On a Monday in late April, Daniel Miller, a lieutenant for the Forest Park Police Department, pulled a gun on and detained a woman in North Riverside while he was off duty. When North Riverside police arrived, the woman was released without charges.
That same week, Miller was put on paid administrative leave while the Cook County Sheriff’s Office investigated. In June, the village hired Gold Shield Detective Agency, citing the Sheriff’s Office’s slow movement on the case. Half a year later, the investigation is ongoing and Miller remains on paid leave.
At the Oct. 26 village council meeting, two locals gave public comments questioning the investigation. And commissioners unanimously passed an addendum approving another $5,000 for the crisis communications firm that was hired following the incident in late April…