Miller, NYPD’s counterterror chief, to leave
The NYPD’s counterterror guru is leaving the department.
Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller made the announcement Tuesday, telling cops working for him about the planned exit from the nation’s largest police department. He’s also served as the NYPD’s chief spokesman for the past year as acting deputy commissioner of public information.
In an internal email, Miller reiterated his love for the NYPD, which he joined in 2014 under then-Commissioner Bill Bratton.
“I have always said, if I could keep this job forever, I would,” he wrote. “Of course, nothing lasts forever and the time has come to rise to other challenges and opportunities.”
It wasn’t immediately clear when Miller’s last day will be; sources said it’ll likely be at the end of July or early August.
Miller came to the department as a seasoned television reporter, first known for getting mob boss John Gotti to talk on camera as he walked alongside him, then for scoring a 1998 interview with Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan.
He later oversaw the Los Angeles Police Department’s counterterror efforts when Bratton ran the department, then worked for the FBI as a top spokesman.
His successor as deputy commissioner of public information is likely to be a veteran TV reporter who’s still being vetted. It’s not clear who will take over Intelligence and Counterterrorism, though Miller mentioned in his email that Chief of Intelligence Thomas Galati “is the very best at what he does.”
Miller asserted those who worked for him in Intelligence and Counterterrorism “have saved many, many lives.”
Miller didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. It’s unclear if his next job will be in law enforcement or media.