📢𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗜𝗦𝗗’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳, 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻, 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻—𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹-𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸. Harmon, who spent 28 years with the Cedar Park Police Department (including the last five as chief), was announced as RRISD’s next chief in early October 2026. He is scheduled to start November 9 after retiring from Cedar Park on November 6. Superintendent Hafedh Azaiez has praised the hire. At the same time, a 42-page federal complaint filed April 30, 2025, in the Western District of Texas (Tanya Zurba v. City of Cedar Park, No. 1:25-cv-642) identifies Harmon as the final municipal policymaker whose alleged “ad hoc policy” of a “culture of indifference” was the “moving force” behind constitutional violations. The lawsuit centers on former Cedar Park Officer Keco Motton. Multiple women alleged Motton, while uniformed, armed, and on duty (and using his mental-health officer designation), sexually assaulted or groped them during domestic-related calls, including the plaintiff in May 2023. The complaint states Motton admitted sexual contact during interviews with Texas Rangers; he was arrested, resigned, and died by suicide days later. Plaintiffs allege the department (under Harmon) failed to adequately train, supervise, investigate prior complaints, or discipline Motton despite earlier reports, internal affairs activity, and warnings—creating deliberate indifference to citizens’ Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to bodily integrity. These remain allegations; the City is the named defendant under § 1983 municipal-liability theories. This arrives against RRISD’s own record of police-department instability: ❌Jeffrey Yarbrough (first chief, roughly 2020–2022) left for the Hutto Police Department. He and other officers were named as defendants in ongoing federal litigation arising from arrests of parents at board meetings. ❌Dennis Weiner (hired ~2022/2023) faced a 2023 Texas Commission on Law Enforcement investigation finding he and an assistant chief had not completed required licensing and background processes before serving. An internal review described a “toxic,” divided department with favoritism and communication failures. After Weiner alleged district leadership delayed notifying police of a sexual assault of a five-year-old on a school bus and raised other non-reporting issues, he was placed on leave and his contract was not renewed. He sued under the Texas Whistleblower Act; the case remains pending in federal court (with a jury trial scheduled). ❌Ryan Urrutia (hired September 2024 from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office) departed earlier in 2026. Whistleblower-style complaints circulated (noted by observers as not independently verified) alleging retaliation, confidentiality issues, skipped hiring exams, high turnover, and other operational problems. ❌Interim leadership, including Latriesha Grandy, also cycled out quickly (Grandy departed July 2026). The department has seen multiple chiefs or interims leave in roughly six years, with ongoing staffing shortfalls reported. ❌Harmon’s wife, Julie Harmon, is already an officer in the RRISD department and has raised questions about chain-of-command and conflict-of-interest optics, as well as her prior involvement in background work tied to an earlier chief Weiner hire that TCOLE later faulted. Mike Harmon has publicly stated his wife will resign once he becomes Chief. Julie Harmon is still listed as of today (10/26/2026) on the Round Rock ISD police website. The pattern under Superintendent Azaiez, who has a one-way permanent restraining order for violence against a pregnant woman, has included licensing lapses, culture complaints, whistleblower litigation, and now the arrival of a chief whose prior department is defending a serious federal suit alleging systemic failures around an officer who sexually assaulted women and later died by suicide. Whether Harmon brings the “stability” the district has publicly sought remains to be seen; parents and taxpayers have legitimate reasons to scrutinize both the incoming chief’s record and the district’s broader history of police oversight. @M4LWilCoTX