George T. Miller
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Lieutenant

George T. Miller

Buffalo Police Department — Buffalo, NY
Accident
End of Watch December 20, 1931
Age 56
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
Badge 24
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Gender Male

Incident

Lieutenant Miller succumbed to injuries sustained eight days earlier when he was struck by a vehicle while investigating a minor traffic accident.

Lieutenant Miller had been with the agency for 25 years and was assigned to Precinct 7.

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BO-US-NY-7CB3D310
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July 23, 2026

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Tributes

25 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Miller gave the Buffalo Police Department 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Buffalo community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Miller.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location Buffalo, NY
Platform Identity bpd.erie.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 20, 1931
Tour of Duty 25 yrs
Age 56
Badge Number 24
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Lieutenant George T. 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 NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Buffalo Police Department, 26 of 51 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 51% of this agency's fallen.

Buffalo Police Department
26
of 51 officers
51% Accident
NY — Statewide
645
of 2,147 officers
30% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. George T. Miller's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How George T. Miller Compares

Age at End of Watch
56
This officer
Avg for Accident: 38.1 years
Years of Service
25
This officer
Avg for Accident: 9.1 years

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. George T. Miller is highlighted in Dec.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897