LVMPD - About Us - Assistant Sheriff Ted Moody

LAW ENFORCEMENT HISTORY
Assistant Sheriff Ted Moody joined the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) in June 1983 following four years of active duty service with the United States Marine Corps, and is a summa cum laude graduate of the UNLV Department of Psychology. He is the founder of the LVMPD Crisis Intervention Team (CIT), which consists of officers who receive specialized training geared to the needs of the mentally ill, and is the "father" of CIT in the state of Nevada. While serving as Deputy Chief of the Investigative Services Division, Assistant Sheriff Moody was the principal architect of the decentralization of the LVMPD property crimes investigations from the Investigative Services Division to the patrol divisions. He is currently responsbile for Law Enforcement Operations, which consist of Central and Valley Patrol Divisions and the Detention Services Division (the Clark County Detention Center). Assistant Sheriff Moody is a former chair of both the LVMPD Use of Force Board and the LVMPD Pre-termination Board, and currently chairs the Sheriff's Asian-Amercan Advisory Council. He is also a board member of the Southern Nevada Children's Advocacy Center (CAC).

Promoted to Assistant Sheriff, April 2008
Promoted to Deputy Chief, January 2005
Promoted to Captain, January 2003
Promoted to Lieutenant, December 1996
Promoted to Sergeant, June 1990
LVMPD Police Officer Recruit, June 6, 1983

BACKGROUND

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Community College of Southern Nevada, Associate Arts, High Honors
National Honor Society for Two Year Schools
Community College of Southern Nevada, certificate in Business Management
Western High School, graduated 1979