Dorothy Moses Schulz was an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute, an emerita professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, and a retired MTA-Metro North Railroad Police captain. She also served as a safety and security consultant to transit agencies across the country. She passed away in 2024.

Schulz was a retired captain with the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Police Department and its predecessor railroad, Conrail. She authored Breaking the Brass Ceiling: Women Police Chiefs and their Paths to the Top (Praeger, 2004) and From Social Worker to Crimefighter: Women in United States Municipal Policing (Praeger, 1995).

Schulz received a BA in Journalism from New York University, an MA in Criminal Justice from the John Jay College, and a PhD in American Studies from New York University. She was a life member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and worked with the Federal Transit Administration on managing the safety and security of new and existing transit systems.