottom Bitch."
 * Like all police officers in South Park, Yates hates rich African Americans. He seems to have no issue with their race when they're poor however.
 * In "The Coon," Yates essentially plays the unwilling role of Commissioner Gordon to Cartman's Batman-esque super-hero identity "The Coon".
 * Yates was originally shown working for the FBI in "Christian Rock Hard" and then the South Park Police Department in "Casa Bonita." He was also shown handling a case in Denver in "Free Willzyx."
 * Yates' voice is identical to Lieutenant Dawson's from "Lil' Crime Stoppers."
 * Yates shoots The Left Handed Killer in the face, twice. A detective in a later episode, "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy", claims to have shot a man in the face twice, possibly taking credit for Yates' deed.

Prominence

 * "Christian Rock Hard"
 * "Casa Bonita"
 * "The Jeffersons"
 * "Cartman's Incredible Gift"
 * "The Death of Eric Cartman"
 * "Free Willzyx"
 * "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce"
 * "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy"
 * "Cartman Sucks"
 * "Britney's New Look" (background)
 * "Eek, a Penis!"
 * "The China Probrem"
 * "The Coon"
 * "Butters' Bottom Bitch"
 * "Medicinal Fried Chicken" (background)
 * "200"
 * "201"
 * "It's a Jersey Thing" (background)
 * "Insheeption"
 * "Royal Pudding"
 * "City Sushi"
 * "1%"

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