New details were released about Harris past from a records request for his personnel file at the Tuscaloosa Police Department.
Harris graduated from Central High School in Tuscaloosa, Ala., in 1999.
He went on to work at the University of Alabamas TV station, WVUA, from December 1999 to January 2000, before he was asked to resign because he was told by WVUA he wasnt suitable for the job, according to personnel files.
Harris was also working at Clear Channel Radio as a sound board operator from February 1999 to March 2000.
After that job, Harris went to Coca-Cola, where he was a merchandiser from March 2000 to June 2001.
From 2001 to 2006, Harris worked at the university as a parking monitor and as a mail delivery clerk, according to his personnel files. Cathy Andreen, spokeswoman for the University of Alabama, confirmed his employment.
After that, he worked at the police station as a dispatcher from June 2006 to May 2009, when he resigned.
Harris went on to enroll at the University of Alabama in August of 2009, Andreen said. He graduated in May 2012 with a bachelors degree in commerce and business administration.
Harris didnt tell the Tuscaloosa police about his job at the TV station, but police found out Harris had hidden this fact from them during a lie detector test they gave him before agreeing to hire him.
During the polygraph test, Harris said he had gotten two warnings for being late to work at Coca-Cola.
On his application to work for the police department, he wrote he had been laid off by the company because of cutbacks.
Harris also revealed during the test he had smoked marijuana once in 1997, and he had stolen a T-shirt while working at Clear Channel Radio.
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