Margaret Moore
NCWP Director |
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Margaret Moore is the Director of the National Center
for Women and Policing. Ms. Moore holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice
from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City and is
a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville,
Virginia. She began her career in law enforcement in New York City
in 1973 as an NYPD undercover narcotics police officer. In 1976,
she joined the New York Office of the Treasury Department's Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), responsible for the enforcement
of the federal explosive, firearms and arson laws.
Ms. Moore was promoted to positions of increased responsibility
to eventually become ATF's first woman Special Agent in Charge in
1993, and retired after 23 years as the highest ranking woman agent,
Deputy Assistant Director for Science and Technology. In that position
her responsibilities included oversight for a budget of approximately
65 million dollars, the information systems and technology infrastructure,
the communications and tactical support branches, and the forensic
labs which successfully linked evidence involving anti-abortion
terrorist Eric Robert Rudolph to the Atlanta Olympic Park bombing,
the Sandy Springs clinic bombing and the Otherside Lounge, a lesbian
nightclub.
As a former ATF agent, Ms. Moore is very familiar with domestic
terrorism and the associated violence in the United States, and
has actively worked on domestic terrorist cases as well as having
oversight and responsibility for explosive and arson investigations
relating to clinic violence. Ms. Moore's ATF Career Accomplishments
include the pursuit of many criminal investigations involving violations
of firearms, arson and explosives laws, with criminal convictions
in many cases and the development of course curriculum for undercover
operations and taught at New Agent Training.
Ms. Moore's volunteerism includes starting an independent non-profit
organization, Women in Federal Law
Enforcement, and she is the Director for that organization.
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Chief Penny Harrington
Founding Director and Chair of the Board |
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Penny Harrington, Founder and Chair of the National Center
for Women and Policing's Advisory Board, was the first woman
chief of a major U.S. city and was instrumental in identifying and
developing strategies to remove the obstacles to hiring more women
in the Portland, Oregon Police Bureau, the Los Angeles Police Department
and the State Bar of California.
Chief Harrington has 35 years of experience in working with issues
of women in law enforcement. She has consulted with law enforcement
organizations across the country and assisted them in developing
programs to increase the numbers of women at all levels. She has
testified several times before the U.S. Civil Rights Commission
on issues of gender in law enforcement and is recognized as an expert
witness by the courts. Attorney General Janet Reno appointed Chief
Harrington to a committee to identify and support programs to recruit
women and minorities for law enforcement in order to decrease incidents
of discrimination such as racial profiling. She is considered the
foremost expert in the United States on issues involving women in
law enforcement. She speaks nationally and writes articles about
increasing the numbers of women in policing.
Chief Harrington was the co-author of "A Blueprint for Implementing
Gender Equity in the Los Angeles Police Department" and was the
chief author of "Recruiting
and Retaining Women: A Self-Assessment Guide for Law Enforcement,"
which assists law enforcement agencies in identifying and removing
obstacles to hiring and retaining women.
Visit Penny's Website
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