HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 10005EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO
ADRIENNE MOORE UPON HER RETIREMENT
WHEREAS, Adrienne Moore served the City of Palo Alto and its citizens as a member of the Palo
Alto Police Department for 24 years, first becoming a Police Officer in 1997, then a Police Agent in 2000,
and ultimately a Police Sergeant in 2013; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Moore began her law enforcement career as a Deputy Sheriff with the Stanford
Department of Public Safety in 1985, working on campus for 12 years before coming to the Palo Alto
Police Department; combined, this is a remarkable 36 years working as a sworn law enforcement officer.
She has worked on all shifts of the patrol schedule, and has worked in or supervised many specialty
assignments, to include designated rifle officer, firearms instructor, defensive tactics instructor, bicycle
patrol, special problems team, and several stints as a field training officer; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Moore was a veteran detective, having worked many assignments in three
separate stints in the detective bureau since 1998 to include property crimes, hate crimes, sexual assaults
and child sexual abuse, robbery, and homicide, working on several notable cases and seeing them through
to successful prosecution; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Moore has a tireless work ethic, one that drove her to always assist her fellow
Department members with any task and not stop until the job was completed thoroughly and correctly.
Sergeant Moore supported her coworkers with a high degree of professionalism and respect that is in
alignment with the mission of the Department; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Moore was also cross-trained as a public safety dispatcher, and assisted in
dispatch on a fill-in basis for almost 12 years by answering 9-1-1 calls and other service calls for the public,
and dispatching police, fire, paramedics, utilities, public works, and animal control; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Moore believed strongly in education and leadership, beginning with a
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from the University of California at Santa Barbara, continuing with
graduating from the prestigious Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute for law enforcement
supervisors, and culminating in a Master of Science in Law Enforcement and Public Safety Leadership
from the University of San Diego, and she put all this training to good use as an acting lieutenant assigned
as a patrol Watch Commander; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Moore deserves a long and happy retirement for all her years of dedicated service.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Palo Alto hereby
commends the outstanding public service of Sergeant Adrienne Moore and records its appreciation, as well
as the appreciation of the citizens of this community, upon her retirement.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: November 8, 2021
ATTEST: APPROVED:
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Manager City Attorney