Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Shane Miller was killed in an automobile crash during a vehicle pursuit on his first shift as an officer with the Tabor City Police Department.
At 1:00n a.m., Patrolman Miller was a passenger in the patrol car that was pursuing a vehicle on N.C. 904 when it collided head-on with another vehicle as they attempted to pass a slow-moving car. Patrolman Miller sustained fatal injuries in the collision. The driver of the patrol car and the occupants of the other vehicle were also injured.
The driver of the vehicle being chased was apprehended. He was convicted of charges relating to the incident and was sentenced to 6 months in jail and 3 years' probation in March 2005.
Patrolman Miller had been sworn in as an officer on Friday and started his first shift that evening. He had previously served as a corrections officer for the North Carolina Department of Corrections for 7 years.
In 2024, Complex Street in Tabor City was dedicated to his memory.
At 1:00n a.m., Patrolman Miller was a passenger in the patrol car that was pursuing a vehicle on N.C. 904 when it collided head-on with another vehicle as they attempted to pass a slow-moving car. Patrolman Miller sustained fatal injuries in the collision. The driver of the patrol car and the occupants of the other vehicle were also injured.
Survivors
He is survived by his parents.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Miller gave the Tabor City Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Tabor City community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Miller.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Patrolman Shane Miller is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In NC, 205 of 664 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30.9% of this state's fallen. That is 30.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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