Oral history interview with Gary Miller, 2015

Biographical Note

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 narcotics 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

Scope and Contents

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

Subjects

• African American police--New York (State)--New York.
• Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--History.
• Interviews
• Miller, Gary--Interviews.
• NYPD Guardians Association.
• New York (N.Y.). Police Department--History.
• Oral histories
• Strong, Liz, interviewer.

Access Conditions

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