Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Miller was shot and killed during a prison break from the Nevada State Prison in Carson City. Two high-risk suspects took him hostage as he backed a milk truck up to the prison kitchen. They forced him to drive the truck out of the prison. Other guards opened fire on the truck as it went through the main gate. The truck was disabled by the gunfire and the three suspects fled on foot. Officer Miller's body was found in the truck. The suspects were eventually apprehended.
Survivors
Officer Miller had been with the agency for 18 months and was survived by his three sisters and mother.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Correctional Officer Miller gave the Nevada Department of Corrections 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of Nevada. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer Miller.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Officer George E. Miller is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NV, 40 of 145 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.6% of this state's fallen. That is 3.4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Nevada Department of Corrections, 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. George E. Miller's cause is highlighted.
How George E. Miller Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. George E. Miller is highlighted in Sep.
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