After over 28 years of service with the Apopka Police Department, including the last three years serving as the first African-American deputy police chief in the department’s history, Deputy Chief Jerome Miller is retiring. His last day of service is Friday, December 6.
Miller was presented with the service weapon by Police Chief Michael McKinley at the Wednesday, December 4, Apopka City Council meeting in the City Hall Council Chamber. The service weapon presentation to a retiring member of the police department is in recognition of the member’s credited service to the city and its citizens.
The service weapon presented to Miller was the Firearm Glock 30 (Serial Number YVS990), according to the city staff report in the December 4 City Council agenda packet.
Miller began his career on September 4, 1996, after graduating from Seminole State College Basic Law Enforcement Academy.
He also graduated from the Southern Police Institute in 2006, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement, Chief Executive Officer Mentoring Program at Cedarville University in July 2014, and the FBI National Academy in 2018.
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