Michael O. Moore is an American politician from Millbury, Massachusetts who serves as the Massachusetts State Senator for the Second Worcester District. The District comprises the Senator's hometown of Millbury, as well as seven other communities including parts of the City of Worcester. He is member of the Democratic Party who has served in the Massachusetts Legislature since 2009.
Michael Moore is a graduate of Millbury Memorial High School, Quinsigamond Community College and Western New England College. He holds a master's degree in Criminal Justice from Western New England College.
Born and raised in the Town of Millbury, Michael Moore devoted his entire adult life to public service. A graduate of the Waltham Police Academy, he began his 22-year law enforcement career as a Massachusetts Environmental Police Officer working for the Department of Environmental Police, eventually becoming an
investigator in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office.
In 2005, he was appointed Assistant Deputy Superintendent at the Worcester County Sheriff’s office, where he oversaw the Community Service Program, inmate reintegration program, and Senior Citizen community outreach safety programs. Under his leadership, the Sheriff's Office created the Worcester County TRIAD senior citizen program, working to identify and address senior citizen safety concerns in individual towns throughout the county with programs that include house numbering, 911Cell Phone Bank, Beacon of Light, File for Life, and many more. Michael Moore was also responsible for development of the Area Law Enforcement Response Transmission (ALERT) program, which sends a daily email out to law enforcement officials on
recently released inmates, and the Responsible Fatherhood Initiative, a Department of Revenue sponsored program that confirms parenthood of inmates to reduce welfare fraud. The Community Service Program saved Worcester County cities and towns over $3.8 million in labor costs.