Then later at the Supreme Court of Ghana, before enlisting in the Gold Coast Police just a week before his 21st birthday in May 1940.

He was one of the eight members of the National Liberation Council government formed afterward and made vice chairman.

This commission remained in place even after the handover to the democratically elected Progress Party government of Kofi Abrefa Busia.

On August 7, 1970, the commission was replaced by an interim President, Nii Amaa Ollennu.

Following his service in government, Harlley spent the rest of his life in his hometown Anyako in the Volta Region.