Luis Alberto Moore Perea is a General of the Colombian National Police.
Education
Before becoming a policeman, Moore studied medicine in the Pontifical Xavierian University and dropped out after a friend convinced him to join the National Police. By 1977 Moore graduated with the rank of Sub-Lieutenant and was assigned to posts in the Departments of Tolima and Caldas.
Career
On December 7, 2006 became the first Afro-Colombian to reach the grade of Brigadier General in the Colombian National Police and assumed command of the Cali Police Department. In 1981 Moore was the first Afro-Colombian to train to become a Mi-17 helicopter pilot in the National Police Aviation, also attending courses in Russia. He piloted a helicopter that dropped off Special Operations Commandoes on the roof of the building.
He also supported air rescue operations piloting a helicopter during the Armero tragedy and numerous combat operations in counter insurgency against other guerrilla groups.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN). In the 1980s the United States and Colombia started the War on Drugs in which Moore participated in numerous illicit crops eradication operations.
He later became a helicopter instructor in the General Santander Police Academy. In the year 2000 Moore became the first Afro-Colombian to ascend to the rank of Colonel in the history of the National Police and reassigned to the Metropolitan Police of Bogotá.
He was later transferred to the Cundinamarca Police Department.
Before becoming General, Moore worked in the Colombian Embassy to the United Kingdom in London, he returned to Colombia to assume command of the Cali Police Department. This city currently suffers a wave of violence.