About Sheriff Michael A. Moore

I grew up in the Cavalier Manor neighborhood of Portsmouth, Virginia and graduated from Manor High School in 1974.

My law enforcement career began as a Trooper with the Virginia State Police. I began my career in federal law enforcement as a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), assigned to Norfolk, VA and Pittsburgh, PA. In 1990 I began my career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) as a Special Agent. I was a supervisor for ATF in Detroit, MI; Norfolk, VA; Richmond, VA and Charlottesville, VA. I was also the regional supervisor for DOJ/ATF Hostage/Crisis Negotiation Team. During my tenure with ATF, I was assigned to the Office of Professional Responsibility and Security Operations/Internal Affairs in Falls Church, VA.

Results oriented security professional with decades in law enforcement (top secret security clearance, SCI security clearance), investigations, interviews, interrogations, supervision, training and internal affairs. After retiring from the Department of Justice, I began teaching at John Tyler Community College in Chester, Virginia and Tidewater Community College in Virginia Beach, Virginia, instructing in the Health Science curriculum.

Prior to working in the law enforcement field, I served the Portsmouth community as a licensed mortician with Corprew Funeral Home for many years.

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

-Graduate of Virginia State Police Academy

-Graduate of FBI/DEA Academy

-Graduate of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

-Training for Dignitary Protection provided by Secret Service and State Department

-Critical Incident Management Training

-Hostage/Crisis Negotiation Training

-Special Response Team (SRT)

-ATF Supervisory Training

-Explosive Scene Reconstruction

-Arson Investigation

-Security Training for 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, GA

-On Job Training (OJT) Trainer

-Department of Justice (DEA) Foreign Language School (Spanish)

-Visiting Instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)

EDUCATION

Norfolk State University

B.A. Criminal Justice

Graduated Cum Laude

John Tyler School of Mortuary Science

A.A.S. Mortuary Science

ORGANIZATIONS

Member of Grove Church

Member of the Democratic Committee

Member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity

Lifetime Member of NOBLE