Florida Crime Prevention Association Announces
                                          Crime Prevention Officer of the Year

The Florida Crime Prevention Association Vice President, David Schupp, announced that Officer David Miller of the Port Orange Police Department has been named Florida’s Crime Prevention Officer of the Year.

Officer David Miller was recognized for this outstanding achievement on October 22nd, 2009 at the 40th annual statewide Florida Crime Prevention Association Awards Ceremony held in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Officer Miller’s innovative programs and initiatives have proven to be invaluable by reaching out to our community creating partnerships of assistance, interaction and cooperation. In June of this year, Officer Miller’s “Wanderer’s Assist” bracelet identification program won the coveted Rocky Pomerance Excellence in policing award from the Florida Police Chief’s Association. Officer David Miller is considered to be a respected professional who is dedicated to the betterment of the crime prevention profession.  

"Officer David Miller represents one of the finest in public service," said Assistant Police Chief

Wayne M. Miller. "His sense of duty, responsibility and long lasting prevention strategies reflect well upon crime prevention in our community."

Officer David Miller served as a member of the Nashville, Tennessee Police Department for 28 years until his retirement in 2001. He began a second career with the Port Orange Police Department as a Patrol Officer and eventually transferred to the newly formed Crime Prevention Unit created by Police Chief Gerald M. Monahan, Jr., in 2005. Officer David Miller currently serves as the crime prevention officer for the police department and is certified as a Crime Prevention Practitioner by the Office of the Attorney General. He recently served as President of the Volusia Crime Prevention Association for three consecutive years. 

“Officer Miller’s continued dedication to the mission of this department and crime prevention efforts on behalf of the well being of our citizens is appreciated.”