Marquie E. Morrison-Brown is the Operations Division Commander with the New Bern Police Department. Captain Morrison-Brown has served in this department since 2004. Prior to law enforcement, Captain Morrison-Brown obtained her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. In 2021, she received her master’s degree in public administration from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Throughout her career, Captain Morrison-Brown has held positions as a Patrol Officer, Honor Guard, Criminal Investigations Detective, Patrol Sergeant, Training Sergeant, Internal Affairs Lieutenant/Public Information Officer, Services Division Commander, Investigations Division Commander, and Operations Division Commander. She has been internally recognized and received several commendations as she advanced through the ranks. Captain Morrison-Brown’s career path is an illustration of the department’s core values: integrity, motivation, professionalism, accountability, and trust.

To prepare and capitalize on these positions, Captain Morrison-Brown uses the teachings she has learned from the following: Credible Leadership Academy (Wake Technical CC-NC), IACP’s Leadership in Public Safety Organizations, FBI-Leeda Trilogy Recipient, North Carolina Justice Academy Leadership Institute – Session V (2022 Heart of a Leader Award recipient), and the Police Executive Research Forum Senior Management Institute of Police - Session 88.

Networking and collaboration are the cornerstone of law enforcement professionals within the agency and amongst external stakeholders. Captain Morrison-Brown has worked on quality of life, homeless initiative, and community outreach initiatives such as Badge, Faith, and Community. Those most recent internal projects include procuring equipment for De-escalation/Simulator training, City-Wide Radio Upgrade, Axon Body Worn Camera project, and seeking funding for other interagency criminal justice projects.

Captain Morrison-Brown believes exposing yourself to new opportunities enables to us strengthen ourselves in this noble profession. With constant leadership, this will continue to mold her into the best version of a true servant leader. Practicing servant leadership, Captain Morrison-Brown has served and/or continues to offer her time and expertise to numerous associations such as: North Carolina Internal Affairs Investigators' Association (Executive Board), North Carolina Law Enforcement Women’s Association (President, Vice President; 2021 Woman of the Year recipient; 2022 President’s Award recipient), and Religious Community Services (Executive Board). Most notably, Captain Morrison-Brown instructed the financial portion of the 2023 Weathering the Storm course created by the NC Justice Academy during the 2023 NCLEWA Annual Conference in Wrightsville Beach, NC.

Captain Morrison-Brown is a believer in breaking glass ceilings. In addition to the goal of becoming the first African American female Chief of Police at her agency, she also sees the potential to become the first African American female City Manager. Captain Morrison-Brown has been married since 2008 to her husband Lieutenant S. Brown and together they have one son. When Captain Morrison-Brown is not at work she enjoys fishing, karaoke, and riding her motorcycle.