Sabrina Tapp-Harper

Sabrina Tapp-Harper is a candidate for Sheriff Primary Election in 2026 in Baltimore City, Maryland. Running as Democratic.

Sheriff in Baltimore City, Maryland

Also running: Sam Cogen.

Sabrina Tapp-Harper, a Democratic candidate for Baltimore City Sheriff, has a law enforcement career spanning nearly four decades. She retired from the Baltimore City Police Department as a Major, having been the first Black commander of the Northern District and the first woman to lead the Special Investigations Division. In the Baltimore City Sheriff's Office, she became the highest-ranking woman in the agency's history as Assistant Sheriff and was tapped to lead the newly formed Domestic Violence Unit in 2014. Her advocacy for the Violence Against Women Act earned her an invitation to the White House from President Barack Obama.