Employment record
- Public institution
- City of Newport News
- Department / office / school
- Police
- Position / title
- Police Lieutenant
- Source type
- Roster assignment
- Classification / role type
- Fire/Police Schedule
- Record status
- Listed in source roster
- Source date / period
- May 2026
The roster records an assignment at the stated date. It does not establish employment status today.
Original roster wording & label sources
- Name in source
- HARRY ATKINSON JR
- Department in source
- Police
- Position in source
- POLICE LIEUTENANT
Common job-title abbreviations are expanded for readability. Original wording, job levels and compensation matches are preserved.
Official website listings
These separately dated website roles and contacts do not replace the original roster assignment or its compensation match.
Salary & compensation
Published role range
$109,412 – $140,057
This annual amount is matched to the department and job classification. The underlying compensation file does not name employees, so it cannot verify Harry Atkinson Jr’s individual pay.
September 2026 published dataset; downloaded October 1, 2026. The minimum and maximum describe the matching role group, not this person’s earnings.
Compensation source [4]Public records & case history
Dated professional records, case roles and court outcomes. Lawsuit allegations are identified separately from findings.
No verified professional, licensure, certification or case record is attached to this profile.
Brady/Giglio status has not been established here. A lawsuit, decertification decision or third-party database entry does not by itself establish inclusion on a prosecutor’s list. List access and research gaps.
Notes
The Virginia HEAT program’s award list for the year ending December 31, 2009 names Harry Atkinson, then a Newport News Police Department sergeant, as the Jarrod B. Shivers Memorial LEO Award recipient.
Reviewed: October 14, 2026
Virginia HEAT 2009 LEO awards [6]