Gary Miller discusses his time as a police officer during the 1980s and early 1990s. Working as an undercover officer, in the Narcotics Division of the NYPD, he remembers how police politics and racism affected the opportunities afforded to black and Latino officers. He also discusses experiences during his youth in Brooklyn and analyzes racism in America at the time of the interview
African American police--New York (State); Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) History; Miller, Gary; NYPD Guardians Association; New York (N.Y.). Police Department History
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2015
Physical Description
79 pages
Note (Biographical)
Gary Miller is a retired detective of the NYPD Narcotics Division. He became an officer with the New York City Department of Correction in the 1970s. He joined the New York City Police Department in 1981. While with the NYPD, he worked undercover narc otics until his retirement in 1994. Miller was a member of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association and the Detectives' Endowment Association, but never joined the NYPD Guardians Association
Note
Interviewed by Liz H. Strong on September 30, 2015