Deputy Sheriff Douglas B. Miller, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, California

Deputy Sheriff Douglas B. Miller

Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, California

End of Watch Monday, June 9, 1986

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Douglas B. Miller

Deputy Sheriff Douglas Miller was shot and killed after responding to a call of an emotionally disturbed person at approximately 9 p.m.

Deputy Miller and three other deputies responded to the scene. When they attempted to take the subject into custody, a struggle ensued. The man was able to gain control of Deputy Miller's weapon and fatally shot him.

He then wounded two other deputies before the fourth deputy was able to get a hand free from the struggle, draw his own weapon, and kill the suspect.

Deputy Miller was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office for seven years. He was survived by his parents.

The Douglas B. Miller Memorial Point in the County of Santa Clara was named in his honor.

Bio

Age 35
Tour 7 years
Badge 562
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Officer's handgun
Offender Shot and killed by officers

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Hey Doug. Christmas is coming again. You and Mom loved Christmas so much, hard not to be thinking of you and all our lovely family memories around the season. We miss you still, 38 years later. I think of all the great things we all missed with you gone. Getting old, lots more grandbabies have been added, you'd be having a great time with them all! I'll be looking through the storage locker for some of our old family ornaments, especially the ones Norm personally painted for all of us! It will be nice to have a few memories to talk about from long ago.

Marilyn Beattie
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November 30, 2024