Mick Miller (police officer)

Mick Miller AO, LVO, QPM

16th Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police
In office 1977–1987
Preceded by	Reginald Jackson
Succeeded by	Kel Glare
Personal details
Born	Sinclair Imrie Miller (1926-10-13) 13 October 1926 Flemington, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Police officer

Sinclair Imrie "Mick" Miller AO, LVO, QPM (born 13 October 1926) is a former Australian police officer. Miller served as Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police—the police force of the Australian state of Victoria—from 1977 to 1987.^[1]

While Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police Miller introduced initiatives such as the air wing, task force policing and the Special Operations Group. Miller also integrated women into the police force by placing them on the general seniority list, thus giving them enhanced career opportunities.^[1]

Earlier in his career, Miller was appointed to lead the Gaming Branch in an operation against illegal SP bookmaking operations that had encouraged corruption both in the police force and the Postmaster-General's Department.^[1] Miller was the first Australian police officer to graduate from the FBI Academy and was awarded a Churchill Fellowship.^[1]

Miller is the recipient of a number of awards and honours:

Officer in the Order of Australia (AO)
National Medal
Queen's Police Medal
Australian Sports Medal
Lieutenant in the Royal Victorian Order.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 Silvester, John; Rule, Andrew (9 October 2010). "A top cop's simple credo". The Age. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
↑ "Search Australian Honours". Australian Government. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

External links

Police Association magazine profile

Police appointments
Preceded by Reginald Jackson	Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police 1977–1987	Succeeded by Kel Glare

Chief Commissioners of Victoria Police

Mitchell (1852–1854)
MacMahon (1854–1858)
Standish (1858–1880)
Chomley (1881–1902)
O'Callaghan (1902–1913)
Sainbury (1913–1919)
Steward (1919–1920)
Gellibrand (1920–1922)
Nicholson (1922–1925)
Blamey (1925–1936)
Duncan (1937–1954)
Porter (1955–1963)
Arnold (1963–1969)
Wilby (1969–1971)
Jackson (1971–1977)
Miller (1977–1987)
Glare (1987–1992)
Comrie (1993–2001)
Nixon (2001–2009)
Overland (2009–2011)
Lay (2011–2015)
Ashton (2015–present)

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