Lt. Daniel Miller of the Forest Park Police Department has had 17 complaints filed against him since 2008, according to village documents provided to the Review under a Freedom of Information Act request. While many of the complaints were determined to have been unfounded, meaning law enforcement authorities investigated the incidents and found them to be false or baseless, others have resulted in one-day suspensions or a letter of reprimand.
The most-recent complaint against Miller was in April, when someone filed a complaint that an off-duty officer pulled a gun on them, unlawfully detained them, didn’t show any identification when asked, and cut off the driver to open their car door and grab them. Investigation into the complaint is ongoing.
On April 27, Miller, while off duty, detained a woman in North Riverside while she was stopped at a red light. Video of the incident shows Miller approaching the car in plain clothes after parking his personal vehicle in front of the woman at a red light, pulling the driver from her car and putting her in handcuffs…