Jasper Columbus Miller
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Police Officer

Jasper Columbus Miller

Felonious
End of Watch December 11, 1926
Age 48
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Jasper Miller was shot and killed while serving a warrant on an illegal liquor establishment on Old Great Bridge Road near the Norfolk Southen Railroad shops in West Munden. During the search, the officers arrested several subjects. Officer Miller left those subjects with the other two officers and began searching the rest of the house. As he entered a hallway he was confronted by a man with a shotgun who opened fire, instantly killing Officer Miller. The man fled but was apprehended the following day. Officer Miller had served with the agency for nine years. Norfolk County and the City of South Norfolk merged in 1963 to form the City of Chesapeake. Both police agencies were also merged and no longer exist.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Miller gave the Norfolk County Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chesapeake community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Miller.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Chesapeake, City of Chesapeake, VA
Platform Identity ncpd.chesapeake.va.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 11, 1926
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Age 48
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Shotgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jasper is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1926, 209 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 9th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Jasper was 48. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Jasper had served 9 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was shotgun, in 7% of these deaths.

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His people

Norfolk County Police Department has 3 officers remembered here, Jasper among them.

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Where

Police Officer Jasper Columbus Miller

Norfolk County Police Department · End of Watch December 11, 1926

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