In his career, Chief John P. Miller has served with the Vacaville PoliceDepartment, Vallejo Police Department, Pacific Grove Police Department,Fairfield Police Department, and has been the Chief of Police at the Winters Police Department since July 2016. He has served as a K9 Handler; Beat HealthOfficer; Field Training Officer; Training Unit Supervisor; SWAT Teammember/Team Leader/Tactical Commander; Force Options Instructor;Department Rangemaster; and instructed at the Napa Valley Police Academyon firearms, use of force, and weapons law.

Chief Miller earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, option inPersonnel Administration and Industrial Relations from California State

University, Hayward and an Executive Master’s in Public Administration (with Honors) from Golden GateUniversity. He has also attended the FBI National Academy (Session #249), POST Command College (Class #64),California Police Chiefs Association Executive Leadership Institute at Drucker (Class #1), as well as earning theFBI LEEDA Trilogy Award.

Chief Miller is a member of the California Police Chiefs Association (CPCA) Training Committee andrepresents CPCA on the POST Instructor Standards Advisory Committee.