Kevin Dwayne Miller
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Sergeant

Kevin Dwayne Miller

Detroit Police Department — Detroit, MI
Cardiac
End of Watch June 29, 2016
Age 49
Tour of Duty 29 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Kevin Miller suffered a fatal heart attack while attending firearms traininig at the Detroit Police Department's Rouge Range.

Other officers at the range immediately began CPR before he was transported to a local hospital.

Sergeant Miller had served with the Detroit Police Department for 29 years and was assigned to the 11th Precinct.

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29 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Miller gave the Detroit Police Department 29 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Detroit community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Miller.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Platform Identity detpd.wayne.mi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 29, 2016
Tour of Duty 29 yrs
Age 49
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

The Sacrifice · Cardiac

Kevin is one of 1,307 officers lost to cardiac events in the United States, 4.7% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2016, 17 officers in the United States were lost to cardiac events, the 21st heaviest of 139 years on record. The heaviest was 2014, with 24.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Kevin was 49. Of the 1,249 lost to cardiac events in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 43 and 55; the middle age was 48. Kevin had served 29 years; the middle length of service was 15 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

June holds 7.2% of these deaths in the United States; January holds the most, 9.6%. Wednesdays: 14.5%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Cardiac deaths account for 4.7% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 4th most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Detroit Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Kevin among them.

Across the years
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Where

Sergeant Kevin Dwayne Miller

Detroit Police Department · End of Watch June 29, 2016

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 52-W

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