Kevin Morison

Kevin Morison has spent more than three decades in the law enforcement and criminal justice professions, with an emphasis on policy, research and communications. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, a state planning, research and technology development agency, where he ended up serving as Assistant Director of Public Information. In 1993, he joined the Research and Development Division of the Chicago Police Department, and was part of the team that designed and implemented the CAPS (Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy) strategy of community policing. Kevin moved to Washington, DC, in 1998 as a member of Chief Charles Ramsey’s leadership team for rebuilding the Metropolitan Police Department and implementing community policing and other organizational change initiatives. In 2007, Kevin joined the staff of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, where he managed communications and research efforts. For the past five years, he served as an Assistant Sergeant at Arms for the United States Senate, where he oversaw a number of operational, communications and customer service functions. A native of Arizona, Kevin holds a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. He and his wife, Ellen, have three sons and live in Northwest DC.