LADA CJI Trainer Janet S. Moore, Director, Central Operations

Janet S. Moore
Director, Central Operations

Janet S. Moore is a nationally recognized expert in the prosecution of gang crimes. A career prosecutor with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office since 1984 and the director of its Bureau of Central Operations since December 2004, she specialized in the prosecution of violent gang crime, predominantly murders, for 13 years. One of Moore’s most notable cases was the conviction of Damian “Football” Williams for his brick-throwing assault on truck driver Reginald Denny during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

Moore has lectured statewide, nationally and internationally on various aspects of gang prosecutions for a variety of prosecutorial, law enforcement and governmental agencies. She was the California District Attorneys Association’s technical advisor for its introductory and advanced gang seminars for many years. Moore also served as the chairperson of the C.L.E.A.R. Executive Board and as the chairperson of the Inter-Agency Gang Task Force.

During her tenure in the District Attorney’s Office, Moore has served as deputy-in-charge of the Compton Hardcore Gang Unit, the assistant head deputy of the Torrance Branch, the acting head deputy of Central Trials 11 and the head deputy of the Hardcore Gang Division. In 2004, she completed an assignment as the director of the Bureau of Specialized Prosecutions, which oversees the Hardcore Gang, Major Crimes, Major Narcotics, Family Violence, Sex Crimes, Target Crimes and Juvenile Divisions.

She graduated from San Jose State University with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences in 1974 and from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 1984.

Janet S. Moore Director, Central Operations

Janet S. Moore
Director, Central Operations