Thursday, July 01, 1999
Officer in fatal shooting resigns
BY TANYA BRICKING
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Michael Miller
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Michael B. Miller II, a Cincinnati police officer involved in the fatal shooting of a motorist in March, has resubmitted his resignation to the police division.
The officer first gave notice with a one-line resignation Friday morning but changed his mind within hours. He decided Tuesday to resign again, Assistant Chief Ronald Twitty said.
Officer Miller, 24, graduated from the police academy in December and had been on the streets for three months when he and his partner stopped Michael Carpenter on a Northside street for an expired license tag.
His partner, Officer Brent McCurley, 27, began shooting because he said the 30-year-old Mount Airy man resisted arrest, dragged Officer Miller, and appeared to be ready to run over him. One of his nine shots hit Mr. Carpenter in the back of the head. Officer Miller fired a shot that missed.
The shooting opened a wound in the community, prompting protests by critics who thought the shooting was unjustified. Some officers also marched at City Hall protesting a decision to take the two officers off street duty while investigations were pending.
The officers were cleared criminally. An independent review by the city's Office of Municipal Investigation, however, asked for Officer McCurley to be disciplined. A police internal investigation is pending.
Officer Miller, who lived in Columbus and worked as a state liquor agent before coming here, had personal reasons for leaving, Lt. Col. Twitty said.
“I think the shooting helped him make his decision,” he said. “He had his own reasons. This job is not for everyone.”
Officer Miller was reassigned to the park unit this week. Officer McCurley is back on patrol, covering Cincinnati's west side.
Lt. Col. Richard Biehl, an assistant chief, called Officer Miller's resignation “regretful.”
“We certainly feel we have a talented and competent employee who chose to leave,” he said.
Fraternal Order of Police Attorney Don Hardin has advised Officer Miller not to talk to the media while a civil lawsuit filed by the Carpenter family is pending. The Carpenter family also declined to coment.
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