BIOGRAPHY - COMMANDER STEVE MOORE, CD

Commander Steve Moore was born in British Columbia 

and lived in Manitoba and Newfoundland before settling 

in Prince Edward Island. After joining the Canadian Forces 

(CF) in 1983, he attended the College Militaire Royal de  

Saint-Jean, graduating in 1988, and then completed basic 

police and securitytraining at the CF School of Intelligence 

and Security.

    
As deputy base security officer at CF Base Uplands in 

Ottawa from 1988-1991, he supervised security and policing 

operations, and VIP security for numerous high-profile visitors, 

including the Prime Minister and Governor General, the 

President of the United States and members of the British 

Royal Family.

After commanding the military police detachment at CF Base 

Cornwallis (Nova Scotia) for two years, he was posted to the 

directorate of police services at National Defence Headquarters 

(NDHQ) in Ottawa, where he was responsible for oversight 

and management of military police information services. 

In 1995, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander 

and assumed responsibility for development of military police 

policy, procedures and standards.

In 1997, Commander Moore was appointed the first officer 

commanding for the Central Region (Ontario) of the newly 

formed CF National Investigation Service (NIS), the 

investigative arm of the CF Military Police. In 2000, he 

returned to NDHQ, initially as deputy provost marshal for 

resource management and then, after promotion to the 

rank of commander, as deputy provost marshal

for the NIS. He has served in this capacity since September 

2000, and is responsible for four regional detachments, a 

support detachment and approximately 125 investigators 

and administrative personnel.

Commander Moore holds an undergraduate degree in 

Canadian Studies and Business Administration and has 

professional certifications in security and information-systems 

security. He is a member of the American Society of

Industrial Security, and the Canadian and International 

Associations of Chiefs of Police.

Commander Moore will be promoted to the rank of 

captain (navy) on June 1 and will assume his duties 

as CF Provost Marshal, the military's chief of police, 

on June 15.