Bill Moore

This presentation will explore the present use of maps and geo-spatial intelligence in a medium sized Canadian police agency with specific emphasis on the impact it has on strategic and operational decision making. The present state of Interoperability and common operating overlap of jurisdictions will be discussed, highlighting the risks and opportunities, with a view to a way forward to a common operating pictures that is secure and beneficial to the partner agencies. The session will focus on the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada but some aspects will be transferrable to a broader policing context.

Deputy Moore began his policing career with Dartmouth City Police in 1986 and holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Dalhousie University, is a graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia and is a graduate of the Institute of Strategic International Studies Program of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. He also holds a Masters Certificate in Project Management from Saint Mary’s University, and two Certificates from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He has also been an instructor in the Police Leadership Program at Dalhousie University since, 2000.

He has recently been awarded the Wakefield Scholarship and is actively pursuing a Masters of Studies in Applied Criminology and Police Management at Cambridge University, Cambridge United Kingdom. Deputy Moore has been actively involved through the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Communications and Telecommunications Committee, the CACP Research Foundation Board and is the past Chair of the Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest Group (CITIG). Deputy Moore is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Homebridge Youth Society and the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice (CIAJ).

He presently sits on the Boards of the Nova Scotia Chiefs of Police Association and as the Co-chair of the Halifax Regional Municipality Pension Fund. Deputy Moore is a recipient of the Queens Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012, was invested in the Order of Merit of Police Forces as an Officer in 2013 and named as a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 2014.